July 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) MrFantasyExpert Fantasy Expert White Sox and Brewers still working out the specifics and all indications are the Gamel+prospect/s for Rios-salary/Thornton/Escobar is a go haha beat me to it. I have been waiting all day for an update, when I saw it pop up I could not believe it.
July 28, 201114 yr http://twitter.com/#!/MrFantasyExpert/...728052746293248 White Sox and Brewers still working out the specifics and all indications are the Gamel+prospect/s for Rios-salary/Thornton/Escobar is a go I don't know if I believe this, but it's all in good fun. It will all come out in the wash over the next 3 days. What's clear is if they trade Thornton and Quentin, they don't think they can get to 85 wins as currently constructed.
July 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) MrFantasyExpert Fantasy Expert White Sox and Brewers still working out the specifics and all indications are the Gamel+prospect/s for Rios-salary/Thornton/Escobar is a go How come no one else has picked this up yet if it is even remotely true?
July 28, 201114 yr Author MrFantasyExpert Fantasy Expert Beckham was reportedly asked about late last night, but the Brewers don't have a big enough piece besides Gamel the WS are interested in.
July 28, 201114 yr Hate to see Escobar go. Gamel could be 1st/3rd guy replacing Teahen's former job, imo.
July 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) How come no one else has picked this up yet if it is even remotely true? unlikely this is legit, could be but yeah......
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:57 PM) MrFantasyExpert Fantasy Expert Beckham was reportedly asked about late last night, but the Brewers don't have a big enough piece besides Gamel the WS are interested in. Yeah right...... This guy's credebility really takes a hit with that tweet.
July 29, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (beck72 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:59 PM) I'm taking it all in good fun. Maybe the kid knows something. I doubt it. Yeah, that.
July 29, 201114 yr if we can get rid of rios and get something decent in return i think i'll wet myself
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) How come no one else has picked this up yet if it is even remotely true? After how the EJax/Teahen deal broke, can we really doubt anything at this point?
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:02 PM) if we can get rid of rios and get something decent in return i think i'll wet myself As would most of us.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:02 PM) if we can get rid of rios and get something decent in return i think i'll wet myself Your only hope would be Gamel. The Brewers farm system is more empty than the Sox.
July 29, 201114 yr Beckham is .260 12 HR 60 RBI with above average D at 2B. He's no Weeks, though. I'd have asked for Lilli if I was Milwaukee. He's more versatile. CF/RF/LF/2B/SS in a pinch
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:07 PM) Beckham is .260 12 HR 60 RBI with Gold Glove D at 2B. He's no Weeks, though. I'd have asked for Lilli if I was Milwaukee. He's more versatile. CF/RF/LF/2B/SS in a pinch Fixed.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:05 PM) Your only hope would be Gamel. The Brewers farm system is more empty than the Sox. I'm sorry but I guess I'm missing something, don't the brewers already have 3 better outfielders than rios unless one of them is hurt? Rios isn't having a quarter of the season that Morgan is.
July 29, 201114 yr Gamel: 67 strikeouts in 171 major league at bats. Watching Adam Dunn whiff isn't enough for Kenny Stanford. We need more? Kenny is such a brilliant guy he sees a game that I cannot see.
July 29, 201114 yr How amazing would the Brewers bullpen look with Thornton adding to K-Rod and Axford, untouchable final 3 innings of a game possibly.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:00 PM) Yeah right...... This guy's credebility really takes a hit with that tweet. With Ricky Weeks on the team, yes he does.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:03 PM) After how the EJax/Teahen deal broke, can we really doubt anything at this point? That didn't take 24 hours for someone legit to pick up.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) With Ricky Weeks on the team, yes he does. and like it was mentioned,they have nyjer morgan whos doing better than rios is. so doesnt make much sense at all
July 29, 201114 yr Well, the Brewers have Nyjer Morgan and Carlos Gomez as their CFers. It wouldn't hurt for them to take on Rios' salary and hope he turns it around.
July 29, 201114 yr The only thing dumber than trading a player at his lowest point possible is eating almost all of a player's salary and then trading him at his lowest point possible. Throwing Thornton and Escobar in the deal too? Come on. This is total bulls***. As bad as Rios has been, we've seen this movie before after he came over from Toronto. The following season he was amazing in the first half, and although he fell off in the second half, the overall numbers were there. If Rios is just decent for the first half in 2012 then we should probably be able to move him without having to eat half of what we'd have to eat right now, which I imagine would be about 75% of that deal. Now I could see including talent to get another team to absorb Rios for nothing just to cut the 2012 payroll, but I really fail to see what such a deal as this would accomplish. It would be a terrible reactionary move that would probably just hurt us further. But yeah, total bulls***. Now if the rumor was Rios + Sale + prospects for junk, then I could see the Brewers having interest because then there is a very good chance they're getting $12M kind of value. But Thornton? They're going to take on an old highly paid reliever to offset a bad contract? That doesn't make any f***ing sense. And Escobar is nowhere near the kind of prospect that you take on a very bad deal to acquire. Mr. FantasyExpert really is an expert in fantasy.
July 29, 201114 yr I'm gonna say right now that there is no way that the Sox will ever eat that much of anyone's contract.
July 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jul 28, 2011 -> 07:27 PM) and like it was mentioned,they have nyjer morgan whos doing better than rios is. so doesnt make much sense at all If we don't like Juan Pierre now, why the hell should Brewers fans like Juan Pierre Junior?
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