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It's an addiction

Then why are you still here?

Tell that to the 2020 Rays

Who is on the Dodgers level except for the Dodgers? If you think the Sox will ever be like the Dodgers, I have other news for you. And what have the Padres actually done to be better than the White Sox? They've made a few good trades this offseason and signed an int 2b. They haven't done anything yet on the field to prove it. Last season they had 2 more wins than the Sox, and the Sox probably should have had more if not for poor managing decisions. And models can say all they want. I know what this Sox team has and it should scare the shit out of every team in the league.

I choose to be excited about the Sox, who actually made the freaking playoffs last year (and should've won the division and probably the first series if it weren't for the manager, who is no longer with the team). I choose to be excited about the team actually realistically winning the division next year and doing damage in the postseason, where anything can happen. I choose to be excited about the new pitching coach, Ethan Katz, and seeing what he can do with players like Cease and Kopech. I choose to be excited about a potential juggernaut rotation coupled with an already juggernaut lineup. And, yes, I am looking forward to seeing a new manager in the dugout, even if its not really who most of us want. And there are other things I choose to be excited about with this team. It's all about perspective man.

Oh man, I am so glad I am not a Cubs fan right now

My thoughts exactly.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Why are so many people so willing to trade Madrigal. Who the hell will play 2B if he's traded?

Need to rename Guarunteed Rate Field to New Cuba Park or something.

The White Sox have to be the most popular MLB team in Cuba.

I can't imagine to have worked as hard as those guys have to get to the point they are at right now with free agency, only to have this happen to them. How debilitating.

I am starting to wonder if a lot of these players will hold off signing until the middle of the season, like Keuchel did a few years ago, in hopes of getting a better contract later in the year when more is known about the covid and fan attendance situation.

Edit: Sure wouldn't want him on the team. But hes not a dick.

Not me. If you're a dick, I don't care who you are, get off my team. Puig was a stud talent-wise for the Dodgers for a few years there. If I were a Dodgers fan, I would have LOATHED him. And that stupid tongue thing he always did was so annoying.

Lmao.

Sox will probably use Collins as the backup.

The MLB and MLBPA have like 2 and a half months to figure this out before scheduled spring training games begin. It's a lot different than last year when this all started literally right in the middle of spring training. If they can't come to some sort of agreement between now (mid December) and late February, I'm going to be feeling some type of way. They need to get together, talk to each other like civil adults, and FIGURE IT OUT.

Maybe Hahn isn't as leashed or upset with his job as everyone is speculating him to be?

Honestly kind of what I was thinking. Baseball in Chicago is good for Opening Day, and then about the 2nd or 3rd week of May through September (and probably 1st or 2nd week of October if we ever made it that far)

At this point I've just accepted they are going to bicker and fight and it will drag on through April or May until they agree on something and games start mid May or June. It sucks but it is what it is at this point.

If you take all bias out of it, The White Sox is pretty stupid lmao. Only thing cool about it is the logo and the colors.

They need another starter for when one of them eventually inevitably get injured

People who are not thrilled about the Lance Lynn signing...hypothetical question for you. If the Sox only have Lynn for 2021 and he signs somewhere else next offseason, but they win the world series with him in 2021 and he is a major reason why they won it, and also Dunning turns into an ace for Texas and ends up winning a Cy Young in the next 6 years, what would you think of the trade then?

The only person I really could see Eaton clashing with on this team would be Anderson. Both seem to have "type-A" personalities. Eaton seems to have more of an "old-school" approach and thought process...while Anderson obviously does not. But, Eaton did sign, and he knows what this team is about. He obviously thinks he can win another world series here, so I doubt he would instigate anything.