February 26, 20197 yr Baseball front offices are playing chess. The White Sox are playing tic tac toe.
February 26, 20197 yr 12 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: Who TF is Hahn earmarking his money for now? Its Harper or bust. Pay the fucking man. They're not gonna have a chance with Trout... so yeah... this is the one. Get it done. Let daddy Boras take you to the cleaners.
February 26, 20197 yr Just now, Harold's Leg Lift said: Baseball front offices are playing chess. The White Sox are playing tic tac toe. 4D tic tac toe though
February 26, 20197 yr 7 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Baseball front offices are playing chess. The White Sox are playing tic tac toe. So we need to make the first move to win?
February 26, 20197 yr Just now, Brian said: So we need to make the first move to win? Hahn has seen War Games a few too many times and treats free agency like Thermonuclear Warfare. The only winning move is not to play.
February 26, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, GreenSox said: All this did was prevent Sox fans a lot of future heartache. Disagree, it also highlights the incompetency of the Machado negotiations.
February 26, 20197 yr Rox 3B prospect Colton Welker might be available. He's bench material for next 8 yrs.
February 26, 20197 yr Arenado is twice the player Harper is. If Arenado's value is $32 and Machado's is $30 then Harper, IMO, comes in around $28 AAV.
February 26, 20197 yr Just now, Flash said: Rox 3B prospect Colton Welker might be available. He's bench material for next 8 yrs. Send them Abreu and Rodon for Welker + Pint + something. Lets burn this MF'er to the ground.
February 26, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: Send them Abreu and Rodon for Welker + Pint + something. Lets burn this MF'er to the ground. Thats actually an interesting trade.
February 26, 20197 yr 3 minutes ago, Flash said: Rox 3B prospect Colton Welker might be available. He's bench material for next 8 yrs. I absolutely LOVE Welker.... However, I don't think we have a single guy on our roster that is valuable enough for them
February 26, 20197 yr 13 minutes ago, RickinIndiana said: Arenado is twice the player Harper is. If Arenado's value is $32 and Machado's is $30 then Harper, IMO, comes in around $28 AAV. That's quite the take
February 26, 20197 yr Rest assured we will spend the money.....right Hahn on what washed up mediocre talent. Sox look worse every day that goes by, blowing the Machado deal. Edited February 26, 20197 yr by Soxfest
February 26, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, Dick Allen said: A premium free agent off the market. Maybe the White Sox will realize they need to pay Harper now. Personally, at this point, this may be the best thing that could happen. If the Sox were to put their eggs in the Arenado basket, that would mean Moncada was a bust at 3B, and would be moving to yet another position. And it's one less option for the team moving forward. Maybe Uncle Jerry will open the purse strings a little bit more. Pretty certain Jerry or Kenny are laughing at the Rockies for "losing the negotiation" to Arenado.
February 26, 20197 yr Anybody who thought we were a player for Arenado is delusional. The thought of him ever coming to the Sox NEVER even crossed my mind because it was NEVER going to happen. We had our one and only chance to get a superstar at a position of need with none of the big boys involved and WE BLEW IT. It was the perfect storm with his family and friends on team and WE BLEW IT. Enough said!!!
February 26, 20197 yr 30 minutes ago, TomPickle said: Disagree, it also highlights the incompetency of the Machado negotiations. That it does; but if they couldn't outbid the Padres for Machado, there is no way they were going to outbid the Yankees and the other A list organizations that would have been after him.
February 26, 20197 yr 59 minutes ago, yesterday333 said: Yup. Counting on future FAs is a fools errand. Nolan is example A.... It's also why the talent acquisition phase is so important to the rebuild.
February 26, 20197 yr 40 minutes ago, RickinIndiana said: Arenado is twice the player Harper is. If Arenado's value is $32 and Machado's is $30 then Harper, IMO, comes in around $28 AAV. No. Just, no.
February 26, 20197 yr 38 minutes ago, Flash said: Thats actually an interesting trade. Honestly tho... Something like: Rockies Receive: Abreu, Rodon and Steele Walker Sox Receive: Colton Welker, Riley Pint, Ramiel Tapia and a lottery ticket (Breiling Eusebio maybe?) Who says no? Rockies looks a tad thin on OF depth in the minors, but should be covered in IF long term no with Rodgers, Story and Arenado. Would love to get Lambert or Rolison in this deal instead of a final lottery ticket....maybe including Walker could do that. Let's the Sox throw Tapia out in CF this season and see what he can do. At this point, I'd do it. 2020 is fucked. Trade Rodon. Edited February 26, 20197 yr by ChiSox59
February 26, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said: Man that Machado contract looks like a fucking steal. If we come out empty-handed this offseason, the rebuild is going to be at risk because there really won’t be much to spend all our excess cash on. We simply can not rely on all our high-end prospects hitting their ceilings, so please do the right thing and just add Harper while you can. Rebuilds are always a risk, man. The Cubs and Astros both made an extremely difficult process look very easy. There is a very real chance that the Sox jumped on the tanking train a little too late, and that they will rebuild themselves back to a 75 win team just in time to trade away Moncada, Kopech, and Jimenez.
February 26, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: Honestly tho... Something like: Rockies Receive: Abreu, Rodon and Steele Walker Sox Receive: Colton Welker, Riley Pint, Ramiel Tapia and a lottery ticket (Breiling Eusebio maybe?) Who says no? Rockies looks a tad thin on OF depth, but should be covered in IF. Would love to get Lambert or Rolison in there instead of a final lottery ticket....maybe including Walker could do that. Let's the Sox throw Tapia out in CF this season and see what he can do. At this point, I'd do it. 2020 is fucked. Trade Rodon. I hope us. I’m agree with 99% of what you say on this site, but I do not like that trade at all for us.
February 26, 20197 yr Just now, OneDog847 said: Rebuilds are always a risk, man. The Cubs and Astros both made an extremely difficult process look very easy. There is a very real chance that the Sox jumped on the tanking train a little too late, and that they will rebuild themselves back to a 75 win team just in time to trade away Moncada, Kopech, and Jimenez. Jumping on too late has nothing to do with it. The Cubs and Astros also have much more compitent FO’s and excel in just about every facet compared to the Sox.
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