Honest fixes for 2014 with this team?

[WhiteSoxNation]

Of course this team could win 100 games and we wont say a thing about next year.

But, Hahn clearly expressed the right handed heavy team.
We have Dunn and Konerko is mid/late 30s.
Thornton aging.
Several guys on 1 year deals.

What's 2014 look like, who should we go after (FAs, trades, etc)

Looks like Sox are high on Sanchez, Johnson, Snodgress, Thompson.
Several building blocks, Sale, Viciedo, Reed, Quintana/Santiago

Your thoughts?

[Mohoney]

Originally Posted by WhiteSoxNation

Your thoughts?

If the Tigers perform to expectations and win 92-95 games, we need Gordon Beckham and Dayan Viciedo to provide plus offense at their positions and the bullpen to be in the upper echelon in MLB in holding leads in order to compete with that win total.

Unless Dunn, Konerko, and Rios want to combine for 100 HRs and 300 RBIs and outslug Cabrera, Fielder, and Martinez.

[BigHurt3515]

How bout we worry bout this year??

Only thing I have to say about 2014 is, I hope Hawkins is a beast in the minors this year and Hawkins is starting with the big league team

[SephClone89]

Originally Posted by BigHurt3515

How bout we worry bout this year??

Only thing I have to say about 2014 is, I hope Hawkins is a beast in the minors this year and Hawkins is starting with the big league team

No way. Kid's just out of high school. 2015.

[russ99]

Cot's has Konerko, Floyd, Crain and Wise as FAs, plus Thornton and Lindstrom as club options with cheap buyouts.

Can't see any of them back in '14, except manybe Paul if he takes a team-friendly deal, but the writing is on the wall after A.J.'s departure.

Otherwise my plan would be the same as I suggested for this offseason:

• Find someone to take Dunn, Rios and Peavy's salaries for decent prospects.
• Deal Viciedo, Flowers and Beckham while they still have potential, have relatively low salaries and teams could be swayed on giving us a quality younger/cost effective player or two for "potential".
• Make some shrewd mid level cost younger FA signings for good talent to fill holes.
• Draft smart for BPA, and pay for quality.

Gotta think Hahn is using 2013 as a transition year to clear some of Kenny's worst contracts and then having a good level of payroll room to remake the roster in his own manner. If anyone surprises this year and plays over his head, that's a bonus.

[DumpJerry]

2014? Please. I'm worried about 2015, the year the Cubs win it all.

[thomas35forever]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

2014? Please. I'm worried about 2015, the year the Cubs win it all.

/thread

[Frater Perdurabo]

I'm not sure we're in such bad shape that we need to think about "fixing" things for a year from now. Only a bunch of losses to Detroit - especially at the end - separated the Sox from the postseason. I am not saying that's insignificant; but just as the Tigers are getting a healthy Martinez, we are getting a healthy Danks. I think we will compete all year long. And if a few breaks go our way, we might take the division.

We lost AJ, but I think Keppinger compensates in the lineup. Also, counting on a 35+ catcher to replicate a career year is risky; a similarly-aged Torii Hunter may be exposed defensively in cavernous Comerica.

Gillaspie is interesting. What if he wins the 3B job outright, and either Keppinger becomes the super-sub, or Beckham goes to the bench? Gillaspie doesn't have to be Ventura or Crede, but what if he's Herbert Perry?

The bottom line is that for 2014, we may not need to think about fixing or rebuilding, but rather ask if PK should be re-signed, or ask how to replace his production. And frankly, we may have an internal OF option that allows Dunn to play first with Viciedo at DH.

Things aren't necessarily as bleak as many seem to think.

[amsteel]

There won't be any sort of shift in the Sox' philosophy until Dunn and Konerko are off the team.

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by amsteel

There won't be any sort of shift in the Sox' philosophy until Dunn and Konerko are off the team.

You can't lump those two together. Every team needs power in the lineup, but Konerko has been an effective hitter besides providing power. Dunn has not.

[WhiteSoxNation]

I think Hahn will do something w/ Crain, Thornton, Floyd.

All have some value. And if the return isn't immediate we have Axelrod, Marinez, Snodgress/Stewart to buy us time.

I'd keep most of our line up. I think beckham or ramirez are moved because of C. Sanchez SS/2B

[Lip Man 1]

Excuse me, Stewart????????????????????????

OK.........................

Lip