November 18, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, maloney.adam said: Sox offseason plan: acquire nobody. Start the season with one outfielder. ? Hey… wait a minute… that sounds super familiar!!
November 18, 20223 yr 13 minutes ago, hi8is said: Hey… wait a minute… that sounds super familiar!! I can just see it now, Hahn is going to say something like he understands the fans frustrations and the front office is frustrated too and they tried. I can’t wait for the day when the organization is sold. Edited November 18, 20223 yr by maloney.adam
November 18, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, maloney.adam said: Sox offseason plan: acquire nobody. Start the season with one outfielder. ? Sounds pretty close to last off season.
November 18, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, Balta1701 said: Katz is tight with Cueto so it is entirely possible he ends up back in those Pale Hose.
November 18, 20223 yr 22 minutes ago, pcq said: Katz is tight with Cueto so it is entirely possible he ends up back in those Pale Hose. They're going to go with Cueto and Manaea while trading Giolito, aren't they?
November 18, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, ShoeLessRob said: Bring back Nick Williams you cowards! Are you double dog daring them?!?
November 18, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, fathom said: Underwhelming Seems to be the official theme of the off-season Edited November 18, 20223 yr by Chicago White Sox
November 18, 20223 yr What I expect: Signings: Cueto Manaea Brantley Segura Trades(for what, idk, let's say prospects) Giolito Hendriks Lineup DH Jimenez 2 Grandal 3 Vaughn 4 Segura 5 Moncada 6 Anderson 7 Brantley 8 Robert 9 Colas Rotation: Cease Lynn Manaea Kopech Cueto Pen: LR Lambert LR Martin MR Foster MR Diekman MR Kelly SU Lopez SU Bummer CL Graveman Bench Garcia Mendick Zavala 4th OF ? at this point, Haseley if he's still with the org
November 18, 20223 yr I’ve had this hunch for a while that Hahn is trying to straddle both competing for a championship while building up the farm system (evident by his failure of a trade deadline). As such, I fully expect him to trade for several cheap rentals and/or bounce-back type guys. If the Red Sox decide to move on from Alex Verdugo, I could see Hahn being highly interested. Same goes for a guy like Cavan Biggio, who could platoon with our internal options at 2B. Throw in a free agent SP in the Clevinger / Quintana price range and I think that’s your off-season.
November 18, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Also, outside the box pick at 1B: Grandal Makes absolutely no sense to do that
November 18, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, fathom said: Makes absolutely no sense to do that Get him out from behind the plate, less wear and tear. They have to pay him anyway, might as well try to maximize his offense. I admit it's a pretty wonky thought, but if they're dangling Vaughn it's not the worst idea. Edited November 18, 20223 yr by Jack Parkman
November 18, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, fathom said: Underwhelming Still pissed they didn’t name him hitting coach mid season
November 18, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Jack Parkman said: Also, outside the box pick at 1B: Grandal A team can live with poor production from the catcher’s spot, they can’t at 1B or DH. Grandal might be a sunk cost, but there’s no reason to create a black hole at a premium offensive position.
November 18, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: A team can live with poor production from the catcher’s spot, they can’t at 1B or DH. Grandal might be a sunk cost, but there’s no reason to create a black hole at a premium offensive position. The catch is that if he still sucks you bring up Sheets and Burger to platoon there.
November 18, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: The catch is that if he still sucks you bring up Sheets and Burger to platoon there. You're advocating what your avatar seems to not want. Mediocrity.
November 18, 20223 yr 10 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: Everyone knows he's playing out of position. Hahn isn't that dumb and neither is everyone else. He should be valued as a 1B/DH. I'm sure teams have some algorithm where then can assign slightly below average 1B defense and spit out a WAR number. Are you sure about that?
November 18, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Sarava said: You're advocating what your avatar seems to not want. Mediocrity. Actually, this is very calculated. I know Burger was a SSS, but Sheets+Burger as a strict platoon outperformed Vaughn last year in OPS and SLG. Burger outperformed Vaughn vs LHP by a lot actually. Sheets vs RHP .250/.301/.736 Vaughn vs RHP .260/.309/.753 Vaughn vs LHP .307/.363/.744 Burger vs LHP .326/.388/1.039(!!!!) So Sheets and Vaughn are similar vs RHP and Burger is a huge short side advantage. Also Sheets was way better after his trip to Charlotte. Edited November 18, 20223 yr by Jack Parkman
November 18, 20223 yr 19 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Actually, this is very calculated. I know Burger was a SSS, but Sheets+Burger as a strict platoon outperformed Vaughn last year in OPS and SLG. Burger outperformed Vaughn vs LHP by a lot actually. Sheets vs RHP .250/.301/.736 Vaughn vs RHP .260/.309/.753 Vaughn vs LHP .307/.363/.744 Burger vs LHP .326/.388/1.039(!!!!) So Sheets and Vaughn are similar vs RHP and Burger is a huge short side advantage. You really typed that whole thing out without using the words sample size?? Jake Burger had 49 PA’s against lefties last year.
November 18, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said: You really typed that whole thing out without using the words sample size?? Jake Burger had 49 PA’s against lefties last year. SSS = small sample size. It’s in there. Edited November 18, 20223 yr by Bob Sacamano
November 18, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said: You really typed that whole thing out without using the words sample size?? Jake Burger had 49 PA’s against lefties last year. That's what SSS means.
November 18, 20223 yr Just now, Bob Sacamano said: SSS = small sample size. It’s in there. Ahh, had no idea what that meant when I read it lol
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