11 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I'll save my angst for when we package young players for an average starter

Sush up

6 hours ago, hi8is said:

I really hope there are condos so I can basically live at the new stadium.

Need a roommate? Bunk beds or queen size bed? I’ll let you choose…

1 hour ago, Chick Mercedes said:

As long as you get him at the end of the day. And they did. And they took a risk, for a player for reasons I am not a fan of fwiw. On top of a much bigger need. That’s all. I keep hearing that they were worried about losing Thome to another team instead of focusing on Prosek. Interesting.

Why is that interesting? Are you saying Prosek is the better prospect?

7 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Why is that interesting? Are you saying Prosek is the better prospect?

Prosek is largely considered the better prospect. I think Law is the only one who has Thome ahead of him.

1 hour ago, GreenSox said:

I am surprised by the angst about this. I was and proponent of Gonzales in May on and he hasn't disappointed me. And of course the idea to trade him would come up and the near universal sentiment was that a couple of good months in Charlotte didn't create trade value. In Chicago, he wasn't overmatched, but he didn't wow either; and he never played middle infield. So how much trade value did he really build up?
And then the reality is that he just wasn't on Getz' A-team (sending him back down was the final statement on that). Getz may be wrong about that, and perhaps other teams saw him more favorably, and, thus might have paid more. But I could also see scenarios where they let him linger in AAA for a while, and whatever value there is wastes away.
I'll save my angst for when we package young players for an average starter....

If it were up to you they would never make a trade

51 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Prosek is largely considered the better prospect. I think Law is the only one who has Thome ahead of him.

Thanks. I saw Law’s ranking and figured it was more split among the evaluators. Didn’t realize nobody else had Thome ahead.

2 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said:

As long as you get him at the end of the day. And they did. And they took a risk, for a player for reasons I am not a fan of fwiw. On top of a much bigger need. That’s all. I keep hearing that they were worried about losing Thome to another team instead of focusing on Prosek. Interesting.

I think Thome was happening no matter what. The whole world knew it. Guessing this fit his slot bonus better, and their intel was that Thome might not make it to 41 (Yankees at 35) while Prosek would. Prosek DID make it through.

1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

If it were up to you they would never make a trade

I love trades. But I hate young-for-old trades that seem to be all anyone can come up with this time of year.
Those trades destroyed us over the past decade (and beyond): Samardzija, Shields.....Kimbrel trade was the kill shot of the last playoff edition, and it would have set this edition back another 2 years had the Cubs picked Crochet instead of Madrigal.
Yea, let's do more of that.

Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by GreenSox

1 hour ago, GreenSox said:

I love trades. But I hate young-for-old trades that seem to be all anyone can come up with this time of year.
Those trades destroyed us over the past decade (and beyond): Samardzija, Shields.....Kimbrel trade was the kill shot of the last playoff edition, and it would have set this edition back another 2 years had the Cubs picked Crochet instead of Madrigal.
Yea, let's do more of that.

It's too bad they never got rid of that GM and VP of baseball operations. Woe is us.

3 hours ago, GreenSox said:

I love trades. But I hate young-for-old trades that seem to be all anyone can come up with this time of year.
Those trades destroyed us over the past decade (and beyond): Samardzija, Shields.....Kimbrel trade was the kill shot of the last playoff edition, and it would have set this edition back another 2 years had the Cubs picked Crochet instead of Madrigal.
Yea, let's do more of that.

Sammy Sosa to the Cubs for George Bell was the grand poppy of them all! I can still remember Hawk talking about how great it was to have a “professional hitter” like Bell in the lineup that year.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Chick Mercedes

19 hours ago, hi8is said:

I really hope there are condos so I can basically live at the new stadium.

Let's get a move on with the stadium or I will need an assisted living high rise.

9 hours ago, WestEddy said:

It's too bad they never got rid of that GM and VP of baseball operations. Woe is us.

Rick Hahn = Ted Phillips, great bean counters but out of their element.

Kenny Williams = John Paxton, both should have been launched much earlier.

13 hours ago, hi8is said:

Sush up

Don’t worry he isn’t saving any angst lol