Chick Mercedes

Getz held strong for a long time though. Any credit for that?

The White Sox

Exactly.

since we've been going with the power pitching prospect without very much success for quite awhile, it might actually be time for a change up with a change.

NM

Yup. Now we go from meh, to concerned

Something tells me they may have given up Thorpe because he was throwing that reported 88 mph. Otherwise, maybe the name is different.

Sure. The Sox definitely moved quickly on this as soon as Cease showed some performance though. If the deal was lacking, and it kinda is, if they had confidence Cease was gonna be there in July, they probably would have waited. They way they jumped on this suggests they viewed it as too much of a gamble?

Oh dear. The excitement for the deal hinges on Zavala having CF upside totally for me.

Well, if Cease was throwing harder in ST more in line with his past, I would be less ok with this. As such, teams reasonably could hold back on the offers given the amount of risk they are accepting. Not that he wasn’t still ramping it up. No idea.

Someone should ask CG that question

OTOH, if equivalent prospects like Moncada and Kopech were in the return, we would have been thrilled. You never know I guess. Sorry, just trying to cope.

Risk management. Holding out as long as possible into the season if necessary could increase the returns. But how sure were the White Sox themselves which Cease this is. Maybe get while the getting is (good enough)

Can I say it? The “savage” schtick is weird. *ducks under desk*

Oooweeee. PU

I just think there were too many questions about Cease for teams to give Getz his price without seeing Cease pitch again. The more they see, the more they may be willing to give up assuming Cease is back to himself again. That's why we still may be a couple weeks early.

I am old enough to remember when eyeball emojis meant something

How bout, just stand there like normal baseball players

If George Bailey was a porn star

Lots of teams built ballparks back in the days when the public was supportive. But now, the new era of a non support oriented public would need to support building not just the ballpark around a legacy of failure and bad feelings. For a hated owner. This city will need a new owner with deep pockets, and public admiration willing to meet some of the cost in order to sign off. The stank is too big of an obstacle for Jerry to overcome. Some years ago when the south loop had development momentum he stood a chance to be involved, but missed the window. He's done for this, and we are done with this. I have been a vocal opponent of this owner for 30 years, and it burns more red hot every year that passes. Now it seems like the entire fanbase is on the same page. I wish I knew why he had so much benefit of the doubt, and for so long.

Describe that for me please.

It was assumed. Jerry tries to boil us frogs raising it 1 degree (errr) billion at a time

LOL

out of Pritzkers cold dead hand

I think you mean Jerry Reinsdorf. As long as he runs the team, nothing changes. Same crappy minor leagues. Same crappy attitude about paying superstars. It would be a great thing with a new owner. I hope the governor doesn't give Jerry a single cent. It's time for the fans and state government to choke this fucker out.