19 hours ago19 hr 13 minutes ago, ron883 said:I am interested in seeing how he plays in the majors. I feel like his trade value is still pretty low. Too bad he's a lefty and our team is damn near all left handed.There's no such thing as too much savagery, Ron.If anything, I want to see Vargas and Meidroth learn how to switch hit. Give me MOAR!
19 hours ago19 hr 13 minutes ago, ron883 said:I am interested in seeing how he plays in the majors. I feel like his trade value is still pretty low. Too bad he's a lefty and our team is damn near all left handed.He can play DH right now. Is there really any downside to dumping Mr. .634 OPS lefty DH?And don't just keep him in Charlotte to trade for middle relievers in July. That would be a poor use of resources. Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by GreenSox
19 hours ago19 hr 12 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:I really wonder if they could do a deal where we send out Beni, 5 million and some team's pick of our back 15-20 type prospects and then a lotto ticket. napkin math says we still owe him like 25 million (puke) so even that seems a stretch. There's no world in which we eat all the money imo. What a horrific deal by Hahn, you just can't explain it, never made any sense.The Sox did eat quite a bit of Keuchel’s money. Given how low the payroll is right now, maybe Jerry will do the right thing for once and accept a sunk cost.
19 hours ago19 hr 29 minutes ago, ron883 said:I'd prefer Antonacci at 2B as opposed to Meidroth if I had to choose. Ideally we find a true LFer to play there instead of Antonacci. Eventually we'll have to deal Meidroth IMO. I wonder what type of value he has as a 3 WAR 2B under control for a while.Right now, given the lack of OFs, I am assuming Sam sticks in LF. That could obviously change, but I am starting to think Roch is the eventual successor to Meidroth.
19 hours ago19 hr 1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:The Sox did eat quite a bit of Keuchel’s money. Given how low the payroll is right now, maybe Jerry will do the right thing for once and accept a sunk cost.The Sox stand to make money of Mune and success if they play their cards right. It's not just about being cheap anymore hopefully even old ass JR realizes that.
19 hours ago19 hr 10 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:I dont think Roch will be MLB ready by the beginning of 2027. He will likely need at least 1 full year in the minors and so we're really looking at some point in 2028 and we'll see if Colson is still a defensive maven at SS then as his stats say he is now.There are alot of moving pieces and unpredictability but yeah things could get crowded at certain spots at some point and that's a good problem to have where you can trade some surplus or blocked players for other needs at some point.I think it’s very probable that Roch is on the Major League roster at some point next season. Not a guarantee, but three of the top 7 picks from the 2024 draft were up in the majors by the very next season and 2 of the top 3 from the 2023 season as well. I don’t view Rich as a guy who automatically needs a full minor league season of development.
18 hours ago18 hr 2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:Gonzalez might be legit now…feel nervous saying that, but it’s starting to get hard to ignore the numbers home park be damnded.Call him up in the summer when The Cell turns into a bandbox. His away OPS is above league average.
15 hours ago15 hr 3 hours ago, SoCalChiSox said:I dont think Roch will be MLB ready by the beginning of 2027. He will likely need at least 1 full year in the minors and so we're really looking at some point in 2028 and we'll see if Colson is still a defensive maven at SS then as his stats say he is now.There are alot of moving pieces and unpredictability but yeah things could get crowded at certain spots at some point and that's a good problem to have where you can trade some surplus or blocked players for other needs at some point.It's almost like we're like the Dodgers without the playoffs or World Series or the huge payroll.That's my sarcastic way of saying we shouldn't be in any hurry to start trading what we deem as excess just yet. The stew needed to simmer . It's not like the Intl.signing period is providing any talent yet. Is there even 1 guy from that in our Top 30 ? Also JR is still owner and we have to account for the fact the Murakami may bolt for richer pastures. Ishbia isn't the owner yet. Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
8 hours ago8 hr 10 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:The Sox did eat quite a bit of Keuchel’s money. Given how low the payroll is right now, maybe Jerry will do the right thing for once and accept a sunk cost.It all depends on how persuasive Getz can be to convince JR that Beni is holding back the team and the Sox are a bat short and how much Getz and his hitting gurus believe JGon could actually be a missing link for DH and Inf. depth.He needs to paint a rollicking summer picture where the Sox are in contention for 1st in the central and the Sox and Murakami-sama are storming the gates of Valhalla along with all the benefits of that translating into the cha- ching of big crowds and rich sponsors and taking over the baseball headlines from the Cubs. So the question becomes is Getz fully committed to the Sox being a playoff team and think that Braden ,JGon, Teel, Peoples & whoever and a pitching staff held together by bailing wire can catapult the Sox into that unexpected rarified contender status without a guarantee JR is committed to spending a dime to add salary at the TDL. And that's assuming Getz may not want to trade any prospects now. After all JR is still the owner.He's not exactly known for overextending to finish off a rebuild especially if it means bidding on someone like Tarik Skubal yet alone heading into the unknown CBA situation of 2027. Also there's a Muni extension to be considered. That is extremely important to the future of the Sox. That's likely the most pressing thing on Getz agenda outside of his daily shenanigans. A 50 HR season makes it just that much harder for JR to keep him if that means a $200M+ payout at this stage of his ownership where his priorities are to his sons inherited wealth and not the White Sox.
7 hours ago7 hr 12 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:The Sox did eat quite a bit of Keuchel’s money. Given how low the payroll is right now, maybe Jerry will do the right thing for once and accept a sunk cost.Honestly? The fact that Benny is still on the roster, tells me everything I need to know about what Jerry thinks about this season. It costs him nothing extra, except a minimum wage salary, and lord knows how many of those we have grinded through already on some of the other cheap deals and cuts we have already made this year. If Benny is still on the roster, it is because he still hopes to get out of some cash, and not that this team is legit enough to need the extra bat. Benny is getting his paychecks for the next couple of years regardless, and his being an awful player on this roster daily isn't going to change that.
7 hours ago7 hr 12 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:The Sox did eat quite a bit of Keuchel’s money. Given how low the payroll is right now, maybe Jerry will do the right thing for once and accept a sunk cost.They ate about 2/3 of his $18M salary in 2022 plus 2 $1.5M buyouts for 23 and 24. Still a decent amount less than what is owed to Benintendi now.
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