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Then who is the centerpiece?

That’s not even that much for a reliever anymore. Sox should have been involved here.

This happened like 2 weeks ago. Lol.

For the record, I do think he will bounce back. But injuries are always a factor with him. Cortes, Stroman, and Schmidt don’t do much of anything for me. That rotation is not that good.

Good luck to them then. That rotation is Cole and a bunch of question marks.

He’s only making like $3 million, he’s not a salary dump. Or at least I’d keep him and hope he turns it around instead of just dumping him for nothing.

Orioles fans are reaching Yankee fan levels of wanting good players in exchange for their garbage.

How? 2 top 100 prospects for Cease in this market is not a completely unreasonable expectation at all.

Asking for 2 top 100 prospects for Cease is unreasonable now? If this is where we are at just keep him.

That’s not even an unreasonable ask.

Orioles just need to part with one of Cowser/Kjerstad, Westburg, and one of McDermott/Povich so this can get done already.

Yeah that’s fair too.

He showed minimal power in his initial MLB stint. That’s just a fact. Maybe he grows into his power at the MLB level but that’s not a guarantee. I’d be perfectly fine with him as the 2nd piece in a trade like this, just not the headliner. Need someone with more power and a higher ceiling as the headliner.

SS and CF are the only premium positions as far as I’m concerned. You can find 2B for fairly cheap in free agency and I don’t think Westburg has enough power to ever be an All-Star at 3B so I wouldn’t consider him a premium player at that position either.

2nd base is not as premium of a position as you are acting like it is.

If he’s the headliner the Sox should just keep Cease for now, and this is coming from someone who hates the idea of risking injury/under performance with him.

How many of those guys do you trust in high leverage spots in important games? That bullpen doesn’t do much for me.

Santos has posted videos of him throwing on Instagram this offseason so it doesn’t seem like whatever injury he had at the end of the season is that serious.

Why hasn’t the idea of including Gregory Santos with Cease been talked about more? Especially if they are trading with Baltimore? I know they already signed Kimbrel but he’s not making up for the loss of Bautista. Santos can help with that. And perhaps the Orioles would be more willing to give up talent if Santos was included.

This thread now has more replies than any other thread in the history of the Pale Hose Talk section of this forum. Wow.

The Dodgers still make sense for this reason. A lot of their pitchers are fragile. They probably still have enough to get him too.

Where did he say that?

What he said is true so I don’t know why you’re laughing.

Busch is another guy who can’t play defense. Never understood the obsession Sox fans have with him.

So Jones, Hampton, and a 3rd piece of the Sox choosing it is.