He's there, he's just going to be there on Friday now.

 

EDIT: Q that is.

 

You mean he won't be there on Friday. Which is what his tweet said apparently.

https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/825086125970710529

You mean he won't be there on Friday. Which is what his tweet said apparently.

He's out there right now.

Q was always Friday only.

Q was always Friday only.

 

That's what I thought. And if anything were to be close, Hahn wouldn't be talking to the radio shows over the next hour.

He's out there right now.

 

I was just trying to make sense of your comment that made no sense since he is/was supposed to be there on Friday all along.

Edited January 27, 20179 yr by soxfan2014

I was just trying to make sense of your comment that made no sense.

 

What?

Edited January 27, 20179 yr by soxfan2014

Q was always Friday only.

Ya, I was just following along on twitter as I never looked at the Soxfest schedule but you're correct.

Ya, I was just following along on twitter as I never looked at the Soxfest schedule but you're correct.

 

Yeah that's why I was trying to make sense of your tweet.

If Reyes isn't the headliner, I am not sure that a St Louis offer would beat what about half a dozen other teams could offer to top that.

 

I think they could definitely put a package together that the Sox would consider, it would obviously be more about depth than headliners, but they have a pretty good mix of prospects with proximity and ceiling.

 

Flaherty/Perez/Sierra/Kelly/Arozarena would be a sizable haul, though without a top 10 prospect overall. However, Flaherty, Perez, and Azorarena all have the potential to be top ten guys a year from now. Kelly is as close to an everyday MLB catcher as is out there, and Sierra is a toolsy OF in the mold of Basabe.

STL is kind of like Atlanta or NYY, you're hoping to add five guys 45 FV or higher to the T30. That means no cant-miss guy at the top, but that also means spreading out the risk. This is the kind of deal I would rather have for Q to be honest.

This felt like the "Sale scratched from start" news that broke just before the deadline. Most everyone thought trade about to go down. Alas, "Quintana scratched from SoxFest" didn't last long. Makes sense because Jose doesn't seem like a guy who would cut up SoxFest programs because he didn't like his photo in there. ?

These last couple pages made me LOL.

Rick Hahn: "We know we're closer to the start of this process (of getting rid of the guys we hate) than we are to the end."

 

 

But according to some, the Sox aren't rebuilding....

 

Edited for the Truthers out therfe.

I think they could definitely put a package together that the Sox would consider, it would obviously be more about depth than headliners, but they have a pretty good mix of prospects with proximity and ceiling.

 

Flaherty/Perez/Sierra/Kelly/Arozarena would be a sizable haul, though without a top 10 prospect overall. However, Flaherty, Perez, and Azorarena all have the potential to be top ten guys a year from now. Kelly is as close to an everyday MLB catcher as is out there, and Sierra is a toolsy OF in the mold of Basabe.

 

Sure. But that leaves the door open for a top level team to blow that offer away with a top 10 guy.

Brian Bilek‏ @BrianBilek_

"We had a deal fall apart on Christmas Eve." - Hahn kicking off the Saturday Q&A

 

Must be the 3 way trade we heard about. Damn shame

Edited January 28, 20179 yr by reiks12

Must have been the Yanks coming to their senses and realizing McCutchen is not a fit considering the Yanks depth in the outfield at both the big league club and their minors.

 

Could have been an interesting trade. Wonder what players were potentially heading to the Sox. Glasnow, Rutherford, Newman ++?

Edited January 28, 20179 yr by BlackSox13

Must have been the Yanks coming to their senses and realizing McCutchen is not a fit considering the Yanks depth in the outfield at both the big league club and their minors.

 

Could have been an interesting trade. Wonder what players were potentially heading to the Sox. Glasgow, Rutherford, Newman ++?

 

The Yankees part of the deal never made sense.

Well, if the rumored three way trade fell apart and we are going into the season with Quintana, I hope he stays healthy and they deal him for a haul before the deadline. That's all we can hope for from a risk perspective.

Well, if the rumored three way trade fell apart and we are going into the season with Quintana, I hope he stays healthy and they deal him for a haul before the deadline. That's all we can hope for from a risk perspective.

 

Deadline seems to be the most likely outcome at this point. No sense in taking the wing deal now when you have plenty of time to deal q

The Yankees part of the deal never made sense.

No it did not. I'm not saying the rumors were false, just didn't make sense for the Yanks unless somehow the trade had Cole going to the Yanks with Cutch. This trade might have had more moving pieces than we know of.

Edited January 29, 20179 yr by BlackSox13

I think Glasnow was headed to New York but that's just me.

. The Astros haven’t been willing to give up 21-year-old pitching prospect Francis Martes in a deal for White Sox ace Jose Quintana, and it’s no surprise, given the Houston organization’s opinion of Martes. “He’s got as high a ceiling as probably as any righty in the major leagues,” Astros assistant general manager Mike Elias told David Laurila of FanGraphs. “He has such a gifted arm, and such a weapon breaking ball, plus the changeup as a third pitch. Something that can be lost sight of is how young he is. He went to Double-A (late in the 2015 season) and held his own. In and of itself, that says something. If you look at the list of guys who have pitched well in Double-A at age 19, it’s a really, really impressive list.” If Martes’ effectiveness continues in 2017, “his road to Houston could be a very fast one,” per Elias.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/01/al-n...p;post-id=84006

 

Provides a touch more clarity. So it sounds like Houston insists that both Musgrove and Martes are off the table. Looking at their pitching staff, I can't say I blame them.

 

Still think they have the pieces to get a deal done as long as the rest of their MiLB players are available. Reed, Tucker, Fisher, Whitley and Stubbs would still be a nice haul, IMHO.

I don't buy it. Just posturing. The Red Sox moved the #1 prospect who was considered untouchable. No prospect is off limits besides the obvious ones - Turner, Bregman, etc.