scotty22hotty Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Great signing. A lot of people don't realize how shallow the LF talent pool is. Conforto/Profar will end up signing cheaper team friendly deals but I'd rather lock down a 28 y/o top 10 LF for 5 years at a 2WAR price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lillian said: Is the new restriction on shifting likely to help Benintendi? How often have opposing teams shifted on him? They actually play him pretty straight up. He's not a dead pull hitter but when he hits HR's he hits them to RCF and RF. He sprays the ball all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 19 minutes ago, chw42 said: What else do the Jays have that's MLB-ready that we would want? A better catcher. Or Tiedeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 In the same thread, he says Colas in RF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Wow. I am shocked. I always figured they’d go past the $180m number, but I figured it would be for an $8-10m short term vet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 It is sad that after signing a free agent, the next move needs to be a trade for salary relief. If it is to improve the team, fine. If it is mostly because they need to lower payroll to accommodate the new salary, that sucks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 The FO had a big win today. Ima let them have it 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, T R U said: Generally when you hear your team just signed someone to the richest contract in team history you expect better than Andrew Benintendi. Not when your franchise’s largest contract is 25% shy of six figures. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, fathom said: In the same thread, he says Colas in RF. If they trade Hendriks just to go with one of Romy/Lenyn at 2B… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, wegner said: It is sad that after signing a free agent, the next move needs to be a trade for salary relief. If it is to improve the team, fine. If it is mostly because they need to lower payroll to accommodate the new salary, that sucks. I don't think they'd allow themselves to go over their budget. They can either sustain the payroll as is or they have a deal already in place or at least very very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREEDY Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: They actually play him pretty straight up. He's not a dead pull hitter but when he hits HR's he hits them to RCF and RF. He sprays the ball all over. If anything it could hurt him if teams prioritize LHP now that LHB are more effective. But he also has relatively neutral splits. At best it is a wash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said: I don't think they'd allow themselves to go over their budget. They can either sustain the payroll as is or they have a deal already in place or at least very very close. So the signing was pending another deal to lower payroll? Way to run a friggin window of contention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35thstreetswarm Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, wegner said: So the signing was pending another deal to lower payroll? Way to run a friggin window of contention. Is that confirmed or poster speculation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, GREEDY said: If anything it could hurt him if teams prioritize LHP now that LHB are more effective. But he also has relatively neutral splits. At best it is a wash. If we think of Cleveland as our main competition in the division they are a pretty RH pitching staff as are the Twins. Plus hard to prioritize LHP when there's not that many of them. But Benintendi is a better hitter vs, RHP . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Keep mind, balanced schedule next year. You can’t win the Central by beating up the Central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxBlanco Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Timmy U said: Keep mind, balanced schedule next year. You can’t win the Central by beating up the Central. But the other teams in the Central have to play that same balanced schedule. So I’d say beating up on the Central probably would mean you will win the division. The first place team could just have less wins than in previous years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) I'm absolutely fine trading Liam. It's the sort of sell high Hahn actually excels at and if we could actually score some fucking runs this year elite closer won't be as important. f*** I'm actually getting some hope up again. Edited December 17, 2022 by chitownsportsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said: Is that confirmed or poster speculation? Oh I only comment on poster speculation.....confirmed stories bore me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 If the Sox do trade Hendriks, they probably need to sign a righty reliever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, fathom said: If the Sox do trade Hendriks, they probably need to sign a righty reliever. Kimbrel is still out there 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: The foodies are complete frauds. I do think Hendriks gets dealt though. If it were me, I’d do the following to wrap up the off-season: Trade Ramos, Vera/Mena & Sosa/Romy to TB for Lowe Trade Hendriks to TOR for Jansen and a pitching prospect Trade Zavala to TBD team for a live arm with options Sign Adam Duvall to a 1/$7M deal Sign Alex Reyes to a 1/$2M deal Run with this for next year: Lineup: 1) Anderson, SS | 2) Benintendi*, LF | 3) Vaughn, 1B | 4) Jimenez, DH | 5) Lowe, 2B* | 6) Robert, CF | 7) Moncada, 3B# | C) Jansen*, C | 9) Colas*, RF Bench: IF) Gonzalez | OF) Duvall | UT) Garcia# | BC) Grandal# Rotation: 1) Cease | 2) Lynn | 3) Giolito | 4) Kopech | 5) Clevinger Bullpen: CL) Lopez | SU) Graveman | SU) Bummer* | MR) Kelly | MR) Diekman* | MR) Reyes | MR) Ruiz/Lambert | LR) Avila Lowe with chronic back issues last year that never went away. I'm out 100% on acquiring him. His back injury zapped his power and that thing could be here to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said: Kimbrel is still out there 🙂 Where? Just ignore him....maybe he'll go away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said: Kimbrel is still out there 🙂 who has more career WAR going forward: Kimbrel or Big Dick Nick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChiSox Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 58 minutes ago, fathom said: In the same thread, he says Colas in RF. So basically either trading for a MLB ready 2B prospect (Busch) or Sosa/Romy etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, fathom said: If the Sox do trade Hendriks, they probably need to sign a righty reliever. Colome a free agent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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