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$6 million less that he got from the Twins last year.  He sucked terribly but the prices on these mediocre veteran bats are dropping for sure.  Getz must be excited.  Hahn probably wishes he was still GM to have a shot at all of these washed up vets on the cheap.

@Y2Jimmy0 is right.  Sox will probably end up with Merrifield at this rate.

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Hopefully the Sox have higher hopes than a Gallo rebound, but $5M is a pretty small price to pay.  I'd prefer Duvall (or a trade for a guy like Kjerstad), but short of that, Gallo was on the short list of realistic FA candidates for RF. 

ABS - Anyone But Sheets.  

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12 minutes ago, almagest said:

If the alternative is Sheets or Merrifield I'd rather give Gallo a try.

Honestly, same. 1/$5 is pocket change compared to what they've already blown on washed up crap. If he sucks, its no big loss to cut him loose.

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Cody Bellinger would be an awesome signing but then reality slaps me and reminds of the garbage organization that we are.

All the excitement that I once/always had for the white sox has been sucked out of me with what has gone on in the last 2+ years.

We are going to be so bad this year with the scrap heap of players we have signed so far........

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2 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Cody Bellinger would be an awesome signing but then reality slaps me and reminds of the garbage organization that we are.

All the excitement that I once/always had for the white sox has been sucked out of me with what has gone on in the last 2+ years.

We are going to be so bad this year with the scrap heap of players we have signed so far........

The Sox would hand Bellinger $150M+ just for him to go back to the 70 wRC+ hitter he was in 21-22.  That deal would scare the living crap out of me.  Thankfully, the Sox won't be at the table of that one. 

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3 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

The Sox would hand Bellinger $150M+ just for him to go back to the 70 wRC+ hitter he was in 21-22.  That deal would scare the living crap out of me.  Thankfully, the Sox won't be at the table of that one. 

I think he is finally healthy again.  He provides you so much value defensively and offensively 

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4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

The Sox would hand Bellinger $150M+ just for him to go back to the 70 wRC+ hitter he was in 21-22.  That deal would scare the living crap out of me.  Thankfully, the Sox won't be at the table of that one. 

Should have tried last year for that one year, pillow contract.

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3 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

I think he is finally healthy again.  He provides you so much value defensively and offensively 

But he loses a ton of value not playing CF.

Robert has to be there to boost his trade value.

And blocking the Cubs from getting him or winning the PR war with them is such a flimsy excuse.

There are also numerous glaring issues with peripherals and his power numbers compared to 2019 MVP year.

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37 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

But he loses a ton of value not playing CF.

Robert has to be there to boost his trade value.

And blocking the Cubs from getting him or winning the PR war with them is such a flimsy excuse.

There are also numerous glaring issues with peripherals and his power numbers compared to 2019 MVP year.

I could care less about blocking him from cubs.

I posted this as what is good for White Sox.

Play RF everyday.

Fill in for Robert in CF when he has day off or DH'ing 

Play 1B when Vaughn has day off or has to DH because Eloy is hurt

Lineup:

Bennintedi 

Bellinger

Robert

Eloy

Moncada 

Vaughn 

2B???

Dejong/Montgomery 

Maldonado/Stassi 

All of a sudden that lineup looks pretty decent with him in it 

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1 hour ago, 2Deep said:

I could care less about blocking him from cubs.

I posted this as what is good for White Sox.

Play RF everyday.

Fill in for Robert in CF when he has day off or DH'ing 

Play 1B when Vaughn has day off or has to DH because Eloy is hurt

Lineup:

Bennintedi 

Bellinger

Robert

Eloy

Moncada 

Vaughn 

2B???

Dejong/Montgomery 

Maldonado/Stassi 

All of a sudden that lineup looks pretty decent with him in it 

Except you're asking for double the biggest contract in White Sox history when they don't have a rotation or bullpen (certainly with Santos looking iffy, even if he was 100% healthy as the closer) or a bench.

You're betting your GM job right off the bat on being right...on someone there's a consensus he's simply not worth the $200 million he's asking for.

You're paying at least a 25% premium for 2023 over-performance, and discarding 2020/21/22, exactly what they did with Benintendi, buying at an extreme high point and disregarding his 3 year stretch of struggling mightily.

 

And that line-up doesn't look all that imposing at all from Robert/Bellinger on down...and God knows which version of Benintendi they get in 2024.

If you have 2019-2022 Tim Anderson leading off instead of AB, sure, I might be more willing to agree.

 

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6 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Except you're asking for double the biggest contract in White Sox history when they don't have a rotation or bullpen (certainly with Santos looking iffy, even if he was 100% healthy as the closer) or a bench.

You're betting your GM job right off the bat on being right...on someone there's a consensus he's simply not worth the $200 million he's asking for.

You're paying at least a 25% premium for 2023 over-performance, and discarding 2020/21/22, exactly what they did with Benintendi, buying at an extreme high point and disregarding his 3 year stretch of struggling mightily.

 

And that line-up doesn't look all that imposing at all from Robert/Bellinger on down...and God knows which version of Benintendi they get in 2024.

If you have 2019-2022 Tim Anderson leading off instead of AB, sure, I might be more willing to agree.

 

You're right 

Don't sign anybody and keep shopping at scrap heap flea market.

Man we find ways to make excuses for this s%*# organization 

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Just now, 2Deep said:

You're right 

Don't sign anybody and keep shopping at scrap heap flea market.

Man we find ways to make excuses for this s%*# organization 

You HAVE to pick the RIGHT player.

You simply cannot afford to be wrong.   Bellinger is the only hitter out there...but the risk is extreme of being left with an albatross contract by Sox standards.

 

Think back to the Cubs' adding Lester to their young/emerging core to get that rebuild jump started.

The timing here is ALL wrong to jump the gun by at least one year without knowing EXACTLY what you have throughout and across the organization.

It's making a move just to make a headline and fire up the fanbase but the consequences of missing are way too high...because it means JR would simply use another failure in FA as an excuse not to dip into that water again.

 

I watched this happen with SD last year...Preller missed out on all of his targets (Judge in particular), and they signed Bogaerts when they didn't even need to (had 4-5 shortstops on their roster already) and a top 20 MiLB prospect as well.

That one move pushed out Wacha, Hader, Lugo and Soto...and might push out Ha Seong Kim as well in his FA year.

Now you have a player past his prime with a bad contract who will likely decline unless he's playing at 100% health.

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