Reports yesterday from Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News indicated that Rangers outfielder Nomar Mazara was drawing interest from rival teams. Grant mentioned that Mazara was getting looks from teams who weren’t necessarily contenders this season but were looking to contend in 2020, and today Grant specified that the Padres and White Sox were two of the clubs scouting Mazara.
San Diego is something of an odd fit for Mazara on paper, as the Padres already have multiple corner outfield options on hand. Franmil Reyes and Hunter Renfroe have both performed very well this season, the struggling Wil Myers isn’t likely to be going anywhere due to his contract, Travis Jankowski and Josh Naylor are the two primary options in the minor leagues, and Franchy Cordero could also rejoin the mix if he gets healthy.
Then again, Padres GM A.J. Preller was the Rangers’ director of international scouting when Mazara was first signed to a then-record $5MM bonus by the Rangers back in 2011. It wouldn’t at all be surprising if Preller feels a move to a new environment could help Mazara become a consistently productive big league player. It’s also possible the Padres could create some space in the outfield with some trades for pitching over the next week, as the club has been linked to a long list of starting arms over the last several months.
Chicago has Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert ticketed as their respective left and center fielders of the future, though while Leury Garcia has been a useful player, the White Sox could prefer to land a player with more upside like Mazara. Garcia has been one of several Sox players who have generated some trade interest as we approach the deadline, though Chicago isn’t considered to be too interested in moving players, as the club has their eye on contending for the AL Central in 2020. Between Jimenez’s debut, breakout performances from Lucas Giolito and Yoan Moncada, and other young talents who are on the verge of the big leagues, the Pale Hose seem to be on the verge of properly ending their rebuild. (Of course, they almost did so last winter in their push to sign Manny Machado, before losing him to the Padres.)
all day long
wow dumb idea for both
In a 3 way with Braves getting Colume and Rangers Prospects from Braves.
Not enough Colome in Chicago to make that 3 way happen.
Be a great idea for the White Sox. They won 63 games in 2013, and their last winning season was 2012. Yet, their claiming this is the 3rd year of ‘their rebuild’!!! Hahaha.
Reinsdorf would love it since he wouldn’t have to spend much money.
I do not think you know anything about the White Sox or Reinsdorf. Your comment illustrates that fact.
This exactly
He is 24 years old so I guess u can still believe in upside but Mazara is a bat only hitter who really not that good while playing half his games in a very hitter friendly park. Worst he comes with a 3 to 1 SO to walk rate. Rangers would be selling low, but to keep him work with him and hopes he can turn his career around.
You know them strikeouts is what we do in Chicago.
State of Illinois should raise the lease fees the Sox pay for Guaranteed Loss field, err I mean Guaranteed Rate field. They pay less when attendance is down. If that was reversed, maybe Reinsdorf would spend money to actually try to make the team respectable.
Don’t joke about taxes in Illinois. We have enough
You do realize that Reinsdorf spent really well when the teams were winning. Not to mention the city of Chicago has won 7 Championships under his ownership.
John Kappel are you Jerry’s burner account?
I don’t think you can seriously be a fan of the Sox or Bulls and think Reinsdorf is a good owner. He hasn’t spent at the top of the market in MLB free agency since Albert Belle and he tried to lowball Michael Jordan. Plus he consistently rewards loyalty over competence in his front offices.
I was waiting for the Padres interest in Mazara to be reported. It seems like Preller is still trying to acquire any prospect he ever signed while with the Rangers.
With the Padres lineup being so right handed heavy, a deal for a left handed hitting outfielder with still some upside, does make sense though. I wonder if the Rangers would be interested in Franmil Reyes? Moving Reyes would open up a spot for Mazara in San Diego and Reyes in Texas would/could be a beast!
Reyes has more value than Mazara. I think in the long shot this happens then Reyes would be a part of a different deal
Padres have also always shown interest in Odor.
The player that is
I wonder if the Rangers would be interested in Franmil Reyes? Moving Reyes would open up a spot for Mazara in San Diego
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Seriously?
Mazzara = career WAR of 1.1 in 1,908 ABs, with 2 years left.
Reyes = career WAR of 1.9 in 570 ABs. with 5 years left.
To make this fair, you should ask SD to throw in Tatis.
If Preller thinks he can get the best out of Mazara, one his his signings, I’m sure he would be willing to deal Reyes, not one of his signings. The Padres need better balance in their lineup and Mazara would also help with that.
And for the record, I am a Padre fan, not a Ranger fan. If the Padres could get someone else in the deal that Preller still has high hopes for, so be it.
White Sox would be a good fit. Mazara fits with the rest of their bright future. I am not sure why the Rangers would potentially give up on the 23/24 year old.
He’s poor defensively and extremely slow. He’s played four years for Texas and hasn’t made any improvements offensively. He’s an average player. Some people might think he still has untapped potential. The Rangers are tired of waiting.
NOT a good fit. There are plenty of reasons Texas is looking to move him, and those are reasons that should make the Sox think twice. Add him to the new “mix” including A.J.Reed, Ryan Goins, and Jimmy Cordero and you’ve begun to define a roster that’s going nowhere but down, down, down. Has anyone with the Sox ever thought about acquiring players who’ve demonstrated the ability to perform at a high level in the major leagues? All we get lately are retreads, veterans desperate to hang on, or yesterday’s hot shots who have all but fizzled.
Goins has impressed since being called up. Reed was a low-risk chance, as was Cordero, and are presumably both there just to see if they can flip them for better prospects at the deadline. Now with that deadline quickly approaching and them both no good, I can’t see them sticking in any sort of future plans.
He isnt that good of a player. Sox wanted him in the potential Sale deal to the Rnagers and the Rangers said no. Glad they did.
Meh. Another defensive liability, and no dh. Pass
Padres? AJ is smarter than that
garrett richards for mazara if richards has control for 2020
heck no rangers will not trade him unless they get a young pitching prospect
Tired of the rumors. Wake me up when a trade is actually made.
Agreed. Let’s Go. Start trading already.
There aren’t going to be any interesting trades.
@ChiSox_Fan
Amen!
I can see the Padres interest, especially w/ the emergence of Tatis Jr and of course signing a young superstar in Machado. I can see them contending as soon as next year, but the White Sox?! Seriously? They’re two years away from MAYBE being two years away. An unproven, inept front office that was so clueless they thought they were “All in” just a few years back (ironically when they traded the eventual top prospect is baseball for James F’n Shields) and then ended up with a worse record than teams actively tanking. They need to figure out how to draft, scout, develop and at some point convince legit stud ML free agents to sign there before they can even think about contending.
The Padres will be legit really soon.
You had zero idea who Fernando Tatis Jr was when that trade was made. Considering he was 17 and had never played a game I the United States.
Apparently neither did Rick or Kenny. The difference is, I’m not a GM. Also, we all knew who James “No game” Shields was/is. haha
We get it. Jerry, Gar. Pax, and Kenny suck. Try being both a Sox and Bulls fan lol
its ok we have eloy and cease
That’s it right there. What’s the common denominator? JR. Reinsdorf’s loyalty to inept front office clowns has rendered both the Bulls and White Sox irrelevant jokes. Especially considering both are major market franchises. As a die hard Bulls fan, it’s infuriating.
You do realize that the White Sox have one of the best farm systems in baseball right now, right?
Bryzzo2016 is a L 7 weenie!!
Eloy and Cease have shown nothing in the big leagues, unlike Tatis who is a ROTY contender.
Eloy has shown nothing?? You must be a DA
@pinstripes17
I still don’t get why a Yankees troll would even care about what the Sox do. I could see Cub trolls, Tiger trolls, Indian trolls, etc. on here, but I don’t get Yankee trolls coming on here. You have that much time on your hands to troll teams you shouldn’t have any interest in? That would be like me going on Marlins or Reds or Orioles message boards and trolling them. What’s the point?
Since I remember you, you’ve been on Sox message boards quite a few times trolling. When’s the last time you went out of your parents’ basement and walked outside? Has it been months?
Same regurgitated comment over and over again. Only thing missing is you saying that Giolito and Moncado are busts..weird. Also, if your going to talk smack do some research. The “All In” season was 2011 when they signed Dunn. This was the pre-season marketing campaign used to sell tickets. That was the year they signed Dunn (yes terrible outcome). Shields was traded for prior to the All Star break in 2016 but they never said “All In”. You made that up. You’re fear of the SOX becoming a good team so TRANSPARENT and you’re completely INEPT when it comes to making an original unbiased comment/argument.
Are you high? Seriously, the White Sox have one of the best farm systems in baseball, have drafted really well over the last 4 years, and fleeced Theo out of Eloy and Cease for Quintana. Not to mention Tatis Jr. was an unranked prospect when he was traded.
Congrats to the white sox inability to see upside
Along with Fangraphs, MLB, Baseball America. So yes, all 4 of those groups did not recognize that Tatis was going to be as good as he is.
forbes.com/sites/robertkuenster/2019/07/24/five-co…
Hey Theo, thanks for Eloy and Cease.
So creative. I’ve never heard that one before. Good luck on year 9 of the rebuild. We’ll be going to the playoffs for the 5TH straight year.
@bush1
You sure about that? St. Louis just caught you and Milwaukee is only 2 behind. Also, the Nats have the same record and Philly is only 1 game behind. Wouldn’t that be funny in your window of opportunity you failed to make the playoffs. You might want to ease up a little on the confidence there, bro.
Sure, it’s not guaranteed. But what is guaranteed is another relevant year. I’m aware of the records, and the NL Central is tough because it doesn’t a bunch of tanking team like the AL Central. But there’s a good chance.
Thanks for Tatis and Machado.
@Show Me Your Grapes
No, thank you for Machado.
Though, the Pads did get the Sox on Tatis, there’s no getting around that. So overall, the Pads did get the better of the Sox.
I’m fairly certain the White Sox didn’t give Machado to the Padres, but you’re welcome?
I guess congratulations are in order too, then? Congrats on setting the market and guaranteeing Machado $50 mil more than the next highest bidder? Great job understanding the marketplace.
Sorry, I forgot that Lou Brock is in the HoF with a Cubs hat on. Oh wait…. So I guess anyone can make a mistake with a young player who had not reached even a glimmer of their potential.. It happens all the time, and not just with the Sox, so drop it already.
As for all of the issues with the Sox management, you could have easily said the same thing about the Cubs before their rebuild, So do the world a favor and go crawl back into your little troll mancave.
..and stop with the whole ‘but, but, but, Sox fans…..’ that does not make what you are doing any better than what they are doing.
I think Preller just likes messing with the white sox
That’s like bullying the handicapped kid in the corner eating paste.
That comment is not needed. Not funny.
I hope you enjoy the last 2 years of Kris Bryant in a Cubs uniform.
Your team’s field is a dump, you pee in a trough, and you cannot walk the entire circumference of the stadium. Having been to 14 MLB stadiums this far, Wrigley is by far the worst. Your team has multiple Cy Young winners and finalists, multiple MVP winners and finalist and yet you can only win one World Series. Talk to us White Sox fans in another 108 years.
Yeah because the Sox haven’t won 1 World Series in the last 110 years or anything either. And actually, you can walk the whole circumference of Wrigley now. Keep on keeping on tho. And Bryzzo, that was an unnecessary comment.
Who cares about what happened 90 years ago before any of us were alive?! That’s such an asinine comment by a fan base that has nothing else to say after rebuilding for 8 years, and their winning percentage just as bad as it was when this endless rebuild started.
Hey let’s bring up 1928, because that’s completely relevant. ♂️
@bush1
Very true, no one should care what happened 90 years ago.
Yet, I get this feeling with the anger and bitterness in your posts that you’re still having a tough time coming to grips with the 100-year drought, being the only team in American sports to ever have a 100-year drought.
You have to let that go, and be proud of the WS the Cubs finally won. No more Lovable Losers. Think positive, bro.
I’m not angry about it. But it’s beyond idiotic and I hear it all the time. It’s sooo dumb, that I have to speak up.
I’d rather the Sox grab Inciarte. He’s a great defender and probably would do well with a change of scenery since he’s not part of the Braves future. Plus you get a speedster to go along with Madrigal and Robert mext year. Having both Eloy and Mazara in the OF would be a nightmare.
TIL that the Padres need more defensively challenged corner OF’s
Why would we want him? We have better options
aj preller adding to the surplus of mediocre corner outfielders
That would be an incredibly stupid move for the White Sox. Leury has had an equal bat and plays superior defense for less $ and he shouldn’t even be a starter
But the Sox’pro scouting is exactly that stupid.
chisox already have to many future DHs or 1st baseman
Guessing the Padres leaked this rumor as a joke and the Sox jumped on-board because they were scared of getting beat out by the Pads again.
Haha, this.
no way do the Padres need him, if they want to trade Reyes fine, let Naylor play full time, hes a better hitter than Mazara
Smells like Kenny Williams ordering Rick Hahn to do this move. He gets fixated on players and can’t move on from them. He traded for Robbie and Sandy Alomar 5 times total! Mazara was a hot prospect 2 years ago. That luster is long gone.
This isn’t on KW. Hahn was GM when the Sox last asked about Mazara. I believe it was 2016 as part of a potential Sale trade.
It was. And he was told Mazara was untouchable, yet we still credit the Sox front office for being the stupid ones.
@Priggs89
It’s funny how these Cub trolls love to twist the truth around to make the Sox FO look like the most inept people on Earth. Yet, they somehow were able to pry 2 Blue Chip prospects from Theo for a barely above average SP. Makes you wonder how inept these Cub trolls think Theo is.
Padres ain’t going to trade for him, preller is interested in almost everyone and checks in all the time but that doesn’t mean it’s genuine. Also he’s probably fine doing the rangers a favor to get them a better return for him
It doesn’t matter who the white sox get. They won’t know what to do with them, Except tell them, we’re going to be a really good team in 2020. In the meantime, We’re going to play for next year draft pick. So just hang in there. Our farm system come through for us and they’re cheap!
The Padres don’t need more outfielders . they need and ace SP.. right now.
Mazara for Dunning and Burger
Mazzara for Dunning & Burger would work for me as Burger is basically blocked
Even if he starts to produce.
Feels like a rumor planted by the TX GM. Why would SD want Mazarra? I understand acquiring post-hype prospects and trying to redeem them, but he has nowhere to play in SD with Reyes, Renfroe, and Myers occupying two corner spots.
Fake news. Padres gotta blow out Myers as part of any deal.
Myers looks anemic-weak on his new diet and yoga plan, jow about working out with weights and putting about 25 lbs of muscle on that frame. You look terrible at the plate and for $20M/yr. your a JOKE
This is would be a good move for the White Sox if they don’t have to give up Robert or Walker along with any pitcher and go after Cole and some bullpen help in the offseason.!
I would think for this guy a straight one on one swap anything more is a waste, this Ranger guy is below ave.
Robert isn’t going anywhere. They paid a boatload of money just to sign him, and he has shown exactly why so far this year.
This is why the Rangers suck and will continue under JD. Odor is the big problem in that lineup as he can’t hit a lick….all he does is swing for the fences. Sell high on Minor and Lynn and get the rebuild in full on mode.
so they suck because they are listening to trade offers?
AJ what does it take for you to understand the Padres lead the league in K’s, we need a guy who doesn’t K every third at bat who is above ave. defensively and can hit at least .285 with some speeed. Is that so difficult not some flub from the Rangers. Please read Money Ball, AJ get a clue.