Watchful Waiting

Garrett Crochet trade rumors are in the air, all day all the time at least through next week’s winter meetings. Tired of hearing where Crochet is going and for who(m)? Then check out these Luis Robert Jr. trade scenarios! I get it, more or less. This is exactly how the hot stove league has always operated, with one rumor topping the next and so on. It’s just that social media puts the rumors on steroids. I prefer that steroids and sports don’t mix. What really ticks me off is reading the various trade packages involving Crochet; never once do I see one chiefly from the White Sox perspective. No, it’s a Red Sox or Phillies or Yankees fan writing into The Athletic to propose these two broken bats and a prospect. Mlb.com ranks the White Sox with the eleventh-best minor league system; the Red Sox seventh; the Phillies sixteenth; and the Yankees eighteenth. Why would you want prospects from a system worse than yours? Supposedly, the Orioles with the third-best system are interested in Crochet. If he goes anywhere (and, really, why should he other than for the fact that Jerry Reinsdorf doesn’t want to pay him what he’s worth?), it’s there.