White Sox's Trade Strategy: Cautious Moves for Future Success

All right. So the White Sox kind of owe it to their fans. I understand why they are trying to go for it a little bit, and I'm not sure it's the right idea, but you know what? There's been so much discourse and bad vibes for the White Sox, Tom, that I feel like they got to try a little bit here. So they took care of the Yankees. That was impressive. Really big win for them Friday night against Tampa Bay, and then lost just one-nothing to the race. So they played good baseball all season long, and I feel like that front office and that ownership are kind of like, you know what? We've had this opportunity before when we had Eloy Jimenez and Mankata and Robert. We really didn't go for it. We really didn't do enough. Maybe they're trying to correct that wrong. Yeah. They've had a decent stretch, split the series versus the Yankees. They got to try and salvage a win against the Rays on Sunday, which will be huge for them. The thing that I would say for the White Sox is you can take swings, but have them be very cautious swings. You shouldn't be overreaching to get a big player based on where they are in their essentially team development cycle. They are on the front foot of starting their rise to compete. You don't want to jump ahead of that and jump a hurdle and say, OK, we're now going to bring in players and give up all these assets. You should be taking very cautious approaches to the trade deadline, because ultimately, even if you swing and miss on one or two players, you still have a good foundation for the next set of years, and then you'll be in a good spot year in, year out. It did take a big swing, adding $20 million to their payroll next season with Luis Castillo. So I don't know how much more they're going to do, but we will see. The White Sox certainly can go a little bit above where they are.