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I agree this was a terrible trade but a lot of people are overlooking the possibility that Acuna outplays Robert this year. That alone should help folks understand why the trade happened. Pure salary dump with a talented, underperforming, unpredictable player. Let's just move on...

This return really really sucks. But, it is certainly better than just not picking up the option and getting nothing. However, Jerry once again Jerry's and was unwilling it appears to pickup some money to improve the return.

I love how Reinsdorf isn’t a fan of Cohen and didn’t want him as an MLB owner due to his big spending, but he has no problem helping Cohen’s team by dealing him Robert for a utility man as long as he doesn’t have to include any cash in the trade. 🤣 The sooner Jerry is gone, the better.

That's the key. If (big if) they spend some of that $20 million on a pitcher or two, this trade looks better. I'm not concerned about not having the oft-injured Robert anymore, and Acuna could (big could) be decent. But we've seen this low budget movie before. Save money, don't spend money, cry about attendance and cost, repeat.

Might not make them better but does it make them worse? I don’t know. Robert has produced a combined 1.9 fWAR over the last two seasons. Acuna has produced 1.1 fWAR with far less playing time. Those two alone might be a wash in 2026. “If” the cost savings motivates them to sign a decent SP, which is sorely needed, overall they could end up being better in 2026 as a result of this trade.

No this is the generic, non-copyrighted version you don't have to pay royalties for.

They'll tell us they already have with Murakami.

"Blown away" by the chance to grab another post hype utility player. Can't wait for his hot two weeks to declare this another win.

And they didn't have to trade him. Hahahahaha

So Getz will be spending $20 million on additional players this offseason?

They should be. They essentially gave up a utility man for boom or bust potential.

The Sox save the difference in the contracts of Robert vs Acuna.

I think we were all hoping for a miracle with Robert, hard to argue with your points.

Not when is injured in spring training.

20million floor 40 million ceiling. They could have kept him 2027 also. He probably would have gotten hurt in spring training and play about 60 games. Getting anyone to take the whole 20 million would have been good enough. Now if we can dump JR Ishbia can start with a clean slate.

See how they feel when he is hurt and/or swinging at trash.

He's hit 20 or more homers 1 time in his career. The man can not stay healthy. 2020: Debut season saw a hip issue and other minor problems. 2021: A complete tear of the right hip flexor sidelined him for over three months, impacting his Gold Glove year. 2022: Dealt with COVID-19, blurred vision, a sprained wrist, and a significant fractured scaphoid bone in his left wrist requiring surgery. 2023: Despite a strong start, faced a hamstring strain, hip issue, finger sprain, mild MCL tear, and missed the All-Star Game with a calf injury. 2024: A Grade 2 right hip flexor strain after opening day caused him to miss 62 games.

Mets fans everywhere are cheering.

Yes because he has been bad every year since 2023, like I said.

Benintendi should be our DH so the question is if today was opening day what and who are the outfielders, this is very depressing.

Hope all you trade crazy posters are happy. They lost an elite defensive center fielder who would give them 20 or more homers just to save money.

It wasn’t a $40 million dollar contract. It was a guaranteed $22 million and they just decided to pay him that $22 million on November 4th..

A salary dump when they literally just picked up the salary lol

Big difference in those two players also................. This is a salary dump pure and simple. The official end of the covid era rebuild. Got rid of a 22-40 million dollar contract and an unmotivated enigma of a player. The return is irrelevant.

For years the White Sox have been the last stop for players who are about to retire. It’s really embarrassing to be the last option to stay in the league.