YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES!

I would be disappointed with Soler. Same with Eddie Rosario. Neither of those guys are that good. Also pass on a Vaughn for Lux deal.

Will you move back to the Chicagoland area from Nashville if this doesn’t happen?

Just wanted to say how nice it is that we’re all talking about baseball again as opposed to lockout bullshit.

That would be rough unless Bassitt agrees to an extension like Lynn did.

Who plays right field then? Vaughn?

No it wouldn’t. You don’t win any trades with the Rays.

Would rather trade Burger than Sheets

I’m convinced you didn’t watch this team last year. Hendriks and Kopech were the only relievers TLR could trust for a long time before the Kimbrel trade was made. Trading for Kimbrel specifically obviously looks like a bad move in hindsight, but the Sox absolutely needed another reliever of some kind at the deadline.

I am now very optimistic given your prediction history.

Looks like neither team will win that trade. The Cubs will probably get the better end of it solely because they have Madrigal and Heuer under team control for a few more years, but both of those guys have significant injury concerns moving forward.

I wouldn’t complain because his bat is so good, but this would essentially be adding another guy who should be a DH to a team that already has way too guys who should be DH’s.

Feels like a tweet from the Onion

Is it getting done tonight?

Both parties had 50+ days to discuss things before they started actually started discussing things. Complete garbage. Neither side deserves support at this point.

We’re fucked.

March of 2024. No baseball is played for the next 2 seasons. Then the Sox have to rebuild.

To be fair, they probably wouldn’t have traded for Lynn either if they already had Wheeler.

How exactly is adding a quality right fielder to a team that hasn’t had a quality right fielder in years a lazy move?

The only one of those I would have any interest in at all is #3. But I don’t think that would be enough for Arizona.

I mean he does, so yeah.

Well fine, but there still wouldn’t be anyone like Vaughn included in a trade like that. He’s way more valuable than both Bassitt and McNeil.

Absolutely not. The A’s would probably get a combination of prospects from the Sox and Mets in this scenario, but no one on Vaughn’s level.

Something along the lines of the Sox getting McNeil, the Mets getting Bassitt, and the A’s getting prospects seems to make sense for all 3 teams.

Wonder what if any impact that contract will have as far as trading Kimbrel is concerned.