White Sox still hoping for Cespedes

Yoenis Cespedes has officially arrived in Miami. He's meeting with the Marlins today and has verbally expressed interest in staying right where he's at and playing for Miami. The GM of the Marlins has said that they want Cespedes but do not need him. Apparently they have been aggre

ssively pursuing the 5-tool stud for quite some time now, however after spending a lot of money this offseason, negotiations might reach levels unreachable for the Marlins.  With speculation about whether or not Miami will be able to land the 26-year-old outfielder, the White Sox (amongst other teams) are lying in the weeds, with hope that they'll get their chance to court Cespedes. 

Yoenis and his agent are hopeful that they will be able to come to some sort of an agreement with a major league team in time for Cespedes to report to spring training. Due to a delay in receiving his working visa from the Dominican Republic, negotiations have taken longer than originally anticipated. Although it would appear that the Marlins are the front-runners at this point in the process but I think the White Sox can still remain hopeful.

This White Sox have had a long history with Cuban baseball players coming to play on the South Side of Chicago. Reports have indicated that current White Sox players Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo have been attempting to reach out to Cespedes in order to recruit him for the Sox. A guy like Yoenis Cespedes would be a very nice addition to this White Sox roster. If (and this is a huge "if") Kenny Willaims could find a way to move Alex Rios, we would have a very young, very talented, very Latin outfield from left to right. I think he could add significant offensive production to a lineup with a lot of question marks and play a solid outfield. The only problem is, because of Alex Rios basically wasting space in center for us right now, the move seems a bit impractical at this juncture of the franchise. Combine that with the fact that we really don't have a ton of money to be throwing at a 26 year old Cuban defective who hasn't proved a thing in the big leagues yet, (especially when you consider the bullpen still needs some help) signing him would be a tough one to fully explain and would require a roster move to make room. Options would and could include benching someone like De Aza or Viciedo in order to get Cespedes more time or splitting time between those 3 guys (because we all know Rios is going to see the field due to his massive contract).

We're just going to have to wait and see exactly what happens and how things play out. Keep in mind, as of right now, it is a little bit of a long shot for the Sox to even land this guy, but if we do, there will be a lot to talk about.