25 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

What did he put out?

it was a very old tweet, someone just bumped and I thought it was new

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by joejoesox

35 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

We are now less than two 1/2 days from the trade deadline.

One thing to think about ahead of the deadline is what is the rotation plan is for 2027. At the moment, you have Burke & Martin as locks and Kay as a solid back of the rotation option. Then there is a massive group of arms who could be in the mix for the other two spots between Schultz, McDougal, H. Smith, Sandlin, S. Smith, Adams, & Thorpe. This latter group includes a former All Star and four former Top 100 prospects, but all of them come with question marks.

Theoretically, we should feel awesome about this group with the breakthroughs of Burke & Martin. Obviously that really isn’t the case as many of these guys have gone backwards this year and the others haven’t had a chance to prove themselves at the majors due to injury recoveries or other factors. I would NOT feel good about starting the 2027 season with two of these guys in my rotation and even moreso not when that would make Kay my effective #3 SP.

As such, one rotation upgrade is an absolute must and two is probably ideal if we’re really going for it. We should have cash to burn this offseason and adding a pricey free agent SP should the priority. No doubt Skubal is who we should target, but obviously that’s super unlikely and not worth planning around. The other best free agent SPs are Gray, Gausman, Ray, Peralta, Woodruff, Holmes, Mize, Singer, Flaherty, Boyd, Martinez, May, Rogers, Ryan, Griffin, & Bubic. King & Burnes also have opt-outs. That’s an incredibly deep free agent class and at our single biggest area need.

Ultimately, I bring all this up for two reasons. First, many of these guys will be available at the deadline (by my estimate, 11 of the 19 guys above). If you really like one of them and plan to pursue them aggressively in FA, why not spend a bit more now at the deadline to bring them into the fold and give yourself an extended sales pitch window. Second, does the depth of this market change the thinking on adding a controllable SP this deadline? If a salary floor were to be implemented, adding a second pricy SP would be the best way to solve it.

In conclusion, I love me some Reid Detmers and think he would slot in perfectly between Burke & Martin, but am now leaning towards going the rental route at the deadline. If I could get him for a pitching heavy package (guys in the group of seven listed way above), I’d certainly do it. But if it requires Carlson, then I think I probably pass for now and save that chip for later. I’d still try to add two rentals SPs this deadline and make sure one of them is a free agent priority.

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/stats?category=pitchingratios&sort=gbfb&season=2026&seasonType=reg&sortOrder=desc

Webb, Soriano, Alcantara and F.Griffin all Top 20 for gb/fo ratio. You'll also see Martin in that grouping.

R.Ray is pretty much the exact opposite. He has the very worst ratio.

Same with Burke.

Detmers and N.Martinez both feature prominently as flyball pitchers, too.

T.Rogers of Baltimore has the best recent string of pitching going back 40-50 IP.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by caulfield12

53 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

it was a very old tweet, someone just bumped and I thought it was new

He was literally traded t the Brewers a few days after lol