MLBTR Offseason Outlook on White Sox

[WhiteSox2023]

23 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This Tucker market seems ridiculously below expectations.  I really Ishbia was in charge right now because we should be all over this guy at the price points and length being discussed.

Sounds like he may decide on a team today.

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This Tucker market seems ridiculously below expectations.  I really Ishbia was in charge right now because we should be all over this guy at the price points and length being discussed.

Yeah, he isn't getting as much love as he should. He will still get a massive contract though.

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This Tucker market seems ridiculously below expectations.  I really Ishbia was in charge right now because we should be all over this guy at the price points and length being discussed.

[cough] Collusion [cough]

[GreenSox]

Oh well, I will nitpick Tucker. If you go by FanGraphs, he’s never had a 5-war season. And his defense is a negative, at least per the war factory. .  last year, he had the  same number of homers as our very own Lenyn Sosa.

[Snopek]

Just to up the stakes a little, Tucker is the best available FA hitter for the next couple of years. The list of hitters that will be free agents the next two years is pretty ugly.

[Sleepy Harold]

 

[WestEddy]

38 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Are the White Sox working directly with Pro Day? It's a company founded by 2014 15th round Sox draftee, Ben Brewster. 

Interesting. 

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[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, GreenSox said:

Oh well, I will nitpick Tucker. If you go by FanGraphs, he’s never had a 5-war season. And his defense is a negative, at least per the war factory. .  last year, he had the  same number of homers as our very own Lenyn Sosa.

OBP is still a thing.  So is Tucker’s usual SLG.

Edited 5 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[Chicago White Sox]

2 hours ago, Snopek said:

Just to up the stakes a little, Tucker is the best available FA hitter for the next couple of years. The list of hitters that will be free agents the next two years is pretty ugly.

Yup, theoretically when you payroll bandwidth you got to take advantage of when really good players hit free agency because they may not be later.  Unfortunately that won’t be us, but conceptually I’d seriously consider if I were the owner of the White Sox.

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

3 hours ago, GreenSox said:

Oh well, I will nitpick Tucker. If you go by FanGraphs, he’s never had a 5-war season. And his defense is a negative, at least per the war factory. .  last year, he had the  same number of homers as our very own Lenyn Sosa.

Even with that nitpick, and using fangraphs, he's the 10th ranked player via WAR since 2021 and he's only 28. He's a + RF'er too, despite fangraphs weird negative grade and he's a really good base runner.

The Tucker market is beyond weird, but then again many of the big money guys went later into the off-season so who knows.

[Bob Sacamano]

4 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Even with that nitpick, and using fangraphs, he's the 10th ranked player via WAR since 2021 and he's only 28. He's a + RF'er too, despite fangraphs weird negative grade and he's a really good base runner.

The Tucker market is beyond weird, but then again many of the big money guys went later into the off-season so who knows.

Would be a good opportunity to swoop in and take advantage.

[GreenSox]

5 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Would be a good opportunity to swoop in and take advantage.

If Schultz, Smith and Taylor (at least 2 of the 3) were ready to dominate as starters, I could see it.

[WestEddy]

Out slugged by Brooks Baldwin. #No https://t.co/J2GbcugkoT pic.twitter.com/IM6F0h0Sbq

— BZ (@BezBeyondThePen) January 15, 2026

[kitekrazy]

Isn't it fun to always talk about players we will never get?

[2Deep]

3 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

Isn't it fun to always talk about players we will never get?

BLAST!!!

[southsider2k5]

18 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

Isn't it fun to always talk about players we will never get?

Better than the players we actually have...

[WestEddy]

Now the Cubs can trade Matt Shaw, they have his replacement

 

The Chicago Cubs today claimed infielder Benjamin Cowles off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. The Cubs 40-man roster currently stands at 40.

— Jared Wyllys (@jwyllys) January 15, 2026

 

[Lukakke Appling]

Trey Mcgough (Eloy trade) decided he doesn’t want to be retired anymore and signed with the Mets.