8 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said:

1) Kimbrel was a fucking disaster. Terrible trade at the time. Unbelievably bad outcome made worse by offerring the QO.

2) Rodon decision this offseason was BAD.

3) Trading assets for Bassit/Manea would be BAD. Somehow getting Frankie Montas would be insanely good (likely not realistic).

4) Not signing one of the elite bats would be BAD and is expected.

 

per typical white sox fashion to have a shitshow for an offseason/deadline. FO has a long history now of making bad decisions.

We will see what happens in the next 1-2 weeks here.. but im expecting a shit show.

Drugs are bad, m'kay. 

 

Edited March 12, 20224 yr by Jack Parkman

2 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Man, a Cano/McNeil deal would be interesting as it would solve LH batter issue we have and potentially RF and 2B, for nothing but money, if Cano had anything left and we prioritized a trade for a difference maker SP.. He really hasn't had a down year in his career apart from 2019, but who knows if he can still move lol

Cano is 39 years old and hurts his back in November playing winter ball.  McNeil is a very good name to work with but I wouldn't want to be tied to Cano.

2 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

If Freeman does go to the Dodgers, does this make Lux more avaialble since Muncy can move over to 2B?

I want my Kimbrel for Lux deal that I razz my Dodger buddies about all the time.  

6 minutes ago, poppysox said:

Cano is 39 years old and hurts his back in November playing winter ball.  McNeil is a very good name to work with but I wouldn't want to be tied to Cano.

I could almost understand if he wasn't owed $24 million next year as well.  

46 minutes ago, The Beast said:

The question is, who is he trying to get that is a Boras client? It could be anyone.

Edit: Oops, I thought Schwarber and Story were Boras clients. I guess it’s probably Conforto and wish it was Bryant.

I think it’s Conforto or Castellanos.

46 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

Anyone have a link to the presser? I’d love to watch 

See if this works:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xQDCskzGPVc

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I think it’s Conforto or Castellanos.

I'd be thrilled with either.

 

Cano is owed a boatload but I suppose you could look at it as a Robert-like ($50M ish w/penalties) player acquisition fee. Of course Cano is not Robert so we'd need at least one controllable, high-value, close to sure thing youngster (Matt Allen, Brett Baty?) in addition for solving for 2B (McNeil) and backup C (Nido). Sox get McNeil, Nido, Allen and Cano (plus maybe another prospect or cash) and Mets get Keuchel, Collins and filler. Probably too much to digest but there is a framework there for the bold. 

 

 

Anyone in this thread know if the Mets by any chance traded for Chris Bassit? ?

19 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

I want my Kimbrel for Lux deal that I razz my Dodger buddies about all the time.  

Dodgers are too smart for that, even though Kimbrel does make a lot of sense for them.

 

There is a separate thread for that one.

Manaea more likely their target 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Manaea more likely their target 

So it’s been you the entire time ?

1 minute ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

So it’s been you the entire time ?

Nope, was basing it off of what mlb nerd account said yesterday 

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Nope, was basing it off of what mlb nerd account said yesterday 

So you probably have the same source. Didn't the fraud suggest the Sox already had a trade set up for an Oakland pitcher several days ago?

1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:

So you probably have the same source. Didn't the fraud suggest the Sox already had a trade set up for an Oakland pitcher several days ago?

Not sure, but the Sox seeking an A’s trade seems like a poorly kept secret 

Add another $9M to Mets payroll

9 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

So it’s been you the entire time ?

This makes no sense anyway; Oakland is never looking for a 3-4 year rebuild. Just not how they operate. They look to retool.

37 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

I want my Kimbrel for Lux deal that I razz my Dodger buddies about all the time.  

I think the Dodgers  would like to bring home former Cal star Andre Vaughn. Including him in a trade along with Kimbrel  (and possibly Keuchel )  might be enough to net you Lux and Bellinger, both of whom fell out of favor during certain points last season with the Dodgers.

Edited March 13, 20224 yr by tray

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

This makes no sense anyway; Oakland is never looking for a 3-4 year rebuild. Just not how they operate. They look to retool.

Not this time...full fire sale