Jose Abreu

Fair point re: pitching for pitching, I was just trying to illustrate that Vaughn isn't the only name that should be included in these hypotheticals. Where we clearly disagree is on Vaughn's timeline. It's certainly possible that he's a few years out, but I expect to see him next season, or April 2021 at the latest.

Then why not trade Madrigal, or Robert, or Cease, or Kopech? Why is it always Vaughn? I'd much rather trade Madrigal if I had to choose between the two

I see it a lot on Twitter too. I really don't get it. He's a top-25 prospect in baseball for a reason.

IMO, that's what we'll see next season. Much better defense, and offense with slight regression but still very good (maybe 115-120 wRC+). 5 WAR.

Anderson is at 3.7 fWAR, Fangraphs is just glitching today.

Castro would be a good fit next to McCann. Longtime Sox target, good behind the plate, and a 100 wRC+

Jose Quintana, anyone?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2019/9/24/20882632/white-sox-yoan-moncada-plans-to-build-of-2019-success-i-still-know-that-i-can-do-more

He's also gonna hit a lot more home runs, IMO. A small swing tweak and increase in launch angle and suddenly Moncada is a perennial 30-40 HR guy. On another note, he said before the game today that he is going to try to steal more bases next year

Jimenez

If you're trading one of our non-elite prospects for Nimmo, the package probably has to start with Stiever

Moncada

@Jack Parkman Actually that didn't take long, I think this was it

I think it was in some minor league game thread. I can try to find it later today. All I remember is reading a post of his that mentioned Moncada and making a mental note to not bother him at the end of the season

He already conceded that he was wrong about Moncada (at least from what I remember) a couple months ago, so he's good in my book

I guess they're emails but yeah, they're out there

I mean he literally admitted it in those texts

I've never really believed that strength of schedule matters. The more talented team will win more often than not, and there are only a few games (Eagles, Chiefs, Saints, maybe Rams) where you could argue that the Bears aren't the more talented team. A healthy, 8-8 season would be a massive disappointment.

TA7

Why not just wait a year and sign Q as a FA?

A couple articles on this if anyone is interested: James Fox on the the potential fit Me on Martinez's potential market (it's small)

For sure, but they've had 1 week of bad QB play. It was the first time they've dealt with it over a full game since week 3 of last season. The overreactions are just getting to be a bit much. If the Bears stay healthy and finish 8-8, then the entire coaching staff deserves to be fired

I've never seen such weird reactions to people saying that a 12-4 team might make the playoffs again. They're consistent across the media too

TA7