Sox Fest is cancelled. Fans are falling in love with available free agents. But the decision made by the White Sox to not offer an $18MM+ qualifying offer to Carlos Rodon spoke loudly. We take you through the process and why it seems that Rick Hahn and the Sox no longer trusted the arm of Rodon. There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this, right? We think so, and it opens up a world of possibility.

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