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Bob said that Crochet being traded was a coin flip. He isn’t acting like he knew exactly what would happen like Nostradamus three weeks ago.

IMO, Crochet primarily wasn’t traded because of the extension demand. That news came out six days ago on July 25th. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40640468/white-sox-pitcher-garrett-crochet-wants-start-get-extension-traded If you want to continue to believe you knew why Crochet wouldn’t be traded three weeks ago, and two weeks prior to this extension demand news coming out, go ahead. You do you. I disagree and think it was the extension demand. Also, the report was that the Sox had preliminary talks with him about an extension which Crochet quickly rebuffed. The more recent news from a week ago was that he was demanding an extension to pitch in the postseason. At least get the story straight. Those are not the same tidbits of news at all. Being up close to an innings limit is not the same thing as demanding an extension to pitch in the playoffs. A team acquiring Crochet could work around the innings limit, but may be scared away from acquiring him due to an extension demand.

Fedde, Crochet, and Robert. Obviously, Robert tanked his own value until he wasn’t worth selling low. But congrats for somehow knowing that Crochet was going to demand an extension prior to him doing so.

WWJRD. Just ask yourself, What Would JR Do? and you will have your answer.

Did you watch the video? At first, I thought this was a sincere thread. Ruthless… Getting hobbled and hopping on one leg after a walk-off celebration has to be the most embarrassing one.

I confused my slappy top of the order bats.

A liner for Vargas!

LOL, Grifol is safe for the next couple months? Why? What did he do to earn that?

He just hit 96 and 97 in this 7th inning. Nice start.

I thought Vargas hits the ball hard to all parts of the field? I just see a bunch of choppers to all parts of the field…

Why? The minute the Sox reportedly confronted Crochet about an extension and he turned the Sox down, they should have been looking to deal him. Also, there were rumors about trading Robert last year at the deadline and everyone knew the Sox would be bad this season so why would trading Robert last year at the deadline have been such a crazy idea? They would have been selling high on him and avoided another injury, as we saw earlier this season which blew his year.

Gotta love clueless Schriffen talking up 29 year old Nick Senzel as if he’s still early in his career and ready to bust out due to his talent.

Baldwin swinging a wet rolled up newspaper.

Andrew Vaughn… stud first baseman.

I didn’t say that but you described Massey as if he was the size of Dominic Fletcher. He’s not that tiny.

Yikes. Dude just does not look like he is ever going to hit, and it doesn’t look like his small stature helps his case at all…

Massey is 6 foot and 195. Local kid from Palos Park. Went to Brother Rice High School.

He sure does. I wonder if he can box or wrestle?

Why did the Sox release a stud like Maldonado and why hasn’t another team picked him up yet?

That was a nasty pitch and was borderline. Could’ve been called a balls. Let’s see what he does going forward.

What redeeming qualities does he have? Poor defender, can’t hit for average, can’t get on base, doesn’t have power… He bats lefty and maybe he’s a good clubhouse guy?

We would have to see the financials of the trade, but I would assume the Sox ended up dumping a little of Eloy’s remaining $13 million dollar salary for this year, and may have entirely avoided having to pay Eloy’s $3 million dollar buyout. Let’s be honest, there was no way the Sox were going to pay Eloy his $16.5 million dollar option for next season. Unless Eloy gets hotter than s%*#, the Orioles probably won’t either and will give him the $3 million dollar buyout.

Yep. Can’t trade their remaining assets (Crochet and Robert) for a haul because teams are no longer willing to deal their top prospects. And can’t tank for high draft picks as easily as in the past.