Just now, bmags said:

Nvm I forgot Mazara hit that home run I want him now. 

He's not a bad gamble as long as the cost is reasonable. 

Just now, Jack Parkman said:

Jon Daniels runs circles around Hahn as a GM. 

That's great, but what did it have to do with my comment? Rabbit is alluding that the Sox might not be all that interested.

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

that would be fucking horrible.  any prospect with a pulse for Mazara is how you get Shields 2.0

Neither of those guys have a pulse

1 minute ago, DirtySox said:

That's great, but what did it have to do with my comment? Rabbit is alluding that the Sox might not be all that interested.

Is he saying that, or because they are friends they may work out a trade for Mazara?

Edited December 11, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan

3 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

that would be fucking horrible.  any prospect with a pulse for Mazara is how you get Shields 2.0

I don't think that Rutherford and Fulmer have much of a pulse. They're both 40 minutes into cardiac arrest. 5 minutes from being pronounced dead. 

Edited December 11, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

Come on Marlins. You know you need him.

Just now, mqr said:

Neither of those guys have a pulse

I'm not a huge tools guy but Rutherford has them in spades.  1 time out of 10 he puts it together and is an All-Star in 3 years.   You don't trade that for a .5 WAR player well into arb.

Apparently, we should just disregard WAR numbers completely in evaluating players...

When's the last time we took a position player off the "scrap heap" and turned him into a productive player?  Coached him up?

 

Alejandro de Aza?  Palka, I guess, for one year.  Narvaez.  Who we, in turn, believed in so strongly that we traded him for a "fairly-paid" reliever that any team could have had his comparable equivalent for just salary in Free Agency.

1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said:

Is he saying that, or because they are friends they may work out a trade?

To me, it makes it sound like that Rick is doing him a solid by being used as leverage against Miami.

Edited December 11, 20196 yr by DirtySox

Just now, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not a huge tools guy but Rutherford has them in spades.  1 time out of 10 he puts it together and is an All-Star in 3 years.   You don't trade that for a .5 WAR player well into arb.

Rutherford is never going to make it before the Sox have to remove him from the 40 man.  Carson is out of options and has no chance to survive the first month of the season - and is probably a long shot to head north with the team.  Its trading nothing for something.  

Giving up Steele Walker is completely different.  Put him in a package for some SP.

Just now, DirtySox said:

To me it makes it sound like that Rick is doing him a solid by being used as leverage against Miami.

And who knows, maybe it helps the Sox out by putting pressure on Castellanos or Boston, etc

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not a huge tools guy but Rutherford has them in spades.  1 time out of 10 he puts it together and is an All-Star in 3 years.   You don't trade that for a .5 WAR player well into arb.

Rutherford, best case, is Ryan Sweeney part deux. Worst case he washes out. 

Rabbit seems to be on the price/Benintendi train. 

 

The next guy to suggest Fulmer in a deal needs to go sit in the corner for 15 minutes.

Just now, fathom said:

And who knows, maybe it helps the Sox out by putting pressure on Castellanos or Boston, etc

Good call. It could go both ways.

Just now, fathom said:

And who knows, maybe it helps the Sox out by putting pressure on Castellanos or Boston, etc

Or hopefully the Dodgers too.

Just now, SoCalChiSox said:

Rabbit seems to be on the price/Benintendi train. 

 

Kenny loves him some 10D. I wonder how much of the contract they'd have to take? 

Sign Matt Duffy.

2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not a huge tools guy but Rutherford has them in spades.  1 time out of 10 he puts it together and is an All-Star in 3 years.   You don't trade that for a .5 WAR player well into arb.

My head just exploded.  

1 minute ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Rabbit seems to be on the price/Benintendi train. 

 

He's smart.

1 minute ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Rabbit seems to be on the price/Benintendi train. 

 

Becuase of an emjoi? Or has he said more? 

7 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

Maybe this is just Hahn doing his good friend Jon Daniels a favor by trying to raise the price on Mazara for Miami.

You really think Hahn would leak fake interest in a player to try and get a competitor to get a better return? That wouldn’t only be a fireable offense, it would be bannable.

..... I mean dude did have an OPS of .844 vs RHP last year and still pretty young.

Just now, ChiSox59 said:

Becuase of an emjoi? Or has he said more? 

There's that ok his other comment implying we are trying to address RF and SP in the same trade. 

 

Just now, Harold's Leg Lift said:

My head just exploded.  

 

To be fair, a lot of people have problems with pot odds and knowing when to fold and when to bet.  Lotta shitty card players out there.