FG on Fox: When Everyone Goes For It

The White Sox are going for it. With the additions of Jeff Samardzija and David Robertson — in addition to prior signings Adam LaRoche and Zach Duke — the Pale Hose have signaled to the rest of the American League Central that they’re not content to rebuild anymore. They might have only won 73 games a year ago, but with Chris Sale and Jose Abreu in the prime of their careers, the White Sox don’t want to sit around and dream about the future anymore. They want to win while their stars are still stars, so they’ve decided to make a run at the postseason next year.

There’s only one small problem; almost everyone everyone else in the American League has apparently made the same decision. No one is rebuilding anymore, especially not in the American League. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration; the Astros and Twins still seem to realize that they’re probably not going to the World Series next year. They’re spending money in free agency, but they’re not sacrificing significant parts of their futures in order to make short-term upgrades. The 13 other AL teams? They have no problems trading the future to upgrade their 2015 chances.

And this race for the now is creating unprecedented parody across the league. Take a look at the current WAR forecasts — via the Steamer projections found on FanGraphs — for the 15 teams in the American League.

Read the rest on Just a Bit Outside.





Dave is the Managing Editor of FanGraphs.

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tz
9 years ago

“And this race for the now is creating unprecedented parody across the league.”

Just waiting for a whole batch of posts from “Ruben Amaro Jr.” 😉

Well-Beered Englishman
9 years ago
Reply to  tz

BANKNOTES INDUSTRIES
“creating unprecedented parody across the league”

Jason B
9 years ago

*since about November, when Cistulli callously pulled NotGraphs away from us

olethros
9 years ago
Reply to  tz

My college newspaper made this exact error. In a headline, and several times throughout an article about satire in Big Ten football.

Yirmiyahu
9 years ago
Reply to  tz

Who will watch the watchmen? Who will edit the editors?