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Christopher Morel is an intriguing player. Type of guy I wish the White Sox would go after.

Big upside 

I like this deal for the Cubs 

5 minutes ago, Baron said:

I like this deal for the Cubs 

Wrigley isn’t a great fit for his pull approach

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1817636372691517486?t=N8-hlsbphQDwEAV5D6eHFQ&s=19

 

 

Cubs being buyers is hilarious. 

11 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Christopher Morel is an intriguing player. Type of guy I wish the White Sox would go after.

Big upside 

Can’t play a position, like at all.

Looks like a lateral move similar ages same power plus prospects given up

Ironically, Paredes was a Cubs prospect to begin with but they traded him in 2017 with Jeimer Candelario and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson.  What a terrible trade that was.

Edited July 28, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023

19 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Christopher Morel is an intriguing player. Type of guy I wish the White Sox would go after.

Big upside 

No.

I would never trade with the Rays. They always win it. 

Just now, PaleAleSox said:

I would never trade with the Rays. They always win it. 

Saw that reliever they got from the Cubs the other day, he had ridiculous stuff 

Good trade for the Cubs, I think. I don’t like it when I sell the Rays short. They are smarter than I am.

it’ll hurt the north siders down the line

Edited July 28, 20241 yr by JPR

13 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

Cubs being buyers is hilarious. 

Their two trades seem like retooling for the next few years, not just for this season.

They acquired Pearson as a reclamation project that they may try to turn back into a starter.

They also needed a 3B because Morel can’t play defense.

Just now, WhiteSox2023 said:

Their two trades seem like retooling for the next few years, not just for this season.

They acquired Pearson as a reclamation project that they may try to turn back into a starter.

They also needed a 3B because Morel can’t play defense.

you can’t retool when you’re trading away multiple prospects and a guy who is good for the clubhouse plus equal power to the player you just acquired

12 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Ironically, Paredes was a Cubs prospect to begin with but they traded him in 2017 with Jeimer Candelario and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson.  What a terrible trade that was.

Ha, they have reacquired both of those guys, right?  Didn’t they have Candelario to finish out last season?

3 minutes ago, JPR said:

you can’t retool when you’re trading away multiple prospects and a guy who is good for the clubhouse plus equal power to the player you just acquired

But Morel can’t play defense

12 minutes ago, JPR said:

you can’t retool when you’re trading away multiple prospects and a guy who is good for the clubhouse plus equal power to the player you just acquired

Morel has power but he is below the Mendoza Line this year and can’t play a position.  They now have a legitimate young 3B. 

Go take a look at what Morel’s putrid defense does to his overall WAR.  Meanwhile, Paredes is a 4 WAR guy because he is good on offense and defense.  It really isn’t close.  Right now, Paredes is a much better player than Morel, and they are both 25.

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1 minute ago, Kyyle23 said:

Ha, they have reacquired both of those guys, right?  Didn’t they have Candelario to finish out last season?

Yep, haha.

43 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

https://x.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1817633160357667063?t=ZeF-KS2PbXXIbR15mEuS1Q&s=19

Paredes

This is a weird one for the Rays who don't usually love offense first guys. 

Arozarena was dumped partially for that reason. 

Must see something fixable on. one side of the ball or other. 

23 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

I would never trade with the Rays. They always win it. 

This. They will figure out a way to unlock Morel's potential. On the surface it looks like a decent win-win type move, but Paredes savant is really quite something else. 

If this was straight up, I like the deal for the Cubs. If it was even Morel and two lower level prospects, I still like it. Bigge and Morel? Nope.