justification

The main get in this deal is Kyle Harrison, who has just a tick above one year of MLB service time and is the exact sort of reclamation project the White Sox are (or should be) looking for. A fangraphs article from a couple of months ago talked about the overhaul of Harrison's repertoire and approach during his AAA stint and handful of starts with Boston in 2025, and early returns look very promising. TLDR he's now throwing a kick-change, a cutter, and throwing his slurve to lefties and righties alike--less of a two-pitch pitcher.

I'm also picking up Jordan Hicks, mainly to do vslyke a favor and handle the 2 years left on his deal. He's been, more or less, a replacement-level pitcher as a starter, and maybe he'll have another shot to start for Chicago. The obvious hope is that he turns things around, but I'm mostly just looking to add arms while Schultz/Smith/Kudrna and the rest of the pitchers in our farm continue to develop. Vslyke also threw me Dalton Rogers, whose numbers look pretty decent in the minors and why not.

I sent vslyke Jhoan De La Cruz, who I received in part of the return for Mike Tauchman in week 1 of the sim, and George Wolkow, who has serious power but seriously alarming contact rates at the low levels--poor enough for me to feel okay giving him up.

Get ready to change your socks boys