I heard someone on The Score say that Hinch might be a deal-breaker for Bauer.

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Sox could use Schwarber.

No joke. The Sox could balance out the RHB dominance of their lineup a bit. Schwarber's bat would play great at GRF, he could see at bats at DH and with Robert in CF, he's going to mask alot of Schwarber's defensive shittiness.

Send over a Rick Vaughn arm + some 17 year old kid who weighs 145 lbs and the deal is done.

Sox seem to think that they have that guy in house already with Vaughn.

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Need a lefty bat.

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Vaughn is still likely to become the DH next season. Maybe he can play occasionally in the field. They do need another left handed bat though for sure.

There should be a good number of platoon LH bats available from non-tenders. If Vaughn is at DH, the only every day slot left for a LH bat is in RF.

Ideally they also get a bench hitter in the Tommy La Stella mold who can backup 2B/3B once in a while, play LF in a pinch, and DH instead of Vaughn against the toughest righties. The rosters are probably going back down to 26 next year, so it's going to usually be a 4 person bench with 13 pitchers and an active shuttle to Charlotte.

SH: Leury
RH: Engel
LH: New backup 2B/3B(/LF)
break in case of glass: Defensive backup catcher who catches Giolito.

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Edwin: Gone!
Gio: Gone!
Yolmer: Gone! (Claimed by Orioles)
Leury: Stays...

Tim Beckham signed to a NRI. I guess he will fight for a spot in Charlotte.

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Bauer isn't doing a short term deal. He is going to cash in on a career year. It will be at least 150m total.

Unfortunate for him that the whole COVID thing is gonna screw that up; that may be why he still prefers the one-year deal right now.

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He basically confirmed on a podcast recently that he is going for a multi-year, highest bidder contract. The Mets just got a new owner worth 14 billion. Cohen will pony up the big bucks if others don't.

There are a number of nice veteran pitchers on the market who could slide into a #3 or higher role. I think the Sox could probably use a couple of these types as the developing young guys still have to prove themselves and when they do, they will be on innings counts for the year.

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Mlbtraderumors predicts Springer to the White Sox on a five year 125 million dollar deal:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/ ... -2021.html

I’d rather they just overpay Bauer

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I don't think Bauer is coming here. I'd certainly be interested in Kluber or Charlie Morton if he could be talked into maybe moving his kids during the summertime for 15 million dollars per year

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If they can’t get Bauer, I’d almost prefer they find some serviceable no name LHPs to work the back of the rotation. The staff is so right-hand-heavy and I assume Rodon will be injured by May (if Ricky didn’t fully break him again CLE & OAK).

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Morton isn't moving his kids. He will probably go back to Tampa on a smaller deal, but the Braves are a possibility as he could fly home pretty frequently during homestands and God knows they need starting pitching. A private airport is only 20 minutes from the ballpark.

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Mlbtraderumors also predicts they're going to sign James Paxton, which sounds more like your typical White Sox signing. Bring someone in with a rough injury history, cross your fingers, and hope to get three to four months of use out of him.

Larussa will tell Hahn who to get..thats a good thing for Sox fans.

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He’s the type of backend guy I’d be fine with. It’s uninspiring but it fills a need.

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Back end?

38-17 from 2017-2019. If he's healthy, hes better tha Kuechel

I don’t think he’s better than kuechel or giolito, so #3?

I don’t really care about his WL record but I can’t say I have strong feelings on James Paxton.

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He's a top of the rotation guy when healthy

Better WAR than Keuhel in 2018, 2019

K then, I’ll be happy to support front end James Paxton should the Sox sign him.

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When healthy though

I'm just a fan of the guy

Keuchel worries me a bit. My eyes tell me he's a kind of a smoke and mirrors guy who can't last more than 18 batsmen.

I kinda get what you are saying, but he was a stopper during the stortend season.

He's like a son-in-law. On the surface, everything is fine, but something deep down says there's a problem.

Predicts on where top free agents sign. Springer to the White Sox?

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As expected, there was a record number of players non tendered. There is a glut of players on the FA market which should result in low contracts. This is like a JR dream.

They should be able to fill that RF position on the cheap if they look to platoon. They should be able to take a flier on a SP coming back from injury while also signing a big name as a definite for the top half of the rotation. They should also be able to clean up on some RP.

I doubt it lowers the Mc Cann value to something acceptable for a part time starter but there are other veteran catchers out there

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