Free Agency - How confident are you?

[poppysox]

2 hours ago, Jose Abreu said:

This was posted last week because it's the article where he mentioned us being motivated for Cole and that Moncada and Giolito are extension candidates 

Screw being motivated for Cole...go get him Rick.

[fathom]

Pineda busted for PED. I’m shocked someone on the Twins was doing something illegal.

[Jack Parkman]

2 hours ago, fathom said:

Pineda busted for PED. I’m shocked someone on the Twins was doing something illegal.

Hahaha. Well that explains his 2nd half. 

[Timmy U]

3 hours ago, fathom said:

Pineda busted for PED. I’m shocked someone on the Twins was doing something illegal.

Meanwhile, Nelson Cruz’s blood is about as clean as Spiderman’s and nothing.

[fathom]

So who is this mysterious power hitting lefty RF that the Sox are targeting?

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, fathom said:

So who is this mysterious power hitting lefty RF that the Sox are targeting?

Was this from the Passan article?

[fathom]

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Was this from the Passan article?

https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesFox917/status/1170335054121328643

[SoxAce]

Meanwhile in Cleveland...

 

[Chicago White Sox]

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesFox917/status/1170335054121328643

Lol...KW should check the free agent list before making these bold statements.  I’m not sure a single free agent fits that description at the moment.  Maybe instead of just winking at Harper during their face-to-face with him he should have handed him a check for $300M.  Now your options are either sign a right handed guy like Ozuna or  trade for a left handed option.

[Chicago White Sox]

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Meanwhile in Cleveland...

 

Puig is simply not worth the risk.

[Dick Allen]

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

[fathom]

25 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

Yep, let’s hope he’s not the biggest offensive addition

[JUSTgottaBELIEVE]

8 minutes ago, fathom said:

Yep, let’s hope he’s not the biggest offensive addition

I’d take Calhoun over Puig. Should be cheaper too I think.

[chw42]

42 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

I can totally see Calhoun hitting below .200 with us. He doesn't hit for a high average to begin with, but knowing our luck with left handed power hitters...

[Chicago White Sox]

6 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

Calhoun may not even hit free agency unless the Sox have some intel on that front.  Either way, Calhoun would be such a safe / low upside pickup.  Dude is basically a slightly above league average hitter (who doesn’t even address our OBP problem that much cause of the low BA) and average to slightly below average fielder.  That’s a big improvement over what we got out of RF this year, but man I hope we’re shooting for someone with even a bit of upside.  He’d be a better stopgap than Puig if they’re looking to buy time for the AA outfielders & Walker, but I’d be pissed if they gave him more than a one or two year deal.

[SoxAce]

6 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Calhoun may not even hit free agency unless the Sox have some intel on that front.

Probably expecting (like most) that Jo Adell will be ready to man RF next season. 

[Lillian]

There aren't really any suitable MLB free agents. However, there are a few Japanese players, who could fill the hole in RF and have stated intentions of coming to the U. S., in 2020. If he recovers from that awful leg injury, which he suffered this last Spring, Yuki Yanagita would be a very good fit. If not, then perhaps Shogo Akiyama, or Yoshitomo Tsutsugo. They are all left handed power bats,  with very good OBP's, who play right field. Tsutsugo may not be a good enough defender to play RF, but the other two would be plus defenders.

Edited September 8, 2019 by Lillian

[Chicago White Sox]

2 hours ago, SoxAce said:

Probably expecting (like most) that Jo Adell will be ready to man RF next season. 

Good point...I’m a total idiot.  Probably why you should never post when you wake up in the middle of a drunken slumber at 4am in the morning.

[fathom]

10 hours ago, chw42 said:

I can totally see Calhoun hitting below .200 with us. He doesn't hit for a high average to begin with, but knowing our luck with left handed power hitters...

Yeah he has very little in terms of hit tool

[caulfield12]

4 hours ago, Lillian said:

There aren't really any suitable MLB free agents. However, there are a few Japanese players, who could fill the hole in RF and have stated intentions of coming to the U. S., in 2020. If he recovers from that awful leg injury, which he suffered this last Spring, Yuki Yanagita would be a very good fit. If not, then perhaps Shogo Akiyama, or Yoshitomo Tsutsugo. They are all left handed power bats,  with very good OBP's, who play right field. Tsutsugo may not be a good enough defender to play RF, but the other two would be plus defenders.

The quest for LH hitting knows no boundaries.

[Lillian]

32 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

The quest for LH hitting knows no boundaries.

Do you have a better suggestion? Dickerson or Calhoun don't look like the answer, to me.

[ChiSox59]

12 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

Stone has been talking up kole Calhoun so much it appears be will be the big target.

Calhoun is fine assuming they resign Abreu, sign someone like Grandal to C/DH/1B and sign some SP and bullpen help.  If Abreu and Calhoun are the two biggest AAV adds, add me to the group of people doubting this FO can make this thing work. 

[caulfield12]

20 minutes ago, Lillian said:

Do you have a better suggestion? Dickerson or Calhoun don't look like the answer, to me.

Since Takatsu and Iguchi were our last two Japanese players, maybe you’re going to have to send the scouting videos to KW.

[Moan4Yoan]

11 hours ago, Lillian said:

Do you have a better suggestion? Dickerson or Calhoun don't look like the answer, to me.

But random Japanese hitters are a better option?  If you don’t like Dickerson or Calhoun, you likely aren’t going to like the bust rate of these Japanese players.

I would be interested in Dickerson but he seems pretty injury-prone.  And I wouldn’t touch Calhoun at all.  A low average hitting 32 year old.  He would be ripe for a massive decline going to the Sox.

Edited September 9, 2019 by Moan4Yoan

[Bob Sacamano]

2 hours ago, Moan4Yoan said:

But random Japanese hitters are a better option?  If you don’t like Dickerson or Calhoun, you likely aren’t going to like the bust rate of these Japanese players.

I would be interested in Dickerson but he seems pretty injury-prone.  And I wouldn’t touch Calhoun at all.  A low average hitting 32 year old.  He would be ripe for a massive decline going to the Sox.

Calhoun seems like a good fit, but with their history, he definitely comes here and hits like .210, not as many homers as this year. Goes somewhere else and has a similar season to this one lol