43 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Bad but with some more upside guys like Severino for example. People were even hopeful we would bring back Giolito, along with his friend Flaherty.

When the hope was bounce back guys, and instead we get warmish bodies with random letters stitched to the back of their jerseys. There's regular Sox dumpster diving, and then there's scraping the putrid grime off the very bottom. Thanks JR...

I still find this absolutely hilarious that we have contract and amounts prior to him signaling to any team that he's joining.

I keep checking for updates on this as if Erick Fedde is Ohtani. I need help.

12 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

When the hope was bounce back guys, and instead we get warmish bodies with random letters stitched to the back of their jerseys.

Soroka and Fedde are as bounce-back-y as Severino and Manaea. Probably more intriguing, as Sev & Man have been down for a while. Soroka's coming back from injury and Fedde looks like a different pitcher from what left America. 

1 hour ago, wegner said:

Sounds like how I have handled most White Sox games lately.

But I even skip the first inning!

33 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

When the hope was bounce back guys, and instead we get warmish bodies with random letters stitched to the back of their jerseys. There's regular Sox dumpster diving, and then there's scraping the putrid grime off the very bottom. Thanks JR...

We go from a "Championship Window" team possible World Series team to this. How disgusting when this ownership group and front office fails us all!

Have we not signed this dude yet??

2 hours ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

I keep checking for updates on this as if Erick Fedde is Ohtani. I need help.

He must be related to Ohtani, JR's actually gonna try for Ohtani hoping that by signing his relatives he'll take the Sox low-ball offer just like Machado....wait I forgot Machado took the $$$

18 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Have we not signed this dude yet??

You could always make a prediction based on what your gut is telling u.?

Longer this drags, we ain’t getting this guy. Sox have never done well with early leaks. 

3 hours ago, A-Train to 35th said:

If he was smart he would take the Mets offer, why would anyone choose the Sox if money was similar.

Certainly not to join an organization run by JR, a rookie GM, and Pedro.

 

If it were me, I would take the Sox. I think you will have a longer runway to show you are a new player and to get rid of the old stigma attached to him.  The Mets may not give that same flexibility / run, so to me, if I were him and money was even near equal, the opportunity Sox would provide him to have is > for his long-term earnings capacity. 

Mets could pivot away from that $10M in a week, where as Sox are  going to view that as a bigger investment and thus put more time before entirely "writing it off".  

I saw photos floating around of Reinsdorf attending the GM meetings.  I asked myself "for what?" 

That man went down there to make sure that Erik Fedde deal was not going to get fumbled. 

What dedication by our owner. 

 

 

1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

You could always make a prediction based on what your gut is telling u.?

Bold prediction time:

1. Fedde officially signs with White Sox for 2/$11M by 7pm central
2. Sox come in 6th place in the draft lottery and all hell breaks loose
3. Getz executes a trade late tonight (~11pm) that no one sees coming 
4. Sox officially sign a veteran C tier catcher before EOD tomorrow
5. Cole Wilcox is selected by us at pick #4 in the Rule 5 draft

Edited December 5, 20232 yr by Chicago White Sox

5 hours ago, Quin said:

Since 2002, the OD starters have been:

Buehrle, Contreras, Sale, Samardzija, Quintana, Shields, Giolito, and Cease.

And now Touki.

That's nothing, I go all the way back to a guy looking like this being the OD starter for the Sox.

 

I don't know how many guys have come over from Korea, especially guys who started stateside like Fedde. Merrill Kelly is the big success story that I'm familiar with. So for whatever it's worth, Fedde pitched a hell of a lot better in the KBO than Kelly ever did. Of course, scouting is a bit harder than just comparing statistics.

Sox got him

19 hours ago, wegner said:

I'm excited to see some news but I'll admit when I saw the thread title, I did wonder what the f*** is a fedde?

I’m still wondering.