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Y2Jimmy0

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  1. Well thanks. I had very little interest in Joey Ortiz as a main piece in a Cease return for a bunch of reasons. I completely understand why Milwaukee would want him though. Just because he’s expendable for Baltimore, that doesn’t mean he’s not valuable.
  2. Yeah this has been ridiculous. Joey Ortiz isn’t Nick Madrigal. He can actually play shortstop and he impacts the baseball.
  3. LOL they know. I heard from people prior to lottery that they were hoping to pick 7
  4. Chris Getz is spending hat he’s allowed to spend. He’s clearly decided that focusing on defense with the little money he has to spend is the best way forward right now.
  5. With the focus on defense, I’d be surprised if Sheets plays much offense Agreed
  6. No. Juts for players who were given a QO.
  7. I don't. I just don't see luxury tax teams being willing to forfeit and 2nd and 5th rounder plus $1 million in international space to sign Snell on a short-term deal.
  8. He’s not signing an extension. Again, it’s Scott Boras. They basically traded Hall, Ortiz and a pick in the 30s for one year of Corbin Burnes and a draft pick in the 30’s in 2025. Good deal for both teams.
  9. The one thing Laurence didn’t mention is the lease. The White Sox basically have to move. It’s essential for them to create more revenue. They will have a ballpark village type setup and that sort of thing is very unlikely at current location.
  10. Colson Montgomery at #8, Noah Schultz at #57 and Bryan Ramos at #90
  11. A salary cap is 100% never happening. The floor also doesn’t help though because rebuilding clubs etc would just take on bad contracts to get to the floor etc. He might help the middle of the market type guys a bit though.
  12. I don’t think a salary floor would help Bellinger, Chapman or Snell get signed sooner.
  13. You can say whatever you want. It's still nonsense though.
  14. Mariners are making a deal but it’s not with White Sox. I’m guessing for a bat. Maybe Minnesota
  15. Sure it does. It gives the Mariners one of the best rotations in the AL
  16. I don’t think the round they were drafted in is relevant. Either guy could be a mid-rotation type. Six years of control is really valuable.
  17. I don’t think Emerson, Ford or Young is realistic with one of Woo/Miller. Thats too much. I could see Montes or Gonzalez though for sure
  18. Something like Bryce Miller, Dominic Canzone, Gabriel Gonzalez and Michael Arroyo makes sense to me.
  19. My guess is Baltimore would trade one of Kjerstad/Cowser plus one of the second tier infielders and more. Guessing Cease is fixed on Basallo or Mayo or one of the OFs and Westburg
  20. I personally think the offer is much more than this and Sox are holding out for too much
  21. I don’t know. It’s definitely the job of a younger man in most cases though. The Sox can be willing to spend on teenage Dominicans all they want but it won’t matter until the 2027, 2028 signing periods at this point
  22. This is the best part from the Fangraphs article: While this farm system still isn’t among the strongest in baseball, it’s significantly deeper than it was a year ago, strengthened by several key acquisitions at last year’s trade deadline, including Edgar Quero, Nick Nastrini, Jake Eder and Ky Bush. That trend will likely continue if the Sox trade Dylan Cease. Chicago has as many players with the potential for high-end impact — Colson Montgomery, Bryan Ramos, Noah Schultz, maybe Eder if his velo comes back — as a lot of the top systems, though all of those guys missed time due to injury in 2023. New GM Chris Getz was promoted from within, so even though the org will likely change somewhat as it works to execute his vision for the club, expect more continuity here than typically accompanies a regime change. For instance, Getz told Eric at the GM Meetings that the White Sox would likely alter their approach to international scouting, which for the last many years has seen them save pool space to target Cuban players who hit the market late. For too long the White Sox have tied one metaphorical hand behind their back by largely ignoring amateur Dominican players, and it seems like that will soon change. In the domestic draft, director Mike Shirley has now been in place for a couple of years. In addition to the White Sox targeting high-profile players from the Midwest during his tenure, they’ve prioritized pitching prospects with premium breaking stuff, drafted a lot of scrappy little college infielders in the middle rounds, and often found a way to mix a huge-framed power hitter in there somewhere. There has been no real pattern at the very top of Chicago’s last few drafts. Jacob Gonzalez is a model-friendly prospect because of his age and stats, while Montgomery (old for his class) and Schultz (a prep arm) were toolsy, projectable high schoolers. Schultz became the first high school arm the team had selected in the first round in over 20 years. The White Sox pro department got to target players via trade last summer and again this offseason. Chicago has so far taken a quantity-first approach to this rebuild, perhaps more because this system is pretty thin and they feel like it’s a prudent way to get the ball rolling than as a reflection of some long-term strategy or overarching philosophy. Ultimately, Jerry Reinsdorf is in charge. People in baseball consider him a bit meddlesome and think he is a bit more involved than is ideal, and sometimes believe his fierce loyalty prevents him from moving on from people or processes that aren’t helping the team. At times under Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams, it felt like there were too many cooks in this kitchen. Getz’s track record of developing players in his previous role was mixed, partly because the franchise was so far behind conceptually and technologically when they hired him, but some of the communication breakdowns and behind-the-scenes drama should go away now that the GM is a person who had to effectively communicate across a whole department as a core aspect of their job. The stuff on international market is interesting and a welcome change. I'm curious to see if Marco Paddy will be the director after this year.
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