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Maybe im confusing Moncada with Robert then, I thought he was due back at some point by the end of the month.

Im not going to pretend to know what happens outside of my field of view but I would be pretty shocked to see Moncada at 1B or RF as far as I know hes never even taken a rep there. He hasn't played 2B since 2018, which doesn't mean he couldn't, but again it seems ridiculous that this would just happen now. I still think Moncada has a chance to be traded for something as well. If you're going to decline his option you are going to pay him anyways so pay him now and see if you can get something for him. That would require him getting back and performing and sticking him at positions hes never played before doesn't seem to support that.

Unfortunately, I think he will be gone soon. When Moncada comes back, there's nowhere for him to play. He hasn't played anything other than 3B since 2021 from what I can see and there's no point in having him up and not playing.

To be honest with you if Fedde, Kopech, Wilson, and Brebbia are all traded and were still trotting out Soroka, Lopez and Maldonado OR cutting bait there and replacing them with young guys that might not quite be ready yet I can definitely see another brutal stretch like that in the second half at some point.

Oof, that team stinks. Probably worse than the roster we have now. They will have to spend a fortune in FA to get this thing even remotely close to competitive and that just aint going to happen. I would enjoy watching this team way more than todays team though, so at least thats something.

Because some people can't see/understand the big picture. If you want any chance at sustained success then trading players like this now is the only realistic way that this franchise can build something.

Well for one, this team will still be rebuilding next season. Erick Fedde is only signed through next season. If he keeps this up, through this season and next season as a front of the rotation type starter. The White Sox, in no way shape or form, are going to resign a 33 year old SP to the contract that his performance will demand. If he keeps this up for this season only and then stinks next season, your value on him will crater and then you get nothing and he still doesn't help this franchise moving forward. The only logical outcome here is to hope he keeps this up over the next two months, and then he is traded for a nice package of prospects that will help this team in the future when they expect to be good again.

We got a 23 year old bullpen prospect for a 34 year old OFer with no future here. Whats not to like about that? The prospect, 3.15 ERA and 12.8 K rate in 103 minor league innings. While he most likely never makes it, its a wonderful return for 71 at bats of Robbie Grossman on a rebuilding team.

Trading Burger was the right call, you can argue about the return that's fair but there is just nowhere for this guy to play here right now. 3B, DH, and 1B are all occupied with people who can't be traded and can't be unloaded until 2025. For a team in the midst of a 100 loss season followed by a front office overhaul and a rebuild, it just made way more sense to trade him since he was one of the few assets we had.

This team was never going to lose 120 games or get shut out 30+ times. That was over the top, it wasn't and isn't going to happen. They're still a really bad baseball team that will be incredibly fortunate to get anything for some of these guys.

I already accepted a while ago this was going to be a miserable season. The best part of the games now is watching Ramos start hot. Hopefully, we get some Montgomery and Thorpe up here soon then its going to be must watch.

Ok that makes way more sense. Im interested to see what happens against Cleveland, New York, and Baltimore over the next few weeks.

Basically what's going to happen all year is the Sox will be awful, then they will hit a stretch where they have gone 5-5 in their last 10 and posters will start to be like "Hmm maybe we aren't really that bad" and then they'll lose 6 in a row and it will be back to the dumps, then inevitably have another 5-5 game stretch and posters will be like "You know, maybe Chris Flexen IS a good SP option." "Call me crazy, but Gavin Sheets just might be the answer in RF". Then its back to the dumps again. Over and over, repeat.

Bruh, who is WE? 90% of this board knew this was going to be a 100 loss campaign. Aint no we thought this was a .500 team.

Depends on what your definition of notable signing is. Signing some mid tier FA to a 4 year $70 million deal is not notable to me. If they payroll is ~$50 million I need to see a difference maker added to this roster.