Look at Ray Ray Run

I dont think hes a bad GM, I just am pointing out that teams miss on their targets a lot... even teams that feel certain they're going to get a guy.

What has Daniels done exactly?

Except plenty of people around baseball think that was a fair deal. High demand? Give me a break.

Yeah, I'm sure if the White Sox missed out on Machado but signed an arm with an ERA of 4.85 ERA last year fand would forgive them.. oh wait, they kind of did that with Nova. Give me a break. The Rangers have had a miserable off season and their fans are reacting the same as Sox fans last year. I

Jack, you were praising Daniels earlier. Guys had a rough off season. Rangers were as confident in Rendon publically as the Sox were in Manny. Hes 0-2 this off-season and things arent looking up.

Yup, thought 7/250 would get it done. Weird.

7 years, 250 million with some of the manny accelerators honestly probably gets this done.

Rendon going for 7 years - I guess that makes sense for why the Dodgers were likely out. Surprised to see the Rangers out with Sherman reporting nothing close to final but Angels are perceived front runner.

I just through the sale thing out there as an absolute joke because of a random tweet about one exec saying maybe the Red Sox would trade sale but probably not. Nothing about the Sox. Sale is never coming back here.

Yeah, dave tweeted this around 545. If rabbit told him in the morning not sure it would be the same thing.

Rumor came from Olney. Then Dave tweeted look for sox v sox trade. Ftr, I'm not saying that means anything but it does mean more than steve cisheks alter ego.

The only person who knows anything that has tweeted anything is WSD.

None of the people who have tweeted have any idea what is happening. Nothing has been final. Didnt listen to Josh Nelson's podcast but I imagine he moved it up because him and Dan talked about guys who were starting to sign with other teams.

Only thing Kenny squashes are White Sox fans hopes and dreams.

I mean Sale hates the Sox and the Sox hate Sale. Is sales contract really even bad though? Bumgarner is gonna get around the sale guarantee maybe.

No way, pretty sure both sides mutually hate each other lol. I hope I'm wrong though, that would be hilariously awesome. Trade him for Yoan and Kopech. Get him back as a salary dump two years later.

This would be the most amazing thing of all time.

https://www.mlb.com/news/yoan-moncada-tops-2017-midseason-prospect-list-c244152682 edit; this was midseason and moncada was traded pre-season.

Fair enough; If I was wrong about your comment to Frank Castillo, I apologize. I don't hate you floating your ideas - ftr. You have every right to discuss what you think - just as everyone does - and I appreciate reading all the takes; even Parkman's depressed ones. I didn't want this to come off as attacking you, I just thought you were being critical of someone getting something wrong when a lot of people have gotten a lot of things wrong about the Sox. You were pretty adamant they'd net Machado, for example, and it's not your fault they didn't and you certainly never reported the deal was final but you certainly were down on those who didn't think it would happen.

Moncada was widely ranked as the #1 prospect in baseball; the exception being Keith Law, at the time of trade. Kopech was the second or third ranked arm in all of the minors, and he was no where near 70 that Jack is claiming when the Sox traded for him. He started the year at 32 and finished at 11. Kopech and Moncada is very obviously and clearly a superior return to Vaughn/Madrigal.

To be fair, Hahn said no one cares about free agent labor; people love the labor of a trade!

A take from Friedman that involves someone like Mazara.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/white-sox-acquire-good-fit-in-mazara-rangers-farm-system-gets-deeper/ Don't always agree with Longenhagen, but I agree with him here. Good take on the deal, imo.

I don't get how Price would fit the concern of accelerating the process though. He shouldn't really cost much in assets. This seems to imply the Sox would be giving something back that was a part of the future. @Jack Parkman, it sounds like they're talking about ROBERT!

Yeah, I believe he had a solid source as others did. The past two years though, he's been like everyone else. I didn't want to look as if it was an attack on the guy - it's not - I just thought he was a bit off putting with his criticism of other reporters who trusted a source and got it wrong. I would love to know why Ozuna's family thought he was signing with the White Sox; that one still baffles me. I just think at this point, trusting what anyone says about this team is pointless. Even if there's a 1% chance the Sox sign Rendon, you will hear nothing about their involvement until the end of it.