TheFutureIsNear

I’m still trying to figure out how/why McCann gets credit for how he handled the pitching staff so well...is it all because Giolito took a couple steps forward (to where he was always supposed to be)? Because I don’t see a single other player on the staff that made any kind of improvements or developments to give the catcher credit either way, good or bad

Sure, but they can spend $ and improve the team without hitting on any of the big names as well...that is within the realm of possibility and I feel like most will b**** if it happens. This is the “Realistic Offseason“ thread and there’s stuff you couldn’t pull off in a video game within

The sad part is going to be when there will be a decent amount of people who won’t be satisfied with a solid and reasonable off season. Expectations are outrageously high

Since this seems to be a catch-all thread... what do you think the price for David Peralta would be in a trade? 32 and will be on the last year of his deal. Probably not in the Dbacks long term plans at this point. Makes a lot of sense as a target for as a good LH hitter that has at least been solid in RF in his career.

Yeah we’ll see...won’t shock me if he gets $80M just because he may be the best OF’er available. But I also feel like most of the MLB has smartened up when it comes to throwing $ around, especially when draft picks are attached too. Can’t forget most teams are going to put a $ amount to that pick that will only hurt Ozuna. Take away 2017 and it’s hard to argue that Ozuna is anything other than above average...are there many teams willing to pay an above average OF’er $17+M over 3/4 years years? Maybe, the market is never easy to predict year to year

I actually think Ozuna could end up being a decent value for us if he has a pick attached to him and has a soft market like many think he will. If we could plug Ozuna into RF for 3/48 would anyone be upset?

No f’ing way Marcell Ozuna gets $160M. I doubt he even gets 1/2 that.

I wonder what kind of deal we could get out of the Rockies if we took on some of their $ problems? I would love a chance at 1 of their cheap young pitchers and getting them away from Coors. We trade for Daniel Murphy and Ian Desmond and they include Freeland/Marquez/Hoffman + some cash to cover some of Desmond. I don’t think we’d have to give up much and Murphy could actually be a useful part time left handed DH/1B for us.

Wheeler- 4 years 84 Ozuna- 3 years 50 Moustakas- 2 years 30 McHugh- 3 years 19 Roark- 1 year 9 That’s about a 135 million payroll and should be pretty easy to pull off in terms of realistic...wheeler being the only one that may be hard to reel in, Odorizzi would be a replacement for cheaper.

Im aware it makes me a terrible person...but I’m actually kinda looking forward to the meltdowns on this board when our off season looks nothing like this. Expectations are completely out of control

Or how about you stop being a whiny b**** and monitoring others posts? ive posted several off seasons with the Sox having big splash signings. This 1 I chose to do based on recent evidence of Sox free agent signings. Sorry if that triggered you

Not sure the best way to share these? If there is 1... I did a cynical 1 with how I feel the FO could easily end up screwing this up and ended up with a 105.4 payroll...Jerry is happy already. Tendered: Colome, McCann, Garcia, Rodon, and Marshall Resigned: Jose-Although I lowered the salary a touch, Jose should be thrilled with 2/28 Free Agent Hitters: Puig, Kendrick(raised the $), Jason Castro Free Agent Pitchers: Odorizzi, Roark, McHugh, Brach It’s gross but I really have a feeling Puig is going to be our “prized” hitter in free agency. And the front office will market him like it was a great signing and continue to treat us like idiots. And likewise, Odorizzi will be the best SP left we can sign.

Ya but now imagine how that conversation would go... -Option 1= opt out and you get to choose where you play next -Option 2= opt in and we’ll choose your team by trading you for the best deal I think he’ll choose option 1. Not to mention, there’s a pretty good chance he’ll get paid more in free agency

Just a matter of downloading the “Sheets” app, I was trying to do it in the browser. Works great in the app, Thanks again.

Appreciate this thanks. Will look into further when I get home. I can see it on mobile but can’t actually click on anything.

Do you think Collins is going to be able to catch significant innings? If so then obviously keep him, but I just don’t think that’s happening at this point.

You could be correct, I’m not claiming to have any inside knowledge or anything...but that sounds way light to me. 2 years 24M for a 3+ WAR OF’er can be had without a top 100 prospect?

What do you think it would take to get Marte?

I get why people will overrate Lopez and Collins, but I say trade them while they have value...because I don’t think they’ll have much in 2 years

Trade: Zack Collins, Reynaldo Lopez, Dane Dunning, and Steele Walker for Starling Marte and Kyle Crick Sign: JDM, Wheeler, Gio Gonzalez , Jason Castro, and Chris Martin

I’d love to know what about the White Sox history makes people think that they are going to hand out the largest contract ever to a pitcher...it’s really not even a discussion worth having. I’ll bet there won’t even be so much as a meeting

Just listening to a recent Barry Zito interview on PMT and when asked who the funniest teammate he’s ever played with...of all people he singled out Menechino and then went on to talk about what an amazing teammate and locker room presence he was.

To clarify, I’m not saying don’t sign 2 pitchers in general. I’m saying don’t go out and spend big $ on 2 guys in the 2nd tier of this free agent group. Such as spending $100+M combined for something like Odorozzi and Wheeler would be crazy in my opinion. Signing a cheaper vet for 1/2 years or taking a risk on a bounce back potential makes sense. Basically don’t overspend on 2 non impact players. I don’t think we will have a problem filling out the back of the rotation, the top of the rotation is where the focus needs to be (even tho I don’t think Cole is happening)

I understand that it’s delusional to think all of those guys will be healthy and pitching well...but it’s equally as delusional to think that the Sox signing 2 middle of the rotation starters is going to make a significant impact.

I’m not entirely sure why this board is obsessed with signing to starters honestly...are people really expecting a deep playoff run because we sign Wheeler and Odorozzi?? Rodon Dunning Cease Kopech Lopez For better or worse, we need to figure out what we have in that group next year. Spending $ on 2 guys + Gio makes that almost impossible. Obviously we need 1 starter to stabilize things, but no idea why people are so eager to spend big $ on a 3/4 starter like Odorizzi or Keuchle.