4 minutes ago, HoosierSox said:

Would you rather have 1 year of Cease or 2 of Crochet? 

2 years of Crochet but one is going to cost more than the other. That can't be ignored.

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by Bob Sacamano

47 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

This may be the most mind-breaking concept I have ever seen presented at Soxtalk. 

51 minutes ago, Whisox05 said:

 

 

What Morosi left out is the Padres also came to the realization that Cease sucks in the playoffs…

8 minutes ago, JoeC said:

If it leads to more fun-filled trade threads involving Orioles fans, I'm all for it.

Orioles Hangout INVASION!!!

1 hour ago, Balta1701 said:

This may be the most mind-breaking concept I have ever seen presented at Soxtalk. 

If the idea is that Preller wants Crochet but doesn't want to give up Salas or De Vries, the Orioles would be a weird trade partner, because 1) we could just get prospects from them directly rather than making SD the middleman, 2) Elias isn't going to give up anything meaningful for 1 year of Cease if he wasn't willing to give up anything meaningful for 2 years of Cease and 3) the Orioles no longer seem to be a great fit for the Sox, the guys we were interested in last year are now accruing service time and are older and don't really fit our expected contention period (Cowser, Kjerstad etc) and/or are likely to end up at 1B (Mayo, Basallo) and the younger guys aren't really anything special so I don't see how making SD the middleman in order to send BAL prospects to CWS makes sense. 

 

1 hour ago, Whisox05 said:

 

 

I still don’t see how this works if their top 2 prospects are off the table.

3 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

If the idea is that Preller wants Crochet but doesn't want to give up Salas or De Vries, the Orioles would be a weird trade partner, because 1) we could just get prospects from them directly rather than making SD the middleman, 2) Elias isn't going to give up anything meaningful for 1 year of Cease if he wasn't willing to give up anything meaningful for 2 years of Cease and 3) the Orioles no longer seem to be a great fit for the Sox, the guys we were interested in last year are now accruing service time and are older and don't really fit our expected contention period (Cowser, Kjerstad etc) and/or are likely to end up at 1B (Mayo, Basallo) and the younger guys aren't really anything special so I don't see how making SD the middleman in order to send BAL prospects to CWS makes sense. 

 

The point of dealing Cease isn't to get guys the main guys you would get for Crochet. It would be to help your prospect depth when you deal your own top guys from taking a major hit.

55 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

 

We have officially come full circle, and or have jumped the shark.

52 minutes ago, HoosierSox said:

Would you rather have 1 year of Cease or 2 of Crochet? 

I personally would keep Cease and the assets needed to acquire Crochet. Cease has far less injury risk, and longterm I'd feel better resigning him rather than extending Crochet.

Anybody going to post that Boston Globe writers tweet? Trade may be coming 

 

 

Here we go

Ugh, missed out on Teel by one pick

Kyle Teel would be amazing

 

Oh schiiiiiit.

Didnt we miss drafting Teel by like one pick?

If no Mayer, then likely Abreu or Casas

My guess is we’ll get 4 players… Teel, Abreu, and two low level arms.

Perhaps a low level positional lottery pick instead of two arms.

Does a Teel acquisition make it more likely Quero trends towards DH eventually? 

Braden Montgomery included.

Does Getz have a fascination with collecting catchers like Hahn had a fascination with collecting players who had no position and we heard about once five years ago 

Would have preferred Mayer obviously, but Teel, Montgomery, Meidroth, and González is actually pretty damn good. 

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by TheFutureIsNear

Who is the better catcher between Quero and Teel? Rotate between catcher and DH?

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by HoosierSox