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This is some bad TV. MLB just doesn't seem all that professional compared to ESPN. Also, it's sort of like watching a televised Bingo league.

This is not happening. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/white-sox-trade-rumors-luis-robert.html

I actually don't have a bottom 10. There are guys I was glad exited the team (Keppinger, Leury) but I agree with Gordon Beckham -- you gotta give props to anyone who had a dream and reached the majors. It's really hard to get there. I met a guy once who played at Wrigley Field with the Expos working at a resort in AZ. Years later, he felt it validated all the effort he put in. Also, I didn't want the entire bottom 10 to be on this year's team and they would've been.

I think Morosi is hunting controversy/clicks. Robert’s surplus value is currently more than some teams’ entire farm systems.

I don’t know. Quite a few people on this board expected it to be pretty bad. If it excludes Scholtens, it will actually be better than expected.

Perfect cuz the Sox could compete in the KBO.

You can if you try hard enough.

The difference this time is the Sox actually got bona fide players in return for the bonus $. Aldrin Batista looked good at Kanny and the reports on Maximo Martinez look pretty decent. Obviously, the Sox cash allowed LAD to sign a much more well-regarded prospect, but the Sox weren't going to get him anyway.

I can see preferring Norby to Ortiz. Ortiz is aging out of true prospect status. He’s a plus glove at short, but I would not bet the bat plays anywhere else. If you’re committed to Montgomery at ss, Norby might make more sense. I bet Baltimore doesn’t pull the trigger on any of it, though. The cheapskates may be a landing spot for Gio.

I love seein names in trade rumors like Waldron and Bradford that the Sox passed up in the draft so they could grab Jacob Gonzalez.. D’oh!

Popeye is a plus defender at 2b and he's an exciting player, but if you want to improve the bb/K ratio of this team, he's not your guy. He makes TA look like Adley Rutschman. Ramos has missed a ton of time. I think if he hits this year, he's in line to replace Moncada.

Not sure Gilbert is on the market and neither Bieber nor Glasnow has Cease's value. They are both in their last year of control. And anyone who points to Cease's loss of velo ought to look at Bieber. He's lost 3+ mph over the last few years. That's without considering his arm injury at the end of the year. He's buyer beware as far as I'm concerned.

Romy is a plus defensive 2b. Much better over there than Remillard. That said, I would be fine releasing either of them or both.

And I thought I was the low man on Gonzalez. Hope he and his weird swing prove us all wrong.

Rough way to find out the Adam Haseley era is over.

Law had a one game look. Hardly definitive. Colson also didn’t hit in that look, doesn’t mean you should question the bat.

https://www.cookerspareparts.com/news/post/oven-thermocouple-how-it-works

Sox have no slots open to draft somebody, right? They have really committed to some questionable AAAA bullpen arms.

Getz has dumped a bunch of questionable major leaguers and added a bunch of questionable major leaguers in his year zero churn. I doubt Seby, or Suarez for that matter, would make much of a difference. With Grifol at the helm, this team might lose 110 games.

Big difference trading Cease and Robert. Cease has 2 years of control and is coming off a down year. Robert won a Silver Slugger and finished top 3 for a Gold Glove with 4 years of control. Robert is so valuable, he’s close to untradeable. That’s why they’re saying he’s not available.

I don’t think BB was taking a shot at his disability, but the “like a normal person” is very unfortunate turn of phrase. When your job involves managing talent, which probably means ego, you can’t say s*** like that.

I think Soroka is probably done. I mean, no one the Sox got is what you call good, but maybe the garbage they just added is better than the garbage that was already in the 40 man? Clearly, a team this bad doesn’t need Aaron Bummer, and he will benefit from getting away from their putrid defense. I wonder if Fraser Ellard has an outside shot of being an okay pen piece.

Ha ha. I guess we're keeping Cease. I despise the concept of Jonathan India (45 hit/50 power/35 field/70 flow) as even part of a trade. Verdugo would replace Clevinger/D-Bo as the embarrassing guy to root for. (Google it.) Donovan probably is a 4th of/platoon bat. I mean, he's not horrible, but c'mon. I do love his similarity through age 26 to Hoot Evans.

I'd non-tender a ton of guys off this horrible roster. These are 31 guys I'd protect: Banks, lhp Bummer, lhp Juan Carela, rhp Cease, rhp Crochet, lhp Jake Eder, LHP Deivi Garcia, rhp Kopech, rhp Lambert, rhp Davis Martin, rhp Christian Mena, rhp Lane Ramsey, rhp Sammy Peralta, lhp Gregory Santos, rhp Jesse Scholtens, rhp Matt Thompson, rhp Touki Toussaint, rhp Korey Lee, c Carlos Perez, c Romy Gonzalez, 2b/ss/of #Moncada, 3b Bryan Ramos, 3b Popeye Rodriguez, 2b/ss *Sheets, 1b/of Sosa, 2b/ss *Colas, of Jimenez, of Robert, of Vaughn, 1b *Benintendi, of Wilfred Veras, of

Small world. I was at that game too.