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14 minutes ago, greg775 said:

27 bombs that season in the minors. Not bad. The power in the majors still scares me. How about a swap for Cedric Mullens? Lefty bat and 15 bombs as a CFer. Sox need lefties and better defense in the OF. 

Getz doesn’t want Mullins. Maybe he’d go if they added Robert to the deal. But, I think the asking price would be beyond absurd based on rumors. 

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14 minutes ago, greg775 said:

27 bombs that season in the minors. Not bad. The power in the majors still scares me. How about a swap for Cedric Mullens? Lefty bat and 15 bombs as a CFer. Sox need lefties and better defense in the OF. 

Gladly. You can have Mullins but honestly, I’m not sure that makes sense for you guys. 
 

I will say this though…I think you can argue that you guys rebuilding is dumb considering you only have 2 pieces to trade, the new draft rules and the division you play in.

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31 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Seriously ? He hit 27 homers in 2022 and 18 last year before the call up. To think he won’t be a power guy is naive. 
 

It’s okay … you’re a White Sox fan so all of our guys suck. So you need Mayo or Holiday. 

This poster is a little out of his league on this board. 

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14 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Give me proven major leaguers any day a week. We just had a rebuild flop. I don't want another rebuild. If I'm going to pay $200 to see a ballgame with a hotdog and drink, I want to see some real MLB players. 

A completely reasonable position and one I suspect most people agree with - certainly the casual fans.  I would add that a lot of people want enough stability so they can spend more than a couple of seasons rooting for their favorite players.  I don't think you get to that place without a healthy farm system regularly introducing new talent onto the team. 

It's unfortunate that your last rebuild failed.  A couple of years ago the White Sox looked like they'd be a powerhouse in the AL Central for quite a while.  I'm not sure they can avoid another one at this point.

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51 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Give me proven major leaguers any day a week. We just had a rebuild flop. I don't want another rebuild. If I'm going to pay $200 to see a ballgame with a hotdog and drink, I want to see some real MLB players. 

This is payback for SportsGuy and Roll Tide.  🥲

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15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's a trade we won for sure!

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   2 hours ago,  Squirmin' for Yermin said: 

He literally has 79 at bats in the minors. Banking on him as a starting CF next year is insane

This guy is a dope, I don’t know why people continue to entertain him. 

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8 hours ago, SoxFan3344 said:

Vaughn isn't positionless, starting 1B. But if it were up to me would have been traded 3 years ago for a frontline starter. He doesn’t hit for enough power IMO.

Eloy’s bat is way too streaky for the money he’s slated to make now, it’s his contract year, if he’s not gone by the deadline, he’s playing for another team next season. Surprisingly though he was competent in LF last season. 

They have Gavin Sheets, who is actually positionless, and neither him nor Oscar Colas can hit. 

There are only two bats in the lineup I trust to get a job done, it’s Robert and surprisingly Benintendi who I think is gonna have a bounce back year. 
 

With that being said I’d assume you guys would prefer to keep Kjerstad over Cowser because of his bat, that’s not to say Cowser won’t eventually be a good hitter, he very well may but the Sox while Robert is under control cannot afford to bet on Cowser figuring it out. Also the mental aspect of overcoming a potentially serious heart condition to bounce back and perform shows his mental toughness and drive. Give me that guy 

The White Sox would be much better off if they traded Robert too.  The prospects they get from Cease and Robert would be a heck of a start of a rebuild.  I know trading Robert is throwing in the towel on the present version of White Sox, but your farm system is pretty bare and I don't see the WS throwing big money at free agents.  I assume you guys are capped out at about $200 million in yearly payroll.  That's a lot more than the O's obviously, but not enough to fill all the holes they have.  I'm not advocating for the O's trading for Robert as it will take a bigger prospect haul than Cease.

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He literally has 79 at bats in the minors. Banking on him as a starting CF next year is insane

This guy is a dope, I don’t know why people continue to entertain him. 

It takes real talent to be the most hated poster on 2 team's fan boards.  🤣

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