Chicago White Sox

There is a zero percent chance they don’t add a reliever.

His numbers are horrible at home and great away from Yankee Stadium, so trying to understand if the exit velocity decline is consistent for both if it’s worse at Yankee Stadium for whatever reason.

So their performance since June 1st is predictive of go forward production? And does defense not matter? No matter how you slice it, Sheets is not the answer for RF. Gallo may not be either, but at least there is some sort of outcome where he is. And there are other options for RF other than Gallo. While Peralta scares me a bit, his production this year would be a massive upgrade over Sheets.

There is no tough question on Sheets…he goes down the moment you acquire a RF. That’s easy to facilitate. And there is plenty of room for pitching additions as Ruiz can go and Foster & Lambert can be optioned. The only real challenge is adding both a RF and a 2B assuming we stick with a four man bench. That’s where Leury’s contract really hurts you and would likely force you to trade Engel to make room.

There is a balance that can be had here though. If we stick to rentals, none of the savages or even Vera will need to be considered for a trade. Honestly, the real risk is if Hahn decides to trade for a SP with an extra year of control like Luis Castillo or Frankie Montas. There should be RFs, 2Bs, & RPs who can be acquired with B & C tier prospects, but SP might prove more problematic. I really pray we survive this deadline with Montgomery & Colas as a minimum as we really can’t afford to give up young LH hitting when Hahn has struggled so much to acquire at the major league level.

If we want any hope of a sweep, then the offense needs to wake the fuck up and start hitting some homers. That COL series was an absolute shit show in that regard.

Quintana is scheduled to pitch today…will be interesting to see if he makes that start.

It’s standard Merkin fluff…we’ll have to wait and see how Hahn feels. Not hard to see Vaughn’s 0.6 fWAR despite a 125 wRC+ and realize we need an actual RF. It’s not hard to see our generally shitty production against RHP and realize we need better balance. And it’s hard to ignore each Giolito start and not realize we don’t have a quality #2 starter at the moment. Hahn has work to do regardless of Merkin’s PR spin.

Trade is a technical term, but I’d imagine the cost would be very little beyond absorbing his salary.

I’m on Team Gallo, but half the fun of trading for him will be seeing the reactions from half the board. It would definitely be a polarizing move here.

We don’t need another LF though, we need someone who can handle RF. He also doesn’t hit for much power, which is also important if we add.

Just surprised he wouldn’t command someone in the 25 to 30 range, but I guess he is a platoon bat who doesn’t play great defense.

I’m looking for home & away splits

Seriously?

Any idea how to pull exit velocity splits?

Honestly, I kind of do. Feels like they’re keeping around to make him the fall guy this off-season.

Burger and a prospect to the Marlins for Wendle and a reliever could make sense for both sides.

I’d avoid calling up any young hitters while Menechino is still around. He already destroyed Sosa in about a week…I wouldn’t let him touch someone as important as Colas.

Gausman got less than what we offered Wheeler, so we were willing to pay market for a similar arm not too long ago. I think Reinsdorf would have been ok with a such a move, Hahn just prioritized other less important things.

Watch it be Gregory

And it’s not like we’re loaded with long-term pitching. If Giolito was unwilling to sign an extension, then we should have pursued a different veteran on a multi-year deal. I’d feel much better about the next three years if we had a guy like Gausman in the two slot of our rotation between Cease & Kopech.

Entering the off-season I had three high-level goals I was hoping the White Sox would address: Replace Carlos Rodon with the best long-term starting pitching free agent we can afford Add much needed balance to the lineup while enhancing the defense where possible Improve the right side of our bullpen while also ensuring we have some starting depth Hahn legit failed on 2 1/2 half of these. Hahn refused to invest in a long-term starter even though there were several available at reasonable terms (I really wanted us to pursue Gausman). The only SP depth he had added prior to the Lynn injury was a guy who had put up a total of 1.0 fWAR over his previous 245 innings. Hahn did add some bullpen help from the right side, but paid top of market prices and signed one guy who was already injured and was expected to miss significant time. On the positional side, Hahn refused to add much needed LH power. Instead, his primary addition was a 34 year OF unable to play RF (negating some of the value even if the bat met expectations). Beyond that, Hahn brought back Leury Garcia on a three year deal and then paired him with RH hitting Josh Harrison to form a poorly constructed 2B platoon. Reese McGuire was added and is technically a lefty, but can’t hit RHP. At least he’s a quality defensive catcher. And here we are a half year later and look at what we’re talking about adding. We still need starting pitching, we still need more bullpen help, and we still need reinforcements against tough RHP. We also have a glut of 1B/DH types that we’re forced to play out of position way too frequently. The frustrating part is we will either overpay to address these same needs or go into the stretch run with obvious short-comings. Hahn really fucked up this off-season.

Why would they move him and wouldn’t he cost a ton?

Hahn is running a BOGO special on minor league savages and all he wants in return is a semi-controllable starter and a LH reliever. Just wait, Frankie Montas + AJ Puk for Colson Montgomery, Oscar Colas, & Norge Vera is going to happen brother.