Took a Top 10 catcher in the draft from The U as our #1 pick, fwiw.If we trade Sale we better get some quality prospects that will be good in 2-3 years. Also can we please get a damn catcher...
Ohhh lookie .... a new fan & armchair GM!I think we should trade Sale to the Mets for Harvey and Wheeler
Well, let's toss in a couple of single A nobodies & then we can start negotiating like we're used to.What??? What yew don't like bout that trade? Mets get a non-injured pitcher for the stretch run, and our beloved Sox get two guys who could potentially anchor a rotation for five years, either by pitching good or making too much money
Took a Top 10 catcher in the draft from The U as our #1 pick, fwiw.
That's news to me.but he's not projected to be a major league catcher. more likely at 1b or dh.
Hey I have a question about Chris Sale from a Diamondbacks fan. Now there has no been speculation about this but I am just curious to see if this package would be good enough to get Sale. Btw, I know the Diamondbacks suck this year but since they already have Greinke I figured they might as well go all out and get another ace. Anyway, the package is Jake Lamb, Chris Owings, Yasmany Tomas, Patrick Corbin, and Shelby Miller (or another pitcher/prospect but not Bradley, Ray, or Shipley). Btw, I apologize for the long post. I wanted it to be thorough.
Here is some background in case you do not know much about these players. Lamb is a franchise third baseman and should have been an all-star this season. He was having an mvp caliber year offensively but hurt his hand about two weeks ago so that explains his drop off since then. Before that he was second in MLB in slugging percentage and his OPS was over 1.000. Owings is a natural short stop and was considered the franchise shortstop but he has been injured on and off for a couple seasons so he kind of got lost in the shuffle. He is extremely fast and was batting .285 before he got injured this season. He has been pretty rusty since he came back recently. Tomas is only a second year player and has been doing much better lately. He is not a good defender and I believe he is best served as a designated hitter. Corbin used to be the Diamondbacks ace and was an all-star in 2013 and then had TJ surgery in 2014. He came back last year and pitched well. This year he started off the season well but has been off since then and not pitched well at all. However, I think he is just in a funk and it is not indicative of who he really is. Pretty much everyone knows about Shelby Miller so I do not have to explain.
Is that a package you think the White Sox would consider? They are getting five major league players with huge talent that are all age 24-25 except for Corbin who just turned 27 in July. Plus every player is under team control for the foreseeable future. If the White Sox do not want Miller, I guess he can be replaced by another prospect in the minors. Anyway, obviously these are not prospects and rather players than can contribute immediately. The Diamondbacks are giving up a ton of offense in this trade and two young pitchers who were supposed to be their number 2 and 3 starters this year, so it is a major package. What do you think?