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I would do it just for even prospect value. The Sox aren’t getting a second baseman, they aren’t serious about the season anyway

And we can’t possibly trade Hendricks because the Sox are trying to win this year lol

Sheets is not an outfielder. Don’t start that option stuff

i generally understand your points, and largely agree. But I think we're at least in the parking lot of the ballpark. Known quantities are worth a lot, so Eloy and Hendricks are getting a little undersold here. The Mets are offering 1 known quantity and a prospect, albeit a big one. Deals get feasible when one side is highly motivated. Cohen is a madman.. Just a matter of fleshing this out. Shoot for the moon, and the Batys of the organization become a lot more doable.

The number one prospect and Michael Kopech was acquired for Chris Sale, but I wouldn’t quite call Hendricks and Eloy as valuable as Chris Sale was. Eloy should be eminently tradeable in a deal like this. I wouldn’t expect Hendricks and Eloy alone to get a deal done for Alvarez (with McNeil), but assuming the owner is having a voice in the process, he seems to light fires under his people to facilitate all-in acquisitions right now. This owner is a wildcard that might upend conventional wisdom

If those were the bones of a deal, guys like Vera, Mena, assorted prospects would be surrounding the bones. I would be surprised if Alvarez was available no matter what.

just fyi, that machine is broken

Eloy might be involved in something like that

Sure. Katz will throw a velo belt around him, done deal.

After all we have been thru, I’m stone cold amazed that some media and fans are ok with trading for a first baseman prospect

This is probably the way the White Sox should be approaching efforts to change the trajectory and makeup of the team though, by putting Eloy in a deal. But the return that guy had coming to the Sox definitely lends to this being completely made up.

Well that escalated quick?ly

If I may, he only said that a deal that is mostly for salary relief would not be a good one. Not that he is hearing about a salary relief deal.

Oh. Well the Sox need to move higher up the list. Evgen if they have to expand the deal. If they do it for another first baseman, are we serious? Keep Hendricks ffs

If they do a deal just to do a deal, more fuel to the fire to be mad at this team. Deal isn't worth doing without a helpful prospect like Mauricio at least.

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 60 | Run: 35 | Arm: 60 | Field: 45 | Overall: 50 The Mets took a 17-year-old, bat-first shortstop in Vientos in the second round of the 2017 Draft. After signing him for $1.5 million, the organization put him on the slow road with stops at Rookie-level Kingsport in 2018 and Class A Columbia in 2019. He showed classic signs of a power bat waiting to bloom before the 2020 pandemic forced him to continue his progress at the alternate training site and fall instructs. His big breakout came at last in 2021, when he hit .281/.352/.581 with 25 homers over 83 games at Double-A and Triple-A, and he was added to the 40-man roster as a result. It’s scary to think what kind of heights Vientos’ home run total could have reached in 2021, had he seen a fuller season that wasn’t so impacted by coronavirus delays and cancelations. He’s slugging above .500 again in 2022, making the most of his significant strength at Triple-A, but he’s also striking out more than 30 percent of the time again while also posting a groundball rate close to 50 percent, a regression from previous trends. The raw power will always make Vientos a middle-of-the-order threat, but his overall hit tool could limit that impact. Vientos’ plus arm works at third base, but his glove and actions aren’t nearly at the same level. The Mets worked him out in left field in 2021, and as of now, early reports aren’t encouraging that it’s a solid fit. He has gotten more looks at first base this season, and that’s his likeliest defensive home if and when he isn’t DHing.

what a little fish he is

I would not be making any decisions based on 2023. Hendricks wont make or break this team. I mean look how they have played for the better part of 2 years now.

Not at third base it doesn’t. Not in a league that values home runs

As I always say about NBA and the Bulls, people want to claim that tanking doesn’t work. Fine, but show me a WAY that does win a title. Nothing works. But hate not to go to work without all the tools in your toolbox

Id like to find out how that feels

I gotta say, witnessing such a spending spree is disheartening for a Sox fan that wants to compete in a league that has ownership that so thoroughly outclasses us. Like, how can we compete? It would have to be a constant veteran churn for high prospects that get dumped before they hit the market

Maybe the Sox are throwing more into the deal

Just the Mets inquiring about a closer like Hendricks only to be a set up man does suggest that hopefully

Only because of current need he is better. But yeah.