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Trading players because they’re struggling is how you build a failing franchise...

In what could be an interesting move, the Padres could actually take back JD Martinez in a swap for Myers and actually save money. Myyers is having a much better season, but that can change rapidly...

The Padres are also a rather small market team that did desperately want to unload his contract. He is having a good year, but he is tied for 4th on the Padres in fWAR with Jake Croneneworth and Zack Davies. They are getting a lot of production from some good players. They might hold Myers, but I do think they will take an opportunity to unload this deal if one presents itself...

His $8.9mill fWAR might not cover the $46mill he has left on his contract after this season. There is a reason baseballtradevalues has him vaued at -$18.5mill. The Padres probably gladly move Myers, taking advantage of a situation where another team might want him. Or, the Padres could look at it another way, and decide the 28 games this season are the reality, and the outliers are the three previous seasons...

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Hey that site only tells you if the trade values are equal, not whether or not both teams actually want the players involved...

Think the very flawed Chavis is enough of an enticement? With Tatis, Machado, Cronenworth, France, Mateo, and Hosmer, infield might not be their biggest weakness...

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Legitimate rumor (if such a thing exists) or just your educated guess?

Shaw also didn't bolster his numbers by being played primarily into his strengths, like Chavis has. That, and the reasons you mentioned, are why Shaw can be a starter, but Chavis is a role player...

The only players that could make a decent dent would be Bogaerts, Martinez, and Eovaldi. Unless the offer is very significant, I'd be surprised if any of them were dealt for a couple reasons. I don't think the Sox are going to do any sort of prolonged rebuild. They have never done that under Henry. He doesn't mind spending on players to win. He just minds spending on penalties...

MLB's blackout rules are archaic. They divided up the entire country into regions "controlled" by each team and everyone in that region is subject to blackouts. So people in El Paso cannot watch Ranger games because MLB wants to encourage attendance. Because those El Pasans need to make that 10 hour drive! Not sure why MLB has been so insistent on preventing people from watching it's product....

They did that already. Betts. Price...

Yes, 3 more times for every 1,000 plate appearances!! Your sarcasm is noted lol...

Kyle Hart 1st inning: 24.00 ERA All other innings: 7.50 ERA. Maybe he shouldn't be a starter or an opener...

I find they add some excitement

With some of these player, maybe we should pay them to play else. The results paying them to play in Boston aren’t so good...

Me too. But for a lot of people, 2014 and 2015 seemed intolerable...

Limited to one year

Unless you want a quick turnaround with limited success like in 2013. Does Bloom have an A-Gon trade up his sleeve? Who would it involve?

Shaw gave the Brewers two excellent seasons in which he OPS .844 and hit 63 home runs. Thornburg gave the Sox 43 innings with an ERA of 6.54...

More of an anti-hero. If he was the villain, that would make the Monarch the hero. Come on!!

The funny thing is, the White Sox made a few completely nondescript signings in the 2015-16 offseason that made the Sale trade and the current White Sox roster possible. The 2015 White Sox were actually a pretty good team with some of the best-valued contract extensions in the league, especially the dirt cheap contracts for Sale, Jose Quintana, and Adam Eaton. They broke up that team primarily because of the tirades of Sale and Eaton, who were angry about team president Kenny Willams' decision to no longer let Adam LaRoche's son Drake travel with the team and be part of the clubhouse. LaRoche himself had a few issues with ADD, a condition that became uner public scrutiny a couple years prior when, while playing 1B for Atlanta, he fielded a groundball from Ryan Braun and just stood there holding the ball while Braun and his pitcher converged on the bag. Some stories have indicated that having his son around was a calming influence that helped LaRoche do his best to remain focused, and the White Sox (including Williams himself) ok'd Drake LaRoche to be around the team all year and travel with them and hang out in the clubhouse. But that 2015-16 offseason, the White Sox added three free agents - Brett Lawrie, Mat Latos, and Todd Frazier. According to some reports, one of these three complained about Drake LaRoche being with the team all the time, leading to Williams reneging on his agreement. LaRoche then promptly retired from baseball, and this lead to the notable ire and tirades against Williams and the White Sox organization from Sale and Eaton (including the famous jersey-shredding incident), whereupon Williams traded them both. I always figured it to be Brett Lawrie who complained, as he had a reputation for being a serious prima donna. But I heard someplace else, I forget where, that it was Mat Latos. Either way, Williams and GM Rick Hahn were forced to dismantle the team with the subsequent trades of Sale and Eaton, and eventually Quintana, who was apparently only dealt to complete the fire sale. And in the process, he gave a major piece to the 2016-2018 three time AL East Champion Red Sox. Thank you, Mat Latos. Or Brett Lawrie...

I would think that trade worked out for both teams, which is how it is supposed to be in theory. Whether or not Chicago "won" it is really imamterial. The Red Sox got what they wanted and got a title. The White Sox got more years of control of high upside players and greatly improved their team long term, which they wanted. That the White Sox are getting better production now than the Red Sox was inherent in the design of that trade. It was about as perfect of a trade as you will find for both teams...

The Monarch has to be the best supervillain ever...