11 hours ago, Lukakke Appling said:

They should and I almost guarantee they will. To what extent, we shall see. To suggest selling when you’re in first place is insane though. Are we White Flag fans or White Sox fans?

It’s absolutely cowardly

10 hours ago, Baseball Gal said:

I did not know they had that much time left.

I could have sworn that Martin only had 2-3 years left and I had no idea about Burke.

Definitely don’t do any research and instead suggest panic trading your only two good SPs who happen to be controllable. And even worse, we have an entire positional core in place and you want to waste that by nuking our pitching staff. Make it make sense people.

I wouldn't trade for any rentals unless it's an incredibly low cost. Completely fine with them landing a big fish with two or more years of control, just don't want to see Caleb traded.

2 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

According to Bob, the Sox are telling teams they won't trade any of their top 10 prospects, but will assume money. It seems to be a reasonable stavce.

For rentals, that is 100% the right stance.

2 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

According to Bob, the Sox are telling teams they won't trade any of their top 10 prospects, but will assume money. It seems to be a reasonable stavce.

Alejandro Kirk is owed 12.3M the next 4 years, would Toronto or the Sox be interested ?

The trades will likely be in the works or done before the Yankees and Rays series is complete. For people who still aren't believers, we are the only team in baseball to avoid a four game losing streak. That suggests longevity.

13 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

The trades will likely be in the works or done before the Yankees and Rays series is complete. For people who still aren't believers, we are the only team in baseball to avoid a four game losing streak. That suggests longevity.

People continue ignoring this and simply overreact to streaks. The offense is going through a power outage, once that changes so will the optimism around this team. Personally, I have been very happy with the pitching as of late. The bullpen is really coming together and Martin looks like a solid #3 SP even if his ace like run in the 1H was unstainable. This team is legit and is a few moves away from being serious contenders. We need to buy buy buy.

I wonder if Getz could work a trade for Hunter Goodman from the Rockies. That would be a game changer.

An identical thread was posted 2 weeks ago after getting swept by the Red Sox. (on their way to a historic 15 game winning streak)

Since then the Sox are 7-4 (.636).
4-4 since the break, despite a serious slump in power from a team that was hovering near the top of the league in HR's. As was pointed out, the Sox are the only team yet to lose more than 3 in a row. People need to stop getting their panties in a bunch for 2 or 3 L's.

Obviously if the right deal is on the table to improve the team now and in the future with a controllable player Getz should do that.

But for the most part I don’t want him being aggressive with dealing any of our top prospects. We’re only like 75% done this rebuild, don’t rush it just because some are getting overexcited with our unexpected early success. I think this team is 3/4 key players away from being true WS contenders.

Just stabilize the pitching staff enough to give the kids a legit shot to get experience in the playoffs would be the route I’d go. A rental SP and RP without giving up any top prospects.

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Definitely don’t do any research and instead suggest panic trading your only two good SPs who happen to be controllable. And even worse, we have an entire positional core in place and you want to waste that by nuking our pitching staff. Make it make sense people.

Finally SoxTalk's chi is back to an equilibrium. It was unbalanced with the loss of that extreme pessimism. I tried my best to make up for it, but I'm only one man.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by ron883

FWIW, I don't think any team should buy at all costs. Even the dodgers have their limits.

The bottom line is they should be buying something, or it will show the players the front office doesn't believe in them. But trading their best prospects at this point would be shortsighted. A year from now, that could be very different.

After Teel's third injury, I am thinking that the Sox brass may have moved on from considering him as the starting catcher for the next few seasons. IF that is the case, then a trade for Hunter Goodman, for example might make sense. Then Goodman become the starting catcher with Teel as back-up. It is what it is. Teel's legs have not held up and that cannot be ignored.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/25/chicago-white-sox-crossroads-trade-deadline/

4 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

According to Bob, the Sox are telling teams they won't trade any of their top 10 prospects, but will assume money. It seems to be a reasonable stavce.

This makes me think Robbie Ray, which I’m all for. Get a lefty arm for the Guardian series’.

44 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

The bottom line is they should be buying something, or it will show the players the front office doesn't believe in them. But trading their best prospects at this point would be shortsighted. A year from now, that could be very different.

Right, and it would also be a slap in the face to the fans.

48 minutes ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Right, and it would also be a slap in the face to the fans.

That definitely should factor in although I'd say it shouldn't be the main one.

1 hour ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Right, and it would also be a slap in the face to the fans.

The fans say stand pat

4 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Definitely don’t do any research and instead suggest panic trading your only two good SPs who happen to be controllable. And even worse, we have an entire positional core in place and you want to waste that by nuking our pitching staff. Make it make sense people.

My bad. I should have gone to fangraphs before posting that.

Move along, I'm embarrassed about it. I deserve the flak I get for that one.

I remain in the stand pat category.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Baseball Gal

2 hours ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Right, and it would also be a slap in the face to the fans.

It's a bigger slap in the face to be perpetually middling because you keep sacrificing future success for the present day. Sox and Bulls fans should know this feeling well that the path to success isn't found by going all in too early. That's the path to being the Anaheim Angels.

10 minutes ago, nrockway said:

It's a bigger slap in the face to be perpetually middling because you keep sacrificing future success for the present day. Sox and Bulls fans should know this feeling well that the path to success isn't found by going all in too early. That's the path to being the Anaheim Angels.

I don’t recall saying anything about going all-in. You can be buyers without blowing your load. I think the report Dick Allen posted about not trading top prospects and using financial flexibility is the way to go. Standing pat is cowardly and selling is just idiotic. I agree going all-in would be ill advised as well.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Lukakke Appling

7 minutes ago, Lukakke Appling said:

I don’t recall saying anything about going all-in. You can be buyers without blowing your load.

Like who and what does it cost? Because the board is tripping over itself to give up top players in the system for mediocre pitching.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by nrockway

3 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Like who and what does it cost?

I edited my post to be more specific about the types I mean. I’m not going to waste time thinking about specific players bc it’s pointless.

4 minutes ago, Lukakke Appling said:

I edited my post to be more specific about the types I mean. I’m not going to waste time thinking about specific players bc it’s pointless.

I dunno why it's more of a pointless waste of time than any post on a baseball forum. But I won't feel slapped in the face if they don't trade Carlson for 30 innings of a 5th starter.