Chicago White Sox

Just Baseball threw out Robbie Ray for Sandlin, Lodise, & Mogollon.

I could see Mason getting traded, but moreso for a SP with control.

Offensively Stephenson makes a lot of sense since he doesn’t have huge splits either way and can pair with what we have currently or Teel if he comes back.

I would really hate trading a velocity-bumped Mason Adams for a rental catcher

What would be an expensive price to pay? Quero has been terrible this year and hasn’t shown any signs of breaking out of his funk. Seems like that will need to be an offseason project.

Fixing Carlson’s swing is a massive question mark. Bonemer is going to be a stud hitter in the majors. Carlson may have a higher theoretical ceiling simply due to how good his defense, but the odds of him achieving it are significantly less than Caleb doing so. I also don’t think “infield defense” is a massive need when you have Roch at SS, Colson at 3B, Chase at 2B, & Vargas at 1B. That’s a damn good defensive infield.

Rosenthal reporting we are aggressively pursuing a catcher…if so, I hope that happens sooner rather than later. Not sure a Jonah Heim type needs to wait until the deadline to land.

Ok, maybe don’t trade him then. I don’t always love his view on pitchers, but Law really knows his stuff on the positional side of things.

We should also have a financial edge that other clubs won’t have because Jerry went so cheap into the season with his payroll. If the Chapman rumors were true, that will give us a bit of an advantage.

I don’t see why we couldn’t. The AL is a total mess…Sox are legitimately one of the best teams even with a clear need in the rotation. Address that issue and add a catcher that’s better than Romo / Quero and this team is as good as any. That being said, it’s still too early to push all your chips in. Mason Miller is a “finishing” move and we aren’t there yet. We should also not be desperate enough to cash in what could be a future star in Bonemer who could help us 6+ to maximize our chances for one or two. There is a balance that be had though and zero excuse for Getz not to be passively aggressive.

We’re 11 days away from the deadline. We could start seeing some smaller moves any day now. Right now, here is who I see as possible sellers: Toronto (+6.5) Sacramento (+9.5) Kansas City (+10) LA Angels (+12) Cincinnati (+5.5) NY Mets (+10.5) San Francisco (+11) Colorado (+13) That’s eight likely sellers. There’s another 10 teams within 5 games of a Wild Card spot, so maybe one or two other teams fall off and decide to sell. Either way, it’s going to be a seller’s market…Getz will navigate it carefully.

Let’s get this thread back on track. The Sox can’t roster all three of Grichuk, Hays, & Pereira. Everson is the only one controllable beyond this year and who can play CF…ideally you keep him so you don’t have to find someone to fill this role next year. That means you got to move one of Hays or Grichuk and it would be hard to move the latter after what he’s done. Both Austin & Pereira are at AAA in rehab stints. I think there is a real possibility that we call up Hays before the Astros series and try to showcase him a bit. We aren’t going to get a ton, but RH bats are in demand right now and he was a $6M signing this past offseason with a strong track against LHP. Maybe he nets you something that can help offset the cost of a rental catcher. Meanwhile, Everson can extend his rehab assignment through the trade deadline. I think they keep him down and use this as an opportunity to get him regular playing time while they work through the major league roster crunch. He comes up post deadline and returns to his previous role.

Exactly.

We have zero payroll commitments and a team of cost controllable player. Stop with this insanity. And we have five more years of control of Peters…there is zero reason to worry about extending him.

He thinks we should consider trading Murakami for pitching

This is an absolutely garbage post and you should be ashamed for even typing it.

Bonemer is going to be a star…do not fucking trade him for anything.

Bullpen is really coming together and Kay has proven be a solid back-end SP even if it’s not always pretty.

Huge fucking win after the s%*# show that was last night.

You’re 100% right…and he hasn’t slowed down a bit as he’s moved up which is what’s most impressive.

Even if Antonacci replaces Chase at 2B, he can still be an incredibly valuable 10th man who serves as the backup at multiple spots. I don’t see the allure in trading him.

Let’s score some fucking runs!!

Yes, but was purely kidding. I am fascinated by the kid though, especially if he can grow into more of a regular catcher.

At this point Bonemer and Boston are the only two untouchables for me

Don’t trade him period 😄