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His stuff is pretty electric when you look into it. He won't be anywhere near prospect rankings, but the fastball and sweeper have some ridiculous movement on them. They just need to teach him how to use them. He certainly is at least what you call an 'interesting' flyer.

Betting $20 million to win $2 million usually isn't a great strategy.

The White Sox can't think too much of Pauley. He threw 4 innings after they passed him up 12 times.

IMO, Acuna is a utility infielder/outfielder and elite pinch runner. He can get to balls hit in the gap with his speed and quickness but....yea, he's no Chet Lemon...maybe half a Lemon. Looking at highlights from his short career on YouTube, it looks like he swings hard but hits way too many ground balls. Maybe the WSox can help with his launch angle or have him try the rolling pin bat that Colson uses. As it stands, with scouting reports preceding him, infield positioning will take away a lot of ground ball hits from him. His swing angle and approach at the plate look pretty rough....he uses a violent upper cut swing which invariably results in a ground ball or swing and miss. His upper-cut swing doesn't even look good let alone yield consistent results. Again, IMHO.... IF Kelenic has a strong Spring Training he could earn the starting CF spot. If not, Acuna might be considered the front runner to start there on Opening Day. In any case, I look forward to seeing these guys battle it out for a roster spot in Glendale. Glad to see Robert, a self-centered, injury-prone freak replaced with a little gamer. I think most fans will be good with this trade over time. It is too early to grade it now.

This trade leaves Andrew Benintendi as the last man standing for the Hahn/KW era. I wish the team ate some money to get a better prospect return. Luis Robert should be a lesson to GMs everywhere, when you start a rebuild it’s better to trade your premiere asset (2023 Luis Robert) coming off an hot season than not.

If there were any better offer than this last trade deadline, Getz fucked up royally. Even a comparable offer then makes more sense than hanging onto him, and picking up the option only to salary dump him for jack s%*# months later. I know Getz is bad at this, but holy s%*# this chain of events makes my head hurt.

i dont expect Murakami was paid for by this trade. There was a long period of time between Murakami signing and this move. If Robert was to be salary dumped to pay for it, the Robert trade wouldve happened that same day. Luis couldve gotten offseason-injured in December and you'd have gotten nothing. So at the very least it was not a mandate to dump $ It makes me think some will be put back into the roster right now, if not all. a pitcher and a OF.

Crazy how Acuna was rumored for the longest time to be involved in this trade. Some people definitely had the scoop. Too bad he turned out to be the top return in the trade when many were hoping he would be the secondary piece.

‘Paid off’ Rest easy brother

Another thing I think this trade shows is we went for tools. The rumored Reds package was for like their number 12, 25, and an unlisted spec… This deal we got a teams top prospect dating back just 2 years ago and a pitcher who I suspect they’ll say they like the stuff on. So they were once again leaning on this as of yet unseen great development pipeline. Bottom line here folks is we never really expected much from Robert so if either of these guys contribute even 1 WAR total over the next 7 years, it’s likely to be more that Luis was going to provide. Good riddance to “The Next Mike Trout.”

“And then he was traded…”

Kelenic knew.

Conforto seems like an obvious choice. Boras only works deals with the Sox when it’s his free agents that are on their last leg.

Thats my hope too… but knowing this group, I bet they sign someone with one knee left.

JR is very happy tonight as the Sox payroll is hitting ridiculous lows. That being said Robert needed to go (a few years ago in fact...)

I think it’s horseshit to judge a young player on one season. If you’re going to talk s%*# and peg him as a 84 RC+ guy, at least call him a midget or something.

https://www.milb.com/news/the-road-to-the-showtm-new-york-mets-luisangel-acuna Acuña article from 2023 when he peaked on top 100 lists at #38 or some s%*# like that. Other publications had him bottom half of top 100 for both ‘23 and ‘24. Dude is young. He also has shown a tendency to underperform when leveling up. The quote from that article that struck me most was something like, ”he goes after pitches out of the zone which leads to poor contact strength but still managed a respectable ~20% strike out rate.” Sound familiar? A former top prospect and a 2025 draft pick with good stuff… we honestly shouldn’t have expected more at this stage in the “trade Robert game.” It isn’t dead on arrival and yes, Robert should have been traded earlier… but if I could relive a few key choices in my life over again, I would have Jeff Bezos’s bank account and a hotter ex wife.

This! Also I want nothing to do with Bader/Hays/Conforto, just let Acuna, Baldwin, Kelenic, and Pereira play as much as possible. Hell I’d rather Bryan Ramos get playing time out there too. The team isn’t contending so I just feel like the Bader, Hays, Conforto would just be taking ABs from the younger guys.

This. Would you rather have Murakami or Robert? I think the answer is pretty easy. I wanted Robert gone, and I never expected anything of value in return. Hopefully Getz can utilize some of that $20M to make an addition or two. I won't miss Robert's grimacing face every time he hits the 1B bag running out a grounder.

Maybe I am mistaken but Getz became GM with Robert coming off of the best season in his career. Getz immediately started another rebuild, waited too long to trade Robert, and watched his value diminish into that of a utility player. If Getz can get praised for the Crochet trade, he should definitely be dumped on for this Robert trade.

A lot of things get said

Nbb said the Murakami signing was an addition to the set budget.

Jon Heyman for the W… According to Heyman, “The Mets inquired about Luis Robert. But for the Mets to surrender prospects, they want money back to offset Robert’s $20M salary and hard-line White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf isn’t seen as likely to give money to Steve Cohen’s team.”

I gotta believe Getz wanted to at least keep him up to the deadline, but Murakami shocked the world and Getz by signing. So down came the axe

No, Getz turned a diminished asset into a younger 84 RC+ version of himself. I'm not sure how to express that as an anal sex metaphor.