Chicago White Sox

If I can get Mejia and two lower end top 100 types I’m all for it. I think a package like that would be attractive because it lets them keep five of their six top prospects and let’s us get one blue chipper while taking advantage of their depth.

The rumor I saw Tatis & Gore were the only untouchables. Don’t think I’d deal with them without Mejia coming back in the deal. Urias is obviously awesome but would make the infield situation even more complicated.

The Braves could too. Maybe the Yanks if they’d trade us Andujar & an arm. I’m not sure the Brewers have what we’re looking for at this point.

The Padres want a TOR starter and Rodon looks like he’s finally fulfilling his potential. I’m sure you’re right, but if one team did something crazy it’s the team that spent $140M on Hosmer when they we’ret even ready to compete.

The only org right now that could probably sway me is the Padres. I would happily take Mejia, Allen, & Naylor for Rodon.

I agree, but if he really only has a 10% chance of sticking at catcher I can kind of understand. But still, he’s been one the best hitters in the Southern League this year and hasn’t been able to focus on offense as much as other prospects.

Gotcha, I just took your comment of Fry being a solid reliever as your view of his performance this year and not from how other front offices might view him.

I’m not sure I follow. This post seems to indicate that Fry has only been solid and Hand has been much better this year and neither of those statements are true. The primary reason for a difference in value is due to track record. If Fry can maintain this level of output for another 2 - 6 months he will be worth quite a bit. That obviously remains to be seen.

Hamilton is also the best & most major league relief prospect at the moment. He may not be the first guy up (I think he should be), but he'll definitely be up before year end and likely part of the 2019 opening day bullpen.

2019 is when the real log-jam will hit. I'm not overly concerned about this offseason as there is still plenty of filler on the 40 man.

Good god Florida is a total wasteland.

For a while I thought that would be the case, but he's running a bit cold right now. My guess is they let him build some confidence in the coming weeks and eventually call him before the end of the year. Just not sure that happens in the next two weeks.

Lol...I wanted to get rid of him, but who is the backup CF if we were play Leury there everyday? I just don’t see how we can have a three man bench (including Smith) and have those guys be two of Davidson, Palka, & Delmonico. We really need Cordell to come up & save the day, but that may not be until September at this point.

Surprisingly Brewers fans were pretty upset to see Medeiros go. While I’m a big fan of the move on our end, I can’t wait for the days when we can trade prospects of his caliber to help shoot for a playoff spot. It’s amazing to me how much fans in competive organizations tend to overrate second tier prospects.

I’ll go first: Hamilton called up (takes Soria’s spot) Avalin traded / Bummer called up Cedeno traded / Danish called up Shields traded / Kopech called up Stephens called up / Volstad DFA Jones reinstated / Santiago DFA Jimenez called up / Delmonico optioned to AAA

Alright, so from I can tell the Sox have not announced who is replacing Soria on the 25 man roster. Additonally, there should be a bunch more moves in the coming days and weeks. So here’s my question: What are the roster moves you see happening between now and the middle of August? This is not a trade prediction thread, so you need don’t to list any returns as part of this discussion.

I’m pretty sure he’s talking about a top 25 overall prospect like Hand just landed.

He’s only got one more year of control and the Sox have Bummer sitting in AAA waiting for another opportunity. I don’t see the point in holding onto him.

I had him 9th when everyone did their mid-season updates, but I think you can make a strong argument for him being neck & neck with Dunning for that sixth spot. I’m super high on Basabe.

Cedeno or Avalin. A lot of teams could use left-handed relief help. Shields will be more of an acquired taste. I still feel like Leury is the wild card here though.

Bummer for sure. Vieira will get a look at some point too. Hornstly, if you took out Fry, Charlotte might have a better bullpen than the Sox with Soria gone. Part of that is just how awful Santiago, Volstad, & Minaya have been.

He’s learned how to get on-base at a high clip this year. He’s got a chance to be a pretty damn good 4th OF IMO.

We’re talking about OBP. Jimenez should be at least be average since he’ll hit for high average. Collins has the second most walks in professional baseball. Basabe is walking at about a 12% rate. Zavala draws walks in the double digits. Those are probably the next four positional prospects of importance to hit the show.

It’s based on the Southern League, but not park adjusted I believe. He’s also a 21 year old still adjusting to the league though. A wRC+ of 105 wouldn’t be great if that’s what he peaked at (ignoring the Birmingham factor), but he’s already trending upwards. For reference he put up a wRC+ of 143 in High A this year. He was basically one of the best hitters in that league and his plate discipline remains roughly intact at AA. It’s really the power that’s creating the difference and that’s starting to show up now.

Really like this move. Kid seems to be making progress as of late. Here’s his stats since June 1st (9 starts & 1 relief appearance): 53 IP, 2.04 ERA, 3.10 FIP, 10.9 K/9, 3.57 BB/9, 3.05 K/BB, 0.51 HR/9