2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not claiming to be a source but I'm hearing that a package centered around Ohtani and Betts with 500 million headed to Chicago is being floated for Dylan Cease.

Just getting that out there, again, not claiming to be a source.

Just as long as we don't waste TLRs leftover stash, all good.

58 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

You don’t like Arias?

I like him.  But he's a back 1/2er (of the top100), right?  I like another one of their SS too.
But, you know, the idea is to get the guys who will be there tomorrow, even if they aren't yet there today. He may be top 30 in a year.

8 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

Goes directly against Harold saying it's NOT the Rangers, so at least we can s%*# on SOMEONE! ?

Hey hey!

15 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The strategy is so pathetically obvious, I can’t believe people beg these supposed “insiders” for any morsel of news that they more than likely don’t have.  They throw out some short vague bullshit that will only ever make them look like they have sources but it never includes enough details that they will ever be truly wrong.

A bunch of wannabe KatyPerryBootyholes if you ask me! 

1 minute ago, LittleHurtCG said:

A bunch of wannabe KatyPerryBootyholes if you ask me! 

Don’t forget about wetbutt23.

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Don’t forget about wetbutt23.

The real ones remember k0na as well

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Don’t forget about wetbutt23.

Ah who can forget about wetbutt23!

5 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

The real ones remember k0na as well

The Edwin Jackson trade. Good times. 

2 minutes ago, Baron said:

The Edwin Jackson trade. Good times. 

I try to forget the bad ones.  Daniel Hudson turned into a good pitcher.  The trading away of Edwin Jackson was just as bad.

13 minutes ago, Baron said:

The Edwin Jackson trade. Good times. 

Peavy initial trade and Danks extension 

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Peavy initial trade and Danks extension 

Yuck, both injured and never the same again.

36 minutes ago, fathom said:

Peavy initial trade and Danks extension 

Peavy trade ended up being okay.  Prospects we traded didn't do much and we flipped him for Avi and Montas. (not that we got a whole lot out of them).
Of course, we withheld our top pitching prospect from the Peavy trade, but then traded him next summer for E Jackson and his 5+ ERA

1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Hey hey!

Jack Brickhouse? The….. Cubs? It’s the Cubs, isn’t it?!

1 hour ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:

I'm not corroborating this, I'm just sharing it. I haven't heard anything myself.

 

 

 

#91 on FG....RHH....far from MLB.

No.

And the rest of the package doesn't matter much if they are all going to ve worse than the headliner.

If other teams don't want to make serious offers just keep holding him. 

Edited March 12, 20242 yr by SoCalChiSox

3 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Peavy trade ended up being okay.  Prospects we traded didn't do much and we flipped him for Avi and Montas. (not that we got a whole lot out of them).
Of course, we withheld our top pitching prospect from the Peavy trade, but then traded him next summer for E Jackson and his 5+ ERA

Reading through trades of that era is so depressing. Jason Frasor, Zach Stewart, Myles Jaye (the late) Daniel Webb. Nestor Molina, Jhan Mariñez. It's almost like we had zero ability to scout baseball players to find a guy whose talent wasn't being maximized. Or we could, but had no idea how to develop them. 

To think of the time I spent holding up Baseball America's scouting report on Simon Castro with one hand...

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'm not claiming to be a source but I'm hearing that a package centered around Ohtani and Betts with 500 million headed to Chicago is being floated for Dylan Cease.

Just getting that out there, again, not claiming to be a source.

Clearly the $500M is the money needed toward the new park at The 78.

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Reading through trades of that era is so depressing. Jason Frasor, Zach Stewart, Myles Jaye (the late) Daniel Webb. Nestor Molina, Jhan Mariñez. It's almost like we had zero ability to scout baseball players to find a guy whose talent wasn't being maximized. Or we could, but had no idea how to develop them. 

To think of the time I spent holding up Baseball America's scouting report on Simon Castro with one hand...

If it walks like JR and talks like JR ………

2 hours ago, fathom said:

Peavy initial trade and Danks extension 

“What about Danks?”

Can someone just please put a muzzle on Grifol, he’s insanely bad with talking to the media…

That's certainly a different answer then "He's our opening day starter until they tell me otherwise."

2 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

That's certainly a different answer then "He's our opening day starter until they tell me otherwise."

No kidding!

6 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

Can someone just please put a muzzle on Grifol, he’s insanely bad with talking to the media…

Dude has great communication skills, tho.

Just ask him

 

3 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Dude has great communication skills, tho.

Just ask him

 

Look no further than that staged video introduction call to Eloy last year.  These guys would die for Pedro

He is so awkward and totally clueless.  

15 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

Can someone just please put a muzzle on Grifol, he’s insanely bad with talking to the media…

Points for honesty, lol?   Looks like he is totally out of the loop here, which you might not want to communicate to the entire world

OR your own players who are supposed to trust you, ideally.

 

Should have gone to Montoyo for a quote.  Seems almost nobody in the media ever tries to talk to him.  Narron was simply known for his scorecard script, considering both guys were former big league managers, but whatever.

Edited March 13, 20242 yr by caulfield12