Y2Jimmy0

My guess is Baltimore would trade one of Kjerstad/Cowser plus one of the second tier infielders and more. Guessing Cease is fixed on Basallo or Mayo or one of the OFs and Westburg

I personally think the offer is much more than this and Sox are holding out for too much

I don’t know. It’s definitely the job of a younger man in most cases though. The Sox can be willing to spend on teenage Dominicans all they want but it won’t matter until the 2027, 2028 signing periods at this point

This is the best part from the Fangraphs article: While this farm system still isn’t among the strongest in baseball, it’s significantly deeper than it was a year ago, strengthened by several key acquisitions at last year’s trade deadline, including Edgar Quero, Nick Nastrini, Jake Eder and Ky Bush. That trend will likely continue if the Sox trade Dylan Cease. Chicago has as many players with the potential for high-end impact — Colson Montgomery, Bryan Ramos, Noah Schultz, maybe Eder if his velo comes back — as a lot of the top systems, though all of those guys missed time due to injury in 2023. New GM Chris Getz was promoted from within, so even though the org will likely change somewhat as it works to execute his vision for the club, expect more continuity here than typically accompanies a regime change. For instance, Getz told Eric at the GM Meetings that the White Sox would likely alter their approach to international scouting, which for the last many years has seen them save pool space to target Cuban players who hit the market late. For too long the White Sox have tied one metaphorical hand behind their back by largely ignoring amateur Dominican players, and it seems like that will soon change. In the domestic draft, director Mike Shirley has now been in place for a couple of years. In addition to the White Sox targeting high-profile players from the Midwest during his tenure, they’ve prioritized pitching prospects with premium breaking stuff, drafted a lot of scrappy little college infielders in the middle rounds, and often found a way to mix a huge-framed power hitter in there somewhere. There has been no real pattern at the very top of Chicago’s last few drafts. Jacob Gonzalez is a model-friendly prospect because of his age and stats, while Montgomery (old for his class) and Schultz (a prep arm) were toolsy, projectable high schoolers. Schultz became the first high school arm the team had selected in the first round in over 20 years. The White Sox pro department got to target players via trade last summer and again this offseason. Chicago has so far taken a quantity-first approach to this rebuild, perhaps more because this system is pretty thin and they feel like it’s a prudent way to get the ball rolling than as a reflection of some long-term strategy or overarching philosophy. Ultimately, Jerry Reinsdorf is in charge. People in baseball consider him a bit meddlesome and think he is a bit more involved than is ideal, and sometimes believe his fierce loyalty prevents him from moving on from people or processes that aren’t helping the team. At times under Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams, it felt like there were too many cooks in this kitchen. Getz’s track record of developing players in his previous role was mixed, partly because the franchise was so far behind conceptually and technologically when they hired him, but some of the communication breakdowns and behind-the-scenes drama should go away now that the GM is a person who had to effectively communicate across a whole department as a core aspect of their job. The stuff on international market is interesting and a welcome change. I'm curious to see if Marco Paddy will be the director after this year.

This can't be true. I was told he's a bust already.

I just don’t think targeting a RH corner guy as the main piece of a Cease return is ideal.

I'm not a fan of Mayo being the ask for this team.

That was December. He's from the previous signing period.

Not announced. Know of 8 signings from Venezuela with Herrera $1.8 million and Jesus Premoli $550K being the largest. Jurdrick Profar out of Curacao for $700K. Ive heard that they have 5-6 from DR coming as well

I’m not giving you any spin. Hes pretty highly regarded and wanted to follow Barfield. No conspiracy here

Who got fired? Grabowski? I believe he was out of contract and is buddies with Barfield

I don’t care about anything in a college hitter’s draft season after turning pro. I don’t like his swing but he’s a shortstop that gets on base. Wouldn’t have been my pick but salvageable imo

This is ridiculous

I think they do both. Either via trade or free agency.

I still think it’ll end up being Merrifield

No they didn’t? I still don’t think Lopez is the OD 2B

Alex Speas would be my guess

I only know what I just tweeted.

Brian Bannister

McKnight has always been good to me. The other two guys are more qualified but I’d be fine with whoever. It’s a short-sighted decision regardless. I wonder if Jerry will have watch all of them eat and see which one he’s least offended by?

Who do you want in return from Baltimore?

If nobody will pay the asking price though, he's not worth the asking price

Again, I question whether you’ve actually watched playoff baseball Extremely weird and short-sighted behavior

Or they can get in and win it all because the playoffs are a total crapshoot

Disagree. They can sign some cheap pitching and mash their way to the playoffs. The Sox are going nowhere with Sox and really need the return