Eaton to the Nats...Giolito + Reynaldo Lopez + Dane Dunning CWS

[TheHurl]

As per tweets

[BlueJays]

Damn. They got a good package on Eaton

[TheHurl]

Worthy of it's own thread IMO.

[Laika]

Apparently it's Giolito + Reynaldo Lopez + Dane Dunning

 

wowee

[jays4life19]

Damn.

[Rusty_Savage]

f*** that's some haul. If they unload everyone they very well may win the offseason

[z3r0s]

Thats a lot of premium talent coming in for 2 guys (I still think they should have gone quality vs quantity with Sale and got better secondary guys for Sale).

 

I respect how Chicago is jumping into the rebuild with both feet

[jaysguy44]

Holy s***. Sox gonna be good

[Laika]

Thats a lot of premium talent coming in for 2 guys (I still think they should have gone quality vs quantity with Sale and got better secondary guys for Sale).

 

I respect how Chicago is jumping into the rebuild with both feet

 

Man, it would have been hard to get a better 1-2 quality punch than Moncada-Kopech.

 

That's a top 5 prospect and a top 30 prospect. What other team has that and wanted Sale?

[z3r0s]

Thats a lot of premium talent coming in for 2 guys (I still think they should have gone quality vs quantity with Sale and got better secondary guys for Sale).

 

I respect how Chicago is jumping into the rebuild with both feet

 

hmm, on quick reflection, I might be underrating Kopech. Who knows!

[fatcowxlive]

Man Chicago is rebuilding heavy. I wonder what they can get for Quintana

[AdamGreenwood]

The Jays should have done something similar 20 years ago, instead of half-assing their way to mediocre teams for 30 years.

[Spanky99]

Great deal... we had nothing even close to that offer. Great trade on both sides, love what the Chisox are doing.

[Dr. Dinger]

Holy Christ that's a haul for Eaton

[burlingtonbandit]

Risky though with all 3 being pitching prospects.

[Brownie19]

Where will the White Sox stop? Do we want Frazier or Abreu?

[Daniel Labude]

Where will the White Sox stop? Do we want Frazier or Abreu?

 

Abreu would be great, but what would it take is the question.

[Orgfiller]

Huh, I just saw somewhere that the likely plan is to play Eaton at CF, which is understandable given that they want Turner back at SS, but takes a hit to Eaton's value. He grades out as a negative defender in CF by both DRS and UZR/150, although he likely hasn't played there enough to have fully regressed numbers, and he's wildy above average in RF, albeit in a very small sample size.

[Krylian]

White Sox are doing the right thing.

 

They'll be in good shape in 3-5 years.

[baseballsss]

Huh, I just saw somewhere that the likely plan is to play Eaton at CF, which is understandable given that they want Turner back at SS, but takes a hit to Eaton's value. He grades out as a negative defender in CF by both DRS and UZR/150, although he likely hasn't played there enough to have fully regressed numbers, and he's wildy above average in RF, albeit in a very small sample size.

 

Well there is some garbage player named Harper in RF that they could move.

[xposbrad]

White Sox look to be on their way to a nice team down the road, they are doing things properly. They still have some assets to trade, and they will most likely start getting top 5 picks to combine with their high end prospects.

[TheHurl]

I wonder if it's an unload and reload situation for them. They didn't just unload top talent, they moved two top talents signed to value contracts. I'm not sure anyone has ever used this line to a rebuild when they have so few offensive pieces to move forward with. This is a team that has an OF of Tilson, Coats, Melky and Garcia. With not much on the horizon, especially if Basabe doesn't work out. Edited December 7, 2016 by TheHurl

[Atothe]

Did the White Sox hire new management?

[burlingtonbandit]

Did the White Sox hire new management?

 

I think Hahn is in charge now where before Kenny Williams was making most of the decisions. Maybe I'm wrong.

[TheHurl]

Huh, I just saw somewhere that the likely plan is to play Eaton at CF, which is understandable given that they want Turner back at SS, but takes a hit to Eaton's value. He grades out as a negative defender in CF by both DRS and UZR/150, although he likely hasn't played there enough to have fully regressed numbers, and he's wildy above average in RF, albeit in a very small sample size.

 

I'm going to guess that there are not a lot of people in the decision making process in Washington which care about UZR or DRS.

[Atothe]

I think Hahn is in charge now where before Kenny Williams was making most of the decisions. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

I know, what I meant was this is uncharacteristic of Hahn and Williams

[crmr]

Not too high on Giolito, think Washington did well to trade him (seems as though they were desperately trying to).

 

Eaton is a nice piece overall, should help them out

[saskjayfan]

Did the White Sox hire new management?

 

 

All I've read is how bad the white sox front office is, but they seem to have made a couple pretty good deals

[burlingtonbandit]

Lol Passan on Tim & Sid saying the Nats should have offered the same package for Cutch. People just freak out at the name and don't even look at the contract.

[intentional wok]

All I've read is how bad the white sox front office is, but they seem to have made a couple pretty good deals

 

Eh. It doesn't take that much skill to have other organizations throw great prospects at you for your elite players. The Sox accomplished pretty much nothing while having Sale for four years after his breakout, despite trying. Their last competitive season was 2012 when they got run down in the standings by a mediocre Tigers club.