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Ben Zobrist is a guy I'd like to kick the tires on. Early season 2B holder for when Madrigal is ready. Good veteran with high OBP%. Then you can use him as the split guy with Mazara .

No it's not. Kopech and Cease. If their elite stuff plays out, we are going to be hard to beat.

"The money will be spent." Very close for that silliness to be put to rest, right?

This beats the Price craziness. We give up nothing here and pay less than we would have had we made that crazy trade scenario.

Anything NBC5 White Sox , Garfein, McGuffey posts, I move right past it just like I do "insiders" like WSD, and the rest of the Twitter trolls. In fact, anytime any of those guys spit out a name it almost 100% convinces me it ain't happening. All the Sox moves tend to come out of nowhere when no one is even talking about them.

Still no word on the $$$ ?

NL IPs are sometimes a skewed stat based on their dumb ass non DH rule.

I'll have to find out the $$$ first. Anything over $5 million, he will stick from here until the trade deadline.

OK even then, why would you hang out a $20 million annual contract to Ryu/Keuchel/Price if you know at some point Kopech will be a part of this rotation? Or are folks still rooting for Lopez to fail? I think the Sox will get a disposable 2nd veteran here shortly to go with Gio.

For the 1,001th time, HAVE THE WHITE SOX OFFICIALY SAID THIS?

To me, this tells me they are not going for a 2nd high end guy. Maybe another swing man, but nothing else. Giollito Lopez Kopech Cease Gonzales That will be the opening day rotation and maybe a swing guy for Kopech if he's not ready.

100%. Giollito, Kopech, and Cease need to develop into a solid 1-2-3 if we plan to contend for a WS anytime soon.

Archer was not a terrible pitcher at the time of that trade.

Fans shited all over the idea of Bumgarner at 4 years and now it's OK to hand that to a guy who doesn't miss bats in Keuchel?

I just like to guard myself against every possible financial factor when it comes to cheering for this team. Even if means payroll 20 years down the line. Sadly

I rather those $8 million in 2020 not being the "hypothetical" reason why in 2021 they decide not to get a good a player or extend one of their core guys.

All these pitchers people b****ing about would become another Nova fiasco. Tired of this crap. Yes, I rather Covey and Fulmer take on the piñata treatment then pissing $8 million down the barrel of pitching junk.

Everyone of these clowns wants to be next White Sox Dave,

I think that's were fans are being wrong and unrealistic. The Sox are heavily relying on those guys. Cease has to be good in order for this rebuild to work. Lopez needs to be given a chance to stick in this rotation on the back end. I think we as fans are being a bit impatient and want to win in 2020 at any cost, even if it's pushing young developing pieces to the side. That wasn't the purpose of this rebuild. For a Brett Anderson to come in here and take a rotation spot from as Cease or Lopez all because of being desparate to see if we can squeeze into a WC spot. It makes no sense.

That's Rich Hahn's job, either pay the price for Bumgarner or Ryu or trade for someone. I truly don't care what he does with the #5, and as far as I know Reynaldo Lopez isn't dead yet.

My expectations were they were going to get a bat and get a SP and hope for the Core take another step forward

Do you realize how bad our 2-5 starters were last year? You're putting the cart before the horse. Get a #2. Hope Kopech and Cease are the real deal. That should be our focus.

I'm truly not losing any sleep over who the Sox fifth starter is going to be. We need to find a #2, that's what's important right now.

And so what if the market is running out of bad starters?

I thought last year was a bit embarrassing for White Sox Fan Nation, but this year and how the've handled this offseason so far is beyond childish and ridiculous. For a fanbase that takes pride in being being hard ass proud, bunch of whinny pussies is what I see. From "what team will you cheer for next season" to "time to rebuild the rebuild," man the fuck up!