SoCalChiSox

As John Madden used to say......"BOOM"

It's a legit concern with their history with SD. Also on the merits, if the best they can do on Kimbrel is to get SDs crap who isn't even LHH then I don't even know what to say

This team is very sensitive to criticism and know they got hammered the last several times they dealt with Preller. Can u imagine the PR nightmare that would ensue if we took their crap and they signed Conforto after Machado and after He Who Shall Not Ride Bikes. I'm confident that someone in the FO can see this hurricane coming.

Right handed.

Padres do nothing for our LH RF need. It also opens FO to severe PR blowback again if SD then signs Conforto after sending sending their high priced crap OF. They aren't going to deal with SD unless it's super favorable and it isnt super favorable

Why would the Sox say RF and SP are our biggest priorities and then proceed to get financially tapped out before addressing either need?

Bellingers 17m and upside >>>> Myers 22m.

I thought someone said they heard the guy was referring to Bellinger? Which is it?

It can't be Myers because he's right handed.

That would be beyond incredible. IDGAF if we have to eat the whole Kimbrel salary.

West Coast team? Well it won't be OAK. It's prolly not LAD (Lux would be so awesome), I doubt SD wants to blow their remaining cash on him, maybe SF or SEA?

Where is this espn report he is referring to?

Yeah but now they have to save face and get something to show it wasn't a complete loss. Ofcourse, if the plan is to just keep the savings and not spend it, id rather keep Kimbrel here even if he sucks, just to spite ownership and the FO. I honestly cannot believe they are going to go into the season with the 1B clown show and Man of Glass in RF. I just am struggling to believe this is the plan. Even Joc would have been much better than this plan. I just have to assume that if they aren't going to meet Confortos demands, then a short term trade option is the plan, possibly with the prospects from the Kimbrel trade.

Jimmy's giving us hope now lol Rollercoaster time

Lol.....they don't call him Legend for nothin.

And you'll watch a third straight first round exit at this rate. I'm not jumping off any ledges. I'm just frustrated and bewildered at an inability to address basic needs...even cheaply!

They have nothing in RF. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing Nothing (bold for emphasis). A guy who gets OBP and power from the left side against RHP for the same money we gave a scrub utility IF masquerading as a starting 2B is at least a bandaid. But no....instead we have nothing.

Respectfully, I think that's disingenuous. No one wanted him as their top choice. But when Schwarber, Rosario went off and Pal said they are not budging on Conforto, I think most people wanted to make the best of the situation and at least get some kind of halfway decent corner LF bat for a year until we see what happens with Colas. Now we can't even do that. Not even a bandaid.

Yep this is 100000% indefensible. You either sign the savage or have some kind of at least half assed backup plan. Playing two 1Bs in RF isn't a backup plan. It's trash

That is dirt cheap. Like literally Harrisons money. I know he has his flaws but for real if you aren't going to make a serious offer for any of the legit LH savages on the market, you should at least have a decent contingency plan. They've got nothing new against RHP. Not Miller, not Joc, not Rosario, not even Tony friggin Kemp. They are up shit creek without a paddle.

Does this mean they are going to circle back to Conforto now that they are backed into a corner or does this mean you just would have rather had the clown 1B platoon in RF?

I thought someone said the Kimbrel thing was irrelevant...like even if they moved him they weren't gonna use the savings to make another big signing.

Pal said we are unwilling to go to 4 years. Meanwhile Plan B,C and D are now gone. The FO and good, thoughtful, realistic planning go together about as well as peanut butter and WD-40.

That will be fun if they get both LH savages and we don't get shit. Lol

Joc is gone. Assuming therefore we will go with the clown 1B platoon in RF now. LOL