IntroduPlayoffs are the goal. Then a division title, AL pennant, WS title. First step is making it. That said, I look at the young guys coming and attempt to add. Priority is Starting Pitching and bringing in a bat or 2. Moncada is off to winter ball with RF as his postion. Collins off to play 1B Myoff-season plan looks to bring changes anew.
(with ):
Write "tender" or "non-tender" after each of the following names, and explain any particularly tough choices. Remember that arb-eligible players can be signed to contract extensions, or be traded, before or after tendering a contract.
- Alex Colomé, $10.3 million tender
- Yolmer Sánchez, $6.2 million tender
- James McCann, $4.9 million non tender
- Carlos Rodón, $4.5 million tender
- Leury García, $4 million tender replaces Sanchez as a do it all option.
- Evan Marshall, $1.3 million tender
Impending Free Agents
Re-sign, cut loose, or extend a qualifying offer ($17.8 million)? (Explain any tough or complicated calls.)
- José Abreu (2019 salary: $16 million) Comes in at same salary for 3years, or see you later
- Jon Jay (2019 salary: $4 millon) gone
- Iván Nova (2019 salary: $9,166,167) gone, attempt to resign but not at 17.8
- Hector Santiago (2019 salary: $2 million)resign
Free agents
Using the list of free agents, tell us who you’d sign, keeping in mind our salary cap, and good, old-fashioned logic. Include your maximum offer (total years, total salary). Explain your choice at least briefly, even in the case of the most obvious, superstar signs.
Signings,
Grandel C, 5years 80 million.
Bumgarter, Wheeler, I throw the bank at these 2. Bringing quality at a discount. Resigning Nova at 10 mil takes pressure off youngsters.
MMoustakis to play 3rd.
There is no minimum or maximum number of free agent deals.
For illustrative purposes, here’s an idea that by no means you should implement:
Yonder Alonso (four years, $40 million). It’s never too soon to start planning for Manny Machado’s opt-out!
Trades
Trades must make sense for both the White Sox and their trading partner. Explain your rationale, at least briefly. There is no minimum or maximum number for trades you may suggest.
Again, an example that should not be implemented under any circumstances:
Eloy Jiménez and Dylan Cease to the Chicago Cubs for Jose Quintana. Jiménez needs is a terrible outfielder, and Cease is not durable enough. Besides, the White Sox owe Q dozens of wins for all those "quality start/no-decision" outings.
Summary
It’s not a requirement, but in the end, it makes sense to run out your starting lineup/rotation/bullpen, or at least your 26-man roster.
For those of you who think the White Sox can sign the prize of this free agent class, Gerrit Cole, I’m curious — if you haven’t explained it already — how you will entice a player who could literally choose any one of 30 teams that he should spend his next five to 10 years on the White Sox.
My lineup
2.Grandal
3Collins/Abrue
4Mangrel
5MM
6Anderson
7Jimenez
8Roberts
9Moncada
Rotation.
Bum, Gio, Wheeler, Kopech, Nova
Payroll higher than wanted, Post Season real posdible
Again, no one is requiring you to be an essayist, but the more you can explain and rationalize your choices, the better discussion is generated, and the better your plan will be received. Consider these questions:
- How do you see position/rotation/bullpen battles shaking out?
- Which players might not make the Opening Day roster, but are reasonable to regard as major components of the 2020 team?
- How does your offseason fit in the framework of a rebuild, given 89 losses in 2019 and the talent sitting in the prospect pipeline?
- Is the time right to depress the accelerator, or push the contention window another year back, from our 71-win perspective?
There is no "cheating" when it comes to offseason plans. By that, I mean if you see a national writer float an interesting idea or rumor, or if you wish to adopt a idea from someone else’s SSS plan, go on ahead. A good idea is a good idea. It’s polite to cite your source, but hey, the Winter Meetings can be a bloodbath, man.
Most of all, have fun. This is for exhibition purposes only. Please, no wagering.