Rusty_Kuntz
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Why would a team give up assets for someone who they may not be able to play, or play effectively, at the trade deadline this year if they can get someone who will be? Most teams make deadline acquisitions for a playoff run. Crochet really doesn't fit that bill even if he can give a start or two here or there. That's not really what teams are looking for at that point.
That said if he has a successful and healthy 100 or so innings this year, he should be quite valuable moving forward this offseason or next year.
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None of them have any trade value past maybe a flier for Fedde. Crochet probably will for the long term but he's not going to hold any value for this year because he's going to have to be shut down.
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Was my favorite acquisition last year. Happy to see he's putting it together thus far.
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Cominsky Park, to reflect proper South Side pronunciation.
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If they do this I'd like something modeled on Old Comiskey, but that has no upper deck in LF to offer a view of downtown. Even if it isn't the best view, having the city present will be a draw.
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3 hours ago, Tnetennba said:
I was refuting the notion that there was a trend in baseball of moving to the suburbs in recent years. All of the teams I listed either moved closer to downtown or remained adjacent to. MLB teams aren't looking to move out of urban centers any more with rare exception.
I know, I wrote that. Was agreeing with you premise.
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32 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:
You mean the “trend” of building downtown ballparks that’s been happening since oh 1989? The one with only a few odd outliers over the past 30 years?
Let’s see, off the top of my head: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, & San Diego all abandoned the suburbs and moved into new parks in the city. SF, Seattle, StL, NYY, NYM, CWS, Minnesota, Tex, Hou all built new parks in their city. Washington moved and built a new park in the very limited space in the District of Columbia and not an outlying suburb. Oakland wanted to and tried to move downtown before new ownership held the franchise hostage.
Atlanta is the only team I can think of that abandoned a downtown location and moved to suburbia in the past 30 years.This trend you speak of simply doesn’t exist in Major League Baseball.
I agree with your overall point but Baltimore (Memorial Stadium), Pittsburgh (Three Rivers) Cincinnati (Riverfront), Philly (Veterans), Detroit (Tigers Stadium), and Cleveland (Municipal) were all in the city and in three the new park was built in almost the same location as the old park. Unless you meant they abandoned plans for suburban parks?
Either way, I think that reiterates your point even more: baseball has largely always been played in denser urban locations and it remains easily the dominant landscape for it today.
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1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:
His OPS dropped from .965 in 2022 to .731 in 2023.
It did, but of course he's young, and his numbers were clearly better after the trade than before it.
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Surprised Quero dropped, he played well after being traded.
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23 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:
Not sure I’d pencil Walker in there….def not at #2. He didn’t touch the field in the playoffs and he also had some negative comments about the team in the media after the season. Wouldn’t surprise if he wasn’t on the team.
I didn't put them in order, he'd probably be #4. I doubt he isn't with them this season but I suppose it's possible. Tough to give up a dude who made 31 starts and pitched 170 innings in this era.
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17 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
I honestly don't see how they can make a great package, unless they deal Painter. Abel isn't a headliner, Crawford has 0 power, which isn't something I want to trade for.
I love Crawford. And I'm not so sure he can't develop power, he's barely a college freshman's age. Either way, he's got all the other tools.
I think Abel and Crawford plus another strong piece would be great. Painter and Crawford would be great too.
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I mentioned the Phillies a while back. They could offer a great package but they have a solid five man rotation already, iirc.
Wheeler, Walker, Nola, Suarez, and Sanchez. The first four are obvious, and Sanchez broke out as a starter last year.
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An insane contract for a dude who averaged like 80 innings over his career.
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No thanks to Lux.
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6 minutes ago, GGajewski18 said:
Lowder is a stud. Him and Petty in the same deal ++ would be a great Cease trade.
I would prefer one of them and a top position player. I don't personally want the top 2 guys to both be pitchers, but of course that is just preference.
Also I'm not trying to disparage Lowder - he has amazing stuff. Just think Petty is also a very, very good prospect.
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8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:
Not disagreeing just saying they can put together a strong offer mixed with position players and arms.
Of course, all the other players in my inital deal were position players.
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To me, Petty is younger than Lowder, further along in the system, and he thoroughly dominated last year at A+ and a little AA, albeit only 60 innings. Don't think Lowder has even thrown a professional pitch.
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8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:
What about Lowder or whatever his name is the Sox asked for yesterday.
Don't think they are giving up basically their top two prospects. It's a deep system though.
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1 minute ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
That is severely missing a 2nd piece
I'd say that both of those young guys look really good so far also not close to MLB Maybe make the 4th guy is another in that category or someone who is already there but lower ceiling.
I am also high on Marte, so I guess that plays in to not needing at top 75 second piece.
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I feel like Marte as a centerpiece would be fantastic. Marte, Petty, Jorge, and someone young down the list be a great pakcage.
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5 hours ago, Boopa1219 said:
Is this a bad and unrealistic return from Baltimore?
BAL gets Cease.
Sox get Coby Mayo, Basallo, Enrique Bradfield, and their comp pick.
I would say yes, that's more than the Sox will get. IMO one of Mayo or Basallo plus another of their top 8 or so would be a win.
Demote Vaughn
in Pale Hose Talk
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Just my opinion, obviously, but he doesn't really have the pitch recognition ability to excel at the MLB level. He's never hit righties well, and he clearly has no command of the zone. His ability to react to breaking balls just isn't there. This happens to many players, the extent of their physical ability (fast twitch, hand eye ability) isn't good enough. Add in that he lacks the leverage to drive the ball consistently with launch angle when he does get something he can handle, and you have a below average hitter. I saw him play a couple times at single A, and even though he has a couple well struck balls I was nervous about him then. He didn't stand out in any way, struck out a couple times, didn't hammer hitter's pitches consistently.
It's a shame, the first thing is something it's very difficult to scout for, something like the processing ability of a QB going up levels. But Vaughn also just isn't really an athlete, and athletes are going to have a better chance to adapt.