1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

The Rays got Meadows, Glasnow and Baz for god awful Chris Archer.  There is absolutely no reason for them to even discuss a lesser package than that for Blake Snell. 

Archer was not a terrible pitcher at the time of that trade. 

30 minutes ago, mqr said:

If Cease and to a lesser extent Lopez don't improve, whoever they sign doesn't matter anyway, even if it were Wheeler. 

100%.   Giollito, Kopech, and Cease need to develop into a solid 1-2-3 if we plan to contend for a WS anytime soon.  

 

4 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

100%.   Giollito, Kopech, and Cease need to develop into a solid 1-2-3 if we plan to contend for a WS anytime soon.  

 

The Sox are hoping at least one is a 200 million + pitcher. 

I think keuchel or ryu would be the best choice 

5 hours ago, ChiSox59 said:

I think Vaughn + Madrigal, maybe with a lottery pick would be about as good of a package as the Rays could hope for in return for Snell.  Not saying I'd be banging down their door to make the trade if I am Hahn, but it seems fair.  I am sure they'd want Robert, but they're not getting him.  

The Rays would do that trade in a heartbeat...that's what they do.
For the Sox, that's buying high on a career year.

7 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

The Rays would do that trade in a heartbeat...that's what they do.
For the Sox, that's buying high on a career year.

But his career year was 2018...?

3 hours ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Archer was not a terrible pitcher at the time of that trade. 

No, but he has been getting worse ever year since 2015.

5 hours ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Archer was not a terrible pitcher at the time of that trade. 

And two of those guys were post hype types.  Trade looks great in hindsight, but it wasn’t a slam dunk for the Rays at the time of the deal.

On 12/18/2019 at 2:52 PM, HOFHurt35 said:

100%.   Giollito, Kopech, and Cease need to develop into a solid 1-2-3 if we plan to contend for a WS anytime soon.  

 

Don't count out Lopez.  He shows his stuff frequently.  Control is the unknown for all of them and I love having Grandal & McCann working with them.

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