December 21, 20241 yr Made his MLB debut last year at 32 but put up .8 WAR which is probably better than any Sox reliever last year?
December 21, 20241 yr Author 32 year old, left handed reliever. Quit baseball at the age of 26 and became a carpenter. Sat out for four seasons before finally coming back after figuring some life s%*# out and getting healthier. Made it the majors last year with Boston and was somewhat productive as a reliever for them. Appears to have five or six years of control remaining. Edited December 21, 20241 yr by Chicago White Sox
December 21, 20241 yr I didn’t have trading for a 32 year old reliever on my bingo card this offseason.
December 21, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: I didn’t have trading for a 32 year old reliever on my bingo card this offseason. Maybe they need a carpenter.
December 21, 20241 yr Sox roster was at 40, so we will see a corresponding move. After watching Ely kinda hate filling up 40 man with marginal relievers from other teams rather than giving our marginal relievers a shot.
December 21, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: I didn’t have trading for a 32 year old reliever on my bingo card this offseason. Yep, just what this team needs. More old players like Tauchman and Slater. Edited December 21, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
December 21, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Yep, just what this team needs. More old players like Tauchman and Slater. That's the way of the White Sox.
December 21, 20241 yr 18 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Yep, just what this team needs. More old players like Tauchman and Slater. At least this Booser guy has a lot of team control. Perhaps he’s just a late bloomer.
December 21, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: At least this Booser guy has a lot of team control. Perhaps he’s just a late bloomer. Sat out for four years. Not a lot of miles on the arm.
December 21, 20241 yr Author 18 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Yep, just what this team needs. More old players like Tauchman and Slater. It’s a controllable, left handed reliever who can be flipped at the deadline if he’s any good. Bannister must really like him for us to be targeting him. Honestly, it just comes down to the price. Age doesn’t really matter all that much given this dude’s circumstances.
December 21, 20241 yr Boston’s return is supposedly an unnamed minor league pitcher. Also, Robert Murray thinks he’s a funny guy… Edited December 21, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
December 21, 20241 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: That's the way of the White Sox. This will be one of the younger teams in baseball next year.
December 21, 20241 yr Thought it was Carlos Boozer's son and a basketball player but alas. Maybe the plan is turning over bullpen 100% every year.
December 21, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Sat out for four years. Not a lot of miles on the arm. 4.82 ERA and 1.56 WHIP in the minors. Last year may have been a fluke.
December 21, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Sat out for four years. Not a lot of miles on the arm. Saw he quit baseball entirely for a bit and then played in the independent leagues. Cool story. Hope he carves out a role here.
December 21, 20241 yr 19 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: He's no Bailey Horn. Yeah, he was the other bad lefty reliever that Getz traded a second round draft pick for and then dumped for cash two months later. Edited December 21, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
December 21, 20241 yr 9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: 4.82 ERA and 1.56 WHIP in the minors. Last year may have been a fluke. He is a relief pitcher. It can take like two adjustments and then all of a sudden they are effective.
December 21, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: He is a relief pitcher. It can take like two adjustments and then all of a sudden they are effective. Maybe, but he wasn’t good at all recently either in the minors from 2022 to 2024 with both Texas and Boston after returning from the independent leagues. Sure looks fluky to me. It’s actually surprising Boston even called him up. Edited December 21, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
December 21, 20241 yr 45 minutes ago, Timmy U said: Sox roster was at 40, so we will see a corresponding move. After watching Ely kinda hate filling up 40 man with marginal relievers from other teams rather than giving our marginal relievers a shot. Julks or Shewmake can see their way out any time now. Hopefully both.
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