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If this is truly the plan then we should expect another 2-3 years of full on tanking. The Sox will need to continue to stock the farm with top 5 draft picks. Hopefully they can flip Rodon, Herrera, and Colome for some useful pieces as well.

Who really cares about Alonso's vesting option? The Sox are gonna need a DH in 2020. Alonso will be right in the Sox price range as well.

Cain and Chacin were FA after 2016.

Laroche retired early and they had other money coming off the books so the payroll would have been lower. The Brewers didn't have to completely tear down in order to build a winner. It can be done. Just not by Hahn and company.

Neither Coats nor LaMarre will be with either organization in two months.

Chris Stewart is a catcher. Teams always have jetsam catchers in the minors.

Get a new front office and sign guys like Lowrie, Chacin, and Lorenzo Cain.

It was definitely the right move for JR and company's bottom line. The decision to rebuild or not is a matter of opinion.

Scared money don't make money.

A supposedley top 5 farm system should have no room for players like Alcides Escobar.

It is clearly up for debate whether Moncada will be "fine" at third. Remember when Gordon Beckham was the clearly the White Sox future at second base? Jerking around one of the most important pieces of your rebuild for a kid who hasn't even played a single game in AA is not a wise move.

It's really too bad that someone held a gun to Rick Hahn's head and forced him to trade away the greatest pitcher in White Sox history. Hahn should have at least filed a grievance with the league over that.

Signing all 4 of those guys is delusional and will never happen.

Goldschmidt signed a 4 year extension with St Louis. The Sox will spread their FA spending, if it even happens at all, out over 3-4 guys in the Markakias, Matt Carpenter, Zack Wheeler range. I also fully expect Abreu to get a 40 to 50 million dollar extension.

What is Moncada's natural and preferred position to play?

Seems like it. Eloy is already on the same tier as Arenado, Bryant, and Trout according to some on this board. Downright ludicrous thinking in my opinion. These are the same guys were pegging Gordan Beckham as the next Jeff Kent.

Yep. He isn't blocking anyone this year. Let the kid get 25-30 starts in another tank/developmental year. 2019 should be his last call for figuring things out though. Hopefully the Sox start caring about winning actual baseball games in 2020.

Not a chance in hell. He won't be the starting second baseman Opening Day 2020 either.

Burger was more like a hungryman pick.

No risk, no reward. What if he turns into Thor or Luis Severino?

Now that Eloy has signed on the dotted line, who else from the future "core" should the Sox lock up? Dylan Cease seems to make the most sense if he dominants at Charlotte this year.

LMAO. I"ll go with Mark Salas. He's the same dude who kept insisting that the Padres weren't a real threat for Machado because of some debt obligations on Petco Park. Either Ron Fowler never read his memo or Manny agreed to play for 300 million dollars of monopoly money.

The Cubs won 97 games and made it all the way to the NLCS during year 4 of their rebuild. Will the Sox even be a 500 team next year? How did the Cubs do it? Magic? Harry Potter Wizardry? Good ol fashioned New Orleans voodoo?

"Why ask why. Try bud dry."

Predictions on how much WAR Mr. Jimenez puts up over the life of this contract (assuming both option years are picked up)? Over or under 30WAR? I'll take the over but barely.