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Wow Correa and the Astros still won’t shut tf up. Endless digging. Unreal.

Was thinking as a package deal. Quintana probably not enough to entice someone to absorb Heyward’s contract

Wonder if the Cubs would’ve given up Quintana/Heyward for a bag of balls as a pure salary dump.

Me too. Totally fine rewarding the top seed and like getting rid of the play-in game.

When Puig is locked in he’s as good as there is at the plate. When he’s not, it looks ugly. I think he’d be hella fun as a 4th OF

What grades do you give each team for this trade?

I understand, that’s why I prefaced it by saying it’s not going to happen but just for fun...

I know it’s stupid and it’s not going to happen, but just for the heck of it, what is the MOST you would be comfortable trading for Bryant? Something like a Stiever, Dunning, and Collins is what I’d offer. Wouldn’t touch Madrigal or anyone else planning to be a major contributor this year. (I know this offer would get laughed out of the room...)

All sorts of smoke around a trade. Really curious to see what happens. Either way the AL would be weakened if Betts were to leave

People really do a lot of stupid stuff when money is involved.

There’s definitely scenarios where we could underperform such as Moncada falling back, and first year adjustments for Robert/Madrigal....BUT I think the highest weighted avg outcome is an offense in the 5-10 range

Yeah I’d think we’re in the 5-10 range

He will at least get Machado money so why agree to a contract now? No reason at all.

I agree they’d say no but that’s the kind of package I’d entertain- none of the top prospects.

Adolfo, Rutherford, and Dunning for Betts. Who says no? Not a big return but decent B prospects for a rental.

I remember going to SoxFest in the mid 90s and having big hurt sign a card. One day I thought I lost the card and I thought the world was ending. I literally felt sick to my stomach. These days I look back fondly of that memory, but kind of think it’s funny we ask for another adult to use a marker and “draw” on a piece of paper or ball or card. Before I sound holier than thou, I’m the same person who sat at the next table from Jennifer Aniston a few months ago in NYC and kept looking over like a 16y old boy.

Does anyone else think it’s weird when adults go up to get autographs and pictures? Seems like an activity for children only.

Difference between 72 and 75 wins is meaningless, but between 87 and 90 could mean the playoffs...so we’ll obviously see a lot more scrutiny of him this year if status quo continues

I’m even willing to give him the credit for one or two good seasons considering we’ve had nothing. My bar is definitely not sustained success, but we until we have at least one goos season he deserves heavy scrutiny.

Theo has a World Series and how many playoff appearances? What does Hahn have since he started? A .450 winning percentage, no playoff appearances, and two offseason free agency championships? Maybe the next five years will include a ton of success, but there’s really no reason for any praise for Hahn until the White Sox have some semblance of success on the field. Until then, the numbers are what they are.

I like how passionate you are about the Sox! Welcome to the board!

Nobody here is wanting to throw Collins into the trash, just saying he can spend another year in Charlotte or force the Sox’s hand

“Dynamic hitter on ice for a year”. Do you fear he will self destruct if he has to be in Charlotte for a year? With respect to his first 102 plate appearances in the big leagues, you can debate whether there’s any signal or not, and whether the Sox weighed that when deciding to sign EE and that’s fine. It’s just my opinion you’re overplaying both his projection and the risk of him sitting another year in the minors. I’d love for him to mash in ‘21 for us AND the Sox get the benefit of a great year of EE. Win/win!

Ok but you’re neglecting to mention two things both of which are obvious. First the EE deal is 1yr. Second, Collins wasn’t very impressive last season in the big leagues. I know he’s young and it’s beyond premature but all the more reason we don’t need to rush him yet. No reason we can’t build depth and make Collins earn his position.

I don’t know what the concern is here. If it were clear that he were a viable full time DH candidate (or at another position) we wouldn’t have had to sign EE. It’s not like as of now he’s a starter on all teams except for the White Sox. He needs to play his way into a starting role whether it’s for the Sox or someone else.