Squirmin' for Yermin

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 01:22 PM) No chance we get Bichette ++ for Avi. my +'s were guys outside their top 30. Would wind up being the backend guys we got from the Cubs deal

I'd absolutely love a deal with Toronto. Bichette ++ would be great.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 12:27 PM) If the Sox were actually trying to acquire MM, trading assets Avi and Abreu makes no sense. Not signing any decent relievers makes no sense. You trade for one of the stars of the game on a 1 year deal, you may as well try make the team around him a contender. Then we get stuck at the same place we were for the past 10 years.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 09:35 AM) https://mobile.twitter.com/scottmerkin/stat...329771035807744 someone translate for me please

I'm just annoyed now.. How could we not take a flyer on at LEAST 1 RP

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) Catching depth is certainly not a bad thing. He likely gets placed in AAA? So he can go to AAA.. How does this round work?

If there is no 72 hour negotiating window then this doesn't make any Fu**ing sense..

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 08:29 AM) Eric Longenhagen‏ @longenhagen Follow Follow @longenhagen More NIck Burdi has an 8 fastball and 7 slider when healthy. Was taken by Philly but there's some buzz he'll be dealt. This would make me more happy

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 08:25 AM) Mark Gonzales‏ @MDGonzales 49s50 seconds ago More Sox will trade Rule 5 pick interesting..

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 08:24 AM) Sox lost no one in the ML phase What does this mean?

well that sucks...

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 08:16 AM) If they are discussing these guys I would imagine a 72 hr window is involved. It is the only way anything of the sort makes sense. What's the 72 hour window do?? We get 72 hours to negociate a contract.. What happens if nothing is reached in that time frame? Can the trade be thrown out? Someone enlighten lil' ol' me

This makes me so so so nervous.. I know I won't like what we give up if we acquire him..

I really don't see why we wouldn't take 2 relief pitchers.. Why not.. If one doesn't work he goes back to the original team.. Not a big deal. There's some talent here and we have 7 open relief pitcher spots lolll

What if the White Sox rebuild of the last year ruined all rebuilds for the future.. Maybe other owners are too scared to give up ton of prospects. So now they settle for lesser packages because they can't find anyone to gut their systems

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 01:40 PM) Perhaps Avi could have a market when the Marlins talent feeding frenzy ends. Yelich is as good as gone after the Ozuna deal. According to the Marlins front office he is not available

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 01:27 PM) Jon Heyman @JonHeyman 38s an a's trade for stephen piscotty from cardinals is "edging closer" via @susanslusser. @Ken_Rosenthal connected those 2 teams earlier. Wow. guess we know he isn't in the Marlins deal.. How many years did Ozuna have on his deal?

Just saw that. I don't think this pulls them out of the Abreu sweepstakes.. The Cards still need a first baseman. Still a good match. The questions really is what would they have left in the farm after the Ozuna deal and will they weaken it more from it for Abreu?

I'm going to guess Flaherty, and 2 of there MLB OF.. Like a Bader and Piscotty/Grichuk

Swarzak to Mets. 2 years 14 mil

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 07:22 AM) I don't know but how many times do I have to read about WAR being the be all, end all to a players value? I don't get the dismay with Garcia. I've seen people wanting Delmonico playing rather than Avi. That's just wrong. Delmonico will never approach a year like Garcia just had and is not near the plyer. I heard Carlos Pena last night talking about Ozuna and how teams need to let players develop because he was sent down to the minors a couple years ago, made adjustments, and now is the most coveted available trade chip out there. I also heard a GM, think it was Shapiro, talking about a prospect comparing to a current player on their roster. He mentioned how the prospect was in the minors, while at the same age, the other guy was already in the league. Everybody is high on Eloy, and rightfully so, but at his age in high A and AA, Avi was already playing in the bigs. Now that Avi seems to have figured things out.....trade him. Makes zero sense to me. Not surprising it doesn't make sense to you..

I really want Nestor Cortes with our first selection and then pick Jordan Guerrero with our second and send him back to the minors.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 03:40 PM) I mean, it's not happening for the Sox this offseason, nor do I want them to. The biggest upside to a team trading for him now is getting ONE year out of him and using that opportunity to impress him so much that he either signs an extension or would give some kind of preference in free agency to them... I'd guess there's a 98% chance he tests the market, so I say let's just reproach next year. The interesting comment as noted in the first post is that he wants to play SS. If that's the case I'd like to see some experimenting either spring training or late in the season when we are out of it to test Anderson in CF or 3B. Still a very small chance we get him, but in the case we do I'd like to see how Anderson plays the diamond elsewhere. Anderson to 2nd makes sense and then you can move Moncada back to third where he seemed like a better defender.. This is all of the hypothetical that we actually signed Machado

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 01:03 PM) I understand that, but the post I was replying to talked about Ellsbury being worth about 1/2 his deal. He might well perform like a 1.5 win player each of the next 3 years and that's a tolerable CF, but if that takes playing time away from someone who could develop into a big leaguer that hurts us in a different way. There's a cost associated with us giving him playing time when we could be developing a useful piece of our own. Don't forget we'd get a good prospect back (presumably). Who could we realistically expect if such a crazy thing happened?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 11:22 AM) I don't know how to translate the units FV into anything meaningful to me. Can you clarify? Add a player comp? that's essentially a top 100 prospect,.. Which Yolmer is not worth that