friend of mine who watched a shitload of NLC games the last 10 years:

"Dude he's not the same guy now that he was in STL, plus he's getting fat" 

4 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

friend of mine who watched a shitload of NLC games the last 10 years:

"Dude he's not the same guy now that he was in STL, plus he's getting fat" 

Seems like he'd fit in well.

35 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

friend of mine who watched a shitload of NLC games the last 10 years:

"Dude he's not the same guy now that he was in STL, plus he's getting fat" 

Just looking at the photos, he looks about the same as he did in a Cardinals uniform. If anything, he looks slightly leaner.

He put up 3 plus war each of the past two years. He isn’t terrible by any stretch of the imagine like some of you are implying. 
 

If they get him for a scrub by all means. I don’t like the cost but it is a one year deal. If he ages fast than whatever.

45 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

He put up 3 plus war each of the past two years. He isn’t terrible by any stretch of the imagine like some of you are implying. 
 

If they get him for a scrub by all means. I don’t like the cost but it is a one year deal. If he ages fast than whatever.

Are you ok with acquiring him if it means Eloy is the only LF option?

Wong also stopped being able to hit LHP.  As much as they need a 2nd baseman that can hit RHP, he showed a lot of signs of slowing down last year.

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

Wong also stopped being able to hit LHP.  As much as they need a 2nd baseman that can hit RHP, he showed a lot of signs of slowing down last year.

Makes him a typical Rick Hahn acquisition then 

Unless the cost is very low, this is just another instance of this front office being stuck in 1996. If you have limited resources, why tf would you spend it on a 1 win upgrade to the only spot where you actually have some depth? I’m not saying you can’t upgrade from what the white Sox have, but if you have three 1.5 WAR guys at a spot, but you literally don’t even have three actual outfielders on your 40 man, and only even have a full starting pitching staff if you assume 150 innings of Davis Martin and perfect pitcher health otherwise, you fucking can’t afford to blow your load on a 2.5 win second baseman with downside.

And yeah, you can say that this wouldn’t have to be the only move they made, and wait for the whole offseason but how many times are we going to fall for that?

5 hours ago, chw42 said:

Way to out yourself as racist...jk

I was pretty sure Wong went to HS in Hawaii. 

Pretty sure he was thinking of Keston Huira because of the Brewers… 

1 hour ago, Eminor3rd said:

Pretty sure he was thinking of Keston Huira because of the Brewers… 

Yuppers.

3 hours ago, fathom said:

Wong also stopped being able to hit LHP.  As much as they need a 2nd baseman that can hit RHP, he showed a lot of signs of slowing down last year.

He's down to 21st percentile in sprint speed. Which definitely doesn't help him defensively. 

Id rather us be tied to outfield and pitching rumors.. 

 

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Two good orgs. 

Wong, it's a parking lot.

 

Winker traded for Wong, one potential 2B plug off the board. 

10 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

 

That's a lot more than I thought they'd get for Wong. 

13 minutes ago, JoeCredeYes said:

Winker traded for Wong, one potential 2B plug off the board. 

This is a middle schoolers dick joke dream.

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

This is a middle schoolers dick joke dream.

Reese should tell it. 

Winker's not strong defensively, but I was more interested in him for the Sox than Wong.  To me, Toro's just a guy, but I generally I like this trade for the Brew Crew.  Opens up 2b for Turang who's not likely to be a world-beater, but he's $9+ million cheaper than Wong.

18 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Winker's not strong defensively, but I was more interested in him for the Sox than Wong.  To me, Toro's just a guy, but I generally I like this trade for the Brew Crew.  Opens up 2b for Turang who's not likely to be a world-beater, but he's $9+ million cheaper than Wong.

Huh, it appears I am dead wrong about Jesse Winker.

https://sodomojo.com/2022/10/18/mariners-jesse-winker-reportedly-odds/