Orlando Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Morosi just said that he believes the Sox will land one of Castellanos or Ozuna and have been in contact with both. Also has them in on Tsutsugo Edited December 9, 2019 by Orlando 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Orlando said: Morosi just said that he believes the Sox will land one of Castellanos or Ozuna and have been in contact with both. Also has them in on Tsutsugo Morosi has been reporting this while Heyman and Levine say otherwise. If Ozuna happens, obviously Tsutsugo won’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 13 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said: I was shocked looking at Ozuna's statcast metrics from last season. Obviously every team in baseball is aware of these numbers and most factor them into long-term projections, but if he actually hit to the level xWOBA says he deserved Ozuna would probably be in the ~25M AAV range. Seems like there's still upside in his bat. My opinion on him as a hitter definitely went up after seeing those. Marcel Ozuna last year exit velocity: 93rd percent tile xWOBA: 92nd percent tile xBA: 86th percent tile sprint speed: 63rd percent tile Exactly, maybe there is something unique about him that has caused him to underperform his batted ball profile, but he was the only guy to underachieve his xWOBA by more than 20 points in both 2018 & 2019. It’s hard to believe something like shifts are the reason he’s the sole guy to do that. I honestly believe there’s untapped value here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackDoorBreach Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, Orlando said: Morosi just said that he believes the Sox will land one of Castellanos or Ozuna and have been in contact with both. Also has them in on Tsutsugo Yeah, I want Nick. He looks like a 900 OPS guy playing 81 games at the Cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Would we get Ozuna and Tsutsugo? IDK anything about Tsutsugo but if his defense is good and he wouldn't command too much money we could use him in the OF and Ozuna as DH,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackDoorBreach Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, iWiN4PreP said: Would we get Ozuna and Tsutsugo? IDK anything about Tsutsugo but if his defense is good and he wouldn't command too much money we could use him in the OF and Ozuna as DH,. I honestly don't want anything to do with 30 year old Japanese position players. They almost always are nothing at that stage of their career. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofaRoache Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said: Would we get Ozuna and Tsutsugo? IDK anything about Tsutsugo but if his defense is good and he wouldn't command too much money we could use him in the OF and Ozuna as DH,. Tsutugo's defense is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, SonofaRoache said: Tsutugo's defense is not good. Fair enough. That's a bad idea then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 23 minutes ago, Orlando said: Morosi just said that he believes the Sox will land one of Castellanos or Ozuna and have been in contact with both. Sign em both, let them figure out who plays right field. DH the other then you can look at trading some prospects for a SP. Fuck it go all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 30 minutes ago, Orlando said: Morosi just said that he believes the Sox will land one of Castellanos or Ozuna and have been in contact with both. Also has them in on Tsutsugo I'd be very happy with either of those two. Tsutsugo makes no sense. He's got 12 games in RF for his career, and Baseball-Reference doesn't show any fielding statistics since 2017. Unless that's an error, he's strictly a DH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: I'd be very happy with either of those two. Tsutsugo makes no sense. He's got 12 games in RF for his career, and Baseball-Reference doesn't show any fielding statistics since 2017. Unless that's an error, he's strictly a DH. Frankly Castellanos and Ozuna should be strictly DHs as well when Eloy is in the other corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, ChiSox59 said: Frankly Castellanos and Ozuna should be strictly DHs as well when Eloy is in the other corner. Yeah, probably, but at least they both have experience there over the course of their careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said: Not saying he’s wrong but when is the last time WSD scooped anything? He sounds very confident with the added qualifier, “and I could be wrong...” Edited December 9, 2019 by Moan4Yoan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashman Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said: Not saying he’s wrong but when is the last time WSD scooped anything? He sounds very confident with the added qualifier, “and I could be wrong...” He knows absolutely nothing. Unfollow anything from barstool, it is a joke. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, Moan4Yoan said: Not saying he’s wrong but when is the last time WSD scooped anything? Dave's also gone on record saying he won't scoop things out of fear of screwing it up for the Sox. If anything big is going on, I would be surprised if it came from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: Dave's also gone on record saying he won't scoop things out of fear of screwing it up for the Sox. If anything big is going on, I would be surprised if it came from him. He wrote multiple Barstool Sports articles about the Sox interest in Wheeler up until they missed out on him. He knows nothing. https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/lets-talk-some-zack-wheeler-speculation https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/the-zack-wheeler-sweepstakes-could-wrap-up-as-soon-as-today Edited December 9, 2019 by Moan4Yoan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 There's just NO way they sign Ozuna and Castellanos. They have to keep that money for one of the better FA's, unless they're going to trade the farm for one of them. They can sign ONE of those two and a cheaper DH option, like an EE or Cron/Adams/Smoak (if he's still out there), but the numbers are going to start to get really tight adding FOUR big contracts in a single offseason, without knowing what you actually have with so many players on the current 40 man roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCCWS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 13 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: Yeah, probably, but at least they both have experience there over the course of their careers. Ozuna has experience as a RF but most of it was his 1st year(2013) in Majors. He has only played 65 games there and 36 were in 2013. Since then he has very limited appearances, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, SCCWS said: Ozuna has experience as a RF but most of it was his 1st year(2013) in Majors. He has only played 65 games there and 36 were in 2013. Since then he has very limited appearances, And that's why I prefer Castellanos over him, bad defense be damned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 49 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said: Fair enough. That's a bad idea then. I heard someone call him a Japanese Schwarber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 15 minutes ago, Cashman said: He knows absolutely nothing. Unfollow anything from barstool, it is a joke. This is absolutely not true. Dave gets quite a bit of solid info regularly. He's a fan though and knows Rick Hahn. He straddles that line and doesn't want to legitimately hurt the team by reporting info at times. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, SCCWS said: Ozuna has experience as a RF but most of it was his 1st year(2013) in Majors. He has only played 65 games there and 36 were in 2013. Since then he has very limited appearances, People on Twitter think Ozuna would be better than Castellanos defensively in right field because he has a Gold Glove, even though he won that as a left fielder. Lol Edited December 9, 2019 by YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Just now, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: I heard someone call him a Japanese Schwarber. I'd compare him more to Ji-Man Choi. Not athletic enough to play the outfield every day, good pop, good on base guy. More likely to play 1B as he gets older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsd Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Cashman said: He knows absolutely nothing. Unfollow anything from barstool, it is a joke. I love getting these type of posts sent to me.... Holy hell. Relax man, the internet is a big place, there's a reason I don't sit on jezebel all day. People can pick and choose the content they consume. Whether you like me/barstool or not, it's wildly successful so calling it a "joke" is incorrect. I wouldn't say I know "nothing" either, I'd say I know much more than the typical fan. With Wheeler/Grandal the organization played everything as close to the vest as possible, as they should. They're operating in stealth mode. There are a few names I know they've been working on that people have no idea on. Not gonna say who, I'll let you all speculate amongst yourselves. As for Ozuna, like Heyman said, I was told there isn't an agreement in place. Take that as you will. I don't think I'm wrong, but never say never. Wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong, if I am. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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