Chicago White Sox

Vaughn was barely above league average last year…gun to head I expect Busch to better than that.

But also a better hitter most likely

Zero reason to panic until the Orioles & Yankees actually add starters.

Touki & Crochet also came to terms, so no one actually going to an arbitration hearing.

It’s wild that he’s our second biggest off-season additional from a salary standpoint, just above Maldonado.

Former Royals got to take care of one another

Seems like I could build a package around Mayo & Kjerstad…lol

They refuse to use the word rebuild and at Getz’s press opener Jerry pointed to a desire to win & win quickly being the reason for doing no due diligence and hiring Getz in the first place. Not saying this plan will work, but no doubt they will start adding some B & C tier free agents next year and hope they get lucky.

There is zero chance our owner is supporting a four year rebuild. The goal will to be competitive in a s%*# AL Central by 2026 and he will want two pieces in a Cease trade that can help by then.

Firing Haber and hiring Lin already paying off!

For perspective, Ferris got a $3M signing bonus in the same draft that Pallette got $1.5M. We simply don’t have a comparable prospect with lots of time before needing protection outside of Schultz. And to fathom’s point, Schultz is a far better prospect.

They have nowhere for Busch to play and he’s eroding value in AAA. This is a pretty smart trade all things considered.

My buddy who has a legit connect to the Cubs front office told me that they view Ferris as their second best pitching prospect after Horton. So in their view, it’s a big price to pay.

What caliber of prospects?

@SoCalChiSox - The Cubs just stole our savage!!

The deadline to agree to terms for arbitration eligible players was roughly 10 minutes ago. Here is the list of White Sox players along with MLBTR projections and final agreements: Dylan Cease (4.089): $8.8M => $8.0M agreement Michael Kopech (4.041): $3.6M => $3.0M agreement Touki Toussaint (3.071): $1.7M Garrett Crochet (3.028): $900k Andrew Vaughn (3.000): $3.7M => $3.25M agreement Michael Soroka (5.009): $3.0 => $3.0M agreement Nicky Lopez (4.139): $3.9M => $4.3M agreement

I think it’s very likely he’s traded next off-season assuming there is a team that can and is willing to trade a ton for him.

Final offer to the O’s for me would be Kjerstad, Westburg, & Baumeister. The O’s keep their top three studs, future stars Ortiz & Norby to solve 2B, and all their advanced pitching prospects. Sox address RF & 2B immediately and get an arm with mid rotation ceiling. Win win for both sides. Go seal the deal Getz!

I’m sure the Padres don’t mind trading a bunch of top prospects to get the Orioles’ sloppy seconds and help them land two stars in the deal!