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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 48: Bob Nightengale talks Sox trades, 2019 free agents, and juiced baseballs?

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

With the trade deadline coming July 31st and the White Sox open for business, Chuck Garfien spoke with Bob Nightengale of USA Today about possible trade destinations for White Sox trade targets Jose Quintana, David Robertson, etc. Plus, could the White Sox be big players for the 2019 free agent class that includes Clayton Kershaw, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper? They discuss Nightengale's recent article that has major league players and coaches believing the baseball is juiced, what MLB will do to improve the pace of play and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the White Sox Talk podcast, which is brought to you by WinTrust Community Bank,

0:04.9

home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide. Find out more at WinTrust.com slash socks. That's

0:11.5

wintrust.com slash socks. We come to you every Tuesday or as White Sox news breaks. I'm Chuck Garfine,

0:19.1

and we have officially entered one of the wildest

0:22.7

stretches of the year. We're talking trading season. The trade deadline, July 31st, so for the

0:29.4

next three and a half weeks, we're all going to be pretty much on high alert. We meaning fans,

0:34.8

media, and especially GMs as we get closer to the deadline and rumors start to heat up.

0:42.2

And as one of the few teams that have let it be known to everybody that they are selling and open for business are the White Sox who should be extremely busy.

0:51.4

I actually feel bad for Rick Hahn's cell phone. I'm not sure it's going to be

0:55.3

silent or resting much over the next few weeks. What are the White Sacks going to do? And what is the

1:03.0

market going to be for Kentana, Robertson, Frazier, Malki Cabrera, etc. I want to talk to someone

1:10.7

who is really connected on the baseball

1:13.6

scene on this topic and that person is Bob Nightingale, one of the most connected writers

1:20.6

in baseball to get the temperature of the market and where this all might be going. He gives

1:25.6

an interesting take on where he thinks David Robertson is going to go, and it's not any team that I've heard. We're all saying Robertson of the Nationals, Robertson to the Nationals. No, no, no, listen to the end of the podcast. Actually, brings it up a couple of times. It's another team, and I think that's a good fit for him, but we'll see what happens. Plus, you may have noticed the amount of home runs this

1:45.3

year and how far these balls are going. It has people wondering, are the baseballs juiced? Well, Bob

1:52.1

wrote a great article on this with easily the strongest comments you're going to see. I mean,

1:57.9

David Price says in this article, 100%, there's

2:01.8

something going on with the baseballs. Marlins reliever, Brad Ziegler, said, it feels like every

2:07.3

park is Colorado. So the article was so big, by the way, that Major League Baseball sent a memo

2:13.0

to all Major League teams the next day saying there's nothing wrong with the baseballs.

2:18.3

So what does Bob think about that?

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