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This is the best news they could have received from these meetings. I do question Getz referring to it as an honor. Dude, it pretty much means your team really sucks.

Pope Leo, please bless us on this day. Amen!

This reads like the kind of careful answer you give when you need to pretend he's not already your guy

The Pope!

Feels like it’s too early to trade for need. I don’t see the rush in dealing him.

I'm quite a Quero truther, so it would take quite the return to make me not hate this.

Roch has to be the favorite but Grady Emerson is also a mega-prospect. Lefty swinging shortstop from the Dallas area who does everything well. One scout said the only downside on his card is that Emerson isn't quite as good at the same age as Bobby Witt Jr. So, good year to be picking #1.

Getz should get drunk tonight and sign an outfielder.

Roch, Colson, Carlson, & Bonemer is going to be a fun problem to have.

We just injected a potential 30 WAR into the next 7 years at no real financial cost. This is a big deal. Don't screw it up.

No. But there's miserable people on here so now's a good time to take the good news and cancel it out by reminding us that the world is hell.

With ABS being a thing next year, the value of framing will be decreased (although definitely not eliminated). Quero's biggest weakness is his framing, it cost him about 1.5 wins of value last year. I say we wait and see how his power develops and how the new ABS rules affect his value defensively as a catcher before trading him.

this is stupid. just keep developing him. there's plenty of ABs to go around.

And that's fine. BA suggests he could be put into the OF or 3rd.

That's why I live in the FutureSox forum.

I know Justin Crawford is a divisive prospect, but wonder if he could be bad for Quero. Phillies will need a catcher if they can’t / don’t bring back Realmuto.

All depends on what they get offered. If they feel it’s not enough, just hold onto him.

Get a good return and I'm fine with it. I don't think having him DH and mixing in as a backup catcher is the best use of resources in the short or long-term.

The Sox refusal to move their catchers around to different positions with literally no one worth blocking on the roster is just bizarre. I get the Sox have some catching depth, but does the return justify the means? We have to get another starting position player back who has AT LEAST 5 years of control to justify any deal here, unless a prospect deal of similar value can be put together. This can't be another failed former top 100 prospect.

Harold brings it home!

The High School SS behind Roch seems to be pretty well regarded.

Harold Baines invited to all cookouts in Chicago.

How so? If you can get a promising OF in return then it's trading from a strength to improve a glaring weakness.

How is this roster churning? They have two catchers that should be starting 120+ games behind the plate and a third who appears to be a very capable backup who can slot in against LHP. To me, this is 100% the right move if you can return a similarly valued young player at a different position.

Take Jerry with him.

In a perfect world we draft Roch and he’s as good as advertised and his arrives at the same time as Ishbia takes over franchise, we lock up Roch with a long term deal as he debuts then Ishbia opens the wallet to field a perennial playoff team for years to come. This is definitely a big step in the right direction for this franchise.

Man, read the room.

What a run of 1OA's the city could have had if the NBA didn't have to pay off the Mavs for trading Luka

That's right.

ROCH BOTTOM LETS GO

I'm so used to getting rat fucked on draft pick slotting as a Bulls fan.

Holy f*** Something good happened to this crap organization

They should know not to interview Harold

Would be a first time ever beating Johan

Jerry said a lot of things that weren't true, such as Chris Getz was the quickest way to respectability.

Would you really put it out of the realm of possibility that Getz doesn't have an understanding on Roberts actual value around the league?

I'm fine with Quero's bat at catcher. I'm definitely not fine with it at first base, unless he develops much more power and shows some defensive acumen over there. I also don't think it's particularly valuable to show that a catcher can also play first base. You can DH him, but again his bat doesn't carry that role and I don't know if it ever will. He's likely your second catcher and plays ~80 or so games there while Teel is the catcher for the other 80 (and is the DH when Quero catches). Teel might be able to play first and hit enough to have some value there, but it's much better to put him at DH and keep him from even the remote possibility of getting injured in the field. If you can get a solid outfield prospect for Quero (back half of the top 100 is likely, as others mentioned) then I'd seriously consider it. Otherwise keep him and see what happens this year. Maybe he takes a leap and you keep him, or you can trade him for something better. Or, if he sucks, you make the choice between him and Lee as the backup.

Am I in that group? Some of these guys are going to progress, and some are going to fall off. I see Quero as a guy whose middling power could never really develop, and he remains problematic in all aspects of the defensive game. Or he does develop and is fine. I think Teel's going to be the star.

Fully agree.

I'm assuming the price is going to be high even his deficiencies at catcher

It is incredibly obvious to me that there is a LOT happening behind the scenes that we won't know about until the big press conference. They are 100% working in the background on a new stadium. Ishbia's comments to the Pope confirm that much to me. I fully believe Jerry is still out front to be the asshole on the two big questions marks surrounding this franchise right now with the new stadium, and the upcoming labor fight. Jerry takes the bullets, Ishbia comes in clean, and Jerry gets PAID in return, but also with the flexibility that he hopes will allow this transaction to happen upon his death to avoid all of the double taxation nightmares.

If they trade for Robbie Ray, they could have a rotation with Kay, May, and Ray

Who's the next Cam Booser?

Justin Crawford or Owen Caissie

Nope.....don't like this.

Is Patrick Wisdom mentioned as a return candidate in any Quero trade?

Must be nice to still have money for other stuff when you're doing stuff like this.

The adrenaline of pitching in front of sold out crowds at the Rate will offset all of that.

All the sudden the 2025 Draft Class is looking pretty good with Loveland, Burden, Ozzy and Monangai