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Payroll sits at 67 million. Lowest in baseball. We had a higher payroll 22 years ago, for reference.

I mean.... they traded Crochet and then he went on to be the 2nd best pitcher in MLB and led the league in innings pitched. They traded him because of his injury risk and then he was the most durable in baseball. No idea how anyone wouldn't argue the former, especially since I called it from the second he was traded.

A year ago I posited Acuña and Baty felt like a fair return for Robert (was crucified for this take). This return is notably worse.

This you? "I'm coming around to the thought that the White Sox aren't repeatedly marketing Robert and failing, but they made the decision that he's the best option as their CF, and if another team wants to change their plans, it's going to cost them."

I’m not sure I would argue the former, but definitely the latter. But there is some irony to moving Crochet so quickly because you might not think he can hold up physically as a starter but at the same time you hang onto an injury-prone guy in Robert for so long.

Traded Crochet too quickly and waited too long on Robert.

Like I said, Getz was promoted to GM with Robert coming off of his best season in 2023. How does it make sense to immediately start a rebuild and not trade his best asset? Robert was never going to be around for the next contending Sox team. Getz then traded his best asset in Crochet one year later. Getz got all the credit in the world for selling Crochet high but people seem to forget that he could have done the exact same thing with Robert.

Sure but outside of 2023, it was basically impossible to trade him with the timing. He was bad and kept getting hurt. I’m guessing the offers have been like this for a while. Ideally the Sox would have thrown in money to get something better but that’s asking way too much.

Getz’s big talking bluster about not trading Robert without getting true value for him was pretty epic, considering he finally just accepted the oft-rumored crappy Mets offer of Acuna that we have heard about for almost a year. 🤣

I mostly see non-Sox fans saying that the Sox held onto Robert for too long before finally trading him at his lowest value, which is exactly what Getz did.

I guess Getz was lying when he stated on multiple occasions just how much the White Sox wanted Robert to be their CF. I guess the opportunity to acquire Acuna with little power, low OBP and the ability to play 2B was too good to pass up.

Yeah people have been saying it for two years and Robert just kept getting hurt and not being good. Looking at non Sox fan reactions, everyone seems to think the Sox did okay enough/maybe just a little light for a guy who is injured way too much and only ever got to where he was supposed to be once a few years ago. It really doesn’t matter. You either let him walk for free or do this move, and I’m okay with this move because it gives more bites at the apple on finally hitting on someone.

Well, there could be an addition, if you like burnt toast outfielders like Michael Conforto. I don’t care if Boras is his agent. That dude has to hope that some team will offer him a cheap one-year deal to stave off retirement for another year. Unfortunately, I could see the White Sox being the team to help him.

Some posters were saying that Getz didn’t actually have to trade Robert for such a low return and could wait until ST or even the trade deadline to see if he could have a good first half and recoup some trade value. I didn’t think this was ever going to happen with Robert’s injury risk, and here we are. Getz pretty much insinuated the same but meanwhile, he didn’t even hold onto Robert until ST workouts begin.

Acuna is getting nothing for him. So no, it doesnt make sense to spend all the time, energy and resources to trade a better player for a worse one in my opinion..

How many times do you need to be punched in the face by these cheap, incompetent, dweebs before you stop thinking theyre coming in for high five?

NBC Sports on the trade from the Mets’ perspective: ”Mets acquired OF Luis Robert Jr. from the White Sox for INF Luisangel Acuña and RHP Thomas Pauley. Robert has been largely ineffective the last two years and has quite the injury history, but he’s 28, he’s a legit center fielder and he has a career 111 OPS+. This is definitely worth a shot for the Mets, who will be responsible for paying $22 million for one year or $40 million for two. They’ll presumably handle him better than a White Sox organization that mostly expected position players to play through injury. Tyrone Taylor had topped the Mets’ depth chart in center, but now he’ll serve as the fourth outfielder he’s meant to be. He’ll presumably be on the short side of a platoon with Brett Baty in left initially, assuming the Carson Benge now starts off in Triple-A. With Acuña, who was out of options, departing, Ronny Mauricio seems poised for a utility role.”

But if they aren’t going to spend the money then isn’t picking it up and trading him for SOMETHING better than just doing absolutely nothing with the saved cash?

But but but, I thought getz wasnt actually trying to trade him unless he was blown away. This team picked up an option to trade it to save money when they have a historically low payroll lol.

Getz is crazy for not trading Robert coming off of his best season in 2023 after Getz was named GM, considering he immediately started another rebuild after his promotion. Considering this rebuild plan by Getz, it was obvious that Robert was not going to be around for the next good Sox team, so why not sell high on him? Honestly, what upset me the most was seeing this Jeff Passan tweet on the trade before the actual return was announced. It’s technically true, but “two young players” was exciting for a fleeting moment. 😢

Brave of you to think he will be healthy.

They could get 6 2b into the line up: Antonacci, LF Acuna, CF, Baldwin, RF, Vargas, 3b, Meidroth, 2b, Sosa, 1b/dh.

I’m not sure how I feel about this trade, I’m hoping they use Robert’s salary and sign a more than decent free agent, right now our outfield is loaded with AAA guys. Probably a stretch with his defensive problems but It would be nice if Sosa could become our everyday left fielder.

This trade has me bummed out. There is no way it makes them better in 2026, which means that they feel zero urgency to not lose 100 games for the fourth year in a row. The number of failed prospects they’re hoping to catch lightning with would be very appropriate on a AAA team. It seems like they are comfortable running out absolute crap teams for the foreseeable future as long as they can have one of the three lowest payrolls in the league.

And with Robert now gone, may I introduce the 2026 White Sox!