2024-25 Offseason Plan Thread

[hi8is]

14 minutes ago, steveno89 said:

Sox have to bring in a few veteran arms to eat innings for what is going to be an awful 2025 club 

It’s easy to see how bad they will be and yet I still don’t think the record will be anywhere close to last years level of suck.

[FriendlyNorthsider]

A couple moves I’d like to see:

 

sign Michael Lorenzen as a 2-way: not sure this will work man this would be fun. The NYT just dropped an article about this, and I would love the upside for the Sox. If you offer the ABs maybe you can get a team option for the second year. Worst case if hitting doesn’t work out he’s probably the best pitcher on the staff. 

sign Ha-Seong Kim to a 1 year deal. If Kim doesn’t get the multi year deal he’s looking for, the Sox would be a great fit for a one year prove-it, recovery deal. The Sox medical staff might not be the idea fit, but most contenders would rather not pay Kim to rehab for the first few months of the year. Worst case, the Sox spend 12M on a guy who never ends up getting it together this year. Best case, he returns to normal and you have a huge trade chip in July. You’d be paying 6M for a chance to get some very good prospects. The guy was worth 10.7 WAR in 2022-23. 

[Bob Sacamano]

3 hours ago, FriendlyNorthsider said:

A couple moves I’d like to see:

 

sign Michael Lorenzen as a 2-way: not sure this will work man this would be fun. The NYT just dropped an article about this, and I would love the upside for the Sox. If you offer the ABs maybe you can get a team option for the second year. Worst case if hitting doesn’t work out he’s probably the best pitcher on the staff. 

sign Ha-Seong Kim to a 1 year deal. If Kim doesn’t get the multi year deal he’s looking for, the Sox would be a great fit for a one year prove-it, recovery deal. The Sox medical staff might not be the idea fit, but most contenders would rather not pay Kim to rehab for the first few months of the year. Worst case, the Sox spend 12M on a guy who never ends up getting it together this year. Best case, he returns to normal and you have a huge trade chip in July. You’d be paying 6M for a chance to get some very good prospects. The guy was worth 10.7 WAR in 2022-23. 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/michael-lorenzen-rumors-two-way-player-white-sox-marlins-roster-limit-pitchers.html

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Creative way to carry a 14th arm in the post-season. Granted, how many bullpen guys do you need? You use 4 starters and 9 relievers already in the playoffs.

Edited Thursday at 10:22 PM by Bob Sacamano

[Chicago White Sox]

Goldschmidt to the Yankees.  Getz needs to figure out a way to acquire Ben Rice.

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Goldschmidt to the Yankees.  Getz needs to figure out a way to acquire Ben Rice.

The problem with the Yankees is that they like to keep around guys like him as a fallback in case of injury, even if he may be able to get more playing time with another team.

[Chicago White Sox]

21 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The problem with the Yankees is that they like to keep around guys like him as a fallback in case of injury, even if he may be able to get more playing time with another team.

They shouldn’t trade him just so he gets more playing time.  We’d obviously have to make it worth their while.  But it’s clear they don’t want to rely on him from the get-go and given his position he should be available at the right price.

[WhiteSox2023]

4 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

They shouldn’t trade him just so he gets more playing time.  We’d obviously have to make it worth their while.  But it’s clear they don’t want to rely on him from the get-go and given his position he should be available at the right price.

“The Yankees and Paul Goldschmidt have come to terms on a one-year, $12.5 million deal, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman.

That’s one more hole filled for the Yankees. The 37-year-old Goldschmidt is in obvious decline, but he did perk up some in the second half of last season, hitting .271/.319/.480. He’ll have to get used to hitting low in the order in New York, but that process did already somewhat start with the Cardinals. With Ben Rice out of the first base picture now, it will be interesting to see if he’s given a shot at the backup catcher gig in spring training. The problem there, though, is that both he and Austin Wells are left-handed hitters.”

Edited 14 hours ago by WhiteSox2023