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I like that his source is a tweet we all read.

I think the foodie accounts are running with their own embellishments, at this point...

I drive to SC once or twice a year. Hurricane Florence wiped out I-40 in NC. They're building it back, but it's awesome (in a scary way) to see how nature just scours civilization off the map. Driving through KY last year, forest every where, then broken tree stumps for a mile after a huge tornado passed through. We're just ants on a log, floating in the middle of a lake.

A lot of White Sox fans would prefer a retractable domed stadium. Makes the most sense for fans and for business. I like both the Rogers Centre and T-Moble park. Great templates to work off of. Yes, the "Old Roman" Charles Comiskey would love to see a retractable dome built in Armor Park. Preserve tradition and expand on it. Win win.

I was about to type exactly the same thing. Wolkow, I'm fine moving but with our catching issue right now, no to Boston Smith.

Charles Comiskey was "The Old Roman" after all.

Smith's production is incredible, but there's a lot of question marks under the hood. Serious swing and miss and he's getting by with a lot of passivity. He's not very big for a guy who is supposed to be a masher and he might be years away from having a defensive position (and the position might be LF). He's a fun prospect and you have to love this partial season of production but the same thing that is tantalizing (that he's done so much in so little time) is also part of the risk (there's no track record). In principle, I don't love risking much on a rental pitcher, of course. Wolkow is going to have near-zero trade value. I like him and he's so young, but I think most front offices don't have much faith that a guy can spin his wheels for that long and become anything.

Or they would have to include Torrens. But yeah, I would prefer not to trade Smith.

That’s the Wed/Thurs asking price, by Sunday it will be cheaper when no one else is meeting that asking price. Wolkow as the main piece doesn’t bother me, but Boston Smith as the 2nd is too much. Wolkow, Albertus, and lotto ticket arm

If my scouts like Peralta, I’d do Wolkow+ but that second prospect would have to be less than Smith.

Especially if what you're after is projected performance and not what he's already done.

bWAR is a bad metric for evaluating pitchers IMO

What would Torrens cost by himself?

People aren’t familiar with Drew Thorpe. This is a guy who was a key piece for Juan Soto and the main piece for Dylan Cease. His velocity with the Yankees sat 92 to 94 MPH when we was minor league pitcher of the year and lead the sport in K’s. It dropped with the Padres and stayed suppressed with us. Can he eventually get some of that back will impact his floor and ceiling? If he’s around 90 to 91, I think he profiles as a back of the rotation guy if the 70 grade command is there. Add a couple ticks and he could be a mid rotation guy. To me, that’s what we need to wait and see. I know the early reports say he’s around the former, but not sure I trust minor league guns and his arm may not be fully there strength wise yet.

Still think it’s crazy that the travel team name is Plainfield Tornadoes

No.

I was looking at b where it’s -.2. I think Peralta would be okay. But he should be cheap. And Smith and Wolcow is not only not a low price, it is also a lot of ceiling, which is exactly what not to trade. Plus, what other interesting catcher or 1B do we really have in the org? There are other prospects to trade.

Longenhangen says Bonemer dropped because he worries Bonemer won't even be able to cut it at 3B and due to worries about his whiff rate. Unfortunately I feel the same way. Since ignorance is bliss, I wish I hadn't watched Bonemer play and just looked at the stats. But I hope we're both wrong!

Not saying they should trade either for Peralta, but with Wolkow’s contact issues, trading him now could actually be selling high.

I have no doubt problem dealing the strikeout king. If he ever makes the majors, he won’t last long. Boston is nice to have around with how bad our “stud” catcher prospects have looked so far.

-0.2 bWAR 1.2 fWAR

Pitching match ups and at the best home team in baseball, just find a way to win a game.

He has positive 1.2 fWAR no?