PREAMBLE
We all know at this point that guessing what the White Sox will do with their money and assets is a futile exercise. To that end, i've envisioned an unrealistic plan, obviously devised by amateurs, designed to carry a bad team to respectability in the next season. Nothing means anything and we're all gonna burn.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- 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 Non-tender
- Ryan Goins, $900K Non-tender
CLUB OPTIONS
- Welington Castillo: $8 million/$500,000 buyout DECLINE
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- Jose Abreu (made $16M in 2019) As Elsa says, Let it Go
- Iván Nova (made $9,166,167 in 2019) - Let it Go
- Jon Jay (made $4M in 2019) - so long and thanks for all the fish
- Hector Santiago (made $2M in 2019 on split contract) - Maybe he will pitch in Charlotte for the minimum? Anyways, bye.
FREE AGENTS
Yasmani Grandal - 4/75 (18.75 x 4) - We need this guy, we know we need this guy, let's get this guy
Edwin Encarnacion - 2/30M (16/14) - He's been a better hitter for longer than Jose. I see him as a kind of lesser Nelson Cruz - a good bat guy that should stay good despite his age
Jake Odorizzi - 3/50 (18/16/16) - Advanced metrics say the improvements are real. Let's pray to God they're right.
Rick Porcello - 1/9 - If he bounces back, great. If not, he's credible depth
Drew Pomeranz - 2/14 (7/7) - Absolutely dominant out of the pen. See if you can ride that wave.
TRADES
Reynaldo Lopez to Mets for Brandon Nimmo - Mets are brushing up against their payroll ceiling and could use a pre-arb BOTR guy. Nimmo is a lottery ticket but has Eaton-ish skills when healthy.
Luis Gonzalez and Tyler Johnson to Orioles for Mychal Givens - Pen
SUMMARY
The biggest holes to fill are DH and RF - to that end,we get EE and Nimmo. The other biggest hole, the rotation, is patched with Odorizzi and Porcello. Grandal plays C/1B/DH.
1B - Grandal/Collins/EE
2B - Garcia until Madrigal is ready
SS - Anderson
3B - Moncada
C - Grandal
LF - Eloy
CF - Engel until Robert is ready
RF - Nimmo
DH - EE
Bench - McCann/Collins/Engel/Garcia/Mendick
SP - Giolito/Odorizzi/Cease/Porcello/Kopech (at some point you have to deal with Rodon, but that was always going to get hairy no matter what happens)
RP - Colome/Bummer/Givens/Pomeranz/Herrera/Marshall/Cordero
I dunno man, baseball is hard.
