I thought I heard Chuck say on the post-game show that the Sox have the 4th lowest output offensively for catching in the history of baseball.

That can't be right, mind-boggling.

Okay with trading Carlson. Would be upset if they traded Caleb.

5 minutes ago, Falstaff said:

I thought I heard Chuck say on the post-game show that the Sox have the 4th lowest output offensively for catching in the history of baseball.

That can't be right, mind-boggling.

While I would trade neither Bonemer nor Carlson this July (except perhaps for Miller, if projected as a starter going forward), I would trade Bonemer first. I would not trade Carlson. I've shifted on this.

1. Bonemer would bring more in return. He is higher ranked, closer to the majors. He should bring a ton.

2. We already have Bergolla (who could be traded too) and Roch close to the majors. C

3. Carlson is an elite defender. The best of the best. It would be great to have that and we need it.

4. I think Carlson has a higher ceiling, if they can fix his swing hitch.

23 minutes ago, Falstaff said:

I thought I heard Chuck say on the post-game show that the Sox have the 4th lowest output offensively for catching in the history of baseball.

That can't be right, mind-boggling.

Didn't realize that. That...really bad.

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

Sox also want a catcher. Obviously.

This is interesting to me. I know Quero has been bad but what catcher can they obtain that would/should be much better than Quero, assuming Quero hits his way out of his slump? Seems like it would be an expensive price to pay.

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10 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

He's very White Sox coded.

45 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

While I would trade neither Bonemer nor Carlson this July (except perhaps for Miller, if projected as a starter going forward), I would trade Bonemer first. I would not trade Carlson. I've shifted on this.

1. Bonemer would bring more in return. He is higher ranked, closer to the majors. He should bring a ton.

2. We already have Bergolla (who could be traded too) and Roch close to the majors. C

3. Carlson is an elite defender. The best of the best. It would be great to have that and we need it.

4. I think Carlson has a higher ceiling, if they can fix his swing hitch.

Fixing Carlson’s swing is a massive question mark. Bonemer is going to be a stud hitter in the majors. Carlson may have a higher theoretical ceiling simply due to how good his defense, but the odds of him achieving it are significantly less than Caleb doing so.

I also don’t think “infield defense” is a massive need when you have Roch at SS, Colson at 3B, Chase at 2B, & Vargas at 1B. That’s a damn good defensive infield.

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23 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

This is interesting to me. I know Quero has been bad but what catcher can they obtain that would/should be much better than Quero, assuming Quero hits his way out of his slump? Seems like it would be an expensive price to pay.

What would be an expensive price to pay? Quero has been terrible this year and hasn’t shown any signs of breaking out of his funk. Seems like that will need to be an offseason project.

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Quero has been terrible this year and hasn’t shown any signs of breaking out of his funk. Seems like that will need to be an offseason project.

Maybe he can try Driveline

19 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

I would really hate trading a velocity-bumped Mason Adams for a rental catcher

4 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I would really hate trading a velocity-bumped Mason Adams for a rental catcher

We kind of need a Mason Adams at the moment. Would be strange if we traded him for a rental catcher than we need for 2 months.

Offensively Stephenson makes a lot of sense since he doesn’t have huge splits either way and can pair with what we have currently or Teel if he comes back.