I trust the projections and he's still very young. Not ready to say he is what he is after 308 mlb at bats.

3 time All Star Anthony Rizzo was horrible in his first 2-300 at bats, too.

What you don't seem to get is that the White Sox weren't going to get meaningful contributions from Chris Sale as soon as they figured out that in baseball you have to tank for many years to rebuild. If the White Sox had Chris Sale now what exactly are they doing?

Of course you want Moncada to become a hall of famer. In any trade for a young player you realize that it may end up not working out.

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That doesn't really affect his value to the other teams.

This guy gets it. Wake up Sox fans!

Your all-star farm team is made up of players Hahn traded for. His draft picks are not that great.

Anderson
Rodon
Fulmer
Collins
Burdi
Burger

Who out of that list is K.Bryant level? Hell who is Rizzo level that he trade for?

It is early, but your rebuild is pointing the same way as your field.

Baez is on track for a 5-6 fWAR season so the bar for Moncada is PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY, high.

This is why Benintendi PLUS should have been where things started. Benintendi had already proven he could play at this level. Devers would have likely been the 2nd choice because solving 3rd base has be a problem since JOE CREDE.

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No, not horrible. At age 22 he had a .285 average and at age 23 had 23HR and 80RBI's.

Not all-star, but not bad like you said.

Being a talented pitcher at an early age means you need surgery? That's just stupid.

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Moncada's K rate is 39% (86/218)? Holy shit.

Major bust potential here. How is his baseball IQ? I saw he blew that suicide squeeze.

Juiced is making the case that the organization gave up 3 years of Chris Sale. Those 3 years of Chris Sale would have been mostly meaningless the moment they turned out bad.

Imagine if the Sox turned down the trade and kept him for 3 years. What is it like for the White Sox? Maybe next year they are competitive?

It's easy to look at a trade afterwards and think they should have gotten more. Prospects are still lottery tickets. Moncada just had a much higher chance of success.

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Are you a mult

Being a talented pitcher that throws 100MPH since his early teens, puts him AT A HIGH RISK for TJ.

Why is this difficult to understand?

I am saying they should have gotten more then Moncada and Kopech for Sale. I get that draft picks are lottery tickets, but you don't trade sale for the most tickets in the pick 5. You go balls out and get the most tickets for the MegaMillions!

It’s difficult to understand because you’re talking out of your ass. I saw him in HS and he was 90-92. The velo jump happened when he was with the Red Sox.

The Sox traded Sale for a pitcher who is better than Sale AND got a player being compared to an MVP level player. Sounds like a good trade

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"Jan 19, 2017 · White Sox Prospect Michael Kopech Throws 110-MPH Fastball On Tuesday, ... And Michael Kopech was the kid who hits 95 as a high school senior."

The jump to 100MPH started when he started taking amphetamines. Was suspended for 50 games in 2014.

You don't think a kid who has been throwing in the 90's since 14 and took amphetamines to help him hit 110MPH is at risk for TJ? What team do you scout for? The Naperville Pony League?

What are you smoking? It must be some good shit!

If Michael Kopech throws one of those 110mph fastballs and Juiced's face, it would make it the best trade in the history of sports.

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Deflect if you wish. Fact remains that you got f%^$#d in the ass for Sale.

Enjoy the rebuild, all-in, these kids can play, good guys wear black or whatever BS they are pushing.


#2016

Ironic that it should be a topic as Sale fell to the Sox in the draft because of opinions that his style would result in the need for surgery that still hasn't materialized.

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I'm fairly certain it's just some local T-Ball league.

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#2005

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#2016

108 years.

#2005

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#2016

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Run his first 308 abs into the old sports machine and get back to me.

Didn't say his first 500.

Baez .190
Moncada .184

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This is a really dumb statement.

The trade cannot be evaluated until the 2020 season. Absolutely correct that Moncada hasn't proved to be worth much of anything yet, but it's not over. Nor is he the only player in the trade. it's possible that the trade yielded a Baez comparable player and a valuable pitcher....THAT makes the trade pretty damn good. Too soon to tell.

calling things "facts" right now is pure idiocy.

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Baez is the Cubs best SS, 2nd baseman and 3rd baseman. He hit for a good average last season, even if some want to still think of him as hitting for a low average and striking out a ton. That is just not really the case anymore. He lays off a lot more of the pitches out of the zone and hammers those in it at a great rate. Great base runner too. He's a cornerstone.

I like Moncada, but like Baez he may take a little while to reach his full potential.

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