TCS Morning 5: The White Sox very affordable offseason

The last four guys probably are not particularly rosterable, but including Turner's guaranteed money, that's slightly more than $25 million for six guys likely to break camp with the big club. And since Frazier and Lawrie could just be non-tendered after 2016, that is total sum of the commitments they have made overall this offseason, relative to $13.3 million that cleared off the books.

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Dayan and Sale on well-tread ground

For some strange reason, I have had flexor strains on my mind recently. No idea as to why.

Chris Sale being injured has been a flashpoint of debate for those attempting to clear the thorny trail from irregular pitching motion to injury risk, and those that see the whole practice as a waste of time.

It's an uncertain line of analysis full or projection, and if I'm going to do that, I prefer to haphazardly compare Sale to other recent case of pitchers being given cautious DL stints for flexor strains. The results may be just as depressing, but at least the man will be treated like a normal human being.

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