southsider2k5

$17.5 million. Wow.

No one is thrilled with the results, but I have still to see a reasonable contention that makes this 2018 a World Series winner other than complete blind luck as your contention.

NO idea where to put this, so it gets it own thread. Read the story at the link.

If your contention is that Chris Sale never hurts himself, signs another cheap and long terms extension and that Quintana never goes bad because they stay with the Sox, this probably isn't much of a discussion.

I am listening.

If they could pull that off and get a LH power bat in RF or 2B for him, I will give it up for them.

I know everyone gets on Hahn for this, but I swear this is in the unwritten rules of the GM code somewhere. You have to make ridiculous statements about how your internal guys are your main guys, even when you are shopping them or trying to replace them.

And in your world, he gets TJS, we get nothing for him, and lose him as a free agent. Seems way better.

The tank also got them half of this team which wouldn't be here, and they would have still sucked.

I think it is more like the munchiees.

I asked for something that would be better than what we got. I haven't seen it yet, even with hindsight.

For the record, there are a couple of teams who can pull off dealing top players during a top of the division stay. To be able to do it, you have to be willing to do one of two things. #1 deal from a position where your farm system is giving you players to replace the ones you are dealing. #2 spend in the free agent market Which of these sounds like the White Sox? In order to deal Hendriks the Sox would need to have another closer in place, plus someone to replace all of those innings that the domino effect of moving guys forward would create. Internally, sure maybe ReyLo or Graveman steps forward. So who steps forward into the middle relief roles? Do the Sox get a major league starting LH RF or 2B for Hendriks? If not, what do they get? Is it someone they can then move to fill one of those holes? If not, does it free enough money to sign these replacements? Again, I still don't see it.

And that was going to be more productive than 2 playoff appearances? Um, ok.

What are you adding to that team to make it a playoff team in 2017?

Vince Velasquez got MORE money this winter. https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1600206396368515072?s=20&t=Rj5OeBudLmixwV7DZYLkmw

I would do that deal in about half a second.

Sale had TJS. We know what happens to him. Quintana was never the same after 2016. We KNOW that. What else are you adding and where are you getting them from?