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“Like Detmers” doesn’t necessarily mean they are trying for Detmers

You only have Mune for 1.5 more years. You can’t assume anymore than that. It would be great if 100% of our players were home grown but it wouldn’t hurt to trade some and bring in somebody. You need at least one more SP, assuming Schultz keeps his spot. You have Shane Smith, Adams, Thorpe, McDougal, Sandlin. Trade two of those for a known commodity.

Luis Castillo makes tons of sense. Shouldn’t cost a lot prospect wise. Has consistently thrown ~170/180 innings. Signed through 2027 with 2028 vesting option, so not a ton of long term financial risk. Still throwing hard, but mostly blue savant page. Maybe the Sox staff could turn that around. Floor of a 1.5-2.0 war horse.

As I see, it, this is the Sox SP depth, all with varying levels of availability (injuries/rehabbing). I feel like there is backlog that we could easily trade from without impacting our long term competitiveness. Not a ton of value outside our fandom, but you could at least get a solid rental (Ray/Soroka/Gray/Peralta) with any name below Shultz. Martin Burke Kay Schultz Fedde Sandlin Adams Shane Smith Tanner McDougal Hagen Smith Drew Thorpe Davitt Shane Murphy Ky Bush

I am going to turn the tables and ask, if you were the opposing GM, what White Sox would you want for... Sonny Gray Michael Wacha Clay Holmes (injured, may come back before the trade deadline, has a player option he probably won't take) Reid Detmers

My guess is Getz will trade for bullpen arms and keep running the young guys out there. Assuming we make the playoffs, it's typically a bullpen battle.

Not a big name and he's a rookie, but how about Walbert Urena. Sox could do Jacob Gonzalez for Urena straight up. He's got a really pretty Savant page.

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Best rotation addition this year won’t be via trade, it will be via Charlotte. Mason Adams baby.

With Cole back, Yankees are 6 deep in SP. Schittler, Fried, Warren, Weathers, Rodon, Cole. I wonder if one could be had. If I am Cashman, I probably just move Warren to the bullpen to keep my depth. If he trades someone, he probably doesn’t care about prospects and the only need is relievers, and they are strong there as well.

A lot of Logan Webb chatter. No way he’s traded unless it’s a tear down, and theat would only happen in the offseason.

Luis Castillo is the odd man out in Seattle behind Kirby, Gilbert, Woo, Hancock and Miller. I don’t think he has surplus value, so shouldn’t cost much. Mariners need a RH bat. Maybe once Hays proves himself healthy, there is a match there. Castillo is under control in 2027 and has a vesting option in 2028.

Upside gamble I suppose. If these two are actually performing, do you think the White Sox do this deal? If Boston does sell, they probably keep Whitlock anyway, as they will look to contend in 2027.

This wouldn't happen until they were in sell mode. Red Sox get: Hagen Smith, Oppor White Sox get: Gray, Whitlock

We definitely need SP. Martin and Burke are due for some regression. Fedde is time bomb. Schultz and Kay are unknown commodities. I would add a SP that just costs money and maybe a flier. Gimme Sonny Gray or Jacob deGrom. deGrom is under control through 2027 with a 2028 option. There is a lot of risk there with that cost but this whole roster is under ARB control, so it's an easy bet to hedge. Sonny Gray is a FA at the end of the year, but at 36, you could probably extend him for 2-3 years for something that isn't crazy. For OF, we need to see how that plays out with Hays, Pereira, Peters, Kelenic, but that might be serviceable OF.

I think if Realmuto doesn’t re-sign with Philly, a Robert+Quero trade makes sense. Maybe Crawford and two of Wood/Chase/Obermueler

I like Alex Pham, McGarry, and Jose Rodriguez in that order. Pham has multiple pitches, throws strikes and has a deceptive arm angle. I think Rodriguez's fastball and change combo make him an awesome option for the bullpen. Struggles with control (which is probably average bb rate).

There has been chatter that they are shopping Tatis. If that's the case, then they may try to replace his production with Robert. It's net neutral move in 2026 $ wise but saves them money in the long run. I want to see Boston miss out on Bregman, Schwarber, Marte and Alonso. Then I think they pivot to Tatis and that could be a monster trade with other ripples.

I was thinking of players that are either blocked and or lost their polish, so their team may be looking to move them. Share some that you can think of. Brewers: Tyler Black - LH. Player 3B, 2B, 1B so can compliment our RHs. Orioles: Mayo, Mountcastle (one is going to lose out in their position). Kjerstad (seems to have fallen from the list. Big bat but doesn't provide much defensive value). Bradfield Jr (could be kept for depth, but with all their other OFs, doesn't have a spot. Diamondbacks: Lawlar- Not sure his time is up there yet, but if they are looking to win, then they may want someone more dependable. If Marte is traded, maybe it's less likely Lawlar moves. Red Sox: J Garcia - Their OF is stacked and he doesn't have a spot. Yankees: Spencer Jones, Dominguez. A lot depends on what direction the Yankees take in free agency. If they bring back Bellinger, I'd think at least one of these two are dealt. Mets: This team has a lot of prospect depth but are in win mode now. Baty, Jett Williams, Clifford, Ewing, Benge. Obviously not all of these players would be on the table. I'd be open to trading Taylor if it brought back a big bat. Cubs: Alcantara seems to be the odd man out in the OF and is out of options. Dodgers: De Paula, Hope, Quintero, Sirota, Tibbs. This team has tons of OF prospect depth and any one of them would be enticing. Again, I'd be willing to put Taylor on the table. Freeland switch hits, can walk and play SS/3B. I wonder if he is expendable. Reds: They have some pretty good SP depth. If Sox want someone to eat some innings, maybe Singer could be had. Chase Petty or Rhett Lowder could be odd men out. Reds would be interested in Robert and/or Quero.

I think he's better than how he performed. I think he did good but he's more valuable than "good".

I agree, but it all depends on what you get for Teel. The Crochet trade turned this organization around. Imagine if you hit again by trading Teel.

It would be better to sell high on Teel than low on Quero, but you have to have faith Quero can stick in the long run. I would rather trade one of them and use Lee as a backup to give them 100 some games behind the plate. Neither player is going to get better back there starting 50 or 80 games a year.

I am surprised the Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Cubs and Red Sox have all been fairly quiet