1 hour ago, soxfan2014 said:

Hes not though.

Yea, Diaz’s 2018 1.6 WAR > Sanchez’s 2018 2.6 WAR.

Who the hell is Diaz???

1 minute ago, Jake said:

Who the hell is Diaz???

When we find Hahn, we will ask him

This is an odd thread.

Just now, DirtySox said:

This is an odd thread.

This offseason will be odd, I believe 

1 hour ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:

Yea, Diaz’s 2018 1.6 WAR > Sanchez’s 2018 2.6 WAR.

Actually their f WARs were about the same and Yolmer had significantly more PA. That said, who cares about Diaz? Hahn should be shooting higher.

20 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Actually their f WARs were about the same and Yolmer had significantly more PA. That said, who cares about Diaz? Hahn should be shooting higher.

Marwin and DIaz f War were exactly the same with Marwin having 100 extra PA.  They traded for a super utility replacement without having to deal with Boras ridiculous prices. I get why they made the move though Thorton to me is an overpay

Problem for us is we have gaping holes on roster. We don't need a utility guy we need starters.

On 11/17/2018 at 11:05 AM, whitesoxbrad said:

We won 62 games last year, I am sure we could find him some at bats, if he is good enough for Houston i think he is good enough for us

Great analysis. 

this is simply a ridiculous thread. next thing you know an average middle reliever might sign with one of the other 29 teams in baseball!

Not hearing anything about this trade prior to entering this thread, I was so confused. My first thought was: "who the hell is Diaz?" Then after a few comments, I figured out he was a position player. So then I thought: "Oh he's a position player....who the hell is Diaz?"

Let’s wait for the presser before jumping to conclusions. 

If we're going to pick up another middle infielder it would be nice to get one who gets on base once in a while.

The Sox already have Aledmys Diaz on the roster. He goes by the name Jose Rondon.

On 11/17/2018 at 11:33 AM, whitesoxbrad said:

Diaz traded to Houston for nothing, he would have looked good with the Whitesox , but that is hahn, what is new.

On this current White Sox roster, I think I would literally rather NOT have Diaz than even have him for free. 

6 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

On this current White Sox roster, I think I would literally rather NOT have Diaz than even have him for free. 

And why is that?

2 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said:

And why is that?

Because he's not good? He's terrible defensively around the infield and we already have 3 guys better between 3B, 2B and SS.

27 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said:

And why is that?

He’s a bad defender with a sub-300 obp and he’s already peaked. I’d rather give the roster spot to someone with upside. Yolmer Sanchez is roughly the same thing except the clubhouse loves him. 

51 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

On this current White Sox roster, I think I would literally rather NOT have Diaz than even have him for free. 

This.  I don't get the crush here.  Obviously the rest of MLB felt the same way.

12 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

He’s a bad defender with a sub-300 obp and he’s already peaked. I’d rather give the roster spot to someone with upside. Yolmer Sanchez is roughly the same thing except the clubhouse loves him. 

Fair enough , wonder why with your obp stat Houston who is so into analytics would trade for him and so early in the process.

18 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said:

Fair enough , wonder why with your obp stat Houston who is so into analytics would trade for him and so early in the process.

Houston's version of Yolmer, Marwin Gonzalez, is a free agent to be. They have an actual need for a bench infielder for 2019. The Sox don't with Yolmer and Rondon on the roster, and both have more upside remaining. Houston and the Sox are playing different games in the offseason because they are working from different hands.

 

30 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said:

Fair enough , wonder why with your obp stat Houston who is so into analytics would trade for him and so early in the process.

We should hire the same personnel Houston does, go after the same player they go after, even though we may or may not already have those types of players.

Are we seriously going to have a thread created every time the Astros or Cubs make a move asking why is Hahn sitting on his ass?

45 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said:

Fair enough , wonder why with your obp stat Houston who is so into analytics would trade for him and so early in the process.

The price Houston paid and the fact that no one else apparently outbid them should be the two things that are the key here.

11 minutes ago, thxfrthmmrs said:

We should hire the same personnel Houston does, go after the same player they go after, even though we may or may not already have those types of players.

Are we seriously going to have a thread created every time the Astros or Cubs make a move asking why is Hahn sitting on his ass?

Its like you don't know Soxtalk at all, lol.

 

2 hours ago, whitesoxbrad said:

Fair enough , wonder why with your obp stat Houston who is so into analytics would trade for him and so early in the process.

 

2 hours ago, NorthSideSox72 said:

Houston's version of Yolmer, Marwin Gonzalez, is a free agent to be. They have an actual need for a bench infielder for 2019. The Sox don't with Yolmer and Rondon on the roster, and both have more upside remaining. Houston and the Sox are playing different games in the offseason because they are working from different hands.

 

This^