What’s Next? Who?

The White Sox signed Andrew Benintendi on Friday, the Cubs turn around and sign free-agent shortstop Dansby Swanson yesterday. My point? Benintendi represents the biggest free-agent contract in Sox history, at $75 million and five years while the Cubs inked Swanson for $177 million at seven years. Kind of makes you think, doesn’t it? Two teams in the same city, both with deep-pocketed owners, but only one ever shells out the big bucks. Who knows, maybe you can take it with you. If not, I’ll just note here that the team playing in the 100-year-old-plus ballpark, not the ball-mall, is the one willing to go big. But, if you’re a Sox fan, you accept that your team operates from a belief in scarcity economics and move on. Which brings us to the next question: Who’s on second? Right now, we’re just this side of Lou Costello saying, “What,” to which Bud Abbott and the rest of us would be tempted to respond, “I don’t know.” Here’s my guess. Gavin Sheets and/or Jake Burger goes to San Diego in return for either Jake Croneworth or Ha-Seong Kim. I want to think Romy Gonzalez or Lenyn Sosa could step up. Only I don’t know. Who?