What the Francisco Lindor trade means for the White Sox

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How can one man have all that power to essentially make a 3 team race into a 2 team race? The Cleveland Indians traded away one of the game's best players in Francisco Lindor to the New York Mets, seemingly leaving the White Sox and Twins to battle for the crown in the AL Central division. Chuck Garfien, Vinnie Duber, and Ryan McGuffey discuss the impact the trade will have on the division and can the White Sox use this to their advantage to take control of the AL Central. The crew also discusses how the Sox and Twins stack up vs each other and who they think the Sox should grab next in free agency.(2:04) - First impressions on Cleveland punting on the season(5:58) - The White Sox should take advantage of this to take the division(10:55) - How will the Twins respond to the Lindor trade?(15:30) - Measuring the Twins and White Sox rosters(21:00) - The Twins know how to win

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is Chuck Arfine, and you're listening to The White Sox Talk Podcast,
0:12.8	coming to you, as always, by our friends at Win Trust. Okay, the Indians traded away their best player. One of the best players in all of baseball
0:23.1	in Francisco Indoor and Carlos Carrasco to the Mets in that six-player blockbuster trade
0:30.4	that makes the White Sox and the twins easily the top two contenders in the American League Central.
0:38.0	So on the podcast, we're going to see how the White Sox and the twins stack up against
0:43.6	each other, plus why the White Sox should take advantage of the situation by getting stronger
0:51.7	while the Indians are getting weaker.
0:55.0	That and a whole lot more.
0:56.6	The Indians have traded Francisco Lindor.
1:00.3	Can they trade Jose or Miro's next?
1:02.3	I'd be fine with that.
1:03.7	We're taking a closer look at what this all means for the White Sox
1:08.0	and for the division.
1:09.3	That is coming your way. White Sox, White Sox and for the division that is coming your way.
1:12.3	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
1:15.6	The ball hit deep way back.
1:18.2	Deep time, Bill!
1:20.1	Holy cow!
1:21.7	Carlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
1:25.0	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
1:27.9	You can put it on the board.
1:30.7	Yes.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chicago Sports Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chicago Sports Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.