Interesting wrinkle in the Sonny Gray sweepstakes. He has a full No Trade clause but has expressed an openness to potentially forgoe it. Location is key to him apparently and that could give certain clubs an advantage. He’s based in Nashville, which is a very short flight from Chicago. Outside of the Braves, we may have a geographic edge over most other competitors. And when you combine his NTC and his financial obligations, his market & cost might be much smaller than one thinks. He’s also ineligible for a qualifying offer, so the Red Sox will be motivated to move him.

He may not be the sexiest option, but if the price is right, he could be the ideal bridge to a more impactful free agent SP next offseason. Getz needs to make this happen!

6 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Interesting wrinkle in the Sonny Gray sweepstakes. He has a full No Trade clause but has expressed an openness to potentially forgoe it. Location is key to him apparently and that could give certain clubs an advantage. He’s based in Nashville, which is a very short flight from Chicago. Outside of the Braves, we may have a geographic edge over most other competitors. And when you combine his NTC and his financial obligations, his market & cost might be much smaller than one thinks. He’s also ineligible for a qualifying offer, so the Red Sox will be motivated to move him.

He may not be the sexiest option, but if the price is right, he could be the ideal bridge to a more impactful free agent SP next offseason. Getz needs to make this happen!

Whenever this happens, we all agree that we need to give full credit to Vasil’s magic wand for trolling purposes, right?

50 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Interesting wrinkle in the Sonny Gray sweepstakes. He has a full No Trade clause but has expressed an openness to potentially forgoe it. Location is key to him apparently and that could give certain clubs an advantage. He’s based in Nashville, which is a very short flight from Chicago.

"Did somebody say move to Nashville?" - Reinsdorf

Ryan McGuffey says that increase in attendance means its going straight to payroll so take it for what its worth . He said it on the ReKap podcast after the 22-1 win so unless you want to hear Guff rave about that win , forward the video to 6:20 way near the end to hear him say that. I've seen other sources that say revenue is way up but the question has always been that as a lameduck owner will JR actually spend it on payroll. Sorry I can't provide other links about revenvues being up. So if you have any tweets, podcasts, articles etc. , I think it's relevant to trade talks.

13 hours ago, Falstaff said:

Would Boston consider trading Garrett Whitlock? He would be a nice addition to the pen.

I think I suggested that around a week ago. I also suggested that the Sox would get Kenley Jansen but he's as bad as Seranthony with 9 saves and 4 blown saves . He's got an OK WHIP 1.385 so that means he just gets hit around with a 4.38 ERA.

Keep your eye on Jacob Latz of the Rangers. He's 30 years old and not Arb Eligible until next year. FA in 2031. He's also from Lemont so Sox may already have eyes on him. 16 saves 2 BS, 1.85 ERA , .067 WHIP.

Rangers are a game below .500 and 3rd in the Wild Card race so they have to start losing for Latz to possibly be available. This is his 1st year as a closer.

Our old buddy Yoendrys Gomez has 7 saves and 0 blown saves for MN. 1.263 WHIP, 3.55 ERA Still just 26 . Not Arb Eligible till 2029. Don't know about his options.

Whitlock is a FA next year . 0 saves. 26.2 IP , 30 K , 1.050 WHIP. Really has come into his own the last 3 years as a setup guy.