Winter Meetings Thread

[ThisIsBirdland]

1 minute ago, ChicagoTerp said:

The price for Cease is very high, and it should be, says Chicago reporter Bruce Levine. 

The only reason that asking price was leaked was because it was immediately laughed out of the room.

Yeah his tweet doesn’t make a ton of sense. Sox asked for that, but will ultimately get more? Why?

[RZNJ]

2 minutes ago, ChicagoTerp said:

The price for Cease is very high, and it should be, says Chicago reporter Bruce Levine. 

The only reason that asking price was leaked was because it was immediately laughed out of the room.

They had an “insider” on the WS board that said Getz wanted Cowser + Norby as the main two pieces.  Just saying but they treated this guy with respect.

[Billy F-Face3]

I look at Cease and I think to myself that we have guys like Tyler Wells within the organization who have  outpitched him for before the arm fatigue happened. 

Cease is not so special to demand several top 60 prospects. We already have pitchers who can produce what he produces 4 out of 5 times.

[Hank Scorpio]

2 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

I look at Cease and I think to myself that we have guys like Tyler Wells within the organization who have  outpitched him for before the arm fatigue happened. 

Cease is not so special to demand several top 60 prospects. We already have pitchers who can produce what he produces 4 out of 5 times.

It's the K's.

He's capable. He's also capable of walking the bases loaded here & there. 

[interloper]

5 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

They had an “insider” on the WS board that said Getz wanted Cowser + Norby as the main two pieces.  Just saying but they treated this guy with respect.

I would do this deal. There is probably a third and fourth piece to this though.

[RZNJ]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

I would do this deal. There is probably a third and fourth piece to this though.

Jud Fabian and Carlos Tavera.  Done.  Lol

[sportsfan8703]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

I would do this deal. There is probably a third and fourth piece to this though.

It's pretty clear that Angelos is going to be cheap.  With that said... we cannot afford to trade any of Holliday, Basallo, Mayo, Cowser, Kjerstad, and Bradfield.  Those are 6/9 of our starting team, paired with Gunnar, Adley, Westburg/Mountcastle for 2025+.  

It would be really nice to line up Luzardo/Cease in the rotation and bump Wells to the bullpen.  

[interloper]

Don't think I knew this about E-Rod. That gives me a little pause on a long-term deal.

 A ruptured pulley tendon in his pitching hand sent Rodriguez to the injured list from late May through early July, and he wasn’t as sharp upon his return. The lefty improved as the summer wore on, but his 4.24 ERA in 85 innings post-injury list was decidedly less intriguing than his pre-injury output.

(MLBTR)

[LookinUp]

This won't happen, but if the O's signed both Kimbrel and Ed. Rod, it would open up some great options for a big splash trade for a pitcher with more control than Cease.

[ChicagoTerp]

21 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

They had an “insider” on the WS board that said Getz wanted Cowser + Norby as the main two pieces.  Just saying but they treated this guy with respect.

I would do that.

Just think it's funny when a reporter is so blatantly serving as a FO mouthpiece. "Price is high, and it should be." "Sox will get more as market plays out." Ok guy.

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, ChicagoTerp said:

I would do that.

Just think it's funny when a reporter is so blatantly serving as a FO mouthpiece. "Price is high, and it should be." "Sox will get more as market plays out." Ok guy.

Levine is a Chicago reporter. Of course he’s going to say that.

[ThisIsBirdland]

 

[clapdiddy]

2 minutes ago, ThisIsBirdland said:

 

Somehow, seeing Bowden say this doesn't give me much confidence. 

[sportsfan8703]

9 minutes ago, ThisIsBirdland said:

 

How much does Ed Rod love us?  Enough to defer half our offer alot of years?

Edited December 6, 2023 by sportsfan8703

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Somehow, seeing Bowden say this doesn't give me much confidence. 

Well, we know that’s on the agenda because Elias told us so.  Doesn’t mean we’ll actually pull the trigger.