13 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Anything more than free is too much for Thomas

Eh, it depends on what they give up. The dude just turned 26. He was DFA’d and won’t garner much. Just don’t trade a prospect like Fajardo for him to get back Cam freaking Booser and get absolutely owned in the trade.

Edited May 9May 9 by WhiteSox2023

Thomas does have 1 more MiLB option left, so he wouldn't be required to stick on the active roster.

It seems to me that Thomas may have had a higher opinion of his value than the D-backs did. Apparently, they wanted to show him by putting him on waivers. I'm guessing they're just done with him.

36 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

It seems to me that Thomas may have had a higher opinion of his value than the D-backs did. Apparently, they wanted to show him by putting him on waivers. I'm guessing they're just done with him.

Wow, lol. Definitely sounds like he is pissed at Thomas and trying to prove a point.

4 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Wow, lol. Definitely sounds like he is pissed at Thomas and trying to prove a point.

It also seems like they wanted to option him, and he might have said the things Hazen refers to.

Acuna would be a good trade.

5 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Acuna would be a good trade.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Still not difficult at all to imagine Thomas outperforming both Peters and Acuna for the remainder of the season.

(But then you also have to fit in Pereira/Hays/Kelenic somewhere as well.)

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/news/why-diamondbacks-dfad-alek-thomas-surprising-roster-move/6ad858858bd2c30df7e41ba5

Edited May 9May 9 by caulfield12

"He’s been here for a long time,” general manager Mike Hazen said on Friday. “He has no prior outright. So if we end up outrighting him, if we don’t trade or clear his waivers, then I feel like we’ll get a better version of him when he is down there. I feel like if we just optioned him, feeling like he’s buried sitting down there biding his time until he gets another opportunity, I wasn’t sure that we were going to get the best version.

“This is the opportunity we’ll have to get the best version of him if he’s still here. Obviously, we will see what kind of trade activity exists out there for him.”

AZ snake pit

yes I realize story above could have same quotes but Twitter is evil as well as blocked in China lol

Pass.

IMHO, Tristan Peters has earned the starting CF spot and he deserves it. He isn't Byron Buxton or some superstar, but he fits in with this roster and their style of play. Peters has shown excellent range in the outfield. He has plus speed and makes good breaks on balls hit to the gaps. I enjoy seeing his well placed bunts and it seems like he has an uncanny ability to hit off-speed pitches. That and he has proven to be a clutch player. It seems like Venable, who played CF, can see what we are seeing. That is why Acuna is on the bench waiting to be DFAed.

5 hours ago, tray said:

IMHO, Tristan Peters has earned the starting CF spot and he deserves it. He isn't Byron Buxton or some superstar, but he fits in with this roster and their style of play. Peters has shown excellent range in the outfield. He has plus speed and makes good breaks on balls hit to the gaps. I enjoy seeing his well placed bunts and it seems like he has an uncanny ability to hit off-speed pitches. That and he has proven to be a clutch player. It seems like Venable, who played CF, can see what we are seeing. That is why Acuna is on the bench waiting to be DFAed.

He's fine and better than Acuna. The corner spots are the black holes.

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

He's fine and better than Acuna. The corner spots are the black holes.

Antonacci has actually been pretty good as a non-traditional LF. Helps out at the top of the order. If Pereira could stay on the field, we’d get a better read on him. Braden will be up in a month or so to add yet another guy with a decent eye and power but a lot of in zone swing and miss to this team. The fact that they are scoring decently with 4.5 average to above average hitters is a good sign. Get Teel back and get a little more production from of/DH and this team could take off.

On 5/8/2026 at 4:38 PM, DoUEvenShift said:

Worth a shot?

Can't be worse than current OF situation. Local product and ties to organization too

I don’t know whether Thomas is the answer, but the Sox need to improve on the current outfield. Mediocre defense and power numbers. Our infield defense is pretty good but not the outfield.

12 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

A 17 year old Venezuelan outfielder that the Dodgers just signed in January. I guess Thomas is good enough to at least be a fourth outfielder? for the Dodgers.

8 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

A 17 year old Venezuelan outfielder that the Dodgers just signed in January. I guess Thomas is good enough to at least be a fourth outfielder? for the Dodgers.

Pages has the best fWAR in mlb.

Then you have Tucker and Teoscar.

Doesn't even count Edman and k*** Rodriguez.

That said, Ohtani's in a terrible slump now.

Edited Tuesday at 03:14 PM4 days by caulfield12

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Pages has the best fWAR.

Then you have Tucker and Teoscar.

Had to send Freeland back down, kept H.Kim with Betts returning.

Doesn't even count Edman and k*** Rodriguez.

Remember the past dreams of trading for Pages?

1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Remember the past dreams of trading for Pages?

Before that it was Outman...or Peterson.

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

A 17 year old Venezuelan outfielder that the Dodgers just signed in January. I guess Thomas is good enough to at least be a fourth outfielder? for the Dodgers.

Dodgers just have so many resources it doesn't even matter if they cut him in two weeks. They probably have a dozen 17 year old latin or asian guys of similar stock.

5 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Dodgers just have so many resources it doesn't even matter if they cut him in two weeks. They probably have a dozen 17 year old latin or asian guys of similar stock.

Well they definitely have four Top 100 outfield prospects in AA/AAAA they're not ready to bring up yet.

"It's a bad time to be a good outfield prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system. Forget the major league depth that the team has already accrued (hard as that may be to do with a group led by Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernández, and Andy Pages). The organizational depth chart is a who's who of top prospects: Josue De Paula, Zyhir Hope, Eduardo Quintero, Mike Sirota, Kendall George, Ryan Ward, and so many more."

Now there's James Tibbs as well...SF to Boston to LA, high draft pick.

Edited Tuesday at 10:41 PM3 days by caulfield12

20 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Well they definitely have four Top 100 outfield prospects in AA/AAAA they're not threads to bring up yet.

"It's a bad time to be a good outfield prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system. Forget the major league depth that the team has already accrued (hard as that may be to do with a group led by Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernández, and Andy Pages). The organizational depth chart is a who's who of top prospects: Josue De Paula, Zyhir Hope, Eduardo Quintero, Mike Sirota, Kendall George, Ryan Ward, and so many more."

Now there's James Tibbs as well...SF to Boston to LA, high draft pick.

Maybe we can do some business with them. We seem to have a deficit in that position.

12 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Maybe we can do some business with them. We seem to have a deficit in that position.

The main ask would be Davis Martin.

Maybe a reliever...as well.

13 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

The main ask would be Davis Martin.

Maybe a reliever...as well.

I'm thinking for a reliever or 2.
No use putting more resources into it at this point. Sox OF will sort itself out at some point (although a CF may be problematic).
If Martin goes, it's got to be for elite young pitching.

5 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I'm thinking for a reliever or 2.
No use putting more resources into it at this point. Sox OF will sort itself out at some point (although a CF may be problematic).
If Martin goes, it's got to be for elite young pitching.

You’re not getting any of those prospects in @caulfield12’s post for “a reliever or 2”, other than 28-year old Ryan Ward. Perhaps if one of the two relievers is Grant Taylor.

I also doubt you are going to get “elite” young pitching for Davis Martin. Would you trade Noah Shultz for Martin?

25 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

You’re not getting any of those prospects in @caulfield12’s post for “a reliever or 2”, other than 28-year old Ryan Ward. Perhaps if one of the two relievers is Grant Taylor.

I also doubt you are going to get “elite” young pitching for Davis Martin. Would you trade Noah Shultz for Martin?

Schultz is already in the bigs. Would you trade Mathias LaCombe, or maybe Yoikher Fajardo? How about a mixed up looking Christian Oppor? I have no dog in the fight, but I think every trade period is different. A couple teams hold onto the guys everybody was banking on being available, so then the next tier becomes a bit more valuable.

That being said, I really think they should hold onto Martin. Even with as much pitching we have in the pipeline, a bird in the hand....