Chicago White Sox

100% agree. There would definitely be teams willing to take him off our hands, we just wouldn't get a ton for him because of the slump.

I'm guilty of saying that, but I also remember when Judge, Servino, & Mateo weren't enough either.

Yurchak really hasn’t made much of his opportunity this year and I’d be willing to give Zangari the 1B job over him.

It’s scary that this kid is nearly a 3 WAR player right now despite the offensive flaws he came into the league with. He’s going to be fucking stud in a year or two no matter how impatient Tom Longo & the others may be.

Trying to figure out a way to make a Rodon for Andujar trade work but can’t figure it out.

Yeah I agree, I would a prospect with a better pedigree for Soria. I'm ok with guys like Forbes for Shields, Cedeno, etc.

Given the depth of their system, I'm assuming they will have 40 man roster problems in the near future. Might be not be a bad idea to cash in some of their more fringe guys for a chance at a post-season run. The money they'd get from playing in October could help them next year in free agency,

I gotta disagree with your take on Soria. His velocity is down a little bit, but nothing substantial. He's posted the second highest K/9 of his career (and since 2009) at 11.25 and the highest swinging strike % of his career at 14.7%. His BB rate & HR/9 are also below his career average. He's actually been one of the better relievers in baseball this year and I think there will be plenty of interest in him. To your point, he's not a Chapman/Miller stuff type guy and that's probably less valuable come October, but I think we should get a pretty solid prospect for him. Not top 100 type, but at least an org's top 10 guy and maybe more if we package him with something else. I really don't think Shields has nearly the value that Soria does either.

Fantastic news. No matter how you feel our rebuild is going, the division is going to be wide open in a few years and right around when our core in place. Spend some money on a few free agents and if all goes well we should be able to run with it.

Bush with his first HR of his professional career. Walker 2/2 so far on the night. Cordell back from the dead with two more K’s to add to his season tally.

Two more homers for Zangari. They may have to move him up to Kannapolis at some point if he keeps this up.

Are we able to block posters on the new version of Soxtalk? I think I’ve had more than enough of Tom Longo’s endless Moncada whining.

Way too early to worry about Hansen IMO. He was pretty damn good all of last season (including AA), so I assume he didn’t suddenly forget how to pitch. I agree he just needs to get into a rhythm with his mechanics. Long-term I think he will be fine, but this season is pretty much a lost cause and will push his timeline back a bit.

Seems like they could have gotten more in the offseason IMO, but admittedly I don’t know much about the secondary pieces. Regardless, at least we won’t lose a pick now when we sign him next offseason.

Maybe the Indians can sneak and empty out their farm system for him.

I think the MLBPipeline mid-season list will have a few more guys. Hansen, Rutherford, & Collins would be my guesses.

Oh I agree, I think all of Rutherford, Adolfo, & Basabe will crack some top 100 lists in addition to Collins. I’m just surprised that Zack is not on there despite being 3rd in the Southern League in wRC+ as age approximate 23 year old. As a 1B prospect alone he should make it IMO, the fact he might be able to stick at catcher only adds value.

If he was in the Yankees system he would. Basabe absolutely dominated High A as a 21 year old. I feel like he’s getting penalized way too much for repeating the league despite the fact his struggles last year were tied to an injury. I can understand a kid like Florial being viewed at the better prospect, but I don’t see that much of a difference if I’m being honest. Basabe is a year older and may not have as loud of tools, but he provides a very similar skillset IMO.

Hansen falling off the list completely is pretty absurd IMO. Also a bit surprised Collins didn’t make the bottom of the list.

Who would replace Omar on the roster?

We’ll get something decent for Soria. He’s honestly been pretty damn good this year and his $10M option for 2019 actually might be seen as a positive now. We obviously won’t get a top 100 type for him, but I think a 45 FV prospect with some upside is possible. We also might be able to package him with Avalin or Cedeno to get a slightly better return.

Who are the top relievers that are going to be available? He’s certaintly not an elite closer or anything like that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Soria is one of the better guys that can be had.

I think we get an org top 10 guy, but one in the back half.

Works for me!

I was only partially joking, he’s the type of player we need to add to change the complexion of the franchise. And I agree we could theoretically do it.