Snopek

Waiting for Sports Guy to drop in and tell us why it’s not happening

Relying on the Detroit Lions for a good playoff game is certainly a sentence.

Surprised to see greg posting over at the orioles hangout board. Either that or someone made a very accurate greg parody account.

No better time to do it than in his age 30 season ?

This thread has become a metaphor for the Sox in that you never quite know when you've hit the bottom.

But the Yankees seem to think so, which is all that really matters at the moment.

I'll be curious to see an early TDL candidates list once the offseason dust settles. Some names here are likely still relevant, but it's fairly outdated overall.

Yeah, I had Orioles tunnel vision there and thought you were assuming they specifically would be coasting to first place by the trade deadline. I forgot the list of suitors can/will look much different come July. I need more coffee.

I get it, but that assumes that a team would know ahead of time that they'll be in first place and/or won't need Cease until later in the season.

Not sure why you're leaving out June and July, but yes, having 4 months of starts of a good pitcher vs not having those 4 months of starts makes them more valuable.

I’ll save everyone the time and let you know that he was never on the Royals.

I'm so glad I'm not Getz because I have so much Cease trade talk fatigue that I'd just ask for a single crab cake in return at this point.

I'm beginning to feel that way too and I just hate taking that risk. Aside from the obvious injury risk, you basically need him to perform significantly better than 2023 to cancel out the value lost with each start he's not making for a potential trade partner. Can he do that? Of course. But it's something I'm hoping for rather than expecting.

Hi Brooks, can we do an AMA with you on here?

I know there's some logic and potential here, but as a jaded Sox fan I choose to lol that we're at the "Combine Two Guys To Make One Guy" stage of things.

Nah, he's being referred to as Madrigal 2.0 in this thread.

But anyway, I miss Benetti.

Love excusing someone for being a shitty person in the name of "cancel culture is bad."

Anyone know if the new fountains at the park will be in both left and right field or just right field?

As someone who actually likes the O’s and has enjoyed watching their rise while waiting out this absolute shitshow that is the White Sox, I sure hope the bar is a little higher than a Kyle Gibson upgrade.

Wait, are you actually saying that your recent track record of success with prospects doesn’t make you more optimistic about others in your system than fans of other teams would be? I literally don’t know what you’re LOL’ing about here. I’d feel the same if I were an O’s fan.

Which illustrates a fundamental difference as we argue over the value of some of these prospects. We’re scarred by poor development and failed prospects, while O’s fans are wearing rose colored glasses with their Adley and Gunnar jerseys. I get the thinking on both sides.

You can’t possibly think that’s how any of us feel, right? No one hates the Sox more than Sox fans.

Everyone’s forgetting that we also need a new play-by-play announcer to replace Benetti to come back in any Cease trade.

Nah he’s still too busy pointing at the 2015 Royals and the 2005 White Sox. He doesn’t strike me as a logical timeline sort of guy. More of a lightning in a bottle and pixie dust guy. So for all we know he does prefer someone like Ortiz, whether it makes sense to the rest of us or not.