Just now, Tnetennba said:

Yup, same. Feels like 3 decent 2nd pieces and no real headliner. 

The fact that a 29-year-old reliever who walks 4 batters per 9 innings and rocked a 3.91 ERA last year was part of this deal...

This was Getz's wheeling and dealing?

4 minutes ago, pcq said:

Sox need a slugger.

Maybe in 2-3 years.  Pretty obvious that is the plan.

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30 minutes ago, TitoMB345 said:

i just want to comment so i can be included in history

i just want to comment so i can be included in the misery.

 

8 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

I hated the Mena trade to be fair haha

I have a feeling he’s going to blow up. It would be so White Sox ha

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That mlb trade values site has the padres group of players valued at a total of 44.5 and had Cease at 42.4 FWIW. I was hoping for slightly more of a premium than that but seems like a fair deal for both sides.

8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

With it being the Padres, who have a shitty lineup, you think they would maybe give a little more and try to get Eloy too, no?

Eloy would put them into the tax. Pretty sure they’re trying to avoid that. 

Not adding Head or DeVrieze tips it slightly to the Padres' side.

Then again...who knows, maybe Wilson shocks the world, but SD has tons of questions across the bullpen and wouldn't have included him if they liked his upside all that much.

Reunited with Tim Hill.

I will be honest, I am surprised another team didn't beat this.  I probably would have went into the season with Cease vs this.

2 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

 

You’re late

Just now, southsider2k5 said:

I will be honest, I am surprised another team didn't beat this.  I probably would have went into the season with Cease vs this.

Yep

How is one of the top pitchers in the game at a ridiculously low price with extra control not worth top prospects?

 

6 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Matter of taste. I simply do not care for rhp that throw 90-92, who's best pitch is a change. Track record in the last 30 years is terrible for the profile. I hope I'm wrong, but he seems like a better version of Jonathan Cannon. I mean we all celebrated dumping Mena over the fastball and he throws harder than Thorpe.  I almost put Zavala ahead of him for upside.

Kid had a 18.6% swinging strike rate. That's some elite swing and miss stuff. 

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Thorpe is headline with his stock rising. 

Yep. He is also ranked 56 on Baseball America, and 73 on Fangraphs. Both higher than where MLB Pipeline have him. He is a good get.

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

And you also like a 26 year old infielder over a 19 year old lefty CF with multiple tools?  And for THIS team in its current state?  Wow…

Let’s just be happy that poster isn’t making roster decisions or Cease would have been moved for half this value 4 months ago. 

12 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Um, I'd take the Burnes deal over this. 

I like Hall better than Thorpe, even if he's older. 

I wouldn’t, but it doesn’t mean I’m pleased with this return. 

2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

You’re late

I post this because I’m just shocked at the return….1 SP, 2 relievers and from the sounds of it a very young outfield prospect

1 minute ago, Jerksticks said:

How is one of the top pitchers in the game at a ridiculously low price with extra control not worth top prospects?

 

His peripherals were awful last year, as compared to the previous year 

I would have held onto him, put the best D possible behind him every start (even if that means Brett Phillips makes the roster and plays RF every 5 games lol), and checked the offers in June/July.

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Preller did a hell of a job with the Soto/Cease deal

I feel like San Diego is just going to flip him at the deadline for Cowser and Mayo 

5 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

That mlb trade values site has the padres group of players valued at a total of 44.5 and had Cease at 42.4 FWIW. I was hoping for slightly more of a premium than that but seems like a fair deal for both sides.

For what it's worth, that site is ass

36 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Savage!?!?!!

Can I say it? The “savage” schtick is weird.

 

*ducks under desk*

"That's a slightly painful trade, probably because I heard the (good) Cease news before I heard (the bad) who we gave up. Thorpe, Iriarte, Wilson, and Zavala. Thorpe is the tough one.

 

BUT.......we get Cease for two years, and our front four will match up with anyone. The Padres are a better team in 2024 than they were an hour ago."

 

go to gaslampball.com for Padres' fan reactions

Replace Snelling with Iriarte and this deal feels much more like what we were expecting. Ultimately takes two tango. Pretty obvious to me Getz lowered his ask this week.