Comments on: A Few Ideas as Hot Stove Season begins

By: South Side - Baseball Prospectus

South Side - Baseball Prospectus — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:50:41 +0000

[…] Jerry Dipoto’s best efforts, the offseason has been quiet to date. Our staff generally expects the winter to be relatively tame as far as the White Sox are concerned, a symptom of the massive […]

By: South Side - Baseball Prospectus

South Side - Baseball Prospectus — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:30:38 +0000

[…] aside the White Sox two most obviously valuable trade candidates, Jose Abreu and Nate Jones, which Nick outlined Monday, there isn’t much “roster filler” leftover from 2017, save for the expensive and […]

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:35:12 +0000

I think their “Lester” signing takes place next off-season. And with the payroll as it is, they can really make a splash – target both Harper and Machado. (Probably the idea that sold Jerry on the rebuild in the first place.) Keuchel and to a lesser extent Corbin – if none of the four sign extensions.

The only real off-season question is whether or not they commit to Abreu and/or Avi. And they really don’t have to commit until next off-season on them. But getting long-term deals signed with either this off-season probably makes them easier to trade next off-season.

Otherwise it’s just signing a depth starter or two to one-year deals and bringing in 3 or 4 relievers. I assume they come to terms with Farquhar and Alburquerque but it might be time to let go of Petricka and possibly even Putnam. And they need to replace or re-sign Rob Brantly.