REAMBLE
Establish where you see the White Sox at this point, and your mindset/philosophy/strategy in putting together the roster for the upcoming season.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
Write “tender” or “non-tender” after each player and their projected 2020 salaries. Feel free to offer explanation afterward if necessary.
- Alex Colomé, $10.3M - TENDER
- Yolmer Sánchez, $6.2M - NON-TENDER
- James McCann, $4.9M - TENDER
- Carlos Rodon, $4.5M - TENDER
- Leury García, $4M - TENDER
- Evan Marshall, $1.3M - TENDER
- Josh Osich, $1M - TENDER (why not?)
- Ryan Goins, $900K - NON-TENDER
CLUB OPTIONS
Write “pick up” or “decline” after the option.
- Welington Castillo: $8 million/$500,000 buyout - DECLINE
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
Try to retain, or let go?
- Jose Abreu (made $16M in 2019) - 2 YR $25M
- Iván Nova (made $9,166,167 in 2019) - MAYBE AS A LAST RESORT
- Jon Jay (made $4M in 2019) - NO
- Hector Santiago (made $2M in 2019 on split contract) - NO
FREE AGENTS
List three free-agent targets you’d pursue during the offseason, with a reasonable contract. A good example of a bad idea:
No. 1: Jason Castro (2 years, $15M) - need a back up and we won't get Grandal
No. 2: Zach Wheeler (4 yr $68M)
No. 3: Dallas Kuechel (3 yr $60M)
No. 4: Puig (3 yr $50M)
Roster:
DH - Collins
C - McCann
1B - Abreu
2B - Garcia (Madrigal in June or whenever)
3B - Moncada
SS - Anderson
LF - Jimenez
CF - Engel (Robert in June or whenever)
RF - Puig
Bench: Castro, Mendick (later Garcia), random OF (later Engel), Palka or some other teams DFA / maybe-not-washed-up washed-up guy
SP1: Giolito
SP2: Dallas K
SP3: Wheeler
SP4: Cease
SP5: Lopez
Kopech would start in the minors and when he looks good, he can replace Cease or Lopez when one struggles. Rodon would fill in whatever hole appears midway through the season
Closer: Colome
Setup - Bummer
RP3 - Herrera
RP4: Marshall
RP5: Osich
RP6: Fry
RP7: whoever
Conclusion:
I have no idea if those contracts are realistic. I think I am near $125M (Jose will be happy to defer some money to help Jerry make ends meet).
I assume
- DH will suck
- Puig will run hot/cold but be average overall
- there will be rookie struggles at 2B and CF but they'll produce 3 WAR between them and Garcia/Engel
- Between, Lopez, Cease, Kopech, and Rodon, the back end of the rotation has a ton of uncertainty, both good and bad
This team should be able to win 10 games more than next year with upside risk from Robert, Madrigal, Puig, the back end of the rotation, and too a much lesser degree Collins. Things break their way and this is an 88 win team that adds a few more wins at the trade deadline. Maybe that's enough for the AL Central
