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I don't actually feel like I predicted anything. I just didn't buy into the narrative that Getz sucked because he ran the organization as director of development. I'm happy to see the team find success, I hope they continue on an upward trajectory. 103 wins would be a nice 19-win progression for 3 straight seasons.

Nope. I hate em. I hope they never win a title ever again.

Too little too late? Ohtani finally emerges after two months in hibernation. Still have to get through MIZ next game. 3-2 starts to become interesting again

The true turnaround of the franchise doesn't happen without a new stadium and $200+ million payrolls....

I was thinking these TV deals might be huge incentive for them to figure it out if that means a lot of TV money is lost with games not being played.

@WestEddy I sincerely hope you are correct because a fan base message board should be filled with legitimate enthusiasm and optimism for the product. I wish that 20 years from now you can tell all the young fans how you predicted the turn around of the franchise.

Stone? Because he's Jewish? Gus has swag though. "Here comes the all american!"

Former Sox pitcher/property Shane Drohan on the mound... part of that massive off season trade with Red Sox On December 6, 2023, the Chicago White Sox selected Drohan from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft.[7] On February 22, 2024, Drohan underwent a nerve decompression procedure on his left shoulder,[8] and was placed on the 60–day injured list to begin the season.[9] On June 9, Drohan was activated from the injured list and subsequently designated for assignment.[10] On June 12, Drohan was returned to the Red Sox organization.[11] In 2024. between four minor league teams he was 2-0 with a 7.71 ERA .[6]

Most would hire former jock and Playgirl model Steve Stone to manage their investments...Zuckerberg getting bullied in youth dodgeball stereotypes only get you so far. Gus Johnson, for example, is also a big geek, but he's fine as a play by play guy for three different sports.

We have a huge Mariners fan here on this board. That's simple. You have an abundance of pitching and the 1/2/3 farm system in all of baseball...yet still can't get past .500ish Houston and Texas. Safeco is the toughest environment for hitters ... so you're going to have trade for or draft or overpay to sign Japanese players like Sato to add them to that offense. Naylor was a huge fail, Raleigh slumped miserably and Julio Rodriguez hasn't hit like a superstar for three years now. Suarez wasn't the solution last year. 80% of the focus has to be on finding great young hitters. Just like the White Sox have the opposite problem...80% of their focus has to be on the pitching side to balance out the team.

Bannister never worked for the Royals. Jirschele has nothing to do with the Royals org. He was drafted by the White Sox, retired, and started coaching for the White Sox. I suppose everyone in the White Sox front office acknowledge the existence of the Kansas City Royals, so you can put everyone on your list.

I would not hire Jason Bennetti to manage my investments. I might hire him to my trivia team.

I don't really follow the Padres, so why would I have an insightful treatise on their recent history? You seem to be distracted by me naming the Padres in an example - from the greater point that I'm only doing the same analysis that everyone would give any team I decided to mock for their World Series Championship failures. If I brought up the Mariners (who have made the playoffs less than the White Sox in the last 7 years), there would be a resounding chorus of "Yeah, but..."s.

Do you hire nerds/geeks/dorks to manage your investments or the typical high school QB/cheerleading captain? 80% would go with the former. But Benetti also has CP, so it's not like it is his fault he has had to overcome a disability. In that sense, I would stand with him against Brooks Boyer, Hahn, Getz.

As far as how front offices conduct themselves, it's probably an entirely different game from 10-15 years ago. Nothing that happened in the late 1970s matters when discussing how a 3-year-old front office is operating today. Just looking at the last 36, Himes had 4 great #1 picks in a row. Schueller took over, and about half of his seasons were successful with that core of Thomas, Durham, Robin, Karko, Black Jack, A-Fern, Alvarez, Roberto Hernandez. KW rolled it over to Lee, Maggs, Valentin, and remnants of the White Flag trade. He kept the team mostly competitive in a period when a single wild card was in play. I don't know what "rebuilding the same mistakes" means. Do you mean that the team rebuilds, grows old, then crashes in cycles? Himes, Schueller, KW, Hahn and Getz all seem to be different styles of building a team. If you're just being cynical and saying everything's going to fail because White Sox, then you go on, then. They certainly seem to be aware of previous international failures, drafting and developmental shortcomings, an inability or neglect in supporting prospects once they hit the bigs and needed adjustments - and they seem to be addressing them. Again, if you feel that Reinsdorf is going to sabatoge everything so that it fails because he's cheap and wants to finish in 2nd place, you would have to give me some evidence that's happening right now beyond "but hey, White Sox, you know?"

I was thinking the same thing. Put nerds and dorks behind a computer in my analytics department. Do not give them a microphone for 162 games.

There's nothing wrong with Comerica. Tigers' attendance has been better than the Sox for the most part over the last twenty plus years. Even the Royals are moving away from their miles of parking lots to a built in entertainment/shopping district oriented around Crowne Centre.

I don't want them to win, but it's also not exactly the end of the world if they do. Seems like Cubs fans hate the Brewers on a whole other level. I'm guessing part of that is also because a vast amount of Brewers fans are also Packers fans.

I do find it funny that there was a conversation about nerds and dorks a few posts ago and now we are actively talking about hiring more nerds and dorks while debating how much they make for our favorite baseball team.

They had, what, 40 guys in their R&D department? They're all being paid an average of $1 million each? I doubt that.

I am too for the same reason. Id still root for the Brewers however. Im tired of everyone laughing at the AL central

SoxTalk for free could/would have told them that...initial reaction was 80-85% against the trade.