Chicago White Sox

Player A’s wRC+ is only 138 against RHP (typo on my part). Does that change anything?

Who do people prefer for RF? Stats are from 2017 to 2021. Player A: 2,438 PA | 128 wRC+ | .364 OBP | 111 HRs | +0.1 OAA/100 in RF | 138 wRC+ vs RHP Player B: 2,489 PA | 130 wRC+ | .376 OBP | 102 HRs | -1.4 OAA/100 in RF | 121 wRC+ vs RHP Player C: 2,834 PA | 123 wRC+ | .339 OBP | 124 HRs | -0.7 OAA/100 in RF | 114 wRC+ vs RHP

Now you’re talking!

Get out of here with that shit

Maybe look at his stats prior to last year.

Yeah, definitely a little nervous about Castellanos. Good player, but Conforto is such a better fit I don’t understand why they wouldn’t prioritize him. For now, I believe logic will prevail and Conforto and will be on the south side soon.

I’m certain we’ll start seeing some stuff tonight. I’m guessing most free agents take a day or two, but there have to be some trades coming soon. Whether they involve the Sox who knows.

Regarding Kimbrel, I think that’s what Harold was suggesting. Fully agree on Conforto. That needs to be done with 48 hours or we riot.

So we’re GMs not allowed to talk during the lockout? If so, what kind of dumb shit is that?

Just for discussion purposes:

Oh totally agree, just saying it’s hard to pat yourself on the back for saying it was going to be horrible signing when one of his two years was good and he has one left. That being said, I’m not optimistic and would love to add another impact starter.

True, just feels like having sand in your eyes when reading his tripe.

We were already within $15M of the old threshold.

It also gave us more money to throw at our targets.

Didn’t he get Cy Young votes the first year of the deal?

Starting with me! ?

Are you saying Bob said we’d acquire an upper echelon SP?

I get it’s his job, but got I hate Scott Merkin sometimes.

Make the pre-arb bonuses $50M with increases and wrap this b**** up. That would cost each owner what, $2M to $2M max? Stop haggling over what are penny’s in the grand scheme of things.

I think minor gaps quickly get settled once the big ticket items like the intentional draft are in place. No one wants to concede any further on the smaller items until then.

Yeah, but let’s be honest, if they wrap up a deal in the next couple days they will reinstate all games. Cancelling games right now is just a really dumb negotiating tactic, although there is a point quickly approaching where you can’t un-cancel. They need to figure this shit out and fast.

Who knows? The owners don’t design the negotiating strategy.

If the union caves on the international draft (at least kicking it down the road to Nov 15) it seems like a deal is possible.

Exactly…not negotiating for a month plus after initiating the lockout is 100% on him. That was most definitely his tactic to break the union and he overestimated how easily they would fold this time around. And now with TV money at stake, he finally decides to get serious halfway through March. Fuck Manfred.

Your entire argument seems to be centered around the idea of prospects potentially being blocked and choosing quicker paths to the majors. How many quality prospects are blocked indefinitely and have to wait until the Rule 5 draft / minor league free agency to get their opportunity? The answer is very few as prospects are far too valuable to sit around idle in AAA. Either they will be moved to another position (like Vaughn last year) or will be traded for something else that can help the team. This hypothetical problem of yours really isn’t a problem. As for this idea that players are paying off their debts at “minimum wage” before hitting free agency is also absurd. Right now, they’d only make $2M over their first three years before reaching arbitration where they make exponentially more money. Poor Manny Machado only made $34M prior to reaching free agency. Sounds like modern day slavery to me. Also, let’s not ignore the +$5M bonus he received before ever playing a minor league game. Should all the prospects who fail (which is the majority) pay back their signing bonuses to the owners? The way the draft works today is not the problem. The real problem is minor leaguers working at below minimum wages and not being provided basic necessities like housing & food. Those are the people who should be the priority. After them, pre-arb players should probably get paid a bit more and that’s actively being negotiated through a minimum salary increase and a bonus pool for performance. And finally, revenue sharing should require a minimum payroll to ensure the middle class of player isn’t getting fuck once they hit free agency. None of those require the elimination of the draft and awarding free agency from day one. The MLB desperately needs more parity not less.