June 23, 2025Jun 23 2 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said: Mmmm nah. If you want to re-sign him on a one year deal in the offseason, try then. But trade him next month. fulfills our mental illness of trade frenzy brought you by shitty owners who create the small market habitual losing organizations
June 23, 2025Jun 23 55 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Lottery ticket? Maybe if he keeps this up and doesn't strike midnight. why trade for those when you successfully draft them
June 23, 2025Jun 23 52 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Vinny Capra doing it for you? Josh Palacios stan? Josh Rojas fan? Jacob Amaya jaja? Slater Tater? Michael Taylor Sailor? Jank rank? Noda NoDuh? Hopefully you get the bit by now. We've conditioned ourselves think the smell of manure is similar to roses.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 23 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said: I missed those reports. We actually might spend some money this coming offseason? Those reports are non-existent.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 1 hour ago, SoxBlanco said: I missed those reports. We actually might spend some money this coming offseason? Paying down debt ... infrastructure building out...or stadium related.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 14 hours ago, WBWSF said: Houser pitched another good game today. I looked up his yearly stats and I think its easy to say he'd having a career year. He's also a free agent after this year. Needless to say I think there is a good chance he will be traded at the deadline. I would think he would bring back something decent in return. Getz got Vargas in a deadline trade and that has worked out quite well for the White Sox. The team still needs 2 or 3 more good hitters. There are too many outs in the lineup. The team couldn't hit last year and it can't hit this year. Something needs to be done so this doesn't happen again next year. There have been reports that the new owner is going to start spending money in the off season. Hopefully the money will be spent on some free agent hitters. These reports are written by you, here on this site, because you don’t listen to a damn thing that anyone says
June 23, 2025Jun 23 9 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Lottery ticket? Maybe if he keeps this up and doesn't strike midnight. Okay so then something worse than a lottery ticket, which further emphasizes my point.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 8 hours ago, fathom said: No There is supposed to be an infusion of cash in the offseason, and Peggy K reported a few weeks ago she heard it WAS related to baseball ops...but that doesn't mean it has to be for free agents specifically. But while I believe the jury is still very much out on Getz...my hope would be a "real" owner treats this as "Tell me what you need to turn this around, we're going to spend what is needed so you have what you need to be successful." I haven't looked at the FA market this offseason, and don't even know if there are players that make sense for long-term investments from the Sox given how far away they are...but maybe we do start to see some slight changes in the offseason.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 9 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Vinny Capra doing it for you? Josh Palacios stan? Josh Rojas fan? Jacob Amaya jaja? Slater Tater? Michael Taylor Sailor? Jank rank? Noda NoDuh? Hopefully you get the bit by now. Yeah, not much from the cheap waver wire pick ups other than Houser. But now let’s look at the players that matter: Vargas, Meidroth, Teel, Quero, Shane Smith.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 7 hours ago, Tony said: There is supposed to be an infusion of cash in the offseason, and Peggy K reported a few weeks ago she heard it WAS related to baseball ops...but that doesn't mean it has to be for free agents specifically. But while I believe the jury is still very much out on Getz...my hope would be a "real" owner treats this as "Tell me what you need to turn this around, we're going to spend what is needed so you have what you need to be successful." I haven't looked at the FA market this offseason, and don't even know if there are players that make sense for long-term investments from the Sox given how far away they are...but maybe we do start to see some slight changes in the offseason. I got no problem becoming more like the dbacks or tribe, turning into the dodgers or padres isn't really realistic anyways
June 23, 2025Jun 23 Bruce Levine did say this morning that he expects them to spend some money on position players this winter.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 10 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Bruce Levine did say this morning that he expects them to spend some money on position players this winter. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/2025-26-mlb-free-agents.html
June 23, 2025Jun 23 26 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/2025-26-mlb-free-agents.html Ishbia spending his hard earned money on Tucker and a new stadium would be a good start to his reign as majority shareholder.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 18 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Ishbia spending his hard earned money on Tucker and a new stadium would be a good start to his reign as majority shareholder. I'm going to keep the pipe dream of Kyle Tucker alive and no one can stop me
June 23, 2025Jun 23 18 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Ishbia spending his hard earned money on Tucker and a new stadium would be a good start to his reign as majority shareholder. Opened the list of free agents, saw Tucker Barnhart, and now I'm not ruling it out.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 20 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Ishbia spending his hard earned money on Tucker and a new stadium would be a good start to his reign as majority shareholder. The Sox adding a $500 million contract to a 50 win roster, with a $50 million payroll would be hilarious. We'd piss away something like $100 to $150 million of his deal waiting for this team to be decent again.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 As long as I'm dreaming - Naylor, Bader, Tucker and Schwarber on the position player side makes this a way more competent offense. I'll be realistic on the pitching side - take Walker Buehler on as a reclamation project. Maybe Cease too.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 17 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Vinny Capra doing it for you? Josh Palacios stan? Josh Rojas fan? Jacob Amaya jaja? Slater Tater? Michael Taylor Sailor? Jank rank? Noda NoDuh? Hopefully you get the bit by now. So on your list, you left off Houser. I forgot; is Houser 5 for 5, or 5 for 6 in quality starts since the Sox signed him with that ERA of 2.27? Some one implied earlier that Houser is now of no more value than he was when the Sox signed him. That's ridiculous. He is much more of a commodity than he was when he signed with Sox. Also let's discuss some people on your list. Amaya was exactly what the Sox signed him to be: a strong glove and weak bat who would just hold a place until Colson came up. What the Sox didn't expect is that Meidroth was the one who took over at short for Amaya, not Colson. But again, Amaya was a good signing doing what the Sox expected from him. Over and over again Stater and Tauchman have been great signings for the Sox this year. (Wait I don't see Tauchman on your list of signings. Hmm, it must just be an oversight on your part. Not your manipulating stuff to make your point?) Tauchman, pre-2nd injury was going to get the Sox a great flip, and Slater has done a great job. It could be argued without Slater, the Sox might very well have been swept by Toronto. In 1st win, he scored two runs and knocked in 2 runs. Yesterday, that walk was key, very key. Taylor has also been exactly what the Sox signed him to do. Again, it's ironic that he's actually better than the guy he was signed to backup, so really, he's probably exceeded what the Sox signed him to be. Wait why isn't Shane Smith on this list as an example of the Sox pro scouting. Again, I assume it's just an oversight on your part. Also, what about Mike Vasil? That was a very good (great?) signing. Why isn't he on list? What about Matt Thaiss? He was an excellent signing!! Held a spot in the lineup until until both Teel and Quero were ready to come up, and then the Sox flipped him for a quality prospect. What a great signing. Again, not on your list. Now, of course there are some duds, as you listed above, but if you look at ALL of the signings, you have to be impressed with the Sox pro-scouting/ signings this year. Hopefully your next bit will not have the oversights and omissions when you try to make a point.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 10 minutes ago, vilehoopster said: So on your list, you left off Houser. I forgot; is Houser 5 for 5, or 5 for 6 in quality starts since the Sox signed him with that ERA of 2.27? Some one implied earlier that Houser is now of no more value than he was when the Sox signed him. That's ridiculous. He is much more of a commodity than he was when he signed with Sox. Also let's discuss some people on your list. Amaya was exactly what the Sox signed him to be: a strong glove and weak bat who would just hold a place until Colson came up. What the Sox didn't expect is that Meidroth was the one who took over at short for Amaya, not Colson. But again, Amaya was a good signing doing what the Sox expected from him. Over and over again Stater and Tauchman have been great signings for the Sox this year. (Wait I don't see Tauchman on your list of signings. Hmm, it must just be an oversight on your part. Not your manipulating stuff to make your point?) Tauchman, pre-2nd injury was going to get the Sox a great flip, and Slater has done a great job. It could be argued without Slater, the Sox might very well have been swept by Toronto. In 1st win, he scored two runs and knocked in 2 runs. Yesterday, that walk was key, very key. Taylor has also been exactly what the Sox signed him to do. Again, it's ironic that he's actually better than the guy he was signed to backup, so really, he's probably exceeded what the Sox signed him to be. Wait why isn't Shane Smith on this list as an example of the Sox pro scouting. Again, I assume it's just an oversight on your part. Also, what about Mike Vasil? That was a very good (great?) signing. Why isn't he on list? What about Matt Thaiss? He was an excellent signing!! Held a spot in the lineup until until both Teel and Quero were ready to come up, and then the Sox flipped him for a quality prospect. What a great signing. Again, not on your list. Now, of course there are some duds, as you listed above, but if you look at ALL of the signings, you have to be impressed with the Sox pro-scouting/ signings this year. Hopefully your next bit will not have the oversights and omissions when you try to make a point. So wait, you aren't only posting the good signings are you? Hopefully your next bit will not have the oversights and omissions when you try to make a point.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 16 minutes ago, vilehoopster said: So on your list, you left off Houser. I forgot; is Houser 5 for 5, or 5 for 6 in quality starts since the Sox signed him with that ERA of 2.27? Some one implied earlier that Houser is now of no more value than he was when the Sox signed him. That's ridiculous. He is much more of a commodity than he was when he signed with Sox. Also let's discuss some people on your list. Amaya was exactly what the Sox signed him to be: a strong glove and weak bat who would just hold a place until Colson came up. What the Sox didn't expect is that Meidroth was the one who took over at short for Amaya, not Colson. But again, Amaya was a good signing doing what the Sox expected from him. Over and over again Stater and Tauchman have been great signings for the Sox this year. (Wait I don't see Tauchman on your list of signings. Hmm, it must just be an oversight on your part. Not your manipulating stuff to make your point?) Tauchman, pre-2nd injury was going to get the Sox a great flip, and Slater has done a great job. It could be argued without Slater, the Sox might very well have been swept by Toronto. In 1st win, he scored two runs and knocked in 2 runs. Yesterday, that walk was key, very key. Taylor has also been exactly what the Sox signed him to do. Again, it's ironic that he's actually better than the guy he was signed to backup, so really, he's probably exceeded what the Sox signed him to be. Wait why isn't Shane Smith on this list as an example of the Sox pro scouting. Again, I assume it's just an oversight on your part. Also, what about Mike Vasil? That was a very good (great?) signing. Why isn't he on list? What about Matt Thaiss? He was an excellent signing!! Held a spot in the lineup until until both Teel and Quero were ready to come up, and then the Sox flipped him for a quality prospect. What a great signing. Again, not on your list. Now, of course there are some duds, as you listed above, but if you look at ALL of the signings, you have to be impressed with the Sox pro-scouting/ signings this year. Hopefully your next bit will not have the oversights and omissions when you try to make a point. Great points. The running narrative is that every single signing has been trash, so I'm not sure if you're supposed to write a 300 page book detailing every single mistake the Chris Getz has made in his life just to be inclusive. The 2023-24 off-season turned out to be bad, mostly because the plethora of injuries and horrible starts by the trusted veterans exposed every acquisition except Fedde and DeJong, out the gate. The 2024-2025 off-season was pretty much the inverse opposite, with only Rojas not getting any traction, and Booser looking like he should get a breather at AAA.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/2025-26-mlb-free-agents.html Here’s another list that attempts to rank the top free agents: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6367630/2025/05/21/mlb-free-agents-2025-2026-offseason-kyle-tucker-alex-bregman/
June 23, 2025Jun 23 1 hour ago, almagest said: I'm going to keep the pipe dream of Kyle Tucker alive and no one can stop me Same here…I need to be hurt again so I finally feel something
June 23, 2025Jun 23 43 minutes ago, vilehoopster said: So on your list, you left off Houser. I forgot; is Houser 5 for 5, or 5 for 6 in quality starts since the Sox signed him with that ERA of 2.27? Some one implied earlier that Houser is now of no more value than he was when the Sox signed him. That's ridiculous. He is much more of a commodity than he was when he signed with Sox. Also let's discuss some people on your list. Amaya was exactly what the Sox signed him to be: a strong glove and weak bat who would just hold a place until Colson came up. What the Sox didn't expect is that Meidroth was the one who took over at short for Amaya, not Colson. But again, Amaya was a good signing doing what the Sox expected from him. Over and over again Stater and Tauchman have been great signings for the Sox this year. (Wait I don't see Tauchman on your list of signings. Hmm, it must just be an oversight on your part. Not your manipulating stuff to make your point?) Tauchman, pre-2nd injury was going to get the Sox a great flip, and Slater has done a great job. It could be argued without Slater, the Sox might very well have been swept by Toronto. In 1st win, he scored two runs and knocked in 2 runs. Yesterday, that walk was key, very key. Taylor has also been exactly what the Sox signed him to do. Again, it's ironic that he's actually better than the guy he was signed to backup, so really, he's probably exceeded what the Sox signed him to be. Wait why isn't Shane Smith on this list as an example of the Sox pro scouting. Again, I assume it's just an oversight on your part. Also, what about Mike Vasil? That was a very good (great?) signing. Why isn't he on list? What about Matt Thaiss? He was an excellent signing!! Held a spot in the lineup until until both Teel and Quero were ready to come up, and then the Sox flipped him for a quality prospect. What a great signing. Again, not on your list. Now, of course there are some duds, as you listed above, but if you look at ALL of the signings, you have to be impressed with the Sox pro-scouting/ signings this year. Hopefully your next bit will not have the oversights and omissions when you try to make a point. Maybe Houser gets you someone who slides into the Top 30 (see Banks for Bergolla). None of these guys have been close to "great" though, other than Shane Smith until recently, and Houser on his current run. Amaya and Capra and Palacios "protecting the exposure of unprepared or underprepared" prospects like Baldwin can hardly be described as great. Virtually nobody has described Taylor as great since he was a top prospect with the Nationals over a decade ago.
June 23, 2025Jun 23 Fedde got Vargas (or Edman) and what is cool about that is he cost a little bit of money in salary..whereas Houser is gonna draw some small market suitors who like the cheapness of it (who probably were not eligible for Fedde in that previous scenario) Edited June 23, 2025Jun 23 by Fielder Jones
June 23, 2025Jun 23 8 minutes ago, Fielder Jones said: Fedde got Vargas (or Edman) and what is cool about that is he cost a little bit of money in salary..whereas Houser is gonna draw some suitors who like the cheapness of it (who probably were not eligible for Fedde in that previous scenario) Yeah, currently they're limited to $3-5 deals...$15 million seems absolutely preposterous. The anti-Dodgers.
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