Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 05:53 PM) Carmen DeFalco‏ @CarmenDeFalco Some Q stuff; from source, "stating to feel like it won't be long. Braves making push since weekend. Brewers and Rockies, too." #WhiteSox Which is funny, because it's ultimately three small/mid market teams after him. I'll give Hahn credit, the Brewers & Rockies probably weren't willing to commit the prospect capital this offseason to add a guy like Quintana. Their fast starts and open paths to the playoffs have made them buyers. The Braves have obviously been interested for a while, but hopefully having a few other teams in the mix pushes them to offer something that we'd actually consider. Really surprised the Yankees are sitting on the sidelines for now if the rumors are true. This is getting really exciting and I'm starting to think the Rockies are the team that lands him. He looked incredible in Coors last week, the Rockies desperately need a starter who has the stamina to pitch deep into October, and their front office is a little bit crazy. With a couple key guys only under control for another year or two (Blackmon & Arenado), it's really now or never for them to make a big move with this core.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 05:46 PM) I didn't know he played the infield. I didn't know Collins did either But seriously, I thought you were listing all the high end positional talent in the system.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 05:26 PM) Moncada Albies Anderson Burger Abreu Sheets Collins There's a lot of hope to find in there for a good up the middle defense and some dynamic bats / speed to build your future infield plus a DH. You forgot Robert bro.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 05:16 PM) "For all the freaking out in March, April and May of a missed opportunity - there is no shortage of suitors talking Quintana with #WhiteSox." - raBBit I hope I look like a complete asshole when it's all said and done. Getting this trade right is absolutely critical for the rebuild and hopefully Hahn was right for waiting.

Maitan is so far away and our org struggles with developing hitters. I think you have to consider him a distant third out of the three guys. Acuna would clearly be the prize, but I can't imagine the Braves giving him up. I like Albies but I'm not sure I'm enamoried with the idea of him as the headliner. The one nice thing about the Braves is they have a ton of secondary pieces. If I were Hahn, I'd try to get an offer like Albies, Anderson, Fried, & Riley from Atlanta and shop that to teams with a true blue chipper and say top this or Quintana is going to be a Brave. Again, while I'd ultimately prefer a better headliner, that trade has a ton of talent and is one I could ultimately live with. But I really think someone would come to the table and top it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:51 AM) With all of the other trades the White Sox have to be making before this deadline, I just can't see them being able to put together a deal that accurately reflects the value of Kahnle from their point of view. Yeah, I'm starting to lean that way too. It's especially hard when you're dealing multiple assets of the same type, as Hahn will be doing with Robertson & Swarzak definitely being shopped. I think Hahn will listen to offers, but would ultimately have to be overwhelmed to move him. There is logic in letting him be the closer for two months and believing his value may skyrocket in the offseason if successful.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:42 AM) Robertson to the Cardinals for Sandy Alcantara, Magneuris Sierra, and Johan Oviedo Q and Melky to the Yankees for Torres, Rutherford, Domingo Acevedo, and Freicer Perez Frazier to the Red Sox for Blake Swihart and Trey Ball Holland to the Astros for Yordan Alvarez Swarzak to the Cubs for Aramis Ademan Kahnle to the Brewers for Trent Clark, Kodi Mederios, and Nathan Kirby Yordan Alvarez just missed BA's mid-season top 100 list. No way you are getting him for Holland.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:28 AM) Sorry for those who see that there is recent post and are let down after clicking in here lol But who takes over for closer when Robertson is dealt? Trying to get a jump on fantasy baseball to add another closer. I personally think it will be Kahnle unless a team overpays for him in July. Will definitely be Kahnle with Jones out for the foreseeable future. But if they were to deal Kahnle too, god only knows who the next man up would be.

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:30 AM) I'm thinking of keeping Q passed 2019 in the sense that I think we could sign him to an extension and have him apart of the future. But for me, we need the bats. And if a team offers some top hitting talent, I think we have to take it. But keeping Q for the rebuild, if we're able to turn some other guys into decent pieces, would be ok with me. The problem is we're not going to get a ton for our guys other than Quintana & Robertson. I think Frazier might be able to land a prospect in an org's 6 to 10 range, which is fine but is not really going to move the needle. Everyone else should land even less IMO (at least with the guys guaranteed to be moved). And signing Q into his mid 30's seems like a poor use of resources. We have a ton of pitching depth in our system and for better or worse we need to find out exactly what we have. Down the road if we do have a gap, then you sign a veteran to plug a hole, but for right now I'm going to assume we can build a quality rotation around the young guys we have today and the guys we may at the deadline.

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:13 AM) Would like to see a Robertson trade sooner than later because I think what we could get for him (Plus maybe throwing in Kahnle or Swarzak) could really determine how badly we need to trade Q. Lets say the Nats give us Robles and a lotto ticket for Robertson and Kahnle. Then we could get some decent pieces for Cabrera, Frazier, Swarzak, Gonzalez and Holland. Do we then hold on to Q for the rebuild? We're not getting Robles for any of our relievers. Rizzo will be able to solve his bullpen woes by using Fedde, Soto, Kieboom, & other lesser pieces. But let's say we did, keeping Quintana doesn't make any sense. We need to turn him into mutliple pieces, with one or two of those pieces having star quality. We aren't winning anything with Quintana in 2018 & 2019, so why forego all the value we could receive in the interim?

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 08:08 AM) http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/report-c...michael-fulmer/ Didn't see this posted here but if this was a 1 for 1 offer,what a joke. I still think Schwarber will become a very useful player, but ultimately he'll end being a non-elite DH and that's not worth a quality young starter. Theo really botched this IMO. He should have traded for a young cost-controlled starter a long time ago as it was clear his rotation's performance was unsustainable. Now several of his core assets have lost a lot of value. If he was proactive, he could have gotten something pretty damn good by packaging some combination of Baez, Schwarber, & Soler (and change). Now he'll have to give up Happ or Jimenez plus several other pieces to land a desperately needed starter.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 09:01 AM) Why not before 8/1? Melky can be claimed by a team not that serious about acquiring him in hopes of Sox just let him go for nothing. I seriously doubt anyone claims Melky as they'd be on the hook for roughly $5M. The Sox will need to eat some money to move him IMO. And honestly, I think teams will explore better all-around options before the Aug 1st deadline. Teams that miss out and still need an OF or bat will then turn to guys like Melky.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 07:08 AM) What is that comment about potential Moncada defensive issues not being correctable based on? How many times have you watched him on video or in-person, just curious...? Not saying you might not be right, necessarily. Everything he says is based on the 8 games & 20 plate appearances he had with the Red Sox.

For any regular visitors of mlbtraderumors.com, do NOT read the comments in the recent Quintana article. There is one guy who said he wouldn't trade Torres or Frazier for Mike Trout, so you can imagine his view on Q. But seriously, it's amazing how underrated Quintana is with other fanbases. I'd say 1 in 5 actually realizes how good he is, but the majority think he's just a middle of the rotation starter. Combine that with how often fans overrate their own prospects and you get some of the most ridiculous trade proposals I have ever seen.

Glad to see Nunez back. Hopefully he shows enough to make full season ball next year. I'm really hoping we sport a lineup like this at Kannapolis next year: 1B: Reyes 2B: Nunez SS: Curbelo 3B: Yurchak LF: Dedelow CF: Gonzalez RF: Mercedes C: Perez DH: Zangari That would be the most age appropriate we've sported in low A in years.

This derby has been awesome so far.

QUOTE (kwill @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 06:41 PM) My Plan. Trade Avi Garcia, Tommy Kahlne for Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Verdugo, Willie Callhoun, Will Smith and Starling Heredia. Dodgers Do It: They get to add depth to their pen which is good but struggled last year in the playoffs. Garcia would provide them with average to above average play in left field with cheap cost. Both Garcia and Kahlne are cost controlled for 2 more years. They get Adrian Gonazalez and his 22 million dollars off of there books for next year and drops them below the luxury tax. Bellinger can stay at his natural position of first base. White Sox Do It: They get 2 Top 100 players in Verdugo and Callhoun. Smith probably projects as a decent backup catcher in the future. Heredia is the flyer of the group at 18 years old you really don't know what he will end up being. White Sox have very little committed to 2018 so they could afford to have Gonzalez eating up a good portion of the team salary. Why It Wont Happen: JR is not paying that dough for a guy to sit on the bench and drink martinis. Trade David Robertson for Carter Keiboom and Jesus Luzardo. Nationals Do It: Because the Nationals need a closer and he is the best one on the market. The White Sox don't touch any of their untouchables in Robles, Soto or Fedde. White Sox Do It: Both players are a ways off from contributing but could be starters in the future. Beyond Moncada the White Sox are pretty bare when it comes to athletic infielders. Why It Won't Happen: Because people are idiots. I have seen this proposal from multiple Sox Talkers and yes this should be the price. Kieboom is not even a top 100 prospect yet. This price is more than fare. Trade Jose Quintana and Todd Frazier plus Cash to Astros for Kyle Tucker, Forest Whitley, Feudis Nova and Frambar Perez. Astros Do It: If there is one thing the Astros are lacking it would be another starter for them in the playoffs. Quintana could offer them a starter with cost control for the next 3 years after this one. Frazier makes sense as he could be an alternate to Gurriel, Bregman and Beltran. All three have underperformed this year. White Sox Do It: The White Sox get a top 15 prospect in Kyle Tucker and intriguing pitching prospect in Whitley. The other two guys are lottery tickets. Why It Won't Happen: The Astros will turn to A's for Gray that will have a lesser asking price even though it will hurt them in the playoffs. Well done post. All these trades are actually pretty fair. The Nationals trade is the same one I proposed and can't believe the Nationals would pass on that price.

I thought it was interesting that Dombrowski mentioned that when they were evaluating the trade, their internal projections had the Moncada + Kopech for Sale part of the trade being a small loss for them from an overall value standpoint. Will be fascinating to see this one play out as the range of outcomes could be insane. Right now, both sides have to be very happy, but I am interested in seeing if Cooper having Sale pitch to contact last year greatly reduced his chance of injury.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 03:25 PM) Yeah I can see exactly why the Astros would talk tough about Tucker being untradeable but it's hard to imagine them passing up on such an obvious improvement to their already-good World Series chances all because the Sox insisted on a 20 year who just got his first taste of AA. Ultimately if you want to make a deal that is so clearly good for a championship-type season, you have to be willing to have lost the deal when you look back a few years later. I doubt Cub fans really want to dump Epstein all because of the Chapman-Torres deal. Everyone knew how it was going to look. I think the problem is that Luhnow doesn't want to use his best trade chips on a guy who he doesn't consider an ace. And I get that line of thinking to some extent, but there are only a handful of those guys and no guarantee any of them will ever be available. IMO, Houston definitely needs to add another TOR starter to pair with Kuechel & McCullers. If they do that, they suddenly become perhaps the best all-around team and the favorites to win in October. Will be interesting to see what he ultimately does. I think not fully going for it this year in hopes a legit ace becomes available later is pretty damn foolish.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 03:11 PM) I wouldn't personally make an Astros deal without Kyle Tucker included. Agree with this.

I was on an Astros message board yesterday and a poster alluded to Luhnow saying that Tucker & Whitely were both untouchables. That would leave their big trade chips as Fisher, Martes, & Perez. Fisher, plus one of those pitchers, plus Yordan Alvarez would not be enough for me. Don't get me wrong, Fisher is certaintly intriguing, but he seems way too risky to be the positional headliner in a Quintana deal.

Quintana & Swarzak to the Yankees for Frazier, Adams, Andujar, & Abreu Robertson & cash to the Nationals for Kieboom & Luzardo Frazier to the Red Sox for Chatham Melky for lottery ticket & some salary relief

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 02:41 PM) I agree with Brian here but only because people have unrealistic expectations. I know that baseball teams aren't sitting around looking at publication top prospect lists to make deals. However, when looking at a prospective deal, I think a top 30ish prospect, another back end top 100, an org top 10, and an upside flyer is realistic for Quintana. He's not Chris Sale. He'll bring back a lot though. After reading Heyman's piece today, it seems like Hahn is playing this thing perfectly. It's the same script as Jake Peavy and Chris Sale beforehand. They are asking for the sun and the moon and ultimately will accept "the sun". By asking the Yanks for Torres (Hahn likely knows this isn't happening) and Clint Frazier (Possible real #1 target) he's setting an unrealistic bar. Hopefully, Cashman agrees to Frazier and then you work in 2 guys instead of a monster package and so on. Something like Frazier, Adams, Florial, and Abreu would be a good deal for Sox but I do believe the fan base would be underwhelmed. I could see something like Corey Ray, Brandon Woodruff and Isan Diaz as well. I think that would be looked at as a "poor deal" but in reality it might be the best that they can do. That Yankees deal would be incredible IMO, but that Brewers deal would underwhelm me quite a bit. Ray has been terrible this year and in BA's Top 100 chat today it sounds like he's unwilling/unable to make adjustments, although I do like the other two pieces. I still think someone ultimately ponies up an elite positional prospect for Quintana or we take a semi-depth package like you highlighted from the Yankees.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 01:18 PM) I don't know, I can't shake this part of the Sale trade. We had the best AL pitcher on a cheap contract and return an incredible haul of the best prospect in baseball and a top 5 pitching prospect in baseball. And it was then filled out with a B- prospect and a C prospect. Our value is off on either how much an elite prospect means in a deal or how much we value B prospects. I think a headlined deal of Frazier/Adams is very realistic territory. But what's behind them (even with Swarzak included), is where I think it's hard to know but I would bet we see a worse return than Abreu/Andujar. But maybe not maybe the fact that Abreu is so young makes him that 3rd piece. I don't necessarily think the headliner will be so disappointing but the return after the headliner. Look at Washington's rumored offer for Sale. Robles, Giolito, Lopez, & Dunning. I bet many of us would argue that's a better overall package than than what we ultimately accepted from Boston. I think problem here is that the Sox placed incredibly high rankings on Moncada & Kopech (rightfully so) that they didn't want to risk losing them over secondary pieces. There was an article that came out shortly after the trade that made it pretty clear that Dombrowski would have given up a little more than he ultimatlry did. Not Devers or Groome, but definitely better overall value than Basabe & Diaz. I also think there was some marketing going on and the Sox really wanted to say they traded Sale for the #1 prospect in baseball, although I'm sure this was a smaller consideration.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 01:04 PM) A depth deal could likely be trumped by another suitor at the deadline, I think the Sox would not be inclined to accept something like that when they do not have to. I wouldn't necessarily accept that right away, but I'd get something like that lined up and let other teams know you have something you're willing to move forward with. The Red Sox did not get serious with Sale until the Sox finally had a quality offer on the table from Washington. Teams may be unwilling to trade a blue chipper for Quintana until they feel like they're at risk of losing him.