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  1. We have been active and it could definitely be worse, but under no circumstance does Jerry deserve accolades for this offseason. In this market we could have done serious damage with a willingness to spend, but right now a roughly league average payroll and a minimal increase vs. 2020 looks like what we’ll get despite claiming we are going for it. We have no choice but to accept that, but we can at least call out clowns like Sullivan who are trying to sell us fans a false narrative.
  2. My favorite quote in that article is this: Like that is some serious water carrying or whatever you kids call it these days!
  3. My money is still on Richards, although that “by Sunday” prediction is not looking so hot at the moment!
  4. I think most of us are excited about Kopech, but he hasn’t pitched in forever and will be on a strict innings limit. He should the start the year in AAA as our 6th starter and that’s totally fine.
  5. Depends on what the cost is and how much Jerry is willing to spend. I do like Musgrove a lot better than most of the free agent starters, but I’m also hesitant to give up say Jared Kelley for him. It’s really a tough call IMO.
  6. I felt it was time to celebrate our great owner Jerry Reinsdorf and applaud him for going all out amidst a financially crippling pandemic. Times are tough, even for billionaires, but that’s not stopping Jerry from playing at the top of free agency and doing what needs to be done to deliver us a World Series caliber product. Come October and we’re holding that beloved trophy, don’t forgot moments like when Jerry won that bidding war for Adam Eaton despite the financial duress it likely caused him. We truly are lucky to have an owner who puts winning above all else atop our organization. Thank you Jerry from the bottom of all our hearts!! Looks like great minds think alike as Paul Sullivan wrote a fantastic piece about this very subject. I recommend everyone read this and thank Paul for this excellent, though-provoking article. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-liam-hendriks-jerry-reinsdorf-20210116-rhgupqhn5rhivlpu7xh5jyqnxq-story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true
  7. We should aim higher than a #5 type starter.
  8. In a perfect world, Kopech, Lopez, & Stiever enter the 2021 season as our #6, #7, & #8 starters. I think those guys would work very well in those roles, but failing to add another starter moves them all up a spot and forces one of them (likely Lopez) into our opening day rotation. That’s not acceptable for a team looking to win the World Series next year.
  9. We’re arguing semantics here, but I would consider trading important core pieces like Cease, Kopech, Crochet, or Vaughn to be an all-in move. I love Dunning but he is simply not that caliber of prospect.
  10. The Lynn trade wasn’t an all-in move given where Dunning was in the pecking order. It definitely shifted future value into the 2021 season, but we still have Giolito plus Kopech, Cease, & Crochet as potential high-end arms ahead of him in our long-term plans.
  11. How would free agent starters make us weaker when our #5 right now is Reynaldo Lopez?
  12. I think Beef is grasping at straws here a bit with this Perez stuff. I’m sure we checked in on him, but I doubt we were ever serious. I still think Hahn is targeting Richards or Quintana and is playing a bit of chicken with them. If he fails in those pursuits and nothing materializes on the trade front, I could see Wainwright or Archer as backup plans, but I see those being last resorts.
  13. I think Musgrove is far more interesting and would likely blow Quintana out of the water in terms of production. And Tanaka isn’t going to be cheap and will require multiple years. I’m not saying we should do the trade, but I could very easily see that being the price.
  14. What have you heard on potential prices for Gray?
  15. I think he should sign with a rebuilding club that won’t quickly move in another direction if he gets injured.
  16. He had a partially torn UCL in 2016 and avoided getting TJS. Sounds like that was a poor decision that ultimately blew up on him and resulted in more lost time than necessary. I know there were other injuries mixed in there, but the dude was basically fully healthy last year. No doubt he is a risk, but if you believe the UCL is finally good to go, I’ll happily take him on a 1/$8M deal and hope I can get at least 100 quality innings out of him during the regular season and then for him to play a role on our postseason pitching staff.
  17. It’s definitely not time to go all-in. If there’s a trade out there that makes sense then do it, but sacrificing the entire future for a couple of years is crazy. And being the AL favorite in January doesn’t guarantee you a World Series. Right now, we simply need to make sure we have enough depth to make it to July. I’ll maintain my position that adding Richards & La Stella does that. We can then hope some of our younger prospects take steps forward that allow us to add at the deadline without having to move core pieces like Kopech or Vaughn.
  18. Now that would make much more sense for the Reds given their current roster.
  19. Did he actually improve or did he simply play better in a small sample?
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