Chicago White Sox

All these fake insiders suggesting McCann to the Sox have now been outed.

I had to do a double take when I read it because it was so bad. The good news is this guy is a total fraud just like FootlongComiskeyDog, Bartoloscolonscopy, & Happy Man.

The Mets would literally give McCann away for nothing because he has negative value and will cost them $23M per year on a marginal basis. Us taking him on in a theoretical Hendriks trade means we’re getting something else incredibly valuable like Baty. Zero reason to believe Eloy would ever be involved in such a trade unless somehow Alvarez is coming back.

Hahn is a bad GM, but he’s not this dumb. This is just typical New York fan arrogance leading to fake New York insiders to create ridiculously stupid, one-sided trade rumors. Honestly, I just posted because it’s worth a good chuckle that anyone posted this as being legitimate.

Just wanted to see the board explode over the worst rumor in internet history ???

Yup, it would be huge.

If you need salary relief, trade Liam to the Jays for Jansen and you just cleared $10M. The Sox do not need to give him away for nothing. I can’t even imagine the contract he’d get right now if he were a free agent.

That guy literally knows nothing.

Liam has standalone value, why are we trading him for salary relief?

I feel like Hendriks won’t be here come Christmas.

Lol…that’s five contracts that would be franchise records for us.

McCann is owed $24M and will cost them $46M with luxury tax hits. You’re also giving them an elite closer on a sub market deal. Theoretically it’s very much in reason to snag a high-end prospect like Baty, but it implies that Cohen has some theoretical financial cap and/or is all in on these next couple seasons.

You better be getting Baty if you take on McCann’s salary alone. And honestly, I’d probably want a second piece too. McCann’s contract is bad, the Mets don’t have the space to roster him, and they’re paying a 90% luxury tax rate so he’s effectively costing $23M a season. I’d probably do Liam for McCann, Baty, & Peterson. The Mets are going to be hard pressed to dump James (who else has a connection to him) and Liam is a top 3 closer on a below market deal. They need to pay the f*** up if they want us to further their cause of creating a super team.

Who does it make expandable though? Escobar is now firmly on the bench, but trading Liam for him would be counter-productive. This also makes Guillorme more available, but he doesn’t really help the power situation at all. To me, you either need McNeil or a major league ready top prospect. And I struggle to think the Mets would move the former and the latter is unlikely unless you take on bad money (i.e. McCann).

If a Liam for Jansen trade is something we’re pursuing, I’d love to get Nate Pearson as a second piece. Kid has seen his prospect stock implode and probably won’t make it as a starter, but he could be a special reliever.

I believe NBB has a legit source, but I’m not buying this. I can see them being ok with youth at 2B, but I don’t believe Hahn isn’t looking for upgrades. He said there would be trades and I fully expect at least one to still happen.

Our bullpen definitely isn’t thin when you compare it to other bullpens across the league.

About Hendriks?

I think this is actually a pretty reasonable take on the Liam rumor. Perhaps there is more to the Blue Jays theory than meets the eye ?

The ZiPS projections are super low for our positional guys IMO. I think we blow them out of the water next year.

As part of hard retool it could, but clearly that’s not the direction we’re going in after signing Benintendi.

Timmy trade?

How was he effective on his rehab stint then?