6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

2 of those guys are years away.  1 was awful last year.  The other 2 weren't good enough to merit a September call up.

 

6 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

2 of those guys are years away.  1 was awful last year.  The other 2 weren't good enough to merit a September call up.

Take it up with the MLB evaluators.  I haven't seen any of them play so obviously I don't have first hand knowledge.  

8 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

2 of those guys are years away.  1 was awful last year.  The other 2 weren't good enough to merit a September call up.

I actually can't tell which of these is which.

Personally, I'd say let Quero up to start the year, I see no problem with that. I would put Schultz on something like the setup that Skenes threw last year, conserve his arm in AAA for a month or two then let him in the big leagues. 

Smith, I dunno, maybe next year a debut late in the season? See what he does? He's thrown 70, 70, and 90 innings in recent years, so pushing his arm up into the low to mid 100s isn't unreasonable.

7 minutes ago, bighurt574 said:

Weak draft class but it’s a bit mind boggling that Madrigal was pretty much a consensus top 5 pick (it’s not like the Sox reached) given his limitations.  Everything would have had to go really right for him to live up to that draft slot.  

Well sadly...it did not go right.

54 minutes ago, poppysox said:

I believe you can build for the future while entertaining in the present.  Minor league teams mostly draw fans with no stars to draw the customers.  This team can bring up two or more of their top-tier prospects.  They can sign some affordable over-the-hill additions like Veeck did with the 1977 team.   It's not me I'm worried about.  It's the kids who will find something else to keep them busy.  No fans...no game eventually.

Bringing up Quero and Montgomery to start the season...is that enough to make them watchable again?

Maybe...?

Then they have the Schultz and Smith debuts in the next calendar year, but that's about it unless they luck out with the 1-1 pick in 2026.

Source: The #Mets are in early talks with the #WhiteSox for a Garrett Crochet deal. Nothing is close, but packages are being exchanged, with any deal expected to include multiple top 5 prospects and more. The #Phillies, #Yankees, and #Rangers are among the other interested teams.

— MLBScoops (@mlb_scoops) December 10, 2024

3 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

I pooped a couple times.

Ban him.

Soto signs and all quiet on the western front since then 

5 minutes ago, Baron said:

Soto signs and all quiet on the western front since then 

Teams that missed out are pivoting and negotiating with their plan b

40 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Ban him.

I will allow it.

 

 

Yankees and Mets top position prospects were just horrendous last year 

8 minutes ago, Whisox05 said:

 

 

found this tidbit interesting from the article

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ESPN’s Buster Olney reported Monday that the Yankees and White Sox talked about Crochet last summer, but the White Sox did not value the Yankees’ position prospects highly enough to make a trade realistic.

 

11 minutes ago, fathom said:

Yankees and Mets top position prospects were just horrendous last year 

Agreed.  If the Yankees aren’t dealing Dominguez, screw ‘em.  And there’s no position prospect very enticing in the Mets farm system.  They mostly had garbage years like you said.  Let these two teams force a bidding war and possibly up the ante for other teams with better prospects.

Edited December 10, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023

12 minutes ago, fathom said:

Yankees and Mets top position prospects were just horrendous last year 

Sox will fix em!

27 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

found this tidbit interesting from the article

 

If only the Yankees were willing to offer Jones (lol)

So what we thinking Mets offer?  
Baty, Jett and Acuna?

Don’t like it one bit

Would guess Mets offer something like..

Jett

Gilbert

Clifford

Tidwell?

mehhh for me 

3 minutes ago, peanut33tillman said:

Would guess Mets offer something like..

Jett

Gilbert

Clifford

Tidwell?

mehhh for me 

Replace Clifford with Baty

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

Replace Clifford with Baty

Yea I almost threw him in there instead. Still think Getz can do better. 

20 minutes ago, fathom said:

So what we thinking Mets offer?  
Baty, Jett and Acuna?

Don’t like it one bit

Jett, Gilbert, Acuna. Ironically, everyone here would have killed for that package in a Cease trade 9 months ago.

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will allow it.

You know it’s gonna be a slow offseason when this s%*# is going down.

1 hour ago, Whisox05 said:

 

 

Also known as… every team in baseball would like Garret Crochet, except the Chicago White Sox.

14 minutes ago, fathom said:

Replace Clifford with Baty

Honestly if you replaced Tidwell with Baty.. that would be an intriguing quantity offer

1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:

found this tidbit interesting from the article

 

Well, there’s a somewhat encouraging sign of growth from our scouting department.

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Agreed.  If the Yankees aren’t dealing Dominguez, screw ‘em.  And there’s no position prospect very enticing in the Mets farm system.  They mostly had garbage years like you said.  Let these two teams force a bidding war and possibly up the ante for other teams with better prospects.

Dominguez is expected to be the starting CFer, with Judge moving over to right to protect his health.