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Should we be buyers?

I don’t have a problem with return, will say I have never enjoyed trading with Yankees. They tend to be very good at self scouting and keeping who is worth a damn

Jesus every pitch is warning track lol

More like cannon fodder

The Sox would benefit so much from a standard floor/ceiling that didn’t compensate by handing free draft picks and other team building gimmies to small market teams I just don’t know how Sox fans could be against it.

On board with this. Fine with spending $20 mil just to have Robert play cf next year.

Not likely based on this year

Good lord the quality of Chsn kills me. Also thought it was 6-2 when it froze. Alas

Feels like for last decade, definitely highlighted by Fulmer, the sox have been keen on 'black swan' nee black sheep prospects that don't look like your traditional guys but just work and have struck out every time. Hope that trading for a top return of an 88 mph throwing prospect was kinda the end of that thought process.

I don't want to be a downer on a fun thing but I just am not that excited to get back the kinds of players we'll get back for our trade chips. A whole lotta tito polos I feel like.

Definitely the most painful part about that offseason though is it was a terrible time to trade Cease (there was a ton of top pitchers being dangled, esp. by milwaukee) but a great time to trade Robert (teams were starved for some top impact bats).

Looking forward to getting a mizzou player to the show, shocked it may be franklin

Sox will let him go on waivers after he bats .180 with us then he goes to the tigers and has a 6 year utility career

He’s the pick after the pick after line

I’ll admit I wouldn’t have drafted Kurtz but I would say if I was gonna draft a first baseman top 10 I’d like them to be left handed and 6’4 + not right handed, 6’0” and bald.

It’s worse just because what was around. And last year felt like a bad draft because of the weirdness of the profiles.

So roughly a year after the 2024 draft we have: - the pick before the white Sox hitting a 6-6 4 HR game in the majors and dominating (Kurtz) - the pick after the white Sox having already made his major league debut (albeit scuffling) - the pick after that with a 1.300 OPS in AAA already - Konnor Griffin is the second overall prospect in baseball after an insane half year - 14th overall pick Cam Smith already with 2 WAR and positive offense in the majors Meanwhile our fast moving pitching prospect is unlikely to match his pitching load from last year and had a second TJS scare. Funny that the two most hapless orgs (us and rox) who desperately needed mlb offensive help were dropped into one of the best immediate impact drafts I can remember and got two slow starters (Condon injured)

I learned last night that CHSN and YouTube tv both black you out while traveling…

I mean that’s what it felt like. I swear they didn’t win in July until like the last week

Um yeah I hope

I think all of this is true, but... I honestly think if there was a world where they stick there it eventually becomes a 'classic' park. It was never a p.o.s. like Oakland, and could feasibly become worn in in a nice way. And bridgeport around there really is becoming nice. The large parking lots which most sox fans love are the biggest hinderance to an amusement area around the park. I wish it wasn't so outlandish to stay in a perfectly functional park, but obviously I'm a big fan of the 78 as a way to help reconsolidate some of chicago toward the loop.

Couldn't tell if him signing under slot was just a set-up for a bad pun or if that was a scenario.

is the second number supposed to be 340?

you know the last 30 years or so the rise in broadcast rights made a pretty clear case the owners needed to stfu and allow the players to be paid more based on the team. But now that well has dried up, and the long time fans have been extorted to keep it going, and the game has zero brand outside its longtime fans...and I just can't stand either sides posturing. It's a great game but the professional sport absolutely sucks ass right now. I'm sure another bobble head night oughta fix it. Or wait,get this, maybe crossover jerseys with comcast xfinity?

Yea this is what it felt like, a draft very aligned to probabilities. Feels like we’ve been taking big swings too often and really can’t given our lack of extra picks/ miney