Y2Jimmy0

Disagree here. I'd much rather have David Price at like 3 years and $60-$65 million than sign Keuchel or Ryu for what they're going to end up with now on the open market.

I'm guessing he gets traded to the White Sox for one of the OF prospects and a minor league reliever.

I hope he goes to the Twins. Bumgarner is going to end up being really bad money.

They offered it. They went hard and set the market. We're finding out why right now.

Robert is a plus defender with plus-plus speed and arm in CF. He's not moving to a corner anytime soon.

Did Olney explicitly mention that the Sox are interested in David Price?

That would be my guess if they actually made a trade. I'm not really sure what they're doing though.

I agree. I think they're going to trade for a starting pitcher but it'll be someone with a large salary. They just aren't going to trade those guys before they play a full season in the org. That would be shortsighted.

I doubt they trade any of those 3 at this stage

Yep. I'm with you on that. The payroll should be in the $130 million range.

This isn't correct. Grandal, Abreu, Herrera, McCann, Anderson and Jimenez adds up to $51 million. Colome, Mazara, Rodon, Leury and Marshall is roughly $25 million more. Then add in the the minimum salary guys.

He was promoted and asked to move. Like I've said numerous times. There are many reasons why he switched to the Pro side. They wouldn't have let him run the last two drafts if they were unhappy with his work. There's also a development component here. Steele Walker was a fine selection where he was taken.

Mac, is the pitching addition coming via trade or free agency?

I like 5 WAR catchers personally. He's the best catcher in the AL.

Like Yasmani Grandal?

Wait how could you hate Grandal?

I'm of the opinion that Steele Walker's value was the highest it would ever be. Theoretically, he could be used in a trade later. The Problem is, it's very likely that Walker would struggle in the AA Southern League as a 24 year old and his value would soften significantly.

You said Walker was better right now. That's patently absurd. Steele Walker couldn't even hit lefties in the High A and he's only 14 months younger than Mazara who can hit RHP in the major leagues. It's fair to not like the deal. Saying crazy things that aren't true doesn't make any sense though.

This is a really bad thought.

LOL. I wrote the article last year accusing people of carrying water for this front office. You got the wrong guy, man.

This is how I summed it up on twitter. Nomar Mazara can't hit lefties in the majors and Steele Walker can't hit lefties in the Carolina League.

Someone asked what he provides that Avi doesn't. I answered the question.

An .850 OPS vs RHP

Heyman should be listened to in regards to any Scott Boras client. He's Boras' go to guy in the media.

Baseball America has the White Sox as the 5th ranked system in the sport. Their write-up on Luis Robert is "glowing". https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2020-chicago-white-sox-top-mlb-prospects/ 1. Luis Robert OF 2. Andrew Vaughn 1B 3. Michael Kopech RHP 4. Nick Madrigal 2B 5. Matthew Thompson RHP 6. Jonathan Stiever RHP 7. Andrew Dalquist RHP 8. Steele Walker OF 9. Dane Dunning RHP 10. Blake Rutherford OF