Wonder how many times she witnessed Cy Chen go 7 scoreless vs. The Sox

27 minutes ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:

Wonder how many times she witnessed Cy Chen go 7 scoreless vs. The Sox

Sounds like Chen is the one about to go scoreless

I'm reading that the Reds are going to trade De La Cruz. I wonder if Getz would try and trade for him.

58 minutes ago, WBWSF said:

I'm reading that the Reds are going to trade De La Cruz. I wonder if Getz would try and trade for him.

Sox are probably the last team that would go after him

3 hours ago, WBWSF said:

I'm reading that the Reds are going to trade De La Cruz. I wonder if Getz would try and trade for him.

You'll get mediocrity or more bargain bin retreads and like it!!! 😄

He's a very good player but the Sox need pitching, pitching and more pitching more than another infielder.

Edited yesterday at 01:12 AM1 day by Lip Man 1

3 hours ago, WBWSF said:

I'm reading that the Reds are going to trade De La Cruz. I wonder if Getz would try and trade for him.

Does he have a little brother or cousin I can interest you in?

Sign 1 or 2 starters.
Trade for young pitching.
Don't be on the RedSox side of a Crochet trade.
No one-year wonders.

10 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Sign 1 or 2 starters.
Trade for young pitching.
Don't be on the RedSox side of a Crochet trade.
No one-year wonders.

This is the equal of

Put up money for retirement

Win the lottery

In other words, you aren't trading for "young pitching" without giving up a significant amount in return, especially if that young pitching is also good young pitching

24 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Sign 1 or 2 starters.
Trade for young pitching.
Don't be on the RedSox side of a Crochet trade.
No one-year wonders.

Trade “what” for young pitching? Strikeout King Colson?

37 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Sign 1 or 2 starters.
Trade for young pitching.
Don't be on the RedSox side of a Crochet trade.
No one-year wonders.

If you do the first thing, you don't really need to do the second. Especially if you sign 2.

I'm so annoyed that I can't get any energy about who should be signed knowing we are headed for the lockout.

9 minutes ago, bmags said:

I'm so annoyed that I can't get any energy about who should be signed knowing we are headed for the lockout.

Agreed. I hope they can make a few moves before the lockout happens so we can at least talk about those.

13 minutes ago, bmags said:

I'm so annoyed that I can't get any energy about who should be signed knowing we are headed for the lockout.

I feel this honestly.

Everyone expected a ton of activity quickly and so far pretty much crickets. Is this the owners, wink wink no collusion, freezing the players? Maybe I am just cynical. Did see MLB ranked rosters and Sox came in at #20.

34 minutes ago, BamaDoc said:

Everyone expected a ton of activity quickly and so far pretty much crickets. Is this the owners, wink wink no collusion, freezing the players? Maybe I am just cynical. Did see MLB ranked rosters and Sox came in at #20.

Again, this is what happened in the last Big One.

43 minutes ago, BamaDoc said:

Everyone expected a ton of activity quickly and so far pretty much crickets. Is this the owners, wink wink no collusion, freezing the players? Maybe I am just cynical. Did see MLB ranked rosters and Sox came in at #20.

There’s still over 3 weeks until the lockout. Honestly the week leading up last time is when there were a ton of moves. Off-season just started.

2 hours ago, BamaDoc said:

Everyone expected a ton of activity quickly and so far pretty much crickets. Is this the owners, wink wink no collusion, freezing the players? Maybe I am just cynical. Did see MLB ranked rosters and Sox came in at #20.

20. White Sox

Top free agents: SP Erick Fedde, OF Randal Grichuk, RP Sean Newcomb
Biggest needs: Rotation, bullpen, corner outfield

How to build on one of the most incredible rebound seasons in baseball history? It probably starts with not thinking you’ve fully arrived, and realizing how much further there is to go. That seems to be exactly how they’re approaching this winter, and it’s with a roster that’s pretty easy to eyeball. The infield was excellent, and should continue to be, given how many of their young prospects play on the dirt. The outfield was OK, but there’s probably a case to be made to add a veteran corner option to not rely too heavily on Braden Montgomery and Sam Antonacci. 

And the pitching? Well, this is all of it. You saw the playoff push where they tried to make a staff out of essentially one starter (Sean Burke), and that’s simply not tenable over a full season. It already wasn’t, really; their rotation in August had an eye-popping 6.21 ERA, and September was only a little better. There’s a lot of optimism that this can keep going. It’s going to require some outside pitching help.

2 hours ago, BamaDoc said:

Everyone expected a ton of activity quickly and so far pretty much crickets. Is this the owners, wink wink no collusion, freezing the players? Maybe I am just cynical. Did see MLB ranked rosters and Sox came in at #20.

Don't the GM meetings start tomorrow? Usually, the activity happens at the December meetings, but I think I read they expect this week to be where the action takes place.