Chicago White Sox

I’m sure they’ll see what it will take to bring him and will almost certainly offer him a QO, but he hasn’t exactly been a beacon of health and Scott Boras is his agent. I seriously doubt him taking a Lynn type deal without fully testing the market, but you never know I guess.

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So your 2022 rotation is: Lance Lynn Lucas Giolito Michael Kopech Dylan Cease Dallas Keuchel Skip the shit out of Keuchel next year and then have Crochet replace him in 2023.

I always felt 2/$40M was fair, so this with an option is unbelievable!!! @CaliSoxFanViaSWside - Now we don’t need to go all-in on the 2021 season ?

Amazing deal!!!

FUCK YEAH!?!

I’m assuming it would have to be a minor leaguer reliever given how bad Arizona is.

Nope, he has to be on the major league roster or will be exposed to waivers I believe.

Four players is a bit misleading here. I included Lopez in the trade as a way to clear a 40 man roster spot and give the D-Backs a small sweetener. Also, while Adolfo has some value, the lack of options places a big cap on that. As for Soria, to me his addition would be more about depth than being an impact guy. That being said, he’s been better as of late (SSS) and has good experience. I wouldn’t pay a ton for him, but I don’t expect us to land two high end relievers this deadline.

Bummer is worth more than Escobar and we wouldn’t want to trade him anyways while trying to compete.

I do think rentals will go for less than you think, but I agree the Marte trade is probably too light. At the same time, I think you’re underestimating how much a bat like Gallo will cost. Crochet is more or less an automatic if we want him and at least another big piece will be required.

I will also add I could see Burger being moved for a controllable reliever instead of a pursing a pure rental, but perhaps that’s a trade that happens in the offseason.

The “all in” depends on who’d you have to trade. I’d rather trade a bunch of C tier prospects for rentals than overpay for team control. Gallo in particular is going to be costly because he’s having a monster season, has another year of team control, and can still be a building block for them. I’d also rather hold onto as many of the Kanny guys as possible and slowly build up the system again. Finally, I’m generally an optimistic poster and my predictions will always lean that way ?

Just saw this tweet from your AAA correspondent. Is it possible Tyler Johnson got a cortisone shot for his hip?

The third trade depends on how the Angels view Ruiz (who I’m low on). My guess is if the Angels sell, they’ll want arms that can help them next year. I know Lambert hasn’t done great in his short stints with us, but he’s got pretty good stuff (one of the highest K rates in AAA East) and still has starter potential IMO. If they like Ruiz, who does have a big fastball and is controllable for cheap for multiple years (albeit without options) then they might be willing to bite. The Marte trade is probably the biggest reach. That being said, there has been talk that Pilkington’s velocity is back to his early college days and he’s pitched fairly well for Birmingham while mostly being age-appropriate. If so, I think he’s got more value than most people realize given he’s left-handed and not too far from the majors. Then you have a 21 year old middle infielder in Sosa, who has been on fire with the bat since June 1st (124 wRC+). He’s a bit of an under-the-radar type, but I’m guessing he’s a guy other teams ask about frequently. I was a big fan of Eduardo Escobar when he was in our system and Sosa gives me similar vibes. As for Carranza, he’s been horrible this year but he’s basically just returning from TJS so stats are somewhat meaningless at this time. He was an overslot signing a few years back and at the very least is an interesting lottery ticket. Again, I’m probably optimistic here, but I do think Pilkington & Sosa are both guys who are probably undervalued significantly by mainstream publications but not necessarily by scouts.

Interesting and that would make a ton of sense.

He’s saying the price on our side was a reliever, but that White Sox reliever had to get a cortisone shot. I can’t recall a single reliever who fits that bill.

My assumption is that Burke is slot, Gosswein will be below slot but not neatly as cheap as the seniors we selected in rounds 6 to 10, and that the Sox didn’t take advantage of the full 5% overage.

Nightengale on the 670 right now. Said the Sox had basically had a trade agreed upon for Escobar three weeks for a reliever, but both sides backed out because of Escobar’s injury and the reliever having to get a cortisone shot. If true, any idea who that reliever would have been?

Collins is questionable behind the plate, but marginal hitter he is not. Dude has a 124 wRC+ against RHP as a catcher. Yeah, he can’t hit lefties but smarter teams would simply use him in a platoon role. Also, the fact that some pitchers actually like throwing to him despite his clear defensive deficiencies (like worst in baseball framing) means he’s not 100% bad back there. He’s just never going to be an everyday guy behind the dish and his flaws get exposed as the primary guy there.

If that were the price, I think the trade would already be done.

So Montgomery, Kath, & McDougal will come in at ~$1M over slot. That leaves ~$2M in slot for the rest of the draft. The Burke & Gosswein picks are worth ~$1.1 in a slot and picks 6-10 are worth ~$0.9M. We should save ~$0.8M on that latter group of picks, which means the remaining ~$0.2M and spend over $125k in rounds 10 to 20 will come at Gosswein’s expense. Now it makes sense why we didn’t draft a lot of preps on day three.

Add him to the list! About $500k over slot.

I’ll be honest, the division is such garbage at this point that the day-to-day stuff doesn’t really matter all that much. We just need to keep our healthy players safe, get back our injured guys before the end of September, and fill our remaining holes before the deadline. I can care less if the Astros beat us up if the core guys are playing well (like Cease did last night) and if we’ll have Eloy, Robert, Grandal, a 2B, a reliever or two, and possibly a RF upgrade come October. Just keep pummeling the garbage team and lock in that playoff spot.

Looks like you were right.