SoCalChiSox

So Cease is out now right? Dude shouldn't start again in ST. Go out on top and take no more risks.

Dammit

Thank God

Pull him now. Forget about the damn 4th inning. 7 Ks in 3 IP...awesome. Jones AND Hampton AND Lalane!

Nice

Don't even bring him out for the 3rd.

Dude has great communication skills, tho. Just ask him

#91 on FG....RHH....far from MLB. No. And the rest of the package doesn't matter much if they are all going to ve worse than the headliner. If other teams don't want to make serious offers just keep holding him.

Sigh...

Harold.....rough odds on deal being completed prior to Cease scheduled start tonight?

Pal please give us a morsel or two.

A single Top 100 plus more is weak. No.

Balta NERVOUS!

Don't let Cease pitch tonight

Balta...they are knee deep in tax territory already and Hal cares about budgets unlike his father. Whatever offer they make to one of the two FAs, it's basically double with the tax.

Disagree. NYY lacks leverage here. Unless they are willing to pay a ton of money and tax, they are stuck, especially if Martino's report is right about other teams having superior offers.

Go on, Harold...

Thats great....it will put more pressure on Cashman to either: A) Get serious and give us what we want OR B) Get fucked. We've got his dick in a blender with Getz index finger on the start button. f*** around and find out, Brian.

Ofcourse they aren't going to fold immediately. NYY is clearly worried and will wait till the very last second before opening day before caving. And I don't believe he hasn't had an MRI yet until now. I believe there must be an MRI already showing a tear because they are already talking about second opinions and they are trying to stretch it out to buy time to figure out what to do. Wait them out. It's only another couple weeks we've been waiting for months already. Ofcourse it would help to know what their enhanced offer is too. @Pal

Yeah but that's the scenario at issue. He knows he doesn't have forever because JR could go at any time, so he does need immediate or close to immediate returns on his trades so he can burnish his rep for the next owner or if they are gonna clean house either way, then he needs some positive results to get another job. I just don't see him taking a main piece that won't see the league for like 3 years. Secondary pieces that are high upside but far away (Lalane)...sure...main ones no.

I think part of the equation is that Getz kind of needs the payoff to be semi-immediate (24 or 25) otherwise he risks getting assets for his successor. If Arias ETA is like 27, it doesnt really help him with job security, esp if there's a new owner before then. He needs the optics of a shiny new mega savage hitting bombs out of GRF for his resume. These are ofcourse supposed to be illegitimate considerations in the abstract, but we all know they are present in the political calculus and will make it harder for the FO to accept an Arias/Hampton package.

IMO if the Sox have targeted Jones and believe he will provide legit LH savagery plus a good glove in the OF, we shouldn't settle. NYY is in no position to dictate terms if they are already seeking "second opinions". Get the savage we want

Maybe but alot of data suggests regression is coming for Snell and Cashman needs to actually win thus year, not just placate the fanbase with a signing in ST. If he adds a huge bill that Steinbrenner has to pay AND the signing sucks then he's done. He's better off biting the bullet and making the trade.

I hate to say it as i have nothing but the upmost respect for Gerrit Cole but.... ....WE FUCKIN!

He'll look even more fantastic wearing the other pinstripes!