ChiSoxFanMike

QUOTE (bmags @ May 1, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) The only way they'd be certain someone else had an offer on the pick is if another team traded up and they lost out on who they wanted. I think they bid against themselves, personally. The 49ers hit that trade out of the freakin park.

That Trubisky trade is so dumb. They gave up THREE additional picks to move up ONE spot when it wasn't even certain that SF would take him or that there was a better offer for that pick. Trading additional picks is the last thing the Bears should be doing right now. Putting all their chips into Trubisky when they have so many other needs is absolutely baffling to me.

Jurickson Profar was optioned to AAA by the Rangers. Maybe the Sox can try to swing a trade for him. He used to be a top 100 prospect after all and isn't that old.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 10:32 PM) Cubs need bullpen help bad. Their defense didn't help them, but Uehara basically handed the game to the Red Sox. They need the wife-beater back.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 07:06 PM) He gets excited, people complain. He tones it down, people complain. Exactly, and yet Benetti babbles on about nothing every night and people love the guy. I don't get it.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 28, 2017 -> 09:59 AM) Sale already has 2 WAR on the year, I'm still rooting for him. Hopefully the trade is a win-win. and his K/BB ratio is insane. Guy is an absolute stud.

I really don't think they needed to trade up to get Trubisky. Just another example of the incompetence by the Bears FO.

Amazing, absolutely amazing. Whoever did this deserves recognition.

Is Cespedes a fair player comp for Robert?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 27, 2017 -> 10:00 AM) I think the Bears end up with Solomon Thomas. He's my favorite player in the class but I think they'd love to move down. Didn't you say Watson a couple days ago?

Q is starting to look like his old self again. Good to see.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 08:28 AM) This same post was made about Matt Albers at this time last season. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything as they're clearly different kinds of pitchers. Swarzak's stuff is way better than Albers ever was last year.

I don't know about you guys, but Swarzak has been awfully impressive to me so far. He might actually be able to net the Sox a prospect at the deadline at this rate.

Sale had like 4 or 5 starts of 6 ER or more in 2015 and still finished with a 3.41 ERA, so I don't think it's out of the question for Q to finish around that number if he turns it around, starting now.

Change it. Change it now!

Benetti is painful to listen to.

Q is pissing me off.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 20, 2017 -> 02:37 PM) Can we get the Mother of all Bombs dropped on the Filibuster? Like all of it? Does this post belong in Filibuster? ...or you can just not visit that section anymore.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) Got it. That's how the numbers made sense but I wasn't sure. So if they offer him 20 million it turns into a 39 million cost. Some have said Robert is a top 25 prospect the moment he signs somewhere. So I'd sign him in a heartbeat if I was Reinsdorf.

CAMERON PAYNE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 10:37 AM) The one playoff appearance he is referring to is 08. Ah I see. I misread the post. But still, my point stands. I'd rather make the playoffs twice in 12 years with one of them being a World Series title than making it 5 times in that span with nothing significant to show for it.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 10:30 AM) I'm with you for the most part but I wouldn't go down this rabbit hole ha. The Sox are one of like 3 teams iirc since 2005 to have only made the playoffs once. They're in some awful company. To be fair, I'd rather only make the playoffs once and win the World Series in said season than be like the Nationals or Dodgers.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 09:58 AM) They did offer Samardzija in the the neighborhood of 80-90 million and went pretty far for Alex Gordon too. The Tanaka offer was for over $100 million as well I believe. They haven't signed any of these deals. They've been in that area though before. Do those offers really have anything to do with Robert though? Gordon and Shark were proven MLB talents and Tanaka was significantly older and more polished at the time of signing his contract than Robert is now. Plus the Sox were "all in" then and looking to sign guys that could help the MLB team win right away. Comparing those guys to Robert is apples to oranges IMO.

It seems like the Sox, Padres, and Cardinals are the most likely landing spots for Robert as of now. The Padres have already spent a ton on amateurs, so I think it'll come down to the Sox and St. Louis. Hopefully Reinsdorf spends like he should to get this guy.

Man. Robert would be such a nice addition to the system but I honestly have no faith that the Sox will spend enough to get him.