Author Topic: White Sox - Trades and Rumors (Read 105688 times)

Juan pizzarro · « **Reply #1625 on:** December 15, 2014, 03:40:42 pm »

Contrarian spin on White Sox chances from Bleacher Report

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2297909-white-sox-vs-tigers-who-is-now-the-team-to-beat-in-the-al-central?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=chicago-white-sox

Shoeless · « **Reply #1626 on:** December 15, 2014, 04:17:03 pm »

good read but I think Abreu, Gillaspie and Garcia beat those projections. And Martinez and Cabrera are very prone in injury. I think the offenses will be very comparable with our pitching leading to the division crown.

aka Loveland · « **Reply #1627 on:** December 15, 2014, 05:53:59 pm »

Btw Joseph. Congrats on your engagement

Shoeless · « **Reply #1628 on:** December 15, 2014, 06:57:48 pm »

who's the lucky guy?

Juan pizzarro · « **Reply #1629 on:** December 15, 2014, 10:54:35 pm »

What about dealing Rodon and a mixed bag for Cole Hamels.

Hamels is a guy we hope Rodon will become, but he's a sure thing and a good contract for 5 years.

We get to avoid dealing with Boras too.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #1630 on:** December 16, 2014, 12:02:58 am »

Quote from: Juan pizzarro on December 15, 2014, 10:54:35 pm

What about dealing Rodon and a mixed bag for Cole Hamels.

Hamels is a guy we hope Rodon will become, but he's a sure thing and a good contract for 5 years.

We get to avoid dealing with Boras too.

Rodon, and any other rule 4 draft pick, can't be traded until one full year AFTER the date of their signing their first contract. So that's the middle of July 2015 at the earliest.

josephc · « **Reply #1631 on:** December 16, 2014, 07:54:03 am »

Quote from: aka Loveland on December 15, 2014, 05:53:59 pm

Btw Joseph. Congrats on your engagement

Why thank you.
Now the house hunting and all of that starts. Luckily she wants a small wedding (if one at all). I suggested a destination wedding, and she responded with "does the courthouse count as a destination?"

josephc · « **Reply #1632 on:** December 16, 2014, 07:58:27 am »

Quote from: Shoeless on December 15, 2014, 06:57:48 pm

who's the lucky guy?

Method · « **Reply #1633 on:** December 16, 2014, 09:28:22 am »

Quote from: Juan pizzarro on December 15, 2014, 10:54:35 pm

What about dealing Rodon and a mixed bag for Cole Hamels.

Hamels is a guy we hope Rodon will become, but he's a sure thing and a good contract for 5 years.

We get to avoid dealing with Boras too.

When did we become the yankees? i say keep the cheaper option in Rodon

josephc · « **Reply #1634 on:** December 16, 2014, 09:39:26 am »

Yeah, I'm not sure why we'd trade Rodon.

As a side note, we just signed this guy to a minor league deal (with ST invitation):

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/5157/zach-phillips

He throws with his left arm. So there's that.

ISF · « **Reply #1635 on:** December 16, 2014, 09:50:28 am »

Red Sox signed Nestor Molina to a minor league deal. So the Santos trade is officially a bust for everyone involved.

Shoeless · « **Reply #1636 on:** December 16, 2014, 10:19:14 am »

Quote from: Juan pizzarro on December 15, 2014, 10:54:35 pm

What about dealing Rodon and a mixed bag for Cole Hamels.

Hamels is a guy we hope Rodon will become, but he's a sure thing and a good contract for 5 years.

We get to avoid dealing with Boras too.

he makes over $20MM per year. Yikes! Gotta stay away from that.

josephc · « **Reply #1637 on:** December 16, 2014, 12:33:42 pm »

We have signed Brad Penny to a minor league deal for some reason:

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/2843/brad-penny

BlackSox · « **Reply #1638 on:** December 16, 2014, 12:36:59 pm »

WTFN? Might as well sign a bunch of "lottery tickets" to minor league deals, and see if you can get lucky in spring training.

josephc · « **Reply #1639 on:** December 16, 2014, 12:51:21 pm »

True.

It's not like we've got a glut of prospect arms in AAA.

msf · « **Reply #1640 on:** December 16, 2014, 12:57:30 pm »

Hey now, don't be busting on our AAA arms, gotta defend my kids. Tommy Hanson bombed for us in AAA last year, may as well be Penny this season.

josephc · « **Reply #1641 on:** December 16, 2014, 01:00:19 pm »

I said "glut."

If signing a guy like Penny were holding a prospect back, I'd say hell no.

He would fill out the Charlotte rotation nicely at least.

msf · « **Reply #1642 on:** December 16, 2014, 01:58:14 pm »

Yep, just giving you ****.

Juan pizzarro · « **Reply #1643 on:** December 21, 2014, 08:39:25 pm »

This was reported when we traded Beckham

White Sox general manager Rick Hahn would not identify the potential player to be named later the White Sox would receive from the Angels, only to say that a handful of candidates have been agreed upon by the two teams. The White Sox and Angels are expected to finalize the deal in the offseason

Did the player ever get named?

msf · « **Reply #1644 on:** December 22, 2014, 08:46:34 am »

August 21, 2014: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for player to be named or cash.

Guessing we took the cash.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #1645 on:** December 22, 2014, 01:51:03 pm »

Quote from: msf on December 22, 2014, 08:46:34 am

August 21, 2014: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for player to be named or cash.

Guessing we took the cash.

...or the trade has yet to be completed. The Cubs just completed their Samardzija trade with Oakland last week. A possible reason why the compensation for the Beckham trade hasn't been finalized is the amount of compensation might be dependent on if Beckham is an Angel in 2015. While the Angels non-tendered Beckham he still can re-sign with them. If that's the case, don't expect any compensation until Beckham signs a contract with a team.

josephc · « **Reply #1646 on:** December 30, 2014, 08:16:53 am »

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/shermans-latest-drew-rios-myers.html

Apparently the Sox have kicked the tires on Stephen Drew to play 2B... but he's a Boras client and asking for $9M~10M.

Would give us flexibility to trade Alexei potentially... though I'm opposed to that idea.

Shoeless · « **Reply #1647 on:** December 30, 2014, 08:29:26 am »

Would be awful. Give the job to micah johnson

josephc · « **Reply #1648 on:** December 30, 2014, 10:49:24 am »

I want to see Johnson get a full year in Charlotte.

No need to rush him... no need for Beckham 2.0.

ISF · « **Reply #1649 on:** December 30, 2014, 11:08:32 am »

If you could get Drew at 1/5 with performance kickers, I'm interested. That way if he continues to struggle you're getting him at journeyman utility rate.
Otherwise....pass.