White Sox sign RHP Seranthony Domínguez, 2/20M

[greg775]

is this guy's nickname "Serendipity?" Should it be?

[kitekrazy]

On 1/23/2026 at 12:01 PM, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

It’s highly likely that Domínguez has more trade value than Robert in 6 months.

 funny how small market habitual losing teams sign to flip and waiting for their competitive (just around mediocre) moment to arrive.  It's just a rinse and repeat. We are so conditioned to that.  We would make perfect Marlin fans. Maybe some of you are young enough real winning will happen in your lifetime.

  The sign to flip takes less than 10 posts to show up.

 Quality pieces as we think. But what exactly are those? How many of those exist on the farm as of now?  

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:48 AM by kitekrazy

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

3 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 funny how small market habitual losing teams sign to flip and waiting for their competitive (just around mediocre) moment to arrive.  It's just a rinse and repeat. We are so conditioned to that.  We would make perfect Marlin fans. Maybe some of you are young enough real winning will happen in your lifetime.

  The sign to flip takes less than 10 posts to show up.

 Quality pieces as we think. But what exactly are those? How many of those exist on the farm as of now?  

 

 

 

Are those rhetorical questions at the end ? 

Those are impossible question to answer. That's why there are multiple ways to acquire new young players every year and why there are multiple levels of the minor leagues and lots and lots of coaches, scouts, development people, Analytics people to try to enhance and develop their skills. 

Is every team supposed to stop trying to find bargains ? Again it sucks not to just have to wave money around to snap up the best and the brightest but even those deemed the best and brightest among the top prospects fail over and over. The object is always to teach and develop for every team. Bargains  become superstars . International players signed for way below the top players do succeed too. 

[soxrwhite]

6 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Are those rhetorical questions at the end ? 

Those are impossible question to answer. That's why there are multiple ways to acquire new young players every year and why there are multiple levels of the minor leagues and lots and lots of coaches, scouts, development people, Analytics people to try to enhance and develop their skills. 

Is every team supposed to stop trying to find bargains ? Again it sucks not to just have to wave money around to snap up the best and the brightest but even those deemed the best and brightest among the top prospects fail over and over. The object is always to teach and develop for every team. Bargains  become superstars . International players signed for way below the top players do succeed too. 

All true but it would be nice to sign a few higher end players with the intent of keeping them. The third largest market, only the 2 teams that played in minor league stadiums last year had a lower payroll. Every team should look for a diamond in the rough, but the constant churning of mediocre talent for different mediocre talent is not a winning strategy.

[Eminor3rd]

10 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 funny how small market habitual losing teams sign to flip and waiting for their competitive (just around mediocre) moment to arrive.  It's just a rinse and repeat. We are so conditioned to that.  We would make perfect Marlin fans. Maybe some of you are young enough real winning will happen in your lifetime.

  The sign to flip takes less than 10 posts to show up.

 Quality pieces as we think. But what exactly are those? How many of those exist on the farm as of now?  

 

 

 

No one disagrees, this franchise sucks. 

[tray]

26 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

No one disagrees, this franchise sucks. 

That's your opinion.

[tray]

38 minutes ago, soxrwhite said:

All true but it would be nice to sign a few higher end players with the intent of keeping them. The third largest market, only the 2 teams that played in minor league stadiums last year had a lower payroll. Every team should look for a diamond in the rough, but the constant churning of mediocre talent for different mediocre talent is not a winning strategy.

Spending did not work out well for the White Sox. 

 

[ChiSoxFanMike]

22 minutes ago, tray said:

That's your opinion.

Hey Jerry how’s it going?

[oldsox]

12 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 funny how small market habitual losing teams sign to flip and waiting for their competitive (just around mediocre) moment to arrive.  It's just a rinse and repeat. We are so conditioned to that.  We would make perfect Marlin fans. Maybe some of you are young enough real winning will happen in your lifetime.

  The sign to flip takes less than 10 posts to show up.

 Quality pieces as we think. But what exactly are those? How many of those exist on the farm as of now?  

 

 

 

8.

[Snopek]

1 hour ago, Eminor3rd said:

No one disagrees, this franchise sucks. 

If we pinned this at the top of every thread it might save pages and pages of repetitive bickering 

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, tray said:

Spending did not work out well for the White Sox. 

 

Good video reference.  Luckily, Garfien actually worded it correctly.

”In 2022, they had a payroll over $180 million dollars.  The problem was how they spent the money and who they spent it on.”

Acting like spending money is bad is ridiculous.

Edited 11 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[southsider2k5]

2 hours ago, Eminor3rd said:

No one disagrees, this franchise sucks. 

 

2 hours ago, tray said:

That's your opinion.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, tray said:

Spending did not work out well for the White Sox. 

 

Counterpoint: Spending did work out well for the Dodgers.  Do that instead.

[T R U]

13 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 funny how small market habitual losing teams sign to flip and waiting for their competitive (just around mediocre) moment to arrive.  It's just a rinse and repeat. We are so conditioned to that.  We would make perfect Marlin fans. Maybe some of you are young enough real winning will happen in your lifetime.

  The sign to flip takes less than 10 posts to show up.

 Quality pieces as we think. But what exactly are those? How many of those exist on the farm as of now?  

Were you expecting a 100 loss team to sign a 31 year old reliever to a 2 year deal to be a fixture for future competitive teams?

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

6 hours ago, soxrwhite said:

All true but it would be nice to sign a few higher end players with the intent of keeping them. The third largest market, only the 2 teams that played in minor league stadiums last year had a lower payroll. Every team should look for a diamond in the rough, but the constant churning of mediocre talent for different mediocre talent is not a winning strategy.

All true but not possible atm . I take more of a coach or parent perspective than I do as a fan. I cannot pour a lot or hate into a team I profess to love. Winning is great and we root for those who conquer their opponents . I understand the dynamic. I just rather pretend I'm a coach patting them on the back more than crying that their performances hurt me. I realize that makes me an oddball fan because I don't call players mental midgets or hate on the people under JRs management for sucking at development but then turning around and not giving coaches credit for actually giving players the tools to reach their potetial. Most of these guys can point to people or coaches in their development that made a difference. 

I'm hoping now with some recent examples that the Sox have more modern processes in place to maximize development. As fans were not going to remember the behind the scenes things or even be aware of most of it But to be aware of it to a degree and deny its existence seems like you prefer misery to hope. Or that winning is the only thing that matters. I like the good human interest stories too. 

Edited 7 hours ago by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

4 hours ago, Snopek said:

If we pinned this at the top of every thread it might save pages and pages of repetitive bickering 

Probably not . Some people are hopeful and positive  and some feel  they were betrayed .  Some prefer to praise and some to comdemn . We will always have that dichotomy that shapes the conflicts.

[tray]

4 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Good video reference.  Luckily, Garfien actually worded it correctly.

”In 2022, they had a payroll over $180 million dollars.  The problem was how they spent the money and who they spent it on.”

Acting like spending money is bad is ridiculous.

Half truths abound here, as usual.

Some fans continue to whine and accuse Jerry Reinsdorf  of being cheap when the fact is that Jerry has spent as he did in the example cited by Chuck and of course during the magical MJ years for the  Bulls.  "How they spent and who they spent it on" were responsibilities largely delegated to the Kenny, Rick, talent scouts and others. Watch the video again.

[tray]

4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Maybe stop trolling White Sox fans and post over at Bleed Cubbie Blue. You sure sound like some Cub fans I know - Always hating on the White Sox. 

[southsider2k5]

2 minutes ago, tray said:

Maybe stop trolling White Sox fans and post over at Bleed Cubbie Blue. You sure sound like some Cub fans I know - Always hating on the White Sox. 

Counterpoint:  You don't have to happily accept terrible baseball.  You are allowed to have standards.

[WhiteSox2023]

18 minutes ago, tray said:

Half truths abound here, as usual.

Some fans continue to whine and accuse Jerry Reinsdorf  of being cheap when the fact is that Jerry has spent as he did in the example cited by Chuck and of course during the magical MJ years for the  Bulls.  "How they spent and who they spent it on" were responsibilities largely delegated to the Kenny, Rick, talent scouts and others. Watch the video again.

Jerry Reinsdorf has been the controlling owner of the Chicago White Sox since January 1981 and the Chicago Bulls since 1985.  You mentioned him spending during the time Chuck mentioned, as well as the MJ years.  That tells most of the story.

[Bob Sacamano]

7 hours ago, tray said:

That's your opinion.

They're in the middle of their second rebuild, which started a few years ago, in less than 10 years. You tell me.

[southsider2k5]

2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

They're in the middle of their second rebuild, which started a few years ago, in less than 10 years. You tell me.

It is so outrageous to have a negative opinion on a franchise that is on it's third straight 100 loss season, has never signed anyone to a nine figure contract, and has one of the lowest rates of being in the playoffs of any original franchise.  

[Tnetennba]

11 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

They're in the middle of their second rebuild, which started a few years ago, in less than 10 years. You tell me.

And are yet to prove they know how to build a winner, period. 

[soxrwhite]

2 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

All true but not possible atm . I take more of a coach or parent perspective than I do as a fan. I cannot pour a lot or hate into a team I profess to love. Winning is great and we root for those who conquer their opponents . I understand the dynamic. I just rather pretend I'm a coach patting them on the back more than crying that their performances hurt me. I realize that makes me an oddball fan because I don't call players mental midgets or hate on the people under JRs management for sucking at development but then turning around and not giving coaches credit for actually giving players the tools to reach their potetial. Most of these guys can point to people or coaches in their development that made a difference. 

I'm hoping now with some recent examples that the Sox have more modern processes in place to maximize development. As fans were not going to remember the behind the scenes things or even be aware of most of it But to be aware of it to a degree and deny its existence seems like you prefer misery to hope. Or that winning is the only thing that matters. I like the good human interest stories too. 

I do have hope. I hope we don't lose 100 games 4 years in a row. Doesn't that make you miserable?

[kitekrazy]

6 hours ago, T R U said:

Were you expecting a 100 loss team to sign a 31 year old reliever to a 2 year deal to be a fixture for future competitive teams?

then you also have the atmosphere of players signing in the hopes of being traded.  I doubt their goal is to remain thru the contract

I guess my concern would be the guys coming in before the closer innings 6-8

Edited 4 hours ago by kitekrazy