ottawa_sox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said: Eric Hosmer signed with the Padres in December because they offered him the most money. The Padres haven't made the playoffs since 2006. It's all about the money for most of these guys No doubt money is the big factor, but it would be nice to offer a home that one doesn't associate with the ubiquitous label of non-winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said: Eric Hosmer signed with the Padres in December because they offered him the most money. The Padres haven't made the playoffs since 2006. It's all about the money for most of these guys It's not just the money with Hosmer. San Diego is a great city, and he gets to play with Tatis next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 minute ago, oldsox said: It's not just the money with Hosmer. San Diego is a great city, and he gets to play with Tatis next year. What in the world does Tatis have to do with anything? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said: What in the world does Tatis have to do with anything? For real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, oldsox said: It's not just the money with Hosmer. San Diego is a great city, and he gets to play with Tatis next year. Chicago is a great city, and [insert FA here] gets to play with Moncada/Jimenez/Robert/Madrigal etc... I don't get it. We have top prospects too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) To simplify on edit: Tatis is a constant reminder of the open, but often unspoken, question in the back of the minds of some people (the elephant in the room) re this rebuild: Does this FO have the ability to pull this off? Some think it's just one of those things that happens; perhaps bad luck. They are understandably annoyed by Tatis talk. Others think it's Edited August 2, 2018 by GreenSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, GreenSox said: Tatis is the ghost that haunts this entire rebuild. Tatis is the irony of this rebuild No matter how hard Hahn now works, now matter that the Sox dispatched great and elite talent to get prospects, no matter how many terrible seasons the fans have suffered through to get high draft picks, he can't find a prospect as highly ranked as the one he lazily sent away a month before he decided to rebuild. Tatis is the elephant in the room. And it won't go away until the Sox make the playoffs. Moncada was consensus top 3 when we got him as Tatis is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Just now, Jose Abreu said: Moncada was consensus top 3 when we got him as Tatis is now. You're right. I edited my post to more clearly state what I was trying to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, GreenSox said: Tatis is the ghost that haunts this entire rebuild. Tatis is the irony of this rebuild No matter how hard Hahn now works, now matter that the Sox dispatched great and elite talent to get prospects, no matter how many terrible seasons the fans have suffered through to get high draft picks, he can't find a prospect as highly ranked as the one he lazily sent away a month before he decided to rebuild. Tatis is the elephant in the room. And it won't go away until the Sox make the playoffs. I'd argue that it won't go away until he gets an unheralded prospect to come to MLB and become a star. If Tatis becomes a star in MLB, and the Sox get a bunch of above average players out of this rebuild, but no stars, Hahn might as well quit because he'll never hear the end of it. This has a chance to go down as the worst trade in Chicago baseball history. Worse than Brock for Broglio. Edited August 2, 2018 by Jack Parkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCCWS Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Every GM makes a trade that looks bad in hindsight. The obsession w Tatis is strange. Living in New England,I remember the constant moaning that the Red Sox traded a young Jeff Bagwell to Astros. But at least Bagwell achieved something. Tatis is just a prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, SCCWS said: Every GM makes a trade that looks bad in hindsight. The obsession w Tatis is strange. Living in New England,I remember the constant moaning that the Red Sox traded a young Jeff Bagwell to Astros. But at least Bagwell achieved something. Tatis is just a prospect. The Red Sox won the AL East the year they traded Bagwell. Every GM makes mistakes, but this was the whopper on top of the 2013-16 era failure. Edited August 2, 2018 by GreenSox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 11 hours ago, oldsox said: It's not just the money with Hosmer. San Diego is a great city, and he gets to play with Tatis next year. Hahn will be able to point to the Quintana trade in a similar manner shortly. Now there is a trade that doesn't have KW finger prints on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, zisk said: Hahn will be able to point to the Quintana trade in a similar manner shortly. Now there is a trade that doesn't have KW finger prints on it. KW, evil incarnate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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