December 13, 20196 yr Trade for David Price (him only) with Boston eating 10 million per season Sign Edwin Encarnacion Sign Caesar Hernandez Sign Kevin Pillar Sign Alex Wood Vs. Righties Vs. Lefties CF Robert CF Robert 3B Moncada 3B Moncada 1B Abreu 1B Abreu C Grandal DH Encarnacion LF Eloy LF Eloy RF Mazara C Grandal C Collins RF Pillar 2B Hernandez 2B Hernandez SS Anderson SS Anderson Bench of Garcia, McCann, Encarnacion/Collins, Mazara/Pillar Mendick (Then Hernandez when Madrigal comes up) Rotation: 1. Giolito 2. Price 3. Cease 4. Lopez 5. Wood With Rodon, Dunning, and Kopech coming back. This team can win you a division. Thoughts? What are your ideas? Edited December 13, 20196 yr by GGajewski18
December 13, 20196 yr Nitpicking but I would move Anderson up in the order to split up the lefties (Mazara/Collins back to back). I think Cesar and rookie Madrigal are ideal #9 hitters. But holistically, I think they're good ideas. You'd have to be sure to DH Grandal when he's not catching, sending EE to the bench, but getting 120+ games out of EE is still better than having Collins DH nearly full-time (and I like Collins).
December 13, 20196 yr 25 minutes ago, GGajewski18 said: Trade for David Price (him only) with Boston eating 10 million per season Sign Edwin Encarnacion Sign Caesar Hernandez Sign Kevin Pillar Sign Alex Wood Vs. Righties Vs. Lefties CF Robert CF Robert 3B Moncada 3B Moncada 1B Abreu 1B Abreu C Grandal DH Encarnacion LF Eloy LF Eloy RF Mazara C Grandal C Collins RF Pillar 2B Hernandez 2B Hernandez SS Anderson SS Anderson Bench of Garcia, McCann, Encarnacion/Collins, Mazara/Pillar Mendick (Then Hernandez when Madrigal comes up) Rotation: 1. Giolito 2. Price 3. Cease 4. Lopez 5. Wood With Rodon, Dunning, and Kopech coming back. This team can win you a division. Thoughts? What are your ideas? Man our lineup and bench would be fantastic.. Bad bullpens and very questionable SP.. But at this point idk what else we can do.
December 13, 20196 yr I don't think EE is a good idea nor does he make any sense now. The FO clearly does not want to push for 2020 and those ABs would be better going to Collins or anybody else.
December 13, 20196 yr Holy shinkies batman, you would trade for Price straight up? That's not going to end well.
December 13, 20196 yr Sox are gonna go cheap with Engel as the fourth outfielder. Maybe they sign one more righty bench bat. The bench is pretty close to being set already, unless there is a trade... McCann Collins Leury Engel Mendick Edited December 13, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan
December 13, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, GGajewski18 said: Trade for David Price (him only) with Boston eating 10 million per season Sign Edwin Encarnacion Sign Caesar Hernandez Sign Kevin Pillar Sign Alex Wood Vs. Righties Vs. Lefties CF Robert CF Robert 3B Moncada 3B Moncada 1B Abreu 1B Abreu C Grandal DH Encarnacion LF Eloy LF Eloy RF Mazara C Grandal C Collins RF Pillar 2B Hernandez 2B Hernandez SS Anderson SS Anderson Bench of Garcia, McCann, Encarnacion/Collins, Mazara/Pillar Mendick (Then Hernandez when Madrigal comes up) Rotation: 1. Giolito 2. Price 3. Cease 4. Lopez 5. Wood With Rodon, Dunning, and Kopech coming back. This team can win you a division. Thoughts? What are your ideas? Completely confused by your catching proposal as you have two of them playing against righties and McCann not really in the mix. Seems to me we need to get rid of one of McCann or Collins if we sign a full-time DH like Encarnacion.
December 13, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, BackDoorBreach said: I don't think EE is a good idea nor does he make any sense now. The FO clearly does not want to push for 2020 and those ABs would be better going to Collins or anybody else. I don’t know, with 1B & DH pretty locked up by Abreu & Vaughn in 2021 & 2022, there may not be room for Collins unless he can be the primary backup catcher.
December 13, 20196 yr I have an article coming out about this in the morning. I love Edwin Encarnacion but he causes some issues with the roster for sure if they were to sign him.
December 14, 20196 yr 5 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: I don’t know, with 1B & DH pretty locked up by Abreu & Vaughn in 2021 & 2022, there may not be room for Collins unless he can be the primary backup catcher. Yeah I'd think he would be in the drivers seat to be backup to Grandal in 2021, but you need to give him a season of ABs to see what he can even do. EE would hamper that pretty good.
December 14, 20196 yr 27 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: Sox are gonna go cheap with Engel as the fourth outfielder. Maybe they sign one more righty bench bat. The bench is pretty close to being set already, unless there is a trade... McCann Collins Leury Engel Mendick I like a good defender for a 4th OF.
December 14, 20196 yr FWIW Bruce said earlier in the week the Sox are looking for a middle infielder (bench depth)
December 14, 20196 yr Not that I love Adam Engel, but Pillar is basically an older more expensive version of the same player if he's just be a short side platoon and defensive replacement. Also, if the Sox want to carry three catchers that's fine, but Encarnacion should not be on the bench in favor of Collins against RHP. I'd also rather have Ryu than Price if they are going to both cost ~$20 million per year.
December 14, 20196 yr 21 minutes ago, fathom said: FWIW Bruce said earlier in the week the Sox are looking for a middle infielder (bench depth) I’m a little surprised by this. Mendick is dirt cheap and can do the job. And I think he can hit a bit. Maybe a better version of Saladino. Edited December 14, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan
December 14, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said: Cesar Hernandez and Alex Wood on 1 year deals should have been done already. Alex Wood for sure, as the second starting pitcher.
December 14, 20196 yr 29 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: I’m a little surprised by this. Mendick is dirt cheap and can do the job. And I think he can hit a bit. Maybe a better version of Saladino. I think they want a guy that can start at 2B for 4 to 6 weeks until Madrigal is ready.
December 14, 20196 yr 19 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: I think they want a guy that can start at 2B for 4 to 6 weeks until Madrigal is ready. I’d chance it on Mendick. Dude showed some hitting skills at the end of last year, including surprising pop. Save the money for SP, RP, and a big righty bench bat that can play RF. Edited December 14, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan
December 14, 20196 yr 19 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: I’d chance it on Mendick. Dude showed some hitting skills at the end of last year, including surprising pop. Save the money for SP, RP, and a big righty bench bat that can play RF. I still think Sanchez will be back for 4 M. Mendick is fine but a GG bench is not without merit.
December 14, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, poppysox said: I still think Sanchez will be back for 4 M. Mendick is fine but a GG bench is not without merit. Gatorade boy is gone, finally. Good riddance.
December 14, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said: Gatorade boy is gone, finally. Good riddance. We shall see.
December 14, 20196 yr 6 minutes ago, poppysox said: I still think Sanchez will be back for 4 M. Mendick is fine but a GG bench is not without merit. You have a strange love for hitters with no power
December 14, 20196 yr Just now, fathom said: You have a strange love for hitters with no power Very strange.
December 14, 20196 yr Just now, fathom said: You have a strange love for hitters with no power Who said anything about love. Just making a prediction.
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