Southwest Sider

This is another guy the Sox should have gone balls to the wall to trade for since they didn't get Harper. Everyone remembers the Harper ordeal but not even trying for Mookie was just as big a blunder, IMO.

And we cant get the #1 overall pick anymore because reasons?

I didn't know Cash Considerations had a sibling.

TLR was the 3rd nail in the coffin. Not going balls to the wall for Harper/Wheeler the 2nd. Ultimately, with hindsight though, the moment in time where it all went to s%*# was when whoever made the decision to deprioritize player development and ALL Latin American spending except for Cuba. Even if it wasn't a conscious decision, nowhere in basically 20 years did someone stand up and say "We suck at this and need to do whatever it takes to get better"... Which seems to be right around after they won the World Series and stopped producing their own Magglios, Carlos Lee's, Credes, Rowands, etc. Not supplementing this core we had with our own well developed players doomed this "rebuild" and is the primary reason this franchise has not been competitive at all since 2008, with the 2nd factor being never going after premium talent. It all starts at the top.

Tuned in for like 1 inning. Highlight for me was listening to Royals announcer s%*# talk Nicky Lopez after he struck out.

Don't worry guys. Sox just leaked thisbl to get Lorenzen to lower his salary demands. 5d chess yet again.

I'm still wondering how all of then literally still have "inside info" even though pretty much the entire front office has been purged. Are they mice who live on the walls of the Sox offices or is it JR or Brooks Boyer who are the leakers. Thinking now, probably Brooks. He was awfully chummy with fans early in his tenure and probably made a few friends along the way.

They didn't call, they texted.🤡

CCs stats are marginally better than Buehrles. A few more wins but he pitched on better teams. I fail to see why CC would be a lock and Buehrle is not.

Agreed it still would have been a long shot but he had Jaime Moyer type longevity in my mind and could have pitched into his 40s no sweat.

If he'd have kept pitching he'd have had a shot at 300 wins. Would be a lock then.

I hope this guy thinks he can unlock JF1. I'd rather the Bears be able to get another huge haul for the #1 and (if lucky) still be able to draft MHJ.

Sounds this like could actually be announced soon. Just listening to radio and supposedly Levine was saying that could be the case.

This is the truth.

From an AL East perspective, I don't think it makes much sense to dick around with trade offers and wait until the deadline. That's going to be a very competitive division. One of those teams should want Cease for the whole season and not just 2 months.