Chicago White Sox's Offseason FA Signings Trades Megathread

[Lukakke Appling]

Max Kepler 80 game PED suspension. 

[Timmy U]

7 minutes ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Max Kepler 80 game PED suspension. 

Wow. He was on PEDs? And that bad? 

[Autumn Dreamin]

 

 

[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, Timmy U said:

Wow. He was on PEDs? And that bad? 

Some people actually wanted this bum.  Turning 33 next month.  PEDs or not, he would have been a garbage signing.  Even worse now knowing that he would miss half the season and be without the benefit of the PEDs.

Edited yesterday at 10:41 PM by WhiteSox2023

[greg775]

I would think most teams rosters are set by now. Or will be by Jan. 20. So are we good enough to go .500 yet? Sox won't be making any moves after Jan. 20. They never do. We're nearing the end of another mostly silent offseason. Once Feb hits it's play ball.

[Chicago White Sox]

10 minutes ago, greg775 said:

I would think most teams rosters are set by now. Or will be by Jan. 20. So are we good enough to go .500 yet? Sox won't be making any moves after Jan. 20. They never do. We're nearing the end of another mostly silent offseason. Once Feb hits its play ball.

Do you have any idea how many free agents remain unsigned?

[WhiteSox2023]

52 minutes ago, greg775 said:

I would think most teams rosters are set by now. Or will be by Jan. 20. So are we good enough to go .500 yet? Sox won't be making any moves after Jan. 20. They never do. We're nearing the end of another mostly silent offseason. Once Feb hits it's play ball.

This happens every year.  Many of the mid and lower tier free agents don’t get signed until way late in the offseason.  Teams know that the players will get desperate and accept a cheap deal.  Why would January 20th be some sort of hard cutoff?  Spring Training games officially start on February 20th.

Edited 23 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[Chicago White Sox]

10 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

This happens every year.  Many of the mid and lower tier free agents don’t get signed until way late in the offseason.  Teams know that the players will get desperate and accept a cheap deal.  Why would January 20th be some sort of hard cutoff?  Spring Training games officially start on February 20th.

Many of the big name free agents don’t get signed until January nowadays

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Do you have any idea how many free agents remain unsigned?

You could have just stopped there.

[Bob Sacamano]

1 hour ago, greg775 said:

I would think most teams rosters are set by now. Or will be by Jan. 20. So are we good enough to go .500 yet? Sox won't be making any moves after Jan. 20. They never do. We're nearing the end of another mostly silent offseason. Once Feb hits it's play ball.

There’s still so many free agents out there. The hitting market has been so slow since Schwarber signed and that was a while ago at this point.

[Tnetennba]

22 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

He's 100% getting traded now.  You don't come back from that.

Yup. WTF is Det thinking?

[greg775]

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

This happens every year.  Many of the mid and lower tier free agents don’t get signed until way late in the offseason.  Teams know that the players will get desperate and accept a cheap deal.  Why would January 20th be some sort of hard cutoff?  Spring Training games officially start on February 20th.

I discounted the Sox signing any free agents. That won't happen. I meant trades. Name a year the start of Feb approaches and trades are made. Sox don't sign free agents unless they can find some 1 year 6 mill deals for run of the mill pitchers.

[Autumn Dreamin]

The Angels sure love a former Sox infielder

[Bob Sacamano]

17 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

The Angels sure love a former Sox infielder

TA, Moncada, Yolmer, now Madrigal.

[WhiteSox2023]

7 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

TA, Moncada, Yolmer, now Madrigal.

The Angels absolutely love ex-Sox players.  No surprise, as they are every bit of a failure as the Sox.  They are the AL West White Sox.

[PaleAleSox]

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The Angels absolutely love ex-Sox players.  No surprise, as they are every bit of a failure as the Sox.  They are the AL West White Sox.

I don’t feel like they get enough s%*# for how awful they are ran. 

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

10 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

The Angels sure love a former Sox infielder

The march towards 3000 continues!

[WestEddy]

The Colorado Rockies acquire outfielder Jake McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Josh Grosz. The trade provides Alek Thomas the chance to be everyday OF.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 10, 2026

[ChiSoxFanMike]

6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Now send them Benintendi for Eduardo Rodriguez.

[chitownsportsfan]

16 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

The Angels sure love a former Sox infielder

Only 2,762 more hits to 3K.

Edited 5 hours ago by chitownsportsfan

[WestEddy]

1 minute ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

Now send them Benintendi for Eduardo Rodriguez.

The White Sox certainly have a Josh Grosz in their system, and I'd like McCarthy over Kelenic. Maybe Barfield just doesn't like McCarthy. 

[Snopek]

9 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The Angels absolutely love ex-Sox players.  No surprise, as they are every bit of a failure as the Sox.  They are the AL West White Sox.

Also feels like “The Los Angeles Sacramento Kings of MLB Angels of Anaheim”

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

The White Sox certainly have a Josh Grosz in their system, and I'd like McCarthy over Kelenic. Maybe Barfield just doesn't like McCarthy. 

What does that matter?  Barfield actually gave up something of value for an outfielder far worse than McCarthy, which means he made a bad trade.  No need to excuse the guy.  Hopefully Barfield starts liking better players going forward.

Edited 3 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[WestEddy]

4 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

What does that matter?  Barfield actually gave up something of value for an outfielder far worse than McCarthy, which means he made a bad trade.  No need to excuse the guy.  Hopefully Barfield starts liking better players going forward.

Who's excusing him? My point was that I'd rather see Jake McCarthy over Kelenic. We all surmise that Barfield made the call on Fletcher over McCarthy in 2024 based on his own knowledge and experience. And the Sox not pursuing McCarthy now, who was certainly available for a non-elite arm, still probably rests, to some extent, on Barfield's judgement. 

Therefore, maybe Barfield just doesn't like the guy. 

[WhiteSox2023]

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Who's excusing him? My point was that I'd rather see Jake McCarthy over Kelenic. We all surmise that Barfield made the call on Fletcher over McCarthy in 2024 based on his own knowledge and experience. And the Sox not pursuing McCarthy now, who was certainly available for a non-elite arm, still probably rests, to some extent, on Barfield's judgement. 

Therefore, maybe Barfield just doesn't like the guy. 

Kelenic was basically free.  Not sure what he has to do with McCarthy.

And we don’t just “surmise” that Barfield made the call.  It was well reported that he suggested to Getz to acquire Fletcher.

Maybe Barfield just thought Fletcher was better than McCarthy and it had nothing to do with not liking McCarthy.

Edited 3 hours ago by WhiteSox2023