1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

We wasted our best pitching prospect on a 28 year old CF that can’t hit a lick.

🙄

4 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Like I posted after watching the Sox Machine podcast after the Castillo deal Fegan reported that talking to his White Sox sources they told him the Sox have no plans to call up either of the two players you cite for what it's worth.

Are you sure? In that interview I thought I heard him saying it WAS a possibility.

Griffin is a free agent next year. Just saying....

How about this? Cleveland has not been known in recent seasons to be particularly busy at deadline time, but they were as active as any team in the wild-card mix over the past few days. Naylor no longer had a path to playing time, so flipping him for an intriguing strikeout artist in Yoho made sense to bolster the bullpen. Adell has not had a great year but brings rare bat speed to a lineup desperate for some thump and is under team control for 2027 as well. Lowe was crushing right-handers (.885 OPS) with Cincinnati, providing a veteran lefty bat to boost the Guardians' first-base production, which has been sorely lacking. 

Finally, the Guardians made a surprising swap with Washington, leveraging the depth of their farm system to add an All-Star lefty in Griffin, who gives them a much more capable rotation option behind their terrific top two of Parker Messick and Gavin Williams, as Tanner Bibee, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo have been admirably durable but maddeningly inconsistent this season. All in all, it wasn't the splashiest deadline for the Guardians, but they got meaningfully better, which is no small achievement in a weak and winnable AL Central.

18 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

Griffin is a free agent next year. Just saying....

"A 2027 qualifying offer for Griffin would be around $22-23 million, about four times the value of his current deal. If Griffin did not accept a qualifying offer from the Nationals, the Nats would receive a Draft pick should he sign with another club."

(Doubt CLE exercises that option unless the FA/QO system completely changes.)

That said, he's only costing them less than the Sox owe Austin Hays for the remainder of the season.

6 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Not really moved by the Guards getting a solid arm, they always have those.

as Tanner Bibee, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo have been admirably durable but maddeningly inconsistent this season

5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

We wasted our best pitching prospect on a 28 year old CF that can’t hit a lick.

Derek Hill of course hits a Grand Slam for the Phillies on the same day to win a game for them...

14 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

as Tanner Bibee, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo have been admirably durable but maddeningly inconsistent this season

Cantillo has a lower FIP/xERA, so I'd probably slot Griffin in behind him as marginally better than Bibee?

Just think I'd rather them have 2 months of a 31yo rental than see whatever they would have turned Dion into. He's had a pretty unlucky high BABIP (.385) and low strand rate (62%), but his K/9 and expected FIP/ERA are impressive.

Their new bats will probably have more impact, especially while they wait for JRam to get going again. They have 10 losses when allowing 2 or fewer runs, T-most in MLB with the Mets.

6 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Like I posted after watching the Sox Machine podcast after the Castillo deal Fegan reported that talking to his White Sox sources they told him the Sox have no plans to call up either of the two players you cite for what it's worth.

Listen to the Sox machine podcast again - you must have misheard.

“Following the acquisition of Luis Castillo, Fegan highlighted that rather than chasing expensive external leverage relief, the White Sox view Smith and McDougal in Triple-A as internal bullpen solutions to bolster their relief corps.”