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I'm not sure Harper wants to hit free agency off a 3.0 WAR season (roughly) either. He could take a one year deal high salary deal, mash, and cash in next offseason with a big contract.

I like Keuchel, but his declining K% rate gives me some pause. He's all the way down to 6.7 K/9 (8.4 in his CY Young season in 2015). He will likely get paid this offseason, but I'm not sure he will continue to be a TOR guy for the next 3-5 years. Not sure Gray has been healthy enough to warrant that sort of package. If Cease can finish 2018 strong in AA, he could be knocking on the door of the majors mid-way through 2019. Adolfo has continued to improve in 2019 and is still a young player that I'm not sure I want to ship out just yet.

White Sox know exactly what they are doing and offering to each of these players. Doubt that gets either of those guys done, but I could be wrong. We certainly do not want to lose draft pick(s) in the future.

Maybe he's signing for less than we think? If so this seems like a great draft haul with the Bush and Martin signings

We can't really worry about that right now. There is a ton of time between now and the 2019 draft to evaluate potential players. Hopefully we finish this tank job off the right way and have a top pick, but we will be selecting high regardless.

3B I would imagine, but apparently he has played OF, 3B and 1B

Matt Powers, who covers the Braves organization, said on twitter he ranked Bush the 11th best 3B in the draft. He said huge get for the White Sox at that point in signing him. Big power potential.

I'd expect him to be an AFL candidate, along with Hansen, potentially Dunning.

Soria could get us a decent prospect in retrn at the deadline. He's as good as gone I would imagine.

Clickbait, nothing more. One of Jimenez/Kopech/Robert would have to be included, which for me would be a hard pass at this stage of the rebuild.

What is going on with AJ Puckett? Have not heard anything about him

Cordell is 26 years old...it is pretty much now or never for him

It's not a terrible trade suggestion, especially if the Sox do not have top kick in any of Abreu's salary, but I think they would be looking for a bit more upside if they are dealing him. Helsley might continue to develop into a backend starter, and Martinez is serviceable, but this wouldn't excite me much.

Bowden at the Athletic proposes Jose Abreu to the Cardinals in exchange for Jose Martinez and Ryan Helsley. An interesting trade offer. Thoughts?

Sox might have to eat some salary in order to move Soria and net a decent return, something that they are not known for. Might be able to get a B-/C+ prospect plus a low level guy in return?

Have tickets for the game. Not sure if they are going to play or not

If I'm the Astros, Tucker, Whitley and even Alvarez are off the table at this point in trades.

Very true^ I have wondered if getting rid of the division structure and having 6 teams from the AL and 6 from the NL make the playoffs each season would be better for the game in the long run. So many teams are already out of the race two months into the season that I'm not sure about long term fan interest. Tanking should not be encouraged, but the current MLB is set up that way.

After the Orioles sell off, it will be tough to imagine any other team losing more games down the stretch. We should finish with another bottom five pick though.

At his point I think it is pretty unlikely that Abreu gets traded unless we receive an above market offer. The team does need veteran leadership moving forward and I think he is worth more to our organization than what other clubs would be willing to offer in a trade.

I'm sure Walker will sign once Pilkington and Madrigal sign as well. That way each can slot in between one another. This seems to be a solid draft for the White Sox. Mostly college, but a few interesting high school players mixed in as well.

Really hoping that Dunning is ok. This is why you stockpile as much pitching as possible

Considering he is coming off of injury, his play in the minors has been solid so far.

Martes has really fallen off in 2017 and 2018, to the point where he cannot be considered a center piece of any potential trade. He's still young and can bounce back, but the results have been rough so far.

The Rutherford vs. Adolfo is an interesting debate. Dunning is showing why he is a rock solid prospect this season, not missing a beat after the promotion to AA. He's the safest bet in our system to be a quality mid rotation starter. Cease has performed well so far. If he keeps this up against AA competition I'd expect him to be firmly in the top 50. Hansen needs to prove he is healthy.