WestEddy

Which was the whole point of my comment. I'm not sure what is "wise" about taking on $22.5 million for a really bad pitcher to get another guy who could top out as a utility infielder. No, Jerry Reinsdorf shouldn't approve that. They have the makings of a stable rotation with Cannon, Martin, Burke, Thorpe, Wilson and Smith, plus Bush, Adams, Nastrini and Iriarte in AAA.

Missing the point, yet again. Soroka was expected to be a rehab project, which he was. "Flipping" a player is one benefit of having a player on your roster. Another little known benefit is that these players can actually play in baseball games, all of which have 9 defensive positions to be covered for the entirety of the game. Please tell me about all these deals where a team gets a top prospect for taking on money.

The most expensive Cuban exiles don't cost that much. And the 1-1 slot of this last year's draft was less than half of that. The way people wail about paying Mike Soroka $3 million to turn out to be a good reliever, imagine taking on $22.5 million to watch the equivalent of Nick Nastrini's 2024 production, just for the privilege of taking on another Dominick Fletcher.

The Rangers went out and signed Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Jacob DeGrom, so it's not like the Rangers are the Tampa Bay Rays.

Teoscar back to the Dodgers. 3/66

He was a Rule 5, so they were looking at having to roster him on the big league club, so yeah, with what looked like a much longer recuperation, they offered him back to the Red Sox. You are right. I did add him to a list of legitimate stating pitching prospects. I'm pretty sure that Jonathan Cannon, Davis Martin and Sean Burke were on that list, also.

Dude, relax. I'm not trolling you. I was just looking through the old Bailey Horn thread, and saw your comment, and figured it was notable, considering your reply on Saturday. If Matt Thompson's a "prospect", then so was Drohan. And, by "legitimate" I didn't mean "this dude will dominate!!!", more like, "yes, this guy will start games for the parent club". At the point Thompson was traded, he was no longer a "prospect" in the sense that he was a prospective major league starter. He was a depth arm. Maybe the Cubs run into a jam, and Thompson finds himself sitting in a bullpen for a few weeks, but I really think he's at his ceiling. I hope you're enjoying the holidays.

They gave 38 starts to really bad pitchers last year, and 44 to Thorpe, Cannon (after his 2nd promotion), Burke, Martin and Ky Bush. You're not really "losing" 8 wins between Fedde and Crochet. If they're replaced by, say, production that's on the level of Flexen, you're losing about 2.5 wins for each slot. I don't think it's a reach to make up 2-2.5 wins just by replacing the negative production in those 38 starts with one of their young starters. And just by positive regression on offense, you're probably making up the rest.

You also wrote this in the Bailey Horn thread back in February: I wasn't making fun with my "thinks we only have 3 pitching prospects" comment. You seem to have a fluid definition of what a prospect is.

At this point, I agree with greg that it's too far out. I guess I really feel about 53-54, but dream big, right?

63 wins. They're starting out with a better whole rotation than '24, better bullpen, new manager, rookies competing for jobs instead of lifetime under-achievers getting injured in the first 11 games. They also have their RF and 5th starter in camp from the beginning.

I think he wants to place that bet, but doesn't necessarily want "betting" to become easier and more accessible.

Then criticize things that are real.

Which you regularly do.

Because we're pretending that 2 weeks before the new signing period, the White Sox haven't hired anybody to scout people, which doesn't seem to be true.

And then, that must mean that we all revere Hawk Harrelson as an elite baseball mind, since he fired TLR. TWTW!!

There are seventy nine thousand "opposites" of what you said.

I would start B. Monty in K. Napolis, and let him earn his way up to B. Ham by the end of 2025. A June arrival in 2026 would work perfectly for B. Monty. A June arrival in 2025 would work for C. Monty.

I'm secretly Chris Getz, and I am not paying him.

I like trying to convince ChatGPT that all of society has changed since it was programmed in 2020, so, "with the new knowledge that ... [insert some goofiness here] ..."

Isn't Michael Busch with the Cubs?

I don't know. I believe it's been implied that Getz wants to have a foot in the Dominican, and they want to have an Asian presence. So, while they have a person in charge of international scouting, I would assume the hire being advertised on LinkedIn is for somebody to focus on Latin America.