JUSTgottaBELIEVE

Quite frankly, this is a case where McCann would get in if he was the Yankees player and Sanchez was the White Sox player. 2.8 WAR for McCann so far this year? That’s 1 WAR per $1M spent and there’s still half a season to go. Hot damn, very impressive signing by Hahn. Makes up for misses on the other FA signings.

I thought Birmingham is where offensive prospects go to die? So much for Robert and Madrigal not being ready for AA pitching ?

1 top 100 mlb prospect (even on the back end) would have been worth it. Of course it’s speculation, but I believe they could have gotten that at a minimum last July. And regarding Archer, he definitely had more value than Rodon but it was apparent he was fading and he was also soon to be 30 years old. He peaked in 2015 and faded thereafter. Q was very good every season until the first half of 2017 when he was traded so it was considered much more of an anomaly in many people’s eyes.

Even peanuts are worth more than Rodon now. If a clearly declining Chris Archer could net what he did, surely the Sox could have gotten something of value for Rodon last July.

Then why would Gammons have tweeted “he had a lot of inquires” if he had no value? Teams don’t inquire about guys that are insignificant.

Yep. And I’m sure a team like Atlanta or the Brewers would have done it. People seem to forget that Rodon was pitching really well last year in late July. I mean, just look at some of those tweets “only was we trade him is for Austin Riley and Kyle Wright!” Obviously that was ridiculous but he surely would have fetched at least 1 top 100 MLB prospect.

With smoke around him last July, I’d be shocked if Rodon couldn’t have landed a top 100 MLB prospect and another couple 40/45 FV prospects.

Actually his value was pretty high last year approaching the trade deadline. I was one of the few on here saying trade him while most others agreed with pnoles; https://mobile.twitter.com/soxmach_pnoles/status/1022864085350842374?lang=en

This is by far my biggest complaint with the rebuild thus far. Forget Alonso, Machado, Harper, Nova, etc. Not trading Rodon last year when it was rumored he might be on the block was a big missed opportunity.

I mean, I really don’t get it. At worst he looks to be serviceable back there, if not above average. He’s been really solid this game.

Collins looks much better defensively so far than was reported. He doesn’t look out of place at all at catcher, which is huge.

It’s a pretty good one trick because he’s now 16/16 on saves this year...

That’s why I said when JDM plays OF which shouldn’t be often. But it would be nice to give Eloy an occasional break to DH some games as well.

9 strikeouts but a victim of the long ball tonight

Lester has struggled big time over his last 6 starts. Hopefully the Sox can make it 7.

When I created this thread back in April I was thinking this was a 2021 lineup but we could see this lineup come together as early as next season. This is going to be fun ?

Sorry, I forgot the Twins are the only good team in MLB this year

“Sox can’t beat good teams”

I respect fathom but a “tad negative” is an understatement.

Should be #3 imo

We finally develop an ace after not having one since trading Sale and people want to trade him already. Guess some people enjoy perpetual rebuilds.

We’ll see. Between the poor defense, below average baserunning, high BABIP, and relatively high strikeout rate, I think he’s overrated personally. He’s also arb eligible starting in 2021 and free agent after 2023 season (same as Moncada).

Even with his OPS this year he’s been worth a modest 0.4 fWAR due to his horrific defense. As has been discussed ad nauseam over the past few years, it seems the league doesn’t place high value on DH types unless they are absolutely raking like JDM.

Does Frazier even have much trade value at this point? He’s a DH that has been a pretty good but not great hitter thus far in MLB. He has a net 0 WAR across parts of three seasons. I just don’t see the big appeal outside of the fact that he was once thought of as a top prospect but with his defense he’s limited to AL teams only.

Colome’s advanced stats over the course of his career are very good but his ERA and save percentage are even better. He hasn’t been quite as sharp recently but overall this season he’s looked great. I’m not concerned about advanced metrics over a 27 inning sample size when the guy is 14/14 in save opps and has the track record he does.