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They would DFA Romo to open the spot.

I am not saying don’t trade. I just think getting another starter is a way higher priority than catcher. We can’t go into a playoff series with only two reliable starters. Anthony Kay or Eric Fedde should not be starters in a 7 game series.

thorpe is not anything to count on.

Yeah, this. Usually their velocity and touch are still off, and they don't come back fully until the subsequent season.

Yep. At some point you do need to trade.

I feel like usually, the first season a guy come back from TJ Surgery isn't that good. Hopefully different case here.

Boston Smith is not catching for the White Sox this season. He's in the nascent stages of catching. Please defer all questions to Boston Smith experts @Timmy U and @Autumn Dreamin . https://www.soxtalk.com/forums/topic/124709-boston-smith/

It's either guy love or they're roommates.

I just watched the highlights and it looked like Cleveland had an awesome game plan against him: spit on everything but the high 4 seam and then don’t miss it. Maybe it was missing some jump at the end, but they crushed his fastball.

With the looming Teel news this was a fantastic little pickup during the day.

If you get him into a spring training type ramp up schedule, that gets him ready about the first of September around roster expansion time.

He definitely could be a legit SP option down the stretch. Very exciting.

We can revisit the Quero/Romo crowd's opinions in the playoffs when they are both still really bad at the plate. That'll be a fun revisit. Can talk about 2027 then and the looming short season/no baseball.

He’s been hurt all year.

It’s pretty funny in the seasons that the Sox are good and we get to this time of season and invariably GreenSox gets super freaked out about trading anyone and everyone and ultimately falls into “doing nothing is best” on repeat

There’s no such thing as good/young/“under the radar”/cost controlled with all the advances in major league front offices and analytics the last 10-15 years.

It was also premature to declare victory for the Sox as well when Braden Montgomery came up. Meidroth’s on pace for roughly a 2.8-3.2 fWAR, but it feels like half of SoxTalk wants him replaced…some say Antonacci, others argued Jacob Gonzalez, next it will be Bonemer, etc. Braden Montgomery would pace in the 3-3.5 range more based on his defense than offense só far, but recently some still left him off their lists of core players, só the jury’s far from out.

Here's my trade proposal: White Sox get: Good, under-the-radar pitcher Other team gets: some Sox prospects Like and follow.

Yep. Go with Quero and Romo (or DFA him and give Turner a shot) and hit them 8th (I would say 9th but I like the idea of a 2nd leadoff hitter in the 9 spot when the lineup flips)

Lodolo and Stephenson, the first ask will be Bonemer. And then you have Lodolo through just 2027, but no certainty over next year. Really can’t even think about parting with Bonemer unless it’s team control through 2027 AND 2028. Just not even sure what type of fallback position the Reds would even accept. Probably both Hagen and McDougal…Sandlin and McDougal isn’t enough, either. Not with how good and durable Lodolo was in 2025.

That's another good shout.

Seems to be more popular than you thought haha. But I completely agree as well.