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But then again, Getz was also one trade away from a pimp ass cheap ass outfield. Mena for Jake McCarthy instead of Fletcher, along with the Tristan Peters pickup. Guy was one failed trade away from building one of the best cheapest outfields in Sox history. Three outfielders around ~.800 OPS making trash money.

That trade sucked…no doubt it

Arrowhead Stadium has already hosted a number of major concerts. It doesn't look like KC is too small for huge acts like Beyonce and Taylor Swift. https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/geha-field-at-arrowhead-stadium

My favorite or actually least favorite "guest friend" on this site was that Astros fan that hung out for the last playoff series we were in. I remember finally breaking down when he was helpfully giving us an injury update of someone on Houston and I posted ",WILL YOU JUST GET THE FRIG OUTTA HERE".....but I didn't say frig.

Interestingly, Seattle’s T-Mobile Park gets around the excess space that a retractable roof needs by positioning the roof above railroad tracks. However, the view of outside the stadium is limited because of that. Now, please allow me to speculate: If that area were set up so that the railroad tracks, or railyard, housing the stadium’s roof were behind left field, as opposed to beyond right field, then spectators could have a full, unobstructed view of beyond the park. This is significant because that’s exactly what Amtrak’s 14th St. Yard could allow for. The area I’ve outlined in yellow is Amtrak’s yard. The area I’ve outlined in red is BNSF’s yard. If arranged, Ishbia’s stadium could use the air space above BNSF’s yard to house a potential roof, similarly to T-Mobile Park’s setup. It would come from across the other side of the field, but I see no reason why that couldn’t be done. I don’t mean to rant about something purely hypothetical, but I figured you all on this forum might appreciate the concept. Hopefully we hear more news on the stadium front soon.

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Getz hasn’t made a bad trade according to some around here.

This is also the start a stretch of 16 games vs. below .500 teams for them

We traded him for Cam Booser right? Wonder what Getz thought process was with that one.

Same, but I also remember prospect hugging dooming the Orioles. Who can forget the O's "friends" that we had?

I do too but it also scares me a bit

I love being on the buying side of silly season

Eh. Just dump him for some pitcher that gives up 5 runs a game.

I bet they just keep him and take the comp pick. It's too fan risky to do anything else. I don't think they have a shot in hell of sighing him given how detroit fans complain but who knows.

Can the White Sox get much worse defensively at catcher? (someone will argue Korey Lee) Offensive production already bottom 5 in history of sport across various slash lines. Plus Haase would be theoretically more motivated to play against Tigers Guardians Twins

They have a tough decision to make with him.

Tigers beat the sad sack Royals. Detroit 7 back in the loss column, 6 overall. Detroit is playing good baseball TBH. If they get hot they'd scare me more than Cle. We'll see what they do with Skubal.

He also hits well against lefties IIRC

I'll let the FGs analysis serve as most the analytics part of this one and focus on Colson's story more. Colson Montgomery was born in 2022 in a town called "Holland" in Indiana. Google suggests Holland is a one stoplight town at most, but Colson had a leg up on his small town brethren: his father, who was a two sport juco player in hoops and baseball and Colson's older bro -- who Colson wanted to beat at everything said his pops. His dad talks about his early career: Sure enough, Colson would make that dream happen when he was selected 22nd overall in the 2021 MLB draft. At 6-4" on a steady 215lb frame, with a sweet lefty stroke and ability to play up the middle he was a valued commodity coming out of HS. Here is one report from my local guy here at Lookout Landing: And I'd be remiss to not throw this in: After being drafted Colson impressed immediately at draft camp, including this memorable moment with La Russa: https://x.com/whitesox/status/1481028377624649730 In his first full pro ball season at 22, Colson slashed 274/381/429 across A, high A and AA. The hype was rising, and entering the 2023 season MLB named him the 38th best prospect in MLB, one slot behind our friend Miguel Vargas. Things would get even better prospect ranking wise, with the ceiling the floor as the kids say and in 2024 the top was reached prospect wise with MLB having him 9th. But, as well know, progress isn't linear. Thanks Rick. Montgomery slowly backslid, with questions about pretty much everything leading up to his "reset" last spring in Arizona. Just Baseball summed up it like this in hindsight: The rest is history, or gravy if you're a Sox fan. Colson has gone to produce 5.2 fWAR in his first 684 MLB PA. If he's not quite a superstar, he's certainly a star. The defense clears at SS for the foreseeable future, the power is elite, and the other stuff doesn't really matter too much for now. There's concerns obviously about his back, swing speed given said back, contact rate, and his long term position, but you won't blame any of us Sox fans for just enjoying this ride. At worst he settles in as a solid regular that flames out prematurely due to injury (think Joe Crede), at middle case he produces about 15 WAR career before he slides over to 3rd and gives us another 10 before he hits his age 33 season and the Sox make a decision. At best he improves his hit tool and patience without sacrificing power, remains an above avg defensive SS, and challenges for MVPs while helping lead postseason charges for years to come. Not bad.

Haase was a terrible defensive catcher, but he had some big ab's against the Sox.

Former Tigers’ catcher Eric Haase released by SFG Joey Bart and Wells/Fortes if Yankees trade for Hunter Goodman are other possibilities

Had no idea. That's awesome.