Edited March 13, 20224 yr by DirtySox

Just... exhausting. Hahn won't stop spending his assets on Relief pitchers. it's honestly amazing. 

Signals to me Kimbrel is long gone 

Solid replacement for Tepera. With him, Graveman, Bummer, and Crochet, I feel good about the middle reliever/set-up depth leading up to Hendriks

Just now, fathom said:

Signals to me Kimbrel is long gone 

Was just thinking the same

Guess that guy was right who dmd barstool dave

2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Just... exhausting. Hahn won't stop spending his assets on Relief pitchers. it's honestly amazing. 

Has to mean Craig is out the door.  

2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Just... exhausting. Hahn won't stop spending his assets on Relief pitchers. it's honestly amazing. 

You want to keep watching Jose Ruiz?

A good bullpen is going to be key especially early in the year when starters are go8ng to be limited with the shortened spring training.

 I don't mind the signing. It allows Lopez to be the swing man and make spot starts for Kopech.

Hahn: What's the most volatile and unreliable position in baseball? 

Relief Pitchers

Hahn: Let's go all in on signing aging relievers. what could go wrong?

Joe Kelly is the epitome of an up and down volatile guy too. 

 

How many relief arms are we going to nab?

Just now, Rowand44 said:

Has to mean Craig is out the door.  

For sure...just hope it doesn’t impact Colas or Cespedes

Just now, reiks12 said:

How many relief arms are we going to nab?

So far 2.

Just now, fathom said:

For sure...just hope it doesn’t impact Colas or Cespedes

I hate you. ??

How many god damn opportunity costs are we going to take on in pursuit of relief pitchers? 

You know what, if the team is up 8-3 instead of 5-3 in the 7th, maybe we don't need so many fucking relievers.

Just now, ThatBallHitDeep_WAYBack said:

You want to keep watching Jose Ruiz?

This isn't how organizations build good bullpens. 

Jose Ruiz is younger and has been as good as Joe Kelly the past two years because bullpen arms are pretty up and down.

He bring playoff experience too I’m sure Rick will state

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

This isn't how organizations build good bullpens. 

Jose Ruiz is younger and has been as good as Joe Kelly the past two years because bullpen arms are pretty up and down.

Kelly was pretty great last year

A two year deal too, lovely.

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

Signals to me Kimbrel is long gone 

He always was.  

Love yourself the way Hahn loves giving relief pitchers a shitload of money every offseason.

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

This isn't how organizations build good bullpens. 

Jose Ruiz is younger and has been as good as Joe Kelly the past two years because bullpen arms are pretty up and down.

I disagree.  With Kopech moving into rotation, a bullpen of guys like Crochet, Bummer, Graveman, Kelly, and Hendriks (+CK?) has to be best in the bigs.  Knowing your starter went 5 or 6 and you can fill/dominate 9+ outs is a great feeling. 

He's also due for BABIP regression imo. He has to be. Career low .227 last year with a 85 exit velocity. and now he can't doctor the ball anymore like he clearly was. this is dumb AF.

Just now, ThatBallHitDeep_WAYBack said:

I disagree.  With Kopech moving into rotation, a bullpen of guys like Crochet, Bummer, Graveman, Kelly, and Hendriks (+CK?) has to be best in the bigs.  Knowing your starter went 5 or 6 and you can fill/dominate 9+ outs is a great feeling. 

How many years in a row are Sox fans going to fall for this nonsense. Each of the last two years we had threads created about how unstoppable the White Sox bullpen was going to be. The best bullpen in baseball will not end up being who you thought it'll be. Signing RP's coming off career years is almost never a good strategy. 

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

How many years in a row are Sox fans going to fall for this nonsense. Each of the last two years we had threads created about how unstoppable the White Sox bullpen was going to be. The best bullpen in baseball will not end up being who you thought it'll be. Signing RP's coming off career years is almost never a good strategy. 

See...2005!