WhiteSox2023

Who saw that coming?

The key is where Snell goes, with Montgomery sounding likely to resign with Texas. Supposedly the Yankees aren’t enamored with Stroman so we need Snell to sign elsewhere.

The Cubs will definitely be spending more money in the coming weeks on some combination of Bellinger/Hoskins/Chapman/etc.

Need Snell to go anywhere but the Yankees.

Extreme flyball pitcher with 91-92 heat? As long as the wind is blowing in at Wrigley, he should be okay. Otherwise, during the heat of the summer, there could be some lasers flying out onto Waveland.

Good. Now hopefully Snell, Montgomery, and Stroman sign quickly.

I don’t think Rosenthal is as much of a shill as Nightengale is.

And what do you think adding a guy like Duvall, Gallo, or Hicks will do for this team? Are you solely looking for a flip candidate, because I doubt any of these three guys returns much at the deadline even if they have a big first half. Starting Colas in RF from opening day and on would be more productive for this team.

No. Jerry was simply lying to Sox fans in his press conference when he announced that Getz was taking over and he said that he believed the Sox were only a few moves away from being competitive. Either that or he’s going delusional in his old age. Cease will be traded.

Jerry likely even knows deep down that 2024 will be a lost season, although he would never admit it publicly. Why would he allow Getz to spend $10 million on Duvall? In the grand scheme of things, a Duvall, Gallo, or Hicks isn’t going to be a difference maker on the season anyways. Brett Phillips is definitely your guy. It’s the White Sox way.

It’s news for any of the crazy people that think there’s any chance that Getz holds onto Cease until the trade deadline. Rosenthal says he will be traded once the rest of the better starting options (Imanaga, Snell, Montgomery, Stroman) are signed and cited the obvious massive risks that make holding onto Cease a bad decision — a poor first half performance and/or injury, which still outweigh Cease potentially pitching lights out.

He earned it, apparently?

So is this an admission that the Sox screwed up with Crochet by bringing him up as a reliever? And also, will this be another screwup if he gets injured trying to throw way more innings?

According to Brennaman’s Wikipedia page, he has been hired twice since the incident, so he has been given a second chance already. Do I expect the MLB to do the same? No, but I don’t think this should come as a surprise to anyone.

The McDaniels/Vrabel to NE rumors are already circulating.

How soon until Yankees fans are posting on this board that we are only getting Spencer Jones in a Cease trade in our wet dreams?

You aren’t misremembering. Rutherford was a 40-45 FV prospect. Jones is 55.

If your point is that Yankees prospects bust a lot, sure they do, like many prospects. But Rutherford never had the pure power that Jones has, nor did he ever develop it as anticipated. Quite like our own Ryan Sweeney years ago.

Agreed on Poles but you have a chance at a franchise-changing leader and the Bears should take the leap.

I’m fine with that. Give me the guy that turned around a 49ers team and went 49–22–1 in his time there. Harbaugh is more of a proven winner in the NFL than either Poles or Eberflus.

Which is what the Bears should do. Instead, we will have another lame duck coaching staff advising on QB decisions.

How can we get Randy Miller hired to the Chicago media? The guy has covered more interesting Sox info in this one article than our local scrubs have all offseason.

They “could” get a better package from the Orioles because they have the better prospects, but unless Elias flinches at some point, I wouldn’t be upset by a Jones/Hampton package.

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like we could possibly see a trade soon, if this Yankees meeting yesterday meant anything.