Bob Sacamano

And it's also fair to assume any team interested in winning in the next 2 years "has been looking into Dylan Cease deal with White Sox."

If the Cubs signed him, they would get an entire country of Marquee subscribers.

Nice list.

Well, I feel like since Korey Lee has an option and completely sucked when he was called up, having a defensive first guy to pair with the inevitable Sal Perez trade is fine with me. I just wouldn't want to see that guy (shades of when they took Nieto) and Lee.

If you draft him, are you pairing him with Korey Lee? Not really a fan of that plan.

They could sign another veteran to a 1 year deal (or say, Giolito to a 1 year deal with player option, similar to Rodon deal) and then Ohtani would replace said veteran.

I feel like you're not serious.

Did not know the guy existed until today lol

Yeah maybe see if you can find an interesting starter to hide in a long relief/6th starter role or something. Maybe that Kristian Robinson as a potential RHH 4th OF that Squirmin mentioned earlier in a thread.

As long as there is space, yes. You have 3 spots open on the 40-man, you can draft 3 guys.

They can cut guys after a move is made. Doesn't have to be in anticipation of a move happening. It does make sense if they want to take someone in the Rule 5 Draft though.

I'm just referring to in general (in reference to "the 48 hour thing being overblown").

Yeah I really don't read into Tweets too much. Some people overanalyze and overreact to every single one like there is a deep meaning when its likely piggybacking off another report and/or clickbait.

Cornering the market on older, minor league OFs. Mark Payton (31) is back: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/white-sox-mark-payton-agree-to-minor-league-contract.html Wynton Bernard (33): https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/white-sox-sign-wynton-bernard-to-minor-league-deal.html A whopping 52 major league games between the two.

That's fine. Teams don't always want to spend on aging and/or (soon to be) declining players if they can trade unproven talent for proven, in their prime, controllable talent.

Off topic/somewhat on topic, I just realized Glasnow's most IP in a season is last year at 120. And he's making $25M next year. Woof.

Budgets exist. Also trying to get guys when they’re younger and in prime.

Is it possible they’re pushing Cowser in favor of Hjerstad getting a shot to start in LF or RF for them? Either way, I would still hold out for Hjerstad.

Frazier is also a free agent I believe.

Yeah I was just saying, there is room for a couple more of the top prospects, if they’re not moved. Try to grab Kjerstad, Norby, and then other pieces.

Who started most, Mateo? I know he started off hot and really cratered but doubt they will count on him for anything next year other than a bench role.

Gunnar is at short right? Although I guess he has to move to 3B or 2B full time once Holliday is up.

Either way, don’t need both.

They have a younger guy in Romy that already serves the same purpose of "26th man utility player." Foster, I figured, at the time, would have been non-tendered and signed to a minor league deal though.

Shite, you can add Navarro, Padilla, Foster to the list of guys no one would care about if they were cut.