ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Jose Abreu, $16M- Tender (Traded Below)
- Avisail Garcia, $8M- Tender (Traded Below)
- Yolmer Sanchez, $4.7M- Tender
- Carlos Rodon, $3.7M-Tender (Traded Below)
- Matt Davidson, $2.4M- Tender (Traded Below)
- Leury Garcia, $1.9M - Tender (Traded Below)
- Danny Farquhar, $1.4M- Non-Tender. Bring back on a MILB deal.
CLUB OPTIONS
- Nate Jones, $4.65 million/$1.25M buyout- Pick Up
- James Shields, $16 million/$2M buyout- Buy Out
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- Miguel Gonzalez (made $4.75 million in 2018)- Let Go
FREE AGENTS
No. 1: Dallas Keuchel (Three years, $45 million)
No. 2: CC Sabathia (One year, $10 million)
TRADES
No. 1: Trade Carlos Rodon, Nate Jones, and Jose Abreu to Colorado for Ian Desmond, Colton Welker, Ryan Rolison, Tyler Nevin, and Ryan Vilade. The White Sox need to add more depth to their minor league system and the Colorado needs to rid themselves of that awful Ian Desmond contract.
No. 2: Trade Avisail Garcia, Jordan Guerrero, and Carson Fulmer to Toronto for Troy Tulowitzki, Rowdy Tellez, Orelvis Martinez. This trade moves players that have no spot in the rebuild for a terrible contract, a change of scenery prospect and a higher upside lottery ticket prospect.
No. 3: Trade Matt Davidson and Juan Minaya to The Yankees for Jacoby Ellsbury, Roansy Contreras and Antonio Cabello. Same thoughts as the two trades above a bad contract is acquired for some prospects.
No. 4: Trade Omar Narvarez, Ryan Cordell and Aaron Bummer to Texas for Shin So Choo and Jonathan Ornelas. This trade clears out some more 4o man roster space, takes on a bad contract and acquires an interesting infield prospect.
No. 5: Trade Leury Garcia to Philadelphia for cash or PTBNL. Preferably 2019 INTL bonus pool money.
DFA
No. 1: Adam Engel
No. 2: Nicky Delmonico
SUMMARY
C- Castillo/ Smith
1B- Rowdy Tellez
2B-Yoan Moncada
SS- Tim Anderson/ Jose Rondon
3B- Troy Tulowitzki/ Yolmer Sanchez
LF- Ian Desmond
CF-Jacoby Ellsbury
RF- Daniel Palka
DH- Shin-So Choo
SUMMARY
These moves make the White Sox more interesting in the short term while allowing them to take their time with the prospects already in the system. I'm sure I blew past the $105 Million threshold but taking on bad contracts to get some decent prospects would be worth it.
