Comments on: The White Sox were never truly tanking http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/28/the-white-sox-were-never-truly-tanking/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: jdserafini http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/28/the-white-sox-were-never-truly-tanking/#comment-5691 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:17:03 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6994#comment-5691 I applaud Rick Hahn for scorching the Earth. He now, for me, has another big decision coming this winter: Jose Abreu. Abreu’s value likely won’t be higher than it is now. He has two years left on his deal and is about to turn 31. There are “win now” teams that could use him. If they get some young ready now or ready very soon prospects in return, do they make a deal?

Same can be said for Avi Garcia. If anyone comes calling, Hahn may have to listen.

Abreu, Anderson, Moncada and Garcia were all doing well for the last two months. James Shields was suddenly getting people out. Lopez, Giolito and Fulmer did well. They didn’t quite tank like most thought they would and certainly didn’t tank like I’d hoped. Then the Tigers gave everyone a lesson on how to truly suck.

My hope is the draft the best bat available wherever they pick, which right now would be 4th or 5th. What they did was the right thing. It needed to be done years ago, so when it finally happened, I’m glad Rick Hahn went all in on a rebuild. Their precious “core” wasn’t even close to a division title let alone another World Series. They had to decide if they were closer to a WS with the core or needed to rebuild without them to eventually get to one. They made the right choice.

]]> By: Soxfan4Life http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/28/the-white-sox-were-never-truly-tanking/#comment-5686 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:54:03 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6994#comment-5686 I’m of the belief that the Sox cut deeper than they needed to and in so doing extended this rebuild period. With the return from the Sale and Eaton trades along with the players we had in place,and FINALLY a qualified manager the Sox would have had a competitive team now with a young core in place.
Now with this high draft choice, I believe they are going to draft a high schooler and say because of the players we acquired this year there is no rush to bring him up and we can develop him slowly. Thus we will forget about him as we talk about Hansen, or Robert or someone else. This year has been painful and I believe it didn’t have to be this painful.We tanked but Hahn is to smart to make it seem to obvious.

]]> By: DavidHNix http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/28/the-white-sox-were-never-truly-tanking/#comment-5685 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:19:08 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6994#comment-5685 Yeah, they have been kind of a fun team to follow. When you expect the worst, the surprises are more likely to be pleasant ones.

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