Landing Moncada is HUGE for the White Sox and Kopech is pretty solid as well. Very impressed with Hahn and this deal is way better then what the Nats were offering IMO. I'll take the better everyday player over the better pitcher, especially in our case.
Wow, loving this deal even more now!
Gotta admit I am disappointed
Feels underwhelming ,, Part of that is I don't believe you trade away a young #1 (Especially signed for next 4 years) and not get a young proven MLB roster player
Disappoinint. Hope it works out because this deal if it doesn't work out could set back organization for long time
Hoping it works out but not overly thrilled
Disappointed, seriously?
This is a perfect deal for the White Sox. We moved our best player, who's on a bargain of a deal, for THE best prospect in the game and a top #3 pitching prospect. We weren't going anywhere with Sale and it was about time management/ownership realized we needed to blow it up. You might not like the return cause you would've preferred to land someone like Turner, Bregman, Benintendi, etc but the market dictated otherwise. Hahn wasn't willing to drag this forever and at the same time informed every other GM that we're dead serious about adding young, elite talent, for the future.
I rather see a bottom feeder for the next couple of years while drafting bluechip prospects along the way, adding to the core we currently have, over a team that will crawl their way to a .500 record with Sale as our ace.
Keep in mind that there's more moves to come, meaning we'll be adding more youth while unloading certain veterans. If I'm Hahn, I'm doing everything in my power to entice the Nats with Quintana and possibly Eaton since they lost out on Sale and are looking to upgrade their outfield. If I'm Rizzo, I'd rather give away Robles/Giolito for Q and Eaton instead of McCutchen.