PREAMBLE
The White Sox have arrived at the time for results and not development. With ample payroll space and a dynamic young core that is hungry to win. Jerry Reinsdorf and Rick Hahn failed last offseason, and they will try once again to make meaningful additions for the most loyal fan base in baseball.
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 Non-Tender
- Leury García, $4M Tender
- Evan Marshall, $1.3M Tender
- Josh Osich, $1M Non-Tender
- Ryan Goins, $900K Non-Tender
CLUB OPTIONS
Write “pick up” or “decline” after the option.
- Welington Castillo: $8 million/$500,000 buyout- If you really have to debate this, then you haven't been watching. Goodbye, Beef.
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
Try to retain, or let go?
- Jose Abreu (made $16M in 2019)-Retain. See below
- Iván Nova (made $9,166,167 in 2019) Retain. See below
- Jon Jay (made $4M in 2019)-I don't even have to answer this.
- Hector Santiago (made $2M in 2019 on split contract)- Let go
FREE AGENTS
No. 1: Jose Abreu- 2 yr/$23 mil w/ a club option for $10 mill and a $2 mill buyout.-$11.5 per year
No. 2: Jake Odorizzi- 3 yr/ $36 million- $12 per year
No. 3: Cole Hamels- 1 yr/ $8.5 million w/ a club option for $8 million
No. 4: Ivan Nova- 1 yr/ $5 million
No. 5: Yasmani Grandal- 4 yr/$78 million-$19.5 per year
No. 6: Lonnie Chisenhall- Minor League Deal worth $2 million if in majors
No. 7: Shelby Miller- Minor League deal worth $1.5 million with incentives if in majors.
TRADES
No. 1: Trade Reynaldo Lopez, Carson Fulmer, and James Beard to the Pirates for Starling Marte ($10.3), Adam Frazier($584,000), and Steven Brault ($574,000)
- Ran through the trade simulator, and we actually overpaid just a tiny bit
No. 2: Trade Zack Burdi and Bryce Bush to the Mariners for Daniel Vogelbach($558.600) and Ricardo Sanchez.
SUMMARY
Roster:
C Yasmani Grandal
1B Jose Abreu
2B Adam Frazier (UT after Madrigal comes)
SS Tim Anderson
3B Yoan Moncada
LF Eloy Jimenez
CF Starling Marte (RF after Luis Robert Arrives)
RF Lonnie Chisenhall/Leury Garcia (Bench once Marte scoots over)
DH Dan Vogelbach
Bench: James McCann, Garcia/Chisenhall, Adam Engel, Zack Collins, Danny Mendick
Rotation:
Lucas Giolito
Jake Odorizzi
Dylan Cease
Cole Hamels
Ivan Nova
Bullpen:
Colome, Bummer, Fry, Brault, Marshall, Herrera, Cordero
I wanted to show balance on this one, there is a great mix of veterans and young guns coming to help this team in this plan. I fixed the unbalanced lineup by adding two lefty power bats in Grandal and Vogelbach, found an undervalued utility guy in Frazier that is proven and also left handed, and added rotation help via Odorizzi, Hamels, resigning Nova, and adding depth in Shelby Miller. Not to mention Starling Marte will be a huge add on both sides of the ball in RF once Luis Robert arrives. Depth has been and will always be the issue, hence such an active offseason and we see guys like Chisenhall, Brault, and Ricardo Sanchez who could see the majors next year. Final payroll number should be around $110 million with this plan, depending on some arb cases and my shaky math skills.
Thank you all,
Schins
