24 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

He’s another guy that would be interesting if the price were reasonable

I like that the Sox presently have a good mixture of drafting, developing, and scouting other teams cast offs. Peters, Grichuk, Periara, Perez, Rock, S Smith, and Romo come to mind.

I am a prospect hugger, but I know the smart play is keep drafting and developing at a high level and move some prospects for established players.

For what it's worth I would be fine moving Carlson if his value was higher. There is a glut of middle infielders, and there will be another when they select Emerson or Roch in two weeks. I would absolutely trade him for some pitching but he didn't come out the gate hot and then he broke his thumb. I'd rather not sell low.

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1 hour ago, chw42 said:

I don't think the Jays are quite out of it yet. They're only 2.5 games out of a wild card spot.

Yeah…they’re definitely going for it

On 6/28/2026 at 5:38 PM, Lip Man 1 said:

And when he set the payroll number for this year over last winter, it was rumored that a lockout was a possibility, now it's almost a certainty, That could, notice I said could, change his thinking.

Remember with JR the three rules are: money, money and money.

I hope the Sox do something but my guess is, it won't be a game changer.

Jerry is 90. He doesn't have much time left realistically. In a year where the Sox could make the playoffs and attendance is up, I really don't think he will thinking "I need to keep payroll low with a potential upcoming lockout". He's going to want to go for it once more while he's alive.

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14 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Jerry is 90. He doesn't have much time left realistically. In a year where the Sox could make the playoffs and attendance is up, I really don't think he will thinking "I need to keep payroll low with a potential upcoming lockout". He's going to want to go for it once more while he's alive.

Maybe...and he may also be thinking 'I want to continue to leave as much money possible for my family because I am 90 and won't be around forever...'

I hope your version is right but again this is JR so who knows?

36 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Maybe...and he may also be thinking 'I want to continue to leave as much money possible for my family because I am 90 and won't be around forever...'

I hope your version is right but again this is JR so who knows?

His family owns the freaking Bulls and White Sox. They'll be fine. I still think he'll want Getz to go for it this season. It could be his last chance at a chip.

14 minutes ago, ron883 said:

His family owns the freaking Bulls and White Sox. They'll be fine. I still think he'll want Getz to go for it this season. It could be his last chance at a chip.

Yeah, the notion that a freakin' billionaire is nervous that he's going to leave enough money for his offspring is ridiculous. He just wants to pile that money as high as he can. He's addicted, as all billionaires are.

4 hours ago, Falstaff said:

I like that the Sox presently have a good mixture of drafting, developing, and scouting other teams cast offs. Peters, Grichuk, Periara, Perez, Rock, S Smith, and Romo come to mind.

I am a prospect hugger, but I know the smart play is keep drafting and developing at a high level and move some prospects for established players.

Ideally, that’s what they say.  But the Sox haven’t shown the ability to consistently draft and develop in the upper quartile:  and consistently behind the Twins, Tigers and Guardians.   And is it really true anyway?  Everyone was beating on the Orioles for not cashing in some prospects for veteran pitching.  Well they finally did (Rogers, Baz, Burnes) – and they got decidedly worse.  There are other things you can do with “excess” prospects:  like trade for someone else’s excess in pitching prospects.

And for the Sox,  young-for-old trades have been singularly non-productive.  I think pretty much 100% of June/July trades have been, at best, non-productive with several absolute disasters.  The only exceptions are the Blum in 2005 (a minor trade for a utility IF) and the Contreras/Loiza flip in 2004 (not a young-for-old trade).

1 hour ago, ron883 said:

Jerry is 90. He doesn't have much time left realistically. In a year where the Sox could make the playoffs and attendance is up, I really don't think he will thinking "I need to keep payroll low with a potential upcoming lockout". He's going to want to go for it once more while he's alive.

The way you think and the way JR thinks are probably miles apart.

6 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

The way you think and the way JR thinks are probably miles apart.

You really don't think JR would add during a season where they are playoff contenders? Especially with his age? He's spent plenty of times when the team was competitive. He absolutely loves his White Sox. I 100% think he'd want to take one more chance while he is still alive.

Bad memories linger from that one Britt Burns pitch that ended the season for the great '83 White Sox. That ending only makes me realize how hard it is to even get to that point. We keep asking ourselves as White Sox fans, "are they really this good?" And this team continues to answer that in the affirmative. This team has what it takes to go for it...all of it. There , I said it.

4 minutes ago, tray said:

Bad memories linger from that one Britt Burns pitch that ended the season for the great '83 White Sox. That ending only makes me realize how hard it is to even get to that point. We keep asking ourselves as White Sox fans, "are they really this good?" And this team continues to answer that in the affirmative. This team has what it takes to go for it...all of it. There , I said it.

You’ve earned another shot with this post. Welcome to the light.

1 hour ago, ron883 said:

You really don't think JR would add during a season where they are playoff contenders? Especially with his age? He's spent plenty of times when the team was competitive. He absolutely loves his White Sox. I 100% think he'd want to take one more chance while he is still alive.

I didn't say he wouldn't add. I think he'll allow some additions but Getz isnt going for the throat here . He'll see what he can get at reasonable rates. But I don't think JR changes the way thinks just because he's near the end now. Bottom line is bottom line with him. Leaving his kids as debt free as possible when they sell the Sox so its mostly profit means a lot to him.

Maybe if Sonny Gray is a salary dump they take a shot but then anything else is going to have to be prospects for a couple relief arms along the lines of Garrett Whitlock but not like Chapman.

I actually hope the Rangers decide to sell but after the series with Cleveland they can start losing. They have a relief pitcher named Jacob Latz (from Lemont) who might make the All Star team and had a 2 inning save tonight vs. Cleveland so has 17 save and 2 blown saves and a great ERA and WHIP. Sox always look for the local guys to come home. He could be their biggest addition for th BP and people might be saying "Who" ?

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14 hours ago, Baron said:

That is major prospect hugging.

Thats fine. Call it what you wish.

14 hours ago, Timmy U said:

Personally, I would not trade Fauske. If he could be Grady Sizemore (a guy who was in fact traded as a prospect), you're going to regret it for a decade. Boughton, sure. Any and all of the older college guys including pitchers, absolutely. But you start trading your overslot guys like Fauske and Bonemer, you are eating the seed corn.

^^^^CORRECT!

10 hours ago, striker said:

My guess is Getz will trade for bullpen arms and keep running the young guys out there. Assuming we make the playoffs, it's typically a bullpen battle.

Correct. Getz knew this was a rebuilding year going in, and if he’s as good as he looks, he won’t interrupt his schedule to overpay while prospect trading for short term gain in 2026/27. If he had designed to go for it this season, he would have set up the pitching staff way different already before the season started. Not to mention the outfield

2 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Jacob Latz

Dude is pitching out of his mind and all I can attribute it to is an increase in control. Last year he was good but this year in half the innings of his prior load, he’s been great.

1 hour ago, Chick Mercedes said:

If he had designed to go for it this season, he would have set up the pitching staff way different already before the season started. Not to mention the outfield

Players decide the fate of their team in some cases… so they’d be fools not to see what is happening, accept it, embrace it, and run with it while incorporating it into the bigger pitcher of sustained success.

There is a middle ground and I’m hopefully it will be found.

9 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

We have no excuse not to buy a top-end SP in free agency this offseason. As such, I’d rather keep Bonemer and go with a cheaper SP at the deadline. I truly believe we should not be doing “all-in” trades in year 1 of our competitive window.

8 hours ago, ron883 said:

You really don't think JR would add during a season where they are playoff contenders? Especially with his age? He's spent plenty of times when the team was competitive. He absolutely loves his White Sox. I 100% think he'd want to take one more chance while he is still alive.

I don't think he is planning on dying THIS year. They could be a year or two away anyway. He doesn't plan on turning the team over to Ishbia before 2029, so I suspect he assumes he will have more chances. Plus, I'm not really sure he cares if he wins or not. His priorities are not the same as ours.

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The Sox just spent two years not trading Luis Robert and watching his value go to zero because they didn't want to pick up money, and needing to be convinced to pick up Mune. I also wouldn't be shocked if the ramping up of payroll quickly for the TLR era has some kind of traumatic effect on Jerry like we saw with his refusal to sign long term pitcher contracts after a flop or two. I will believe the horse has changed his stripes when I see it.

10 hours ago, ron883 said:

His family owns the freaking Bulls and White Sox. They'll be fine. I still think he'll want Getz to go for it this season. It could be his last chance at a chip.

Generally speaking, billionaires aren’t exactly known for having the mindset of “You know what? I think I have enough money”

Trends

June 15th the Sox reached their high water mark of 6 games over .500 so they've been treading water for 2 weeks.

For the last month the Tigers and he Twins have got red hot with the bats and crept closer.

The Guardians meanwhile have stopped hitting all together for the last month but the Sox can't shake them.

Jacob Gonzalez last 5 games .421 .476 .684 1.160. Got himself to .2 bWAR after going 0 for 26.

Braden Montgomery is at .4 bWAR while just staying consistently just OK with the bat so his defense must be looking pretty good.

The last 28 days Sam Antonacci line.

.313

.427

.488

.915

I am going to turn the tables and ask, if you were the opposing GM, what White Sox would you want for...

Sonny Gray
Michael Wacha
Clay Holmes (injured, may come back before the trade deadline, has a player option he probably won't take)
Reid Detmers

21 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Idk, everyone is talking about windows... but who knows how long those are open for. This team has so little pitching I'm seeing a Orioles type situation where they need to figure out which position players are expendable and maximize them.

Pitching is going to improve from within. Drew thorpe, mason adams shane smith hagen and noahschultz tanner mcdougal.

One bullpen guy who fascinates me is the frenchman, LaCombe.

12 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Yeah, the notion that a freakin' billionaire is nervous that he's going to leave enough money for his offspring is ridiculous. He just wants to pile that money as high as he can. He's addicted, as all billionaires are.

As Mr. Burns once said "Sure I'm rich, But I'd trade it all for just a little more"