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Brewers Acquire Christian Yelich & sign Lorenzo Cain


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QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jan 24, 2018 -> 09:11 AM)
We could fills gaps with a few key free agent signings^

 

We don't need to hit on every prospect, but our key guys need to pan out and produce

 

Exactly. We have virtually zero guaranteed money on the books, which is insane and rare even for rebuilding teams.

 

I also think everyone is overlooking the fact that even though we lack those ~50 FV guys we have an insane amount of guys that likely at least have a ML floor (Burdi, Guerrero, Stephens, Polo, Adams, Zavala, Viera, Bummer, etc.). Unlike previous years we hopefully won’t have those “black hole” roster spots where we literally have nobody even replacement level at areas of need. And we still have the #4 pick in the draft next year.

 

Remember guys, the cubs signed 2/3 of their WS OF, Zobrist and Lester. You don’t need to have a prime prospect at every spot.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 24, 2018 -> 09:19 AM)
And sigh, yeah, only 2 top 30 players acquired by the white sox through INTL FA signings. And I just don't consider cuba to be the same, so really it's still just adolfo.

 

 

Some of us argued for Lenyn Sosa who will definitely be on the Baseball America list. It's a fact though that the White Sox need to do a better job internationally in the future.

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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 24, 2018 -> 10:28 AM)
Some of us argued for Lenyn Sosa who will definitely be on the Baseball America list. It's a fact though that the White Sox need to do a better job internationally in the future.

 

With the caps in place, it will be a while. Cross 17 and 18 off of your list, which probably puts us at least at 2025 before seeing any guys with real ceilings coming into the majors from LatAm from now into the future.

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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 24, 2018 -> 08:11 AM)
Look at it this way: last year, we traded Adam Eaton (a young, cost-controlled OF) for three prospects. We did this beause we didn't have enough good players to compete, so we needed to take the chance to turn one good player into MORE THAN ONE good player. What good would it do, a year later, to trade 3-4 prospects for Christian Yelich (a different young, cost-controlled OF) when the MLB team is WORSE than before? Yelich is younger and better than Eaton, but not substantially. Does keeping Eaton throught the rebuild instead of trading him make sense? If the answer is no, then trading for Yelich doesn't really make sense either.

 

There will be a time where trading for guys is the right move, but we have to have some of these prospects turn into MLB guys first, because until that happens, we still need the prospects.

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QUOTE (Username @ Jan 24, 2018 -> 09:20 AM)
Exactly. We have virtually zero guaranteed money on the books, which is insane and rare even for rebuilding teams.

 

I also think everyone is overlooking the fact that even though we lack those ~50 FV guys we have an insane amount of guys that likely at least have a ML floor (Burdi, Guerrero, Stephens, Polo, Adams, Zavala, Viera, Bummer, etc.). Unlike previous years we hopefully won’t have those “black hole” roster spots where we literally have nobody even replacement level at areas of need. And we still have the #4 pick in the draft next year.

 

Remember guys, the cubs signed 2/3 of their WS OF, Zobrist and Lester. You don’t need to have a prime prospect at every spot.

 

It helps to have multiple MVP/Cy Young candidates on the team already though, the Sox need a few of these guys to turn into superstars or its a failure.

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#Marlins getting multiple players from #Brewers for Yelich, sources say. Rival execs expect Brinson to be part of deal. Not confirmed.

 

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Clarification: The return to #Marlins is not confirmed. Yelich to #Brewers is happening.

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