December 6, 20169 yr QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) It's better to trade a player one year early, than one year too late The White Sox could not really risk him getting injured or losing any trade value at the start of a rebuild Now for other domino's to fall in Melky, Frazier, Abreu, Gonzalez, etc. I would put Quintana on the block and see what offers you get for him And it's better to trade a guy and be bad than to be bad and watch him walk, which would almost certainly have happened without a rebuild.
December 6, 20169 yr It definitely leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I wanted nothing more than to see Sale win in the playoffs or win his Cy Young in a White Sox uniform. Never thought I'd see the day the Sox trade the best starting pitcher to ever wear the uniform in order to fix years of ineptitude by the front office. Hears hoping Moncada and Kopech hit their ceilings. Bring on the firesale.
December 6, 20169 yr QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 05:14 PM) It definitely leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I wanted nothing more than to see Sale win in the playoffs or win his Cy Young in a White Sox uniform. Never thought I'd see the day the Sox trade the best starting pitcher to ever wear the uniform in order to fix years of ineptitude by the front office. Hears hoping Moncada and Kopech hit their ceilings. Bring on the firesale. The bold is your first problem. To hell with that moron winning a Cy Young in Chicago. All that matters is this We needed a lot more than Chris Sale for that.
December 6, 20169 yr Like the deal way better than Nationals proposal. Edited December 6, 20169 yr by Soxfest
December 6, 20169 yr QUOTE (Deadpool @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 05:22 PM) The bold is your first problem. To hell with that moron winning a Cy Young in Chicago. All that matters is this We needed a lot more than Chris Sale for that. I was born in 89, I don't remember Black Jack! Just would have been nice to see if they were going to suck, at least go for the personal achievement.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 02:52 PM) I'm totally against becoming a perennial last place team and with this trade, we are a last place AL Central team, for what could be a long time to come. Well, we were already there with Sale.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Real @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 07:55 PM) Red Sox won this trade. -WEEI Host If they win the world series that will be an entirely fair statement that would take Moncada turning into Trout to match.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 07:00 PM) If they win the world series that will be an entirely fair statement that would take Moncada turning into Trout to match. BS. If Sale helps them win the WS, it was clearly worth it for them, but it would not mean the White Sox lost at all even if Moncada doesn't turn into Trout, which is likely. Edited December 7, 20169 yr by Dick Allen
December 7, 20169 yr Last chance for Rick Hahn to figure it out but it was time for a different approach. Edited December 7, 20169 yr by winninguglyin83
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) The games he pitched (1 out of 5) will now be in question. Unless he pitched 9, they always were.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 07:03 PM) BS. If Sale helps them win the WS, it was clearly worth it for them, but it would not mean the White Sox lost at all even if Moncada doesn't turn into Trout, which is unlikely. Agree, except I don't think it's unlikely that Moncada doesn't turn into Trout. Edited December 7, 20169 yr by GreenSox
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 07:19 PM) Agree, except I don't think it's unlikely that Moncada doesn't turn into Trout. Mike Trout tore it up at every step of the minors and majors. Go look up his old stats. Moncada is nowhere near his level.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 01:49 PM) Would have preferred 1 more prospect back, but I'm content overall....
December 7, 20169 yr While it's unfortunate that the Sox couldn't build a contender around Sale, I'm happy that the Sox now have the #1 prospect in baseball and two other players who will help them contend a couple of years down the road.
December 7, 20169 yr Happy for the front office for getting their guy and finally taking steps to rebuild the franchise. Hopefully they play hardball with Eaton and Q. Exciting time for Sox fans.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (jamesdiego @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 08:49 PM) Happy for the front office for getting their guy and finally taking steps to rebuild the franchise. Hopefully they play hardball with Eaton and Q. Exciting time for Sox fans. Well said. This is all super exciting. Maybe we resign him in 3 years when the army is ready to invade enemy lands.
December 7, 20169 yr Moncada will not equal Trout, Kopech needs a lot of work and the other two guys look like filler at best to me. Wonderful.
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (SI1020 @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 09:00 PM) Moncada will not equal Trout, Kopech needs a lot of work and the other two guys look like filler at best to me. Wonderful. Alrighty then
December 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 06:53 PM) Well said. This is all super exciting. Maybe we resign him in 3 years when the army is ready to invade enemy lands. You seem to be coming around!
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