PREAMBLE
Stay young, identify pitching, take chances, don't waste money on past performance.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Miguel Vargas: Tender
- Brenton Doyle: Tender
- Joey Bart: Non-tender
- Huascar Brazobán: Non-tender
- Jordan Leasure: Non-tender
- Chris Murphy: Non-tender
I am not wasting six million dollars on Bart, Brazoban, Leasure, and Murphy.
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb signs a 2 year deal for 19 million dollars.
FREE AGENTS
Seiya Suzuki: 4 years, 113 million.
Sonny Gray: 2 years, 51 million.
Adrian Morejon: 3 years, 45 million.
TRADES
Colson Montgomery and Braden Montgomery traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for #1 prospect P Gage Wood, #16 prospect P Matthew Fisher, and #17 prospect OF Will Gasparino.
We get a 2027 rookie number one starter, an Indiana prep arm to develop, and Roch's former college teammate and a scout's son who has 60 grade right handed power and the speed to patrol center field if Peters doesn't replicate his 2026.
SUMMARY
The White Sox stay young, add key high end veterans, anoint a new closer, and promote bullpen arms to the rotation.
Rotation: Wood, Gray, Burke, H. Smith, Newcomb Bullpen: Taylor, Schultz, Hudson, Hicks, Kay, Sandlin, McDougal, Morejon is the closer (sorry Davis Martin, DFA)
Lineup:
2B Meidroth
3B Vargas
RF Suzuki
1B Murakami
CF Peters
LF Bonemer
DH Benintendi
SS Bergolla (until Roch is ready)
C Teel
Bench: OF Doyle, iF/OF Antonacci, IF Acuna, C Quero
