Obviously, Day 2 of the SBN Offseason GM Simulation was the big one for the White Sox, signing five substantial free agents and lining up a couple more to complete the offseason kill on Day 3.
Well, Day 3 came, and we did pretty well.
It was touch-and-go all along, because at this point the White Sox were really having to peer ahead to make sure payroll wasn’t going gaga. That necessitated one embarrassing re-do, and another salary-dump trade that cost us a (positionless) prospect.
Anyhow, it’s Day 3; let’s boogie!
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When we lost out on José Abreu as the Houston Astros fell prey to a bidder’s fever dream, we had to turn on a dime in search of first base help.