3 hours ago3 hr 5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Not really. The Padres have just about the last ranked farm system in all of baseball so you have to factor that in. Neither prospect is a top 100 prospect in the MLB. So the #4 prospect in a very weak system doesn’t mean all that much and the #9 is almost nothing.https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/robbie-ray-trade-grades-padres-giants/“MLB Pipeline ranked Mendez and Hernandez as the No. 4 and No. 9 prospects in San Diego's system, respectively. That said, the Padres have a very thin farm system. Their No. 4 prospect would be the No. 10 or 11 prospect in many other organizations.“Wow - that’s wild then. Ray wasn’t someone I really thought fit well with our ballpark - so I’m not upset.It also seems to me that the Sox decided that rather than needing two starting pitchers, they trust what they’ve seen from Schultz and Thorpe.Here’s to hoping they were right.
3 hours ago3 hr 5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Not really. The Padres have just about the last ranked farm system in all of baseball so you have to factor that in. Neither prospect is a top 100 prospect in the MLB. So the #4 prospect in a very weak system doesn’t mean all that much and the #9 is almost nothing.https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/robbie-ray-trade-grades-padres-giants/“MLB Pipeline ranked Mendez and Hernandez as the No. 4 and No. 9 prospects in San Diego's system, respectively. That said, the Padres have a very thin farm system. Their No. 4 prospect would be the No. 10 or 11 prospect in many other organizations.“So very similar to what we gave up for Castillo, without Anthony.
1 hour ago1 hr https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-grading-every-teams-deadline-results-from-an-a-for-the-dodgers-to-an-f-for-the-reds-035645133.html#jump-link-st-louis-cardinals-bBrewers Mets Reds ripped to shredsPadres Dodgers Cubs among the winners
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