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Depends how they’re assessing Cole and Rodon’s most recent disastrous starts. Obviously BALT has pitching problems of their own to overcome now.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-scout-j-j-lally-helps-land-noah-schultz-george-wolkow Another Merkin puff piece…but surely better than reading about the major league train wreck.

Lux has been a big disappointment...and they're still not moving him back to SS. It's not like Rojas is a premium value player, either. And playing Vargas (another former infielder) mostly in LF, with k***/Taylor filling in everywhere as super utility guys.

FIrst Wheeler, then Bryce, it only makes sense they would take Robert away too as a larger market team that's actually been acting like one for the last five years again...and with all kinds of resources flying into the team coming off a quite successful run in recent years.

The ONLY thing that doesn't make sense is putting a premium on acquiring Robert when they already have a quite capable CFer in Rodriguez...BUT BUT BUT outfielders are a scarce resource (see attached article), wherever Luis ends up, it will improve the defense. and the Mariners are definitely at least ONE bat short at the present moment to hold off both HOU and Texas, with Scherzer now back, a return from J. Jung eventually and theoretically deGrom near the end of the season (of course, have to get there first.)

Luis Robert Jr. is a trade fit for these teams (mlb.com) Here we have ten possible matches being suggested... Some of these teams would certainly make a LOT of Sox fans upset...Phillies, Braves, Cubs, Royals, Dodgers, Cardinals, Orioles. Doesn't look like the priority for BALT is going to be Robert though, with them needing to store their powder for starting pitching. Surprised no Preller mentioned since in every trade discussion at this time of year, but limited financial resources this time around and Merrill's doing a really solid job in CF, you have Profar in LF and Tatis (when healthy again) in RF.

Dodgers’ fans?

Benintendi amazingly still at just a 561ops.

Consistent slider never developed…

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/187788/prospects/ try #2 and Top 5-15 MiLB over a relatively long stretch #62 closer to fedde with WASH originally

We are really joking around in planning anything around the likes of Fletcher DeLoach Ortega... Colas is the one who really needs the reps, as he was once a Top 75-85 guy at least, just over a year ago. The only real potential IMPACT guy was acquired from SD in the Cease trade. ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, you need to start targeting more outfielders/DH types because we can at least squint and see Montgomery, Baldwin, Jacob Gonzalez, Ramos...maybe Elko at 1B/DH...Sosa (25% chance or lower) filling in the majority of the infield. Otherwise, they would have to sign G.Torres, Adames (MIL) or HaSeong Kim, but he might be on the downswing of his career, although he's still holding a 2+ fWAR but nothing like the 6ish fWAR he recorded last year in far and away his best all-around season. Irony is the best non-SS (who came up as one) is Jurickson Profar with a 900+ OPS, but he's more of a LF than a 2B/3B and definitely not a SS any longer. That might have been the best bargain/discount signing of the entire offseason, after he went into the tank with the rest of the Rockies last year, playing on a lousy team far out of the playoff hunt. MANY MANY, we could even say numerous, NAMES...ALERT ALERT ALERT !!! tl/dr

Until it all goes 2021 Rodon on them in the second half...

Looks like 23-24 Royals same or similar path falling apart as Minny surges up the standings w/ Lewis back again. Talk about walking wounded with Buxton/Correa too.

Tatis Jr. and Erik Johnson say hello for $25-30 million in Shield subsidies from Padres, who basically had no choice but to trade him based on owner's comments after Shields surrendered 8-9 in previous start.

Not really....then you would still expect to get 4 1/2 years out of him upon recovery.

-101 Oakland -124 Marlins/Rockies -167 White Sox

Corey? Andrew Friedman?

Trigger(ed) Warning...I believe the main excitement we have to look forward to in another week or two is the invasion of Orioles' trolls incessantly undervaluing every single Sox trade piece.

Right! Thanks.

Getz is too scared to expose himself to the "once the manager is fired" bromide, then fans start looking with their pitchforks and torches to team executives for the next head to roll. Right now, there's still a level of insulation that exists, just like when KW/Hahn "used" franchise icon Ventura and managed to turn him into an absolute punching bag from 2013-2016.

Sounds like that radio call-in guy from early last year that got run on all the Chicago sports radio outlets/call-in shows. What was that dude's name again, the one that just trashed almost everything about the organization from top to bottom?

Looks like a total joke comparing the two line-ups, but it's mostly the PREMIUM MVP talent LA possesses in Ohtani Betts Freeman Smith and not the rest of their complementary players. All that said, including Muncy, they really battle their behinds off and each one of them gives you tough at-bats, they take lots of walks and extend innings to get into the bullpen as quickly as possible. This usually leads to exposing at least one "B" level reliever in the 5th/6th.

That's how we ended up in this idiotic cycle. Non QO Rodon, but decide the erratic Kimbrel is somehow worth it. End up dumping Kimbrel on the Dodgers for Pollock, when he never should have been in the OF in the first place. Pollock opting to do anything possible to get out of Dodge leads directly to Benintendi taking the money and "running" (well, more like Lolly-gagging in LF.

Benintendi + Robert lol. JR screwing fans all season long.

Ans: Whenever the Sox offense comes up...bullpen enters or Getz/Grifol (especially) speak to the public.