Bob Sacamano

The only way I can see that is if they add Brantley and putting him in the middle of the order, bumping everyone down.

I'm also having dejavu.

I would love to get Brantley: 1. Anderson SS R 2. Moncada 3B S 3. Abreu 1B R 4. Brantley DH L 5. Jimenez LF R 6. Grandal C S 7. Robert CF R 8. Eaton RF L 9. Madrigal 2B R

Might as well stack the bullpen at this point and make it monster.

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1. Anderson SS R 2. Moncada 3B S 3. Abreu 1B R 4. Jimenez LF R 5. Grandal C S 6. Robert CF R 7. Vaughn DH (unless they sign someone else unless Brantley. If Brantley, put him higher and bump everyone down a spot) 8. Eaton RF L 9. Madrigal 2B R

Misfits ftw.

Jerri is skipping the part of the rebuild when you are supposed to spend money because your young talent is cheap.

Being a Sox fan is a sick joke. This is how we are re-paid for sitting through a rebuild (plus the years we sucked prior to rebuild)? Edit: I would have been ok with this move if it was just announced that we signed Trevor Bauer.

Quintana is definitely the next signing lol

This organization desperately needs a new owner.

Agreed.

Posted this in another thread, but what if we signed one of Paxton/Kluber/Richards and then signed Q to be a long-reliever/spot starter (maybe he wants to pitch for a contender and doesn't want to leave Chicago?). Then your depth would be: 1. Giolito 2. Keuchel 3. Lynn 4. Paxton/Kluber/Richards 5. Cease Kopech to come up when he is ready for Cease if he is struggling or to replace someone who is injured Quintana long-relief/spot starter

Yeah I'd rather just sign Paxton, Kluber, or Richards and then seeing if Q is interested in a long relief/spot starter role for when one of those guys inevitably goes down. 1. Giolito 2. Keuchel 3. Lynn 4. Paxton/Kluber/Richards 5. Cease Kopech to come up when he is ready for Cease if he is struggling or to replace someone who is injured. Quintana long-relief/spot starter.

I was actually thinking, maybe the money saved from signing someone like Bauer (or trading for someone who would cost a lot) and trading for Lynn could go towards signing a guy like Brantley for a one year, high AAV deal.

I don't believe he is. But he would jump all over it if we could offer him one.

Trading for a 34-year old is a little different than trading for a guy who was on pace to be a free agent for the first time at the age of 30, likely looking at one big pay day in his career.

Same

Very fair take. And lol at that last one.

This is the part where an 84-year old, who won't spend money, owning the team worries me.

True. I guess they can role with Cease and if he isn't good, they can let him work in the minors and replace him with Kopech. Going withca better starter than Q is probably the way to go. Edit: unless of course he loves Chicago and just wants to pitch for a contender in some capacity and is willing to sign as a long-reliever giving us more depth when we add someone else too.

If he is cool keeping a spot warm for Kopech for 2 months before shifting to a long relief role, I'm good with that.

He also missed all of 2019 due to TJ and no minor league games in 2020 to work his way back from. Don't think we saw his complete upside. Having said that, I don't hate the move.

Probably. He doesn't seem MLB ready yet though.

You wanna offer a 34 year old a close to 1 year/$20 mill deal? That's about what the QO will be (if its even a thing in the next CBA). Edit: he may have received a QO in a prior offseason so he wouldn't be eligible.