1 minute ago, SoxBlanco said:

I figured they threw in Smith because Castillo is decent and Dominguez sucks.

was very decent...but not so much this year

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

was very decent...but not so much this year

I was referring to this year. I would have said Castillo is good if talking about past years.

2 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

I figured they threw in Smith because Castillo is decent and Dominguez sucks.

One of two things occurred. Either #1, they thought the Dominguez was worth his contract and it STILL cost them Smith, or Dominguez is worth less than his contract so it took a prospect the level 9f Smith to make it balance. 8f Castillo was a pure dump, Smith wasn't necessary.

1 hour ago, SoxBlanco said:

I figured they threw in Smith because Castillo is decent and Dominguez sucks.

39 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

One of two things occurred. Either #1, they thought the Dominguez was worth his contract and it STILL cost them Smith, or Dominguez is worth less than his contract so it took a prospect the level 9f Smith to make it balance. 8f Castillo was a pure dump, Smith wasn't necessary.

I guess I just feel like the return was fair and reasonable and don't really see an issue with it.

1 hour ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I guess I just feel like the return was fair and reasonable and don't really see an issue with it.

-0.9 bWAR is worth twice Benintendi money?

2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I guess I just feel like the return was fair and reasonable and don't really see an issue with it.

But of course. But the question was could the Sox have sent less if they didn't include a bad deal to save money on Castillo.

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

But of course. But the question was could the Sox have sent less if they didn't include a bad deal to save money on Castillo.

Only the Shadow knows...

it will be a refreshing change when the White Sox are the team buying players instead of leveraging the farm system as per usual

Boston Smith with 3 HRs in 4 games in AA with Seattle 👍

14 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Boston Smith with 3 HRs in 4 games in AA with Seattle 👍

Brutal…

Maybe James will apologize. 🤣

And don’t forget, Getz paid $2 million for Seranthony’s buyout and didn’t get any cash back from the Mariners. Pathetic.

When will the Sox finally understand that you don’t get better by acquiring old fucks? Baseball is a young man’s game.

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6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Brutal…

Maybe James will apologize. 🤣

And don’t forget, Getz paid $2 million for Seranthony’s buyout and didn’t get any cash back from the Mariners. Pathetic.

When will the Sox finally understand that you don’t get better acquiring old fucks? Baseball is a young man’s game.

He was wrong on this one,

14 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

-0.9 bWAR is worth twice Benintendi money?

I'm guessing they see it as Castillo being worth around $13 million next year which is basically what they're paying without Dominguez on their books.

14 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

But of course. But the question was could the Sox have sent less if they didn't include a bad deal to save money on Castillo.

So you're saying take all the money on Dominguez and Castillo and keep Boston Smith?

11 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Brutal…

Maybe James will apologize. 🤣

And don’t forget, Getz paid $2 million for Seranthony’s buyout and didn’t get any cash back from the Mariners. Pathetic.

When will the Sox finally understand that you don’t get better by acquiring old fucks? Baseball is a young man’s game.

Apologize for what? I think Boston Smith is an interesting prospect. Was going to rank 15 for us. He's the 15th best prospect in a bottom 10 system right now. He can hit but I'm not sure if he has a defensive position and now he's in the ultra inflated PCL. I think he's probably a big league bench bat in the end.

5 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I'm guessing they see it as Castillo being worth around $13 million next year which is basically what they're paying without Dominguez on their books.

So you're saying take all the money on Dominguez and Castillo and keep Boston Smith?

Apologize for what? I think Boston Smith is an interesting prospect. Was going to rank 15 for us. He's the 15th best prospect in a bottom 10 system right now. He can hit but I'm not sure if he has a defensive position and now he's in the ultra inflated PCL. I think he's probably a big league bench bat in the end.

Jimmy what is Mune's HR total with you in attendance? I thought I saw you say he has homered when you are at the Rate.

1 minute ago, Falstaff said:

Jimmy what is Mune's HR total with you in attendance? I thought I saw you say he has homered when you are at the Rate.

LOL good question. I saw him twice in Milwaukee and he homered both times. Saw him twice previously at The Rate and he homered the first time. He didn't homer against Hunter Brown that night but he obviously hit another last night. So I've seen him 5 times and he's hit like 4 homers.

27 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I'm guessing they see it as Castillo being worth around $13 million next year which is basically what they're paying without Dominguez on their books.

So you're saying take all the money on Dominguez and Castillo and keep Boston Smith?

Apologize for what? I think Boston Smith is an interesting prospect. Was going to rank 15 for us. He's the 15th best prospect in a bottom 10 system right now. He can hit but I'm not sure if he has a defensive position and now he's in the ultra inflated PCL. I think he's probably a big league bench bat in the end.

Exactly. Attendance is up 25% Take on some money, save the prospect.

21 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Exactly. Attendance is up 25% Take on some money, save the prospect.

Fair point. I'd prefer that Seranthony Dominguez not be on the Sox anymore so I was fine with that part of the trade. We'll take Castillo and give you a middle of pack prospect if you also take Dominguez just seems fair to me, personally.

2 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Fair point. I'd prefer that Seranthony Dominguez not be on the Sox anymore so I was fine with that part of the trade. We'll take Castillo and give you a middle of pack prospect if you also take Dominguez just seems fair to me, personally.

If we were a desperately overfinanced team that had to dump salary, sure

6 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Fair point. I'd prefer that Seranthony Dominguez not be on the Sox anymore so I was fine with that part of the trade. We'll take Castillo and give you a middle of pack prospect if you also take Dominguez just seems fair to me, personally.

Agreed. I think people are considering him a top prospect (maybe subconsciously) because of the heater he has been on at the plate. I don’t think enough people are considering where he will play defensively.

Has anyone here actually seen Boston Smith play defense? I have not. You get a bat like that, you keep it. He minds me of Mike Piazza in his early stages. Now he's in the Hall. He might be a little rough around the edges on defense. So what? Mariners got what they wanted. For us, it's a stupid trade.

30 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

If we were a desperately overfinanced team that had to dump salary, sure

So what would you have done with Dominguez? Paid for him and Castillo? I'm just confused as to what fantasy land alternative is being proposed.

24 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Agreed. I think people are considering him a top prospect (maybe subconsciously) because of the heater he has been on at the plate. I don’t think enough people are considering where he will play defensively.

Of course they aren't considering that. He's the 15th best prospect in a bottom third system. It's fine.

14 minutes ago, oldsox said:

Has anyone here actually seen Boston Smith play defense? I have not. You get a bat like that, you keep it. He minds me of Mike Piazza in his early stages. Now he's in the Hall. He might be a little rough around the edges on defense. So what? Mariners got what they wanted. For us, it's a stupid trade.

This is insane.