He hates us that bad, eh?

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual

With Morneau still looking for a suitor should the White Sox be considering his services in case LaRoche doesn't get healthy?

 

I don't think we need to stress about finding another DH/back up 1B.

With Morneau still looking for a suitor should the White Sox be considering his services in case LaRoche doesn't get healthy?

 

If LaRoche is not ready at the start of the season my money would be on them keeping up another outfielder. This would allow Eaton to DH more while his arm returns to 100%.

If LaRoche is not ready at the start of the season my money would be on them keeping up another outfielder. This would allow Eaton to DH more while his arm returns to 100%.

 

With Avi hitting like he is, it gives us internal options instead of spending more money. I see that as WAY more likely. That is also assuming that LaRoche is WAY worse than the team is letting on. We still have three weeks of spring training to go.

With Morneau still looking for a suitor should the White Sox be considering his services in case LaRoche doesn't get healthy?

 

Well it's definitely a strong possibility now and would probably be an upgrade from LaRoche if Morneau can stay healthy. He put up a very good season in 2014 and missed most of last year with his neck and concussion problems but hit the crap out of the ball when he returned in September. He also had good road splits if anyone is worried about the Coors effect and he hits lefties better than LaRoche while his OBP was good too in 2014 and 2015 (very limited AB's).

 

The Red Sox have shown interest in him so if he signs there in the next few days it's probably because they know the White Sox signing him is a possibility. Whoever signs him my guess is it's around $3-5M for 1 year.

Edited March 16, 201610 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside