Chicago White Sox

f*** yes!

I really hate that we’ll have to watch Leury for another half season

Sucks that any time you have hope, Leury Garcia will quickly be up to bat

I will never stop loving Grandal

Fuckity fuck fuck

Big throw by Big Energy!

No one is moving the Sox out of Chicago…

It was leaked that this was our front office and Cairo

Dat velocity though

Can’t even blame La Russa…this is all our genius GM Rick Montgomery Hahn.

Please god be true and end this reign of terror!

Still waiting on those parades Rick…

He’s also going to get like $8M in arbitration which is basically nothing when someone who has accomplished nothing like VV will get $4M.

I wish they’d just shut Grandal down and give him an extra month to get healthy prior to next season.

Yup, at this point I fully expect him back as manager next year in a completely virtual capacity. They’ll just place a little laptop in the dugout and let him call the shots from Arizona.

At least we have now confirmed that.

Oh god, this dude is never going away.

Relevant to certain discussions:

I went back and forth between the two of them. Just not sure they’ll have the financial ammo to sign Nimmo, but I’d be ecstatic if they did.

IMO, the Sox need two LH hitting OFs. One of those should eventually be Colas and the other should be a free agent or trade acquisition. Neither can be Sheets if we actually care about winning. Assuming Pollock exercises his team option, he should be the 4th OF and/or placeholder until we decide to call-up Oscar. As previously mentioned, I think 1B/DH should go to Abreu & Eloy. I just don’t see how we can improve the team by letting Abreu go and trading Eloy would be selling low IMO. I love Vaughn but he’s got the most value and can be used to land a 2B or SP. Sheets & Burger can be 3rd & 4th on the 1B/DH depth chart. For 3B I think we are pretty much forced to hold onto Yoan for many reasons. That being said, they need to come up with an off-season plan to add flexibility and I’d have Burger start the 2023 season in AAA playing 3B everyday to see if there is any hope of being playable there long-term just to be safe. Similar to Moncada, we are 100% stuck with Grandal. We are going to need a catcher who is an upgrade over Zavala and who can carry half the load. Perez should be waiting in the wings in AAA in the event we need to cut bait on Yaz early into the season. Not an ideal situation but don’t see another option here. 2B is tough because we continually go cheap here, but at the same time we have two legit prospects who should be able to take the job in the next 12 months and a semi-interesting option in Romy. The go for it move would be trading Vaughn+ for Jazz, but I’d probably prioritize using those assets toward a SP and go with an internal option to offset the insanely expensive bullpen and other dead money that are plaguing the roster. This all assumes that Tony & Menechino are gone and that a new staff will find a way to way to better utilize the raw power of this roster. Still far from perfect and you’re gambling on a lot of guys being healthier and/or improving, but the lineup has better balance and the OF defense is much improved. Unfortunately I don’t see a lot of better options given our sizable payroll commitments and many guys coming off horrible years. Anderson, SS Moncada, 3B# Abreu, 1B Jimenez, DH Conforto, LF* Robert, CF Colas, RF* Grandal, C# Sosa, 2B IF: Mendick/Romy OF: Pollock UT: Garcia# (barf) BC: FA/trade Cease Trade (Vaughn+) Kopech Giolito Lynn 9th: Hendriks 8th: Graveman 8th: Bummer* 7th: Lopez 7th: Diekman* 6th: Kelly 6th: Lambert LR: Martin

if he misses tonight’s game, I think that pretty much confirms he is out as a manager. Knowing our luck, he probably replaces KW as our EVP of Baseball Operations though.

Just one of the worst off-seasons ever. It’s almost impressively bad when you consider we’re in the middle of our contention window and Rick didn’t address any of our major needs with impact talent.

What’s payroll commitment to the bullpen next year?

I don’t see the point of letting Jose go when he’s our best player and will likely take a hometown discount. I also think it’s very clear that Eloy needs to be kept and used as DH primarily. If Sheets can’t return something via trade, then he can be a depth / insurance option, which is nice to have given Eloy’s health record.

Definitely seems that way.