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What you guys are saying. I also view this as - we have a front office who has shown an ability to actually develop position prospects. So I think we have better quality prospects and confidence in our ability to fill holes internally (more so then the past). And this just isn't the year to go swing, if this team was in first place and looking good, then I would have been all in on trying to swing for a Skubal...but reality is, this was more of, lets get do this in a cost effective way that hopefully helps reduce wear on the arms / pen (starter and reliever) and fills a big hole (catcher). I think Sox still have a solid chance at making the post-season and at that point we see if we get on a true run. Quite frankly, if they went all in, I still don't think their win the series odds would have improved that much (vs. just get in and see if you get hot) because the team naturally just has a good amount of unknown given how fast they've risen. While in the micro, I might have done some moves different - in the macro, I think the approach taken by Getz was the right one (so far).

This was the other thought that went through my mind - if they did stay more pat, does that tell us they have good news regarding Teel. With that said, I am skeptical of that given fact that he's really missed the entire season basically.

Sometimes I also wonder, does this help, even if it is a small amount, give Getz a bit more leverage in his discussion(s) as well.

One interesting trend, there wasn't a beep of rumors or leaks related to any of the deals the Sox made. I think that is a huge improvement from the FO's of the past as well.

This is a solid bottom of the roster churn move / upgrade. I really think we will see Bart and Quero up until Teel comes back. This move makes the team better and seeing what went on and where the club is, I really appreciate the way Getz went about the deadline. I can't say I love all of the moves, but just as much, so far they didn't make a move where I think they made a choice that significantly impacts the club in the long run - which absolutely could be the case (see Boston).

43 minutes until deadline right?

This is better news than I was fearing, but still a big loss, talking about missing the first 6 weeks of the regular season. Get better soon Coby!

I think Stephenson and Singer is a definite possibility. Would think maybe a Sandlin and Walkow (or Quero)

Seeing that price - quite frankly I'm fine with what the Sox did.

Was very much guessing this would have said Ray to the Sox. Curious what Padres gave up.

This is well said and I agree - I also presume their front office didn't see Adams as being a ML guy as a starter and probably knew they had to move him now given the upcoming roster crunch issues.

I'm guessing one of our other OFers goes for a catcher.

I prefer Pereira - think he's going to be a solid big leaguer...is this also creating room for Hays?

Really hope it ends up being minor

Am I making this up or did a see a tweet saying something about Juan Soto and White Sox being interested in him. Had to be make believe but thought it was from Heyman or Bowden

Boys….we about to get Ohtani!

Haha seriously - it would probably be cheaper to buy airfare and hotel and go to a game in Chicago haha

Why - after the Sox win the World Series this year, Skubal is going to join them as a free agent as the Sox win another world series as they go on one of the greatest runs in baseball history!

This - I want to be at one of those World Series games too!!!

It kind of does though - a team that has been able to spend so much on free agency has allowed them (along with great drafting and player development) to be able to build a surplus of prospects that it can easily afford to deal where as other teams that can’t go to that free agent well as much just can’t afford to necessarily give up the same draft capital without having to worry about the long range consequences. Credit to Dodgers for how they have done this though. Extremely well ran.

Is this the biggest annual salary Sox will have ever paid (ie the 25M next year) for a player in franchise history?

I disagree but maybe I give everyone too much credit. You don’t give up top 30 Position prospect for number 3 starters.

Maybe if that is the case…piggy back him with Schultz

Owners have to absolutely love this - gives them more ammo in their fight against the union. My 11 year old son walks in and just had a meltdown…mlb is rigged…this isn’t fair.

Just curious - what would the equivalent package have been from the White Sox?