steveno89

I've thought about changing it, but said screw it haha. Hope springs eternal.

Wheeler might have the most competitive market of any free agent this offseason because every contender could use pitching and he's going to be far more affordable than Cole/Stras. I wonder if he can parlay this into a nice 5-6 year deal?

I could certainly see Fegan moving up the food chain, but really appreciate the work he is doing on White Sox coverage

Sadly, it's 99% that Cole will not be pitching for the Sox next year. Wheeler remains a possibility, but I do not love our chances.

Hence me warming to the idea of inking Calhoun for 1/8-10 million. He'll get the job done in RF and hit some dingers.

What would one year of Gray be worth trading? Interesting to see

Zero reason to give a third guaranteed year. I'm ok with a two year deal at a reasonable sum, and a club option w/buyout for year three

The Sox can sit back and wait. If he rejects the QO then the club will move on to other free agents and circle back to Abreu later. I doubt any team would offer substantially more money and years, as well as sacrifice pool money/draft pick to sign Abreu.

I'm not handing Abreu a three year guaranty, absolute max of two years and on club terms. He should take the qualifying offer, he is unlikely to be happy if he declines it

Abreu would be wise to take the QO today. He will not get the multi year deal he is seeking from another club with draft compensation attached. Sox are smart to not pay anywhere close to retail for an aging 1B

Would not hate Miley on a one year deal at all to be our 5th starter

That would be awesome. No way Ryu is getting four guaranteed years though considering the durability questions.

Partially does depend on at what price, but for the current Sox Wheeler/Castellanos

That's actually a pretty solid offseason While aspirations are higher, something resembling this is realistic We really need to bring in two starting pitchers, and I'd like one to be better than Keuchel

Sox are not going to put a $40 million AAV offer out there for any player at this stage, lets not kid ourselves

Could be mistaken, but aren't the Astros pressed right up against the lux tax? https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/houston-astros/payroll/ Sure they could continue to go over, but few teams have been willing to strap themselves like that. Sox should not greatly overpay to land targeted free agents, and should have plenty of money to spread around in free agency.

Any fans here willing to go beyond 5/100 to sign Wheeler? It's a valid question to ask

Sox have plenty they can trade. You never know how other clubs value our prospects.

Stiever is a prospect I certainly can see us dangling and dealing this offseason for help

My point was not to enter into a long term pact with Ozuna merely because he’s relatively young. Aside from 2017 he has been solid, but unspectacular. some team will throw him 5 years and it shouldn’t be us

Calhoun on a 1/8-10 million sounds about right?

That is a big concern of mine. His market will be at least 5-10 teams deep looking for affordable rotation help. The more I look at it, the more I think he gets at least 5/100 million A good question to pose to fans on this thread, how much would you be willing to offer Wheeler to sign? How many guaranteed years and dollars? Beyond 5/100 I'm not sure he's worth it

I'd much rather sign Grandal than get involved in 4-5 years on Ozuna due to his age. Take away Ozuna's 2017 and he's been a solid, but fairly ordinary, corner OF. He also does not play RF.

What the hell does "everyone's on the board" even mean? No, Cole/Rendon/Strasburg are simply not on our radar. Fans should not believe a single drop of this BS and keep expectations majorly in check. Deep down I worry if what seemingly reasonable additions like Wheeler/MBum/Ryu/Keuchel/Odorizzi/Grandal/Castellanos/etc. are not even within our reach. Nightmare scenario: Hahn trots out Julio Teheran as our premium pitching addition. I'm not jumping off the cliff or anything, but do not for a second allude that we are somehow involved in top of the market free agents.

Jimenez better keep his body in shape and work on defense, otherwise he will be headed there far sooner