May 22, 20205 yr 49 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: What position is he going to play? 1B, RF, DH....yes? Or we’re basing most of our excitement on Passan/Shohei Ohtani comps? Just not seeing how he’s anything close to fitting in the Robert/Cespedes mold, but very few are... It means, and we’ve debated the value of Jose Abreu for the past three years, that he’s going to have to be an amazing hitter to bring a ton of surplus value. I also haven’t seen many scouts claiming he should or could give up pitching to be a starting pitcher like with Ohtani ever since he was in middle school. I guess part of the attraction is throwing from the LH side, but I guess we’ll find out. If he’s Jose Abreu and signed for 64 million less that is a very good outcome. There is a lot of room beneath cespedes and Robert whole still being worth a few mill
May 23, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: What position is he going to play? 1B, RF, DH....yes? Or we’re basing most of our excitement on Passan/Shohei Ohtani comps? Just not seeing how he’s anything close to fitting in the Robert/Cespedes mold, but very few are... It means, and we’ve debated the value of Jose Abreu for the past three years, that he’s going to have to be an amazing hitter to bring a ton of surplus value. I also haven’t seen many scouts claiming he should or could give up pitching to be a starting pitcher like with Ohtani ever since he was in middle school. I guess part of the attraction is throwing from the LH side, but I guess we’ll find out. LHP / RF right now, which is very different than Viciedo, who came up as a 3B, then transitioned to mostly LF as a right handed bat.
May 23, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, Quin said: LHP / RF right now, which is very different than Viciedo, who came up as a 3B, then transitioned to mostly LF as a right handed bat. I couldn't find much on his pitching stats when I looked the other day. Baseball Reference shows him throwing 3 innings in a Winter League almost 2 years ago and thats it. If he comes over, I don't think he will be a 2-way player.
May 23, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, DirtySox said: Wow- He’s lost a ton of weight!!! Looks probably 30 pounds lighter from his videos during the Winter
May 23, 20205 yr 10 minutes ago, PolishPrince34 said: Wow- He’s lost a ton of weight!!! Looks probably 30 pounds lighter from his videos during the Winter For real. Dude got a lot lighter and that speaks to work ethic. As for his pitching, he's pitched professionally and 2-way players are becoming more of a thing. If you get him, you try it out and see if it falls.
May 23, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, PolishPrince34 said: Were there any drums from the dugout to let him know the off speed stuff was coming?
June 8, 20205 yr https://chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/sports-saturday/2020/6/6/21282155/will-white-sox-win-the-oscar?__twitter_impression=true
June 8, 20205 yr I thought Colas wasn’t cleared to sign yet? And would this impact the Sox efforts in trying to get Cespedes?
June 8, 20205 yr I sure would like to get some recent assessments of this dude. All I know is Longenhagen doesn't think much of him. Wish we had more takes.
June 8, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: I thought Colas wasn’t cleared to sign yet? And would this impact the Sox efforts in trying to get Cespedes? Not cleared, but could push him to 2021 if they want. They would just have an agreement now. We'll see what happens.
June 10, 20205 yr https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/cuban-ohtani-oscar-colas-wants-deal-softbank-calls-current-contract-invalid/#.XuD1SJ5KjUp This article is very detailed on the Colas situation. It sounds like he'll definitely be with the Softbanks Hawks for a little bit longer.
June 10, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/cuban-ohtani-oscar-colas-wants-deal-softbank-calls-current-contract-invalid/#.XuD1SJ5KjUp This article is very detailed on the Colas situation. It sounds like he'll definitely be with the Softbanks Hawks for a little bit longer. Interesting that he is willing to play in 2020, but wants to be released for 2021. That would line up with getting into next years international class quite nicely.
June 10, 20205 yr 32 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/cuban-ohtani-oscar-colas-wants-deal-softbank-calls-current-contract-invalid/#.XuD1SJ5KjUp This article is very detailed on the Colas situation. It sounds like he'll definitely be with the Softbanks Hawks for a little bit longer. So could the Sox get Cespedes during this upcoming signing period and then Colas in the signing period next year? Is that a possibility?
June 10, 20205 yr Just now, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: So could the Sox get Cespedes during this upcoming signing period and then Colas in the signing period next year? Is that a possibility? Sounds like it to me.
June 10, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Sounds like it to me. 3 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: So could the Sox get Cespedes during this upcoming signing period and then Colas in the signing period next year? Is that a possibility? It's possible, yes.
June 10, 20205 yr Just now, Y2Jimmy0 said: It's possible, yes. This might actually be the best case scenario then. Because if both were eligible to sign during this upcoming signing period, the Sox might have have enough money to get both of them.
June 10, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said: So could the Sox get Cespedes during this upcoming signing period and then Colas in the signing period next year? Is that a possibility? If he is pushed to 2021, it is possible.
June 11, 20205 yr On 6/10/2020 at 11:41 AM, Jack Parkman said: Sounds like it to me. Must say, this has been a hell of a season for the White Sox and not even a single game has been played Edited June 11, 20205 yr by ChiSoxJon
June 11, 20205 yr On 6/10/2020 at 1:51 PM, Squirmin' for Yermin said: BRING ON THE CESPEDES AND COLAS RUMORS BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY In all seriousness, this would be ideal...and pretty major, excellent way to add talent/sustain the farm
June 12, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, ChiSoxJon said: Must say, this has been a hell of a season for the White Sox and not even a single game has been played Not to be a downer but all the lost development time especially for all the injured players who have not had a full season forever really has me concerned. The draft is great but the FA stuff is kinda meh to me. We're only going to go as far as our young players will take us. And I'm really hoping that when baseball comes back we see last year's Giolito, and and the supposedly hard-working Reynaldo with the big offseason comes back and we see improvements. I'd argue that this COVID crap hurts younger teams a lot more than the older ones.
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