Princess Dye Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChiSox Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Lame....couldn't even spend on a mid tier SP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago *spit take* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Does this take them out of the Canning sweepstakes? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago So it’s an MLB deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: So it’s an MLB deal? Yes. I believe they get to use the 60-day IL to clear space tomorrow, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago I don't have a problem with this. Might as well see what happens with him in Spring Training. You really have to wonder what the asking price is for that long list of pitchers yet to sign. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago The bidets are starting to pay dividends. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 5 minutes ago, wegner said: The bidets are starting to pay dividends. There is another joke in there somewhere about the bidets and how shitty he was last year… Edited 9 hours ago by Bob Sacamano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Baron said: I don't have a problem with this. Might as well see what happens with him in Spring Training. You really have to wonder what the asking price is for that long list of pitchers yet to sign. 13 mil for Martinez is steep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 2 minutes ago, fathom said: 13 mil for Martinez is steep Yeah I did not think they would be in the B-tier personally, probably not even C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 3 minutes ago, fathom said: 13 mil for Martinez is steep That was awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago I'm guessing they'll go with: Smith, Martin, Kay, Burke and Fedde with Cannon, McDougal, Davitt, Sandlin and Schultz in AAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Baron said: That was awful They spent the Fairbanks money on Martinez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 4 minutes ago, fathom said: 13 mil for Martinez is steep That's about $7M a win, sounds about right. He'll give them innings, WHIP around 1.200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Fedde started off okay with the Cards, hit a wall, and didn't get back on track until Milwaukee put him in the bullpen. I suppose a major league deal keeps him out of Asia. I would have rather had him on a minor league deal. Oh well, fix him, then trade for another Vargas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 45 minutes ago, fathom said: Gross Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Next on the White Sox greatest hits album.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago As long as he comes dirt cheap, I’m totally fine with this. Overall stuff appears to be mostly the same as 2024, so his issues appear to be mostly command related. Given our past success with him, got to think Bannister has some tweaks in mind to get back on track. If not, he (hopefully) is a cheap placeholder that can be cut when a young arm is ready and pushes Newcomb to the bullpen ahead of OD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago At a glance... Fedde's stuff didn't change that much last year. Velo about the same, movement pretty similar on everything if not a little bit better. Strikeouts way down, walks way up. A command issue? Maybe. I also notice that his pitch mix changed, especially to lefties. With the Sox, he was leading with cutters against lefties and changeups as the main secondary off of that. Sinker used for a different look or to grab strikes. After he left, he dialed back the cutter use, increased sinker use, and more puzzlingly started using his sweeper a lot against lefties. That's not something you see very often especially when a guy has a decent changeup already. In 2024, he allowed a .694 OPS to lefties. In 2025, he allowed a .922 OPS against lefties. Overall he didn't fare much worse against righties year over year although he did still see a drop in his strikeouts against them, suggesting there's more than just platoon splits at play. So maybe the Sox think they can get him back to a cutter-changeup focus against lefties and get him back to innings-eater status. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Jim Margalus clocks in on Fedde: Erick Fedde returning to White Sox on one-year deal - Sox Machine Quote Fedde doesn't have to worry about the postseason with the White Sox, he just has to worry about himself. The cutter that rounded out his arsenal with the Sox in 2024 got crushed in 2025. It definitely had a different shape, so perhaps the one trick to get him back on track isn't all that weird. Then again, Fedde is now 33, and even his White Sox success was predicated on fairly small margins, so there's a solid chance his peak form was always going to be difficult to maintain once the league updated its book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago The SP is going to be pretty damn bad. Maybe we can win some games 7-5 on the way to 66 wins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago I think they've signed enough veteran 5th starter types. Still have a lot of younger players they need to evaluate and make a decision on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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