PREAMBLE
Given the White Sox reluctance to spend like a major market club this offseason plan will keep payroll about the same as 2022.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Lucas Giolito: $10.8M - Tender
- Dylan Cease: $5.3M - Tender
- Reynaldo López; $3.3M - Tender
- Adam Engel: $2.3M - Non Tender
- Michael Kopech: $2.2M - Tender
- Kyle Crick: $1.5M -Non Tender
- José Ruiz: $1M - Non -Tender
- Danny Mendick: $1M - Tender
CLUB OPTIONS
- Tim Anderson: $12.5M ($1M buyout) - Pick up
- Josh Harrison: $5.625M ($1.5M buyout - Decline
PLAYER OPTIONS
- AJ Pollock: $13M ($5 million buyout) — Buyout
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- José Abreu (Made $18M in 2021) - Let Go
- Johnny Cueto ($4.2M) - Let Go - Bring back on a minor league deal for when Kopech inevitably gets hurt.
- Vince Velasquez ($3M) - Let Go
- Elvis Andrus ($14.25M) - Let Go
MANAGER
Pedro Grifol
FREE AGENTS
No. 1: Sean Manaea (3 years, $33 Million).
No. 2: Noah Syndergaard (3 years $45Million).
No. 3 Omar Narvarez (2 years $8Million)
No. 4, Jackie Bradley Jr ( 2years 6Million)
TRADES
No. 1: Lucas Giolito, Liam Hendricks, and Jimmy Lambert to the Dodgers for Cody Bellinger and Gavin Lux.
The trade works on Baseballtradevalues.com. This moves acquires two everyday players that will will add left handed bats to a righty dominated offense.
SUMMARY
2023 White Sox
C- Yasmani Grandal (S) $18.25m
1st- Andrew Vaughn (R) 1m
2nd - Gavin Lux -(L) 1m
3rd - Yoan Moncada (S) $17.8m
SS- Tim Anderson (R) $12.5m
LF- Oscar Colas (R) - 1m
CF- Luis Robert (R) 9.5m
RF- Cody Bellinger(L) 16m
DH- Eloy Jimenez (R) $10.33m
Bench
Leury Garcia - 5.5m
Danny Mendick - 1m
Omar Navarez - 4m
Jackie Bradley Jr - 3m
Starting Pitching
SP1- Dylan Cease (R) - $5.3m
SP2- Lance Lynn (R) - $18.5m
SP3- Noah Syndergaard (L) - $15m
SP4-Michael Kopech (R) -$2.2m
SP5-Sean Manaea (L) - $11m
Bullpen
CL- Reynaldo Lopez - 3m
SU- Garrett Crochet- 1m
SU- Kendall Graveman - $8.5m
MR- Tanner Banks - 1m
MR- Aaron Bummer -$3.75m
MR-Jake Diekmann - $3.5m
MR-Matt Foster -1m
MR- Joe Kelly - 9m
LR-Davis Martin - 1m
All said and done the payroll sits about $184million which should be palatable for Uncle Jerry. Who knows maybe he decides to add some payroll at the deadline.
