I got some rumors for ya....

After a horrible season, the Chicago White Sox are hoping to make some off-season moves. Their ultimate goal: improve and to not have a repeat of the 2007 season.
The first thing on my list would be to hopefully improve the relief pitching. Let’s face it, the White Sox bullpen is very inconsistent and unreliable. But they are going to try and fix that real soon. There have been rumors circling that the White Sox are going to try and get the famous, future Hall of Famer Marian Rivera. However, with this excitement there comes some problems:

1.Where would they put him?

2.How much would they have to pay him? And more importantly, how much are they willing to pay him?

My Answers:

Q1: The White Sox already have an unbelievable closer, Bobby Jenks, and we all know that we certainly don’t want to get rid of him. So actually I don’t have an certain answer for that question. It will be a toss-up and a hard decision for the Sox.

Q2: Well we all know every extremely valuable player comes with a high price. So Riveria will not be cheap by any means. In my opinion, I think he might be a little to pricey for the White Sox.


The second aspect of the White Sox team that I think will need improvement is centerfield and I think that the White Sox agree. There have been rumors about the Sox being interested in Carl Crawford from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I believe that this would be a great fit for our South Siders. Crawford is an awesome leadoff man and an even better centerfielder. He can be considered a threat both offensively and defensively. However, with this proposal also comes some problems.

1.They White Sox will need to give up a few players in order to get Crawford.

2.Also, there is always the possibility that Tampa Bay might not be interested.


Other than some possible player changes, the White Sox have also made some coaching changes. They have recently added Jeff Cox as the new 3rd base coach. And hopefully the bullpen will improve under the new command of Juan Nieves, who was also just appointed the position. Both of these positions weren’t coached very well last year at all. I think that these moves will be good for the team and the upcoming 2008 season. The White Sox need to step it up next season and hopefully these new changes will help them achieve their goals and lead them to a successful season.

Like I stated the possible trades are just rumors. But, I hope that we can turn these rumors in facts in the near future.

So the trading talk is beginning, but soon enough we will have some definite answers. Let’s just hope that the White Sox can make some wise trades and we can almost guarantee that the will have a better 2008 season.