PREAMBLE The assistant tells me they are ready, so I follow him in.The gaudy office, decorated with White Sox and Bulls memorabilia is overlooking Guaranteed Rate Field and much of the city. It’s already occupied. Three men, sitting in a…
On the Sox Machine podcast this morning, I listened to Josh & Jim make their plea for Hahn & Co. to “spend an extra $10 million dollars.” I almost posted this as a comment, but it turned out to be…
LET’S TRY FOR DEPTH I’m setting out with two goals: bolster the rotation and make this a deeper team. I want 26 players you feel at least decent about playing for a few weeks. I’m spending big on SP. The White…
The chirping for James McCann got a little louder Tuesday night when Yasmani Grandal’s defensive miscues cost the Sox a run—and possibly the game. He did homer—without which his error would have never happened—and Cordero’s toss was a poor one,…
It’s way too early to talk MVP race, right? Yes. Small sample size and short season (SSSSS?) and all that—things are going to change and change fast. It might too early to talk MVP until the final two weeks of…
PREAMBLE My goal here is not to offer my dream scenario, which would most certainly include Gerrit Cole. But Merkin has already said that isn’t happening, and I can’t see it happening with all the suitors Cole will have. These…
PREAMBLE Bryce Harper. ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Jose Abreu, $16M – tender Avisail Garcia, $8M – non-tender Yolmer Sanchez, $4.7M – tender Carlos Rodon, $3.7M – tender Matt Davidson, $2.4M – tender Leury Garcia, $1.9M – tender Danny Farquhar, $1.4M – non-tender…