The White Sox are rebuilding. I was not a fan of the process that started last winter, but I am impressed with the talent that has been assembled by Hahn and the front office. That being said it's time to shake it up and have some fun.
Arbitration-eligible (with projected salaries from MLBTR):
- Jose Abreu, $17.9M - Tender
- Avisail Garcia, $6.7M - Tender
- Yolmer Sanchez, $2.1M - Tender
- Carlos Rodon, $2.0M - Tender
- Danny Farquhar, $1.5M - Non-tender
- Zach Putnam, $1.4M - Non-tender
- Leury Garcia, $1.2M - Tender
- Jake Petricka, $1.1M - Non-tender
- Al Alburquerque, $1.1M - Non-tender
Explain the toughest calls if necessary:
All pretty straightforward calls.
Impending free agents (re-sign, let go or qualifying offer)
- Geovany Soto: Made $2 million in 2017 - Buh Bye
- Mike Pelfrey: Made $8 million in 2017 - See ya
Elaborate if needed:
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Free agents
Trades
Summary
Rebuilding in boring in this type of exercise. It's not an all out go for it plan, but it gives you a competitive team with lots of help still in the prospect pipeline.
Opening Day Lineup:
Anderson SS
Moncada 2B
Stanton RF
Abreu 1B
Garcia LF
Lowrie 3B
Delmonico DH
Narvaez C
L Garcia CF
Bench: Smith, Engel, Sanchez, Davidson
Giolito SP
Shields SP
Lopez SP
Mikolas SP
Fulmer SP
Jones RHP
Minor LHP
Minaya RHP
Danish RHP
Bummer LHP
Infante RHP
Covey RHP
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