Chicago White Sox

The deadline to agree to terms for arbitration eligible players was roughly 10 minutes ago. Here is the list of White Sox players along with MLBTR projections and final agreements: Dylan Cease (4.089): $8.8M => $8.0M agreement Michael Kopech (4.041): $3.6M => $3.0M agreement Touki Toussaint (3.071): $1.7M Garrett Crochet (3.028): $900k Andrew Vaughn (3.000): $3.7M => $3.25M agreement Michael Soroka (5.009): $3.0 => $3.0M agreement Nicky Lopez (4.139): $3.9M => $4.3M agreement

I think it’s very likely he’s traded next off-season assuming there is a team that can and is willing to trade a ton for him.

Final offer to the O’s for me would be Kjerstad, Westburg, & Baumeister. The O’s keep their top three studs, future stars Ortiz & Norby to solve 2B, and all their advanced pitching prospects. Sox address RF & 2B immediately and get an arm with mid rotation ceiling. Win win for both sides. Go seal the deal Getz!

I’m sure the Padres don’t mind trading a bunch of top prospects to get the Orioles’ sloppy seconds and help them land two stars in the deal!

I gotcha…and yeah, not getting Robert with their spare and second tier prospects alone.

The Orioles wouldn’t be able to get Robert without Holliday.

One?

Realistically if we plan to trade Robert next winter, who are the clubs that would even have the prospects to get a deal done?

It really lacks any sense of reality.

Looks like you should be happy

While true, I’ll take the fish while Jerry is still ticking

Maybe…just depends on if they feel he can start. While left-handed setup men are obviously valuable, they aren’t important to kick off a rebuild.

Sure, but can’t bank on one potential buyer.

A 2025 lineup as below would be pretty fire! 1B: Alonso (FA) 2B: Westburg SS: Montgomery* 3B: Ramos LF: Benintendi* CF: Robert RF: Kjerstad* DH: Jimenez / Vaughn CA: Quero#

Then we’re in big trouble, because many teams including the Orioles don’t have a premium pitching prospect.

I mean, Jim Bowden seems to think it’s realistic and he’s a former GM, so I’d say it’s very much possible. But perhaps Getz wants Mayo at all costs…can’t say I can blame it.

If you can get Kjerstad + Westburg, I can very little about the 3rd piece and would take lesser, father away prospect to complete the deal.

Would be so awesome…Sports Guy would literally implode if we got him

He is so fucking gone 12 months from now!!

Bowden’s latest article in the Athletic is a bunch of Q&A, but with several questions on Cease. Says to no surprise that the Orioles & Yankees are leading the pursuit and that Getz is asking for too much right now. He then addressed a specific question on a hypothetical from BAL of Westburg + Kjerstad/Cowser + Povich + Urias + a lower level prospect or two and said that “should be pretty close to what a final trade would look like”. I’d be pretty ecstatic if we could get Westburg + Kjerstad + Povich.

Stroman is a really solid pitcher, but the Yankees lack a #2 behind Cole and that really isn’t Marcus. Plus it seems like half the world hates Stroman so my guess is he is not a great clubhouse guy.

Lots of conflicting info out there depending who is leaking what.