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Let’s just be happy that poster isn’t making roster decisions or Cease would have been moved for half this value 4 months ago.

Eloy would put them into the tax. Pretty sure they’re trying to avoid that.

If that’s the full deal, I’m slightly underwhelmed. It’s not a terrible return, but this isn’t what I would define as “steep” by any means. Zavala is definitely a nice get.

So far they only need to create 1 40 man spot.

I mean useful reliever with 4 years of cheap control is worth *something*.

That noise you hear is Balta firing up the backhoe to move those goalposts!

Very unlikely it’s the “next one”. At least 16 months from trading Robert.

I can’t wait for the Os to finish 3rd in the ALE. Morons.

It’s not like they released Lee. My guess is we’ll see plenty of him in 24.

That, and Grifol went from "Cease is my OD starter" a few weeks ago to "How the heck am I supposed to know if he's going to be on the OD roster" yesterday --- it doesn't take a whole lot of deduction to think something has some legs.

Sure hope not. I’d literally rather see any of Fletcher, Colas or DeLoach over Sheets in RF. And yes, I know 2 of them have already been optioned.

Im no Mous guy, but may as well use Sheets option and let Moustakas have a run at it. We’ve seen what Sheets can do, and it sucks. He’ll find his way back to the roster before long.

Rosenthal's job is literally to write about baseball rumors in the offseason. Of course his scoops are going to occasionally be wrong. Morosi is kind of a dope, so he deserves some flack from baseball fans, but like - these guys are paid to be "insiders". This is quite different from posters who come in here/or on twitter with the eyeballs, etc. acting like they have something, never share much of consequence, and then will claim they had it early when the deal does eventually go down. Now that stuff is lame. Either share what you got, or keep the innuendos to yourself - that I 100% agree with you on.

I’d prefer a cold water tweet than that garbage Tex proposal in Rosenthal’s article. Duran, Porter and Lieter is a tuuuurrrribbblllleee

Boooo

I was asking for packages both including Jones, and not including Jones. I don't think the Sox move Cease to NYY without Jones, tbh.

What are some realistic packages including and not including Jones? Jones, Hampton, and Lalane? Arias, Hampton, Lombard and LaLane?

A little surprised to see Speas optioned already. Seemed like he had a leg up on a rotation spot with already having a 40-man spot.

Can't argue with that!

The Sox have less than $38M committed to their 2025 roster. Even if Cease and Eloy are somehow on the 25 roster (chances of both are out 0%, I'd imagine), its still sub $70M. Unless JR is going full out A's-mode, they're going to have to sign some legitimate free agents next offseason.

Helpful anecdote 19 years later.

I get what you're saying and I too wish every game was televised, but what you're asking for is something no other team does. So this isn't just another "white sox gonna white sox".

I mean, there are plenty of things to b**** about regarding the Sox, but does any team set up a webcast to every single spring game? Clearly not, or every Sox spring game would be televised and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Just like every team has dudes that get hurt.

You must be new here.

I don't think it is that likely just because he'd need to be added to the 40 man, likely along with 4-5 other NRIs.