WestEddy

That entire first round was ass. Will Smith at #32 is the only player to reliably produce.

I doubt Milwaukee is going to hang back, thinking they could "fleece" Getz, and take a chance on the Cubs swooping in, and then signing Crochet to a 6 year deal. All teams are hoarding top hitting prospects, the one thing Getz is looking for.

Just being argumentative, but Thorpe and Berroa could quite possibly be on the next contending team.

And we did get something out of Soroka and Lopez. We got a replacement level veteran 2B/utility infielder for $200k less than the Royals paid for Adam Frazier (same production), and they got to take a flier on Soroka, which would have paid off, if he hadn't gotten injured. Soroka might have been cheaper than if he went through free agency. I'm still waiting for anyone to post a similar trade where somebody traded a seemingly cooked reliever for a knockout package of prospects and/or reclamation projects who were all cheaper than just signing free agents. Or maybe a rumor where Boston was trying to throw 3 prospects at us for the privilege of fixing Bummer.

Soroka was a fix and flip gamble. He actually would have brought back a player like Banks did if he wasn't in the IL. Soroka was a good piece to get. It was a fine trade.

All anybody talked about for Bummer was ... maybe a prospect and a flier. Well, they got Gowens (prospect) and Shuster (flier). Soroka would have cost as much if they grabbed him on waivers. Lopez might have been a little cheaper. Adam Frazier was a free agent utility infielder - signed for $4.5 million. Nicky Lopez was $4.3 million. So, maybe the Sox could have waited out waivers and free agency, and have gotten Nicky Lopez for $100k cheaper? I think people are complaining about the Bummer trade just to complain about it.

I seem to remember reading that as the Phillies fell out of first place in 1964, Dick Allen became a focus of the press, even though the guy hit .419/.471/.710 from 9/18 through the end of the season.

I agree with most of this. Shuster is league minimum for the next 2 seasons. He's a cheap body to eat up innings. Soroka made MLBTR's top 50 free agent list ahead of David Robinson and Tommy Kahnle. Turning Bummer into 3 bullpen arms is a fine trade. I would love to see all of these system-emptying trades everybody knows were on the table for Bummer.

Not a lot of 23-year-old, high-upside arms with 6 years of control and 3 options coming through the waiver wire.

The Sun-Times took down their paywall for election week. These articles should all be accessible.

Just a note that the Sun-Times is opening up their site for election week. Any baseball articles you want to read should be free.

Or there are times that it's easier to slip guys through waivers. Like the deadline for players to be added to the 40-man for the Rule 5 draft.

And after maybe cutting Sheets/Lopez/Anderson/Scholtens/Shewmake and maybe a Crochet trade, they have ample slots on the 40-man to mess around with waiver pick-ups and Rule 5 dudes.

They have 2 slots open on the 40-man after picking up Murfee. They're still good to grab that slightly better 23-year-old if he becomes available.

His 2022 stats look solid. Every player on the field doesn't have to be 21. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murfepe01.shtml

And there's probably another half dozen Soroka/Flexen types to be had for right near the minimum. Tho Mason Adams and Schultz should be pushing for rotation spots by June.

I'm guessing the White Sox now have the top waiver claim for the entire off-season, and Spring Training. I hope they get some mileage out of that one advantage.

Kind of scary to think that Eloy could also just be done.

* Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete, 2 if the 3 Mexican Roosters of Ranchera. Be kind to yourself, and give a listen: * (not "Latin", I know. widen your horizons)

One big bat out there..

....Are these "Getz Fanboys" in the room with us, now?...

He's putting that out there as something that isn't a direct lie. WS2023 doesn't believe a word of what he wrote.

Game 2 of the home series, Travis Jankowski robbed a 3-run Vaughn HR in the bottom of the 9th to save a victory.

You don't believe that at all. LOL.

Here's an article I found that attempts to explain. https://www.mlb.com/news/demarlo-hale-discusses-role-as-associate-manager