WestEddy

There was a season under Schueler, when the Sox grabbed a half dozen Rule 5 guys to sort through in Spring Training, and Jerry had quite the problem with paying the $50k fee on each player. He shut down that practice, going forward.

The problem comes in starting Carela's clock a year or two too early. Wilfred Veras is probably just too far away from the bigs to stow on the 26-man roster all season. I'd also think the Sox would like to keep the 40-man lean and mean, not only for the Rule 5, but also to be grabbing up relievers other teams are trying to slip through waivers.

On july 31, 2024, the Sox will owe Moncada $13 million, yet. Unless he's having a truly historic, breakout season, he's dead weight.

https://www.futuresox.net/2023/11/12/chicago-white-sox-40-man-roster-decisions-and-2023-rule-5-draft-implications/ James Fox of FutureSox has a thorough breakdown.

It was weird that the Wheaties box only had Buehrle, instead of the team.

That was my thought. Xavier Fernandez is a C/1B who hits. He had the Yermin lane all to himself. It's probably just a formality for all of these guys.

I'm guessing that other GM's don't spend their time listening to 29 other sports radio shows to see if another GM tips his hand by giving an honest assessment of how their team is put together. If one of us can sit down and break down the Sox' outfield, any other GM has 20 times the information we have, and a team to evaluate the player they have interest in.

He didn't do that. To say a club's "too right-handed", or doesn't have enough power, you're not talking down your trade chips. And it's not like you're going to call Gavin Sheets a potential MVP, and 29 dum-dums will line up to trade their top two prospects for him.

Crawford is #77, Miller is #90 on MLB's top 100 prospects list.

I sure don't want to enjoy winning.

I think by that time, the Cubs were clearing out their classis 60's lineup. Beckert, Santo, Williams, Hundley, Jenkins, Kessinger, Banks retired, they traded Kenny Holtzman, for reasons. It was a good time to jump ship.

Maybe he replaces the concept of Andrew Vaughn?

I have no idea who this guy is. But I'm starved for anybody to start naming names.

I'm not sure what Gurriel would do. Play 2nd? Does this portend an Eloy trade?

Laz Rivera and Luis Mieses are two long time Sox prospects who never put it together. Victor Reyes would have been better than Colas or Sheets.

I sure don't think Bellinger is worth an Aaron Judge deal, or even a Bryce Harper deal. He fell off a cliff for a couple of years with the Dodgers.

You're probably even grabbing a bullpen arm or 2 WAR OF with 3-4 years of control in that package. A team would literally have to send their top 2 prospects, and 2-3 more from their top 10.

Moncada still has that $5 million buyout for '25.

I find no problem with his remarks. Imagine going to a play, and the actors have to stop every 6 lines, and do interviews. He's got to say something.

The most important job of batting coach, from my recollection, is to have the balls to smash the PlayStation in the clubhouse with a baseball bat, and chase the hitters into the batting cages. If Marcus can do that, he's aces.

Why would giving him a chance to pitch on a competitive team in the pennant run stretch be a reason for him to be angry? I get that every single event must be couched in the most anti-White Sox theories imaginable. He kept his head down (most of the time), and just pitched. I can see someone taking a flier on a strong #3-4 rotation arm.

We all wanted the Sox to go outside the organization, they went outside the organization. We screamed about Royal connections, they're signing coaches without Royal connections. It all seems like a plan. edit - and once Thames left the Yankees after 2022, their hitting fell off a cliff. I like it.

They're clearly in a rebuild. I'm not saddened by Getz's moves, so far. Pretty much everyone is expecting Getz to grab 2-3 bounce back candidates, and load up AAA for the rotation. We're already settling for Andrus as our SS, and letting it ride with Lenyn Sosa at 2B. I'm actually curious for the first time in a couple of years what path the Sox are going to take. Blow it up, or patch in a couple of rookies who failed in their 1st or 2nd tries?

I actually think they should bring back Ureña. Dude had 5 strong starts. Touki and Scholtens looked lucky.

Can't say I'm unhappy. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/mike-clevinger-declines-option-with-white-sox.html