Red Sox Aquire Sale

[zbhargrove]

HOLY CRAP! White Sox got Moncada, Kopech, and TWO other prospects for Sale... we could have not come CLOSE to that.

Edit: Sorry, didn't see this in the meetings thread... thought it was monumental enough for its own... that's an insane haul. Red Sox will regret that.

[bravesfanMatt]

crap, was hoping the gNats would get him. Soxs building a nice team to rival the Cubbies.

[Chico]

Wow...With all that money they spend to sign Moncada I am surprised they would trade him.

I'm not as big on Kopech as others are. I'm sure the other 2 prospects were legit prospects.

[UNCBlue012]

The White Sox rebuild just gained three years of quick leverage lol

[zbhargrove]

Wow...With all that money they spend to sign Moncada I am surprised they would trade him.

I'm not as big on Kopech as others are. I'm sure the other 2 prospects were legit prospects.

I'm not that big on Kopech either but he's still a huge prospect... I would say this is better than the Shelby Miller trade, but Miller was nowhere near the caliber of Sale obviously.

[smootness]

I'm not that big on Kopech either but he's still a huge prospect... I would say this is better than the Shelby Miller trade, but Miller was nowhere near the caliber of Sale obviously.

Yeah, it's a better return, but not relative to what was given up. This is a fair price for Sale. We got a massive steal.

[Chico]

I'm going to guess Brian Johnson and Sam Travis coming back

[UNCBlue012]

The #WhiteSox will also acquire Basabe and V. Diaz from #RedSox

[Russ2dollas]

I thought they'd get more. That sounds like the deal many of us wanted for Tehran plus Viz.

[Enscheff]

HOLY CRAP! White Sox got Moncada, Kopech, and TWO other prospects for Sale... we could have not come CLOSE to that.

Edit: Sorry, didn't see this in the meetings thread... thought it was monumental enough for its own... that's an insane haul. Red Sox will regret that.

Time to change your signature dum dum.

[Chico]

I thought they'd get more. That sounds like the deal many of us wanted for Tehran plus Viz.

I though they'd get more than that as well. It seemed like they were mostly set on the star coming back than the package.

Either way I'm glad we didn't include Swanson in any deal.

[smootness]

I though they'd get more than that as well. It seemed like they were mostly set on the star coming back than the package.

Either way I'm glad we didn't include Swanson in any deal.

...which could turn out well or poorly. While Moncada is a monster talent and ready for the bigs, he's also still a question mark. I think it's a good gamble by the Red Sox. I would have preferred the Robles/Giolito+ package were I the WS.

[Jaw]

I breathed a massive sigh of relief when I read the thread title.

[Chico]

...which could turn out well or poorly. While Moncada is a monster talent and ready for the bigs, he's also still a question mark. I think it's a good gamble by the Red Sox. I would have preferred the Robles/Giolito+ package were I the WS.

If I'm the red Sox I make this trade all day. I think the White Sox undersold themselves to be honest.

[smootness]

If I'm the red Sox I make this trade all day. I think the White Sox undersold themselves to be honest.

All just depends on how you view Moncada. If he is an .800+ OPS guy right out of the gate, then it's a pretty good deal for them.

[Chico]

All just depends on how you view Moncada. If he is an .800+ OPS guy right out of the gate, then it's a pretty good deal for them.

Yeah, but if I'm trading Sale at 3/36. I'm solving at least 3 problems, not one with 3 wild cards.

[gilesfan]

No one could top that Red Sox package. That is a tremendous package for the White Sox and Moncada could be a franchise changing talent.

[Russ2dollas]

All just depends on how you view Moncada. If he is an .800+ OPS guy right out of the gate, then it's a pretty good deal for them.

I think Moncada is a star. But I know Sale is.

I don't think the White Sox win this unless Moncada is a super star or they get big time production from one other piece.
Of course the other way to look at it is if the White Sox think their window is 2+ years down the line then they trade a star now for a star later.

The pitcher they got seems like he has a good shot of being a RP.

I think this deal is low. And the Sox are ready to win now, so I like it for them.

If the Sox sell this low on Sale can we get any other pieces on sale?

[gilesfan]

Im not sure how people are saying it was low. There was a monster bidding war for Sale, that implies other teams would not offer what the Red Sox offered.

[smootness]

I think Moncada is a star. But I know Sale is.

I don't think the White Sox win this unless Moncada is a super star or they get big time production from one other piece.
Of course the other way to look at it is if the White Sox think their window is 2+ years down the line then they trade a star now for a star later.

The pitcher they got seems like he has a good shot of being a RP.

I think this deal is low. And the Sox are ready to win now, so I like it for them.

If the Sox sell this low on Sale can we get any other pieces on sale?

It's not a low price for Sale, it's about right. The White Sox don't even need Moncada to be a superstar. If he is a very good player, they got him for longer and cheaper than they had Sale.