Chicago White Sox

Balta, what in the world are you trying to say here?

You’re 100% right on this, I just think in this particular case it’s ridiculous to downvote ChiSox59’s recap of the podcast. I listened to the entire thing and his summary was spot-on and captured every major point. Posts like his are what make this site so great and a step above other MLB team boards IMO. If we’re going to go have a recognition system, posts like his deserve a ton of positive feedback and not this trolling nonsense.

Lol...do you seriously think Vlad Guerrero Jr is a FV 55 prospect? He’s arguably the best prospect in baseball right now and his prospect grade is probably around a 70 FV (the same as Moncada). So no, the Jays wouldn’t trade him for Moncada because he’s a similar caliber of prospect who’s also younger, controllable longer, & hasn’t hit any roadblocks yet. But to answer your question, would the Padres trade a 55 FV infielder like Urias for Moncada? The answer is most certainly yes. GMs aren’t nearly as inpatient as you Flash and don’t drop a prospect multiple grades after posting 2.5 WAR in their first 162 games.

I have no idea what this post actually means, but you are the one who made assinine claims about his trade value when you asked if he could return a 55 FV prospect. Stop and think for a minute before you keep going down this path.

Lol...so damn true!

Unfortunately the meatballs need to see it or it simply doesn’t exist. The proof is in the pudding you know.

I don’t follow at all.

Where do you come up with this nonsense?

Basabe injured? Hasn’t played in a couple of days.

Sure, I’m all for coaching changes, but how about bringing in someone with a track record of success for once. Omar is another guy who overmanages and that’s the last thing he need.

I don’t really care about wins for starting pitchers, but good god it sucks that Lucas & Lopez both bring it and neither gets a win.

You mean like having good players?

Either you’re a troll or not intelligent. Yoan’s OPS in July was .749, which was above his season to date total. But keep hating and ignoring actual facts.

What if another team says the same thing? ?

Between Hahn’s comments in the podcast and his actions during the trade deadline, I think it’s very clear he plans on putting together a respectable club next year and one that could compete in a weak AL Central if enough young guys take leaps forward. In addition of pursuing the elite guys (Machado & Harper), he made it clear we’ll be very open to adding veterans on short-term deals. 3B, CF, & 1B/DH seem like the areas to me. Maybe they add a veteran SP too. Doesn’t sound he views the bullpen as a huge need based on the way he to was hyping up some of our minor league relievers.

100% how I took his comments.

Also, whoever downvoted ChiSox59’s awesome recap of the Hahn podcast should be banned from this site. Anyone that would do that is a total little b**** and I wish they at least had the courage to come out & explain whatever misguided beef they had with the post.

Your take is very wrong IMO. He specifically mentioned that whale FA’s aren’t always available and it can be smart to take advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves. And that’s 100% the right approach. We can’t make on any of the top tier guys signing with us, so the best plan of attack is throwing our money at all of them and hoping we land one of them. Waiting on Arenado greatly decreases our chances of landing a whale. Also, it was pretty clear IMO that we’ll be pursuing Machado & Harper this offseason based on Hahn’s overall comments tone.

He specifically referenced OF’s when discussing the prospect for prospect concept and that clearly makes a ton of sense. 3B would definitely be the biggest area of need.

Doesn’t Dozier being traded prevent him from costing a draft pick?

I think that would be fantastic.

I think sad & pathetic are better descriptions, but ultimately this is the internet and not too surprising.

He’s clearly one of them. I speculate there are few others here who spend their day waiting for anything remotely positive about Moncada and eagerly hit that downvote button.

No, it’s a not legitimate question. Not one single GM would trade a 23 year old 70 FV grade prospect who put 2.5 WAR in his first 162 games for a 55 FV prospect. The entire premise is idiotic and borderlines on trolling. Do you have any idea how much career WAR a 55 FV prospect is projected to provide? Maybe around 6 to 8 WAR total. Yoan will surpass that in two to three years most likely. I honestly don’t know how anyone could propose something so ridiculous unless they refuse to accept Moncada in his current state isn’t a bad player.

I honestly can’t think of a more polarizing figure on SoxTalk in recent memory than Moncada. Pretty much every post that mentions him has like two likes & two confused faces.