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well this didnt age well

You were definitely the president of that club. With that said, I'll miss Avi solely because that dude gave it his all on the field. I'll never question his work ethic.

this officially makes Colome their best reliever

Like it. Sold high on Narvaez who is awful defensively. Castillo is the starter. I'd be shocked if they signed Grandal.

I blame myself. I started the car and then ole jackie parkman took the wheel and drove it into lake michigan.

He's also kind of a douche in general.

Hard to be a left handed specialist when you're right handed.

My Dad is going to be destroyed. He thought Davidson was the 2nd coming of Mike Schmidt or something.

"You can't steal first base"

2018 means jack in 2019. The Sox sold about as high as they can with Omar. This guy is 2 years removed from a .627 OPS in Charlotte, and a .550 OPS in Birmingham. Give him credit, but he's in for a fall, and he is horrible behind the plate.

Not trying to be a dick, but this trade would be done yesterday if that’s all it took. They’re going to get at least one blue chip centerpiece and this offer has none.

And coming from this guy...

I'm really happy that Davidson had two years in the big leagues. Would have been brutal for him to have lost it all the year he thought he was going to hit. Unfortunately he wasn't quite good enough, but he should definitely work on his pitching and try to be some weird player for the tampa rays.

Yeah -- As good of a guy Matt Davidson was to cheer for, there wasn't anything happening here. Unfortunate, but TY for the memories of last year.

You don't remember correctly. I don't know why you need to make a dozen posts spreading misinformation when plenty of posters keep correcting you. It's not that hard to click on a link. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colomal01.shtml

fWAR doesn’t account for framing and Narvaez was dead last (or close to) in all of baseball in that metric. He needs to make massive improvements defensively to be worth much.

I don't think they plan on losing this year.

Could also mean maybe the Sox go after Realmuto

I don't mind this, but I do NOT want Grandal. Dangit.

Bye bye Avi and Jose

They probably weren't offering a guy that's still a season or two away from arbitration. This deal for Seattle had a lot more to do with money than talent.

Sox traded for a lot of young arms and don't want to see them hurt by lousy defensive cathers. Narvaez , Avi and Davidson , none stood out defensively.It's a trend . Don't be surprised if more defensive players are found, maybe even at 1st base with Abreu getting a lot more DH time or traded. I've always said play Harper at 1st base.

Now with Avi gone we can actually agree on something

Sad day for Greg. I feel like some of Matt's bombs and Palka's bombs (and Matt's funny pitching outings, 3) were the only saving grace in me spending 100 or more for MLB.com last season. The advanced metrics peeps win out again. Hate to break it to some of you, but Matt and Avi are way better than a LOT of players in White Sox history. There are plenty of players worse hitters than Avi and Matt who played for the Sox in history. I'd be SHOCKED if KC doesn't sign him. He's cheap still and they have no third baseman. Give him 600 at bats and see how many dingers he mashes and what his final BA will be for the season. Well, Mr. Hahn told me today with these moves that Matt and Avi are not good enough, plain and simple. OK, Mr. Hahn, I don't love your work or hate it yet in your tenure, but sign me some players WAY BETTER THAN Avi and Matt and if you can, bring 'em in now. I wanna win. Go Matt D! Go Avi baby! Go Sox!

I honestly find this to be nuts unless the Sox think his medicals are no good. You have at least 1 corner outfield spot that is a gaping hole at this point.

What have they gotten for them? Rutherford is about it. And it required 2 really good relievers and Frazier. The rest brought in a bunch of nothing.

Absolutely. Mediocre to good relievers bring much higher prices at the deadline. For example, if we got a #10 system LH SP prospect for Omar Narvaez would people be happy with that? Because that plus a DSL lottery ticket is what we got last year at the deadline for Soria. In the winter, the Dodgers basically gave us a reliever to take Soria.

couldn't disagree more...he clearly proved he has sources during 2016.

The more I think about it, the more I think Grandal on a 4-year deal is possible if they internally don't have faith in Collins.

Very familiar with katyperrysbunghole

don't want that ~media circus~!!

The same Omar that made it look like each game was the first time he was putting on catcher’s gear

Only Soxtalk can make trading Omar Narvaez sound like the loss of a potential HOFer...all the while, picking up an arm to help what was the WORST bullpen in baseball, not named the Orioles. Seems Legit.

7 in 68 IP. In case you weren't familiar... baseballreference.com

Huh? His very worst ratio for a year is basically 1/9.

His career HR/9 is 0.8

This isn't right.

We found him !

This. I mean if we trade a rule 5 eligible guy like Adams or Guerrero or Mendick for him, I wouldn't lose any sleep. But let's not give up anything of value in a trade for a reliever when the FA is flush with options and we are flush with cash.

Could be a strategic thing, such as he thought there was zero chance the White Sox would trade for his contract so he leveraged another team he thought might.

Its not legit.

You could argue he is "blocking" Palka/Delmonico from DH at bats

Mariners are sending $60m in the deal as well. Honestly if the Mets suck this year, they have some nice trade chips (Diaz, the starters depending on their health, Conforto if he bounces back) in the summer time or even next off-season if they do decide to blow it up. And Cano being paid down that much could even be an asset.

I really think what they do with Avi will begin to show what direction they will ultimately take in free agency

just stop with the hot takes dude.

Who are these people that are convinced we will land one of them? The most confident I’ve seen somebody is the guy who just said he is “fairly confident”, and that guy is in the minority. I think most optimistic people feel there’s about a 30/40% chance we sign one of them.

I think what all of this proves is that you are never allowed to go to a game ever again

I'm pretty sure it happened like 10 days ago.

that's an insult to el caballo and teams are way too smart these days to give a multi year deal to someone like Avi. If he gets non tendered he'll have a hard time getting more than 1 year 6-7 million. Can't stay healthy, and is pretty much a 2 WAR talent even 100%. lol, our fearless leader when the deal went down: