Dick Allen

I suspect if nothing that he can try to say was the trade happens, he will try to get off on a technicality, but he said it was done, and would be announced or at the very least leaked last night. Here we are a half hour from the deadline and still nothing. I suspect the Sox will make a trade. At this point I think agreeing to one last night is BS.

At the very least, he jumped the gun in a very big way. But a trade done yesterday with all these guys hitting up their sources every couple of minutes. Not leaking is a longshot. Plus he said he knew of no players, then threw out a name.

I could see that in the offseason but not with games going on, and only 26 left. You want your guy there as quickly as possible.

The funny thing is, the Sox were one of the few teams that opted out of a shared feed to scout at the alternate site.

Can someone give me one trade or signing bucket has broken in the last 5 years? I will save you some time. There isn't anything. It is amazing how many people continue to ask him what he knows. You will get just as accurate information if you go to 7-11 and ask the guy filling the Slurpee machine.

The only thing that could save Not Steve is that a deal was done but the White Sox were using something from that return for another deal.

Not Steve Cishek sadi reinforcements are on the way. That's a pretty good source for standing pat.

I think they will get a pitcher. Probably a reliever. Maybe Phelps. Bradley makes sense, as he could become the closer next year and they could let Colome walk instead of paying him.

2004 trade deadline was the best. There were a ton of big moves right at the end. It's when Nomar went to the Cubs. He used to live by me. I would see him walking around alone a lot. Nobody recognized him. It's also when the Sox got Contreras.

It would get you pumped and Jon Daniels fired.

Foster had a higher leverage appearance on Saturday as well. I think they were really trying to give him a day off yesterday. It didn't work out but he got a win.

Sox takes'hot take.

He and DiPoto sometimes trade like its fantasy baseball.

Sox will trade for someone like Archie Bradley and Not Steve Cishek will take full credit even though he was wrong. If they talk to Hahn he will say they were in on several names but ultimately it didn't make sense to forfeit a lot of the future for a very brief present. If they interview KW he will say you wouldn't believe the trade we had on the table. Would have been the biggest trade in history. Jerry was more than willing to take the huge commitment, ultimately ownership on the other side nixed the deal.

Sox wanted him in his regular routine, hoping he throws 135 pitches today.

I agree. He isn't going to get away with it against a good team. But if he finds a way to harness it, a good team isn't going to get away with facing him. Unless they are acquiring a sure thing that is going to be around for a while, or a top of the line prospect wtih control, there is no reason to part with Cease right now. And I wouldn't trade Kopech either. And Dunning would have a huge price tag. Replacements cost a ton of money. If these guys develop like hoped, the window remains open a lot longer. And someone will get hurt. That can't be avoided. You are going to need all these guys.

They called Heuer off the plane, Collins isn't even on the taxi squad, the trade was made last night. Are you sure you want to risk going to lunch?

If the Sox traded Giolito because he went out one night for a similar package, I think I would be kind of pissed.

When are they going to announce Not Steve's trade from last night? Very strange.

I think trading Kopech could turn into the Tigers trading Smoltz for Doyle Alexander. Alexander was pretty old but he was also good with the Tigers. He was 9-0 in 11 starts in 1987 when they traded for him. They won the divison but were eliminated quickly in the playoffs. Smoltz would have been better.

She was great at her job. She is supposed to be the sweetest person you would ever meet.

The question is, if you don't like Cishek, if you don't like Fry, if you don't like Lopez, if you don't like Rodon, why would you like Robbie Ray?

that was bucketofsuck. He may have got one right 7 or 8 years ago, and rode his "insider" status for quite a while, all the time, never providing anything else of substance. He never had anything else, but threw some crap out there when someone would ask for info, never accurate. Gave us RH, KW private conversations. it was so BS is was laughable. But get one, and many think you have RH's office bugged.

I really never followed him closely.. it. Seemed to me just about everything he had I had read somewhere else as well. But not tonight. We will find out, and if he is corrrect, he deserves the credit. If not, he is like 99.9% of twitter people who call themselves insiders.

If you get optioned , are you eligible for the taxi squad immediately?