White Sox claim C Drew Romo off waivers, DFA Ben Cowles

[almagest]

2 hours ago, Sleepy Harold said:

Favorite memory of the Ben Cowles era?

It would have to be  

 

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:

I think this signals they aren't planning on carrying Teel, Quero, and Lee on the major league roster. Romo is a very good fielder and gives them some catching depth if they lose Lee when they eventually try to sneak him through waivers. Not a bad move by any means, especially if they can get him to hit.

It probably also means that if a dude like this is on waivers, a guy like Korey Lee isn't worth a spit.

[Bob Sacamano]

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

It probably also means that if a dude like this is on waivers, a guy like Korey Lee isn't worth a spit.

Yeah Lee goes in a deal for some fringe reliever or something. If you’re lucky.

[CWSpalehoseCWS]

27 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

It probably also means that if a dude like this is on waivers, a guy like Korey Lee isn't worth a spit.

Oh totally. Lee has very little if any trade value. 

[Chicago White Sox]

3 hours ago, fathom said:

Or Quero

Getz has made it very clear that he wants Benintendi to be a big part of the DH rotation.  Obviously you don’t trade Quero to facilitate that, but could be further proof they are seriously open to trading Quero if they can get value for him.

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, almagest said:

It would have to be  

 

Early favorite for POTY

[Timmy U]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Early favorite for POTY

Co-favororite with Ben Cowles.

[WhiteSox2023]

4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

It probably also means that if a dude like this is on waivers, a guy like Korey Lee isn't worth a spit.

Exactly.  Great point.  We’d all rather have this guy than Lee and yet some people are expecting Lee to be worth something.  Meanwhile, Romo could have been had for a waiver claim.

[chitownsportsfan]

7 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Exactly.  Great point.  We’d all rather have this guy than Lee and yet some people are expecting Lee to be worth something.  Meanwhile, Romo could have been had for a waiver claim.

Lee is a perfectly cromulent backup catcher. As an older fan I appreciate that he's around, and GMs do as well. Seasons are lost on a catcher injury and a -2 WAR "regular" suddenly playing every day. 

The smart play is to just hold onto Lee until someone inevitably goes down and trade him for a lotto ticket. You do that 20 times over a decade you hit on a couple.

[kitekrazy]

9 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

Another catcher?  Well that is probably a statement.

filed under they have no clue what they are doing

[Y2Jimmy0]

8 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Lee is a perfectly cromulent backup catcher. As an older fan I appreciate that he's around, and GMs do as well. Seasons are lost on a catcher injury and a -2 WAR "regular" suddenly playing every day. 

The smart play is to just hold onto Lee until someone inevitably goes down and trade him for a lotto ticket. You do that 20 times over a decade you hit on a couple.

Has to be in spring training though because he’s out of options along with Sosa, Mead and Ramos 

[Bob Sacamano]

3 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Has to be in spring training though because he’s out of options along with Sosa, Mead and Ramos 

Yeah and I saw a Tweet that I think said they had 6 guys in camp last Spring. 4 are returning from last spring, now Romo. So maybe one more NRI coming as well.

[ChiSoxFanMike]

They did play Lee in LF last season, albeit only for a couple innings. I wonder if they think he can play there on a somewhat consistent basis. If so, maybe that’s a path for him to stick on the team.

[Bob Sacamano]

12 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

They did play Lee in LF last season, albeit only for a couple innings. I wonder if they think he can play there on a somewhat consistent basis. If so, maybe that’s a path for him to stick on the team.

I always thought they’d go this route with Blake Sabol when they signed him (or claimed him on off waivers I forgot) last year and there was talk of trading Lee. If they go 3 catcher route (beginning to believe they won’t), it’d be nice to have one that can play a couple other spots even if it’s just 1B and LF.

[Chicago White Sox]

Gun to head, I think the Sox end up trading a catcher.  Obviously Lee is most likely, but could see Quero get dealt as well.  Theoretically you can carry four catchers on the 40 man roster and we have done so at times in the past, but Romo feels like he’s purposely being added to be the 3rd string / AAA guy who can be called up (and sent down) in event of injury.  I really think Getz has some more things cooking.

Edited 3 hours ago by Chicago White Sox

[Chicago White Sox]

And by cooking, I mean at two 1 or 2 more free agent additions and 2 or 3 more trades when all is said and done.

[GreenSox]

I’d prefer Palette over either one of them (and over several others on the 40 man).  Ramos has been slow to develop- I don’t know what the can do with Ramos at this point.  Mead’s presence on this team still seems silly.

Lee would seem to be perfectly acceptable as a backup catcher and it would be ideal if he is.… but maybe he isn’t.   Quero has too much potential to only catch 2x per week.