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Hopefully never call him "LuBob"

Lee has put in alot of work and IMO he has really improved himself this year. He should be starting over Maldonado right now.

This was such an insane trade for two expiring assets.

If Fedde proves out to be a 4.00 ERA 1.30 WHIP guy in Chicago who pulls down 6ish innings a start, a LOT of teams will be lining up for him.

It has always sounded like what you call your uncle who peaked as a high school QB, not a 5-tool, All-Star centerfielder that has a gold glove and a silver slugger

Bbbbbutt, they hired Getz because they couldn’t waste a season with a new guy getting to know the organization. Of course you’re right. Getz is in over his head more than Hahn ever was and is at the same depth as Grifol.

Simulations hate the White Sox more than Keith Law does. It's disgusting.

Thorpe, Iriarte, and Wilson have combined for 2 earned runs allowed in 34 innings. Not bad.

He has so much deception in his delivery. He throws his glove at the hitter then he has that short quick arm action right behind it and the ball gets on the hitter fast. It really makes his stuff play up. He's going to be so much fun to watch.

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I think the funniest thing about it is that they waived all guys they traded for.

At first I read "C Edgar Quero" like "C" was his first initial... like J Edgar Hoover.

I'm glad Max is posting again.

You don't think it'd be "cash considerations?"

When I suggested trading him last offseason, most laughed at the idea. “You’ll never get fair value trading him now” was the common reply. Well, his value is undoubtedly less now than it was a couple months ago even if we accepted an “underwhelming” package.

Do they still have those cut-out people to put up at the rate? Might make it feel a little more homely than today’s attendance. Anyone know?

1) Has cool nickname 2) LuBob has been dismissed by Abreu 3) La Pantera has cool artwork 4) Still call him "LuBob"

Man there was no way there were 5,000 people in that stadium for the second game.

Even if he’s a 4/5 starter, that’s a huge win. No more signing scrubs like Flexen if he can hack it long-term.

It looked like a triple digit crowd today...

They need to trade strictly for position players at this point.

on Si.com, according to Bleacher Report https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/news/san-francisco-giants-linked-white-sox-starter-potential-trade-dylan9 Take that with a grain of salt, I guess (since it's ultimately from Bleacher Report), but I would at least use this as a useful data point for Getz having built some trade value in the Fedde acquisition.

Garcia has had 4 straight scoreless outings. I just don't see us getting much for Fredde. Lynn had a history and was still striking people out at high rates; I can see the Dodgers thinking they could get him squared away. Hahn did arguably his best work in with the Angels. He finally did a deal on OUR terms, taking advantage of the Angels eagerness to take one last big swing in the last days of Ohtani. I'm not sure that Getz will be that tactical; but I didn't think Hahn could be either.

Great turn here from Colson

I realize Edgar Quero is only 21-yr old. But he has 495 plate appearances in AA combined and this season alone is raking. 0.300 BA, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 1.125 OPS Seems like a promotion is earned to AAA and hoping he can be on the Opening roster next year with Korey Lee.

When you look at the roster and when you squint you can see them competing in a year or two.

100% Still funny

I'm semi sure Reinsdorf runs the Sox in a way he thinks is best to keep them in Chicago and prevent them from leaving the city like his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers did. I liked your analysis, except I disagree with the statement I bolded above. I think JR wants to run the Sox out of town just like his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers left him angry. He wants to take it out on all of us because we don't show up for games when the product on the field is so inept. Sox fans don't flock to the game the way Cub fans do and JR resents that and always will. His dislike for all things Cub is evident in things he has said over the years. The year after the Sox won the World Series in 2006 attendance came 40,000 short of 3 mil. Sox fans want to see results and if the team would have performed better in the years that followed, we would have supported them in droves. Sox fans don't show up to pretend they're in a bar like Wrigley, they show up when a winner is on the field. If we had a winning organization similar to the smaller market St Louis Cardinals we would come close to 3 mil in attendance every year. But remember JR gets a sweet deal on his stadium rent if attendance doesn't reach a certain amount so it's in his best interest to field a team that comes close to winning but doesn't draw too many fans. I know it makes no sense but that's JR for ya. Remember his other quote when he said “Sports is a business of failure. Only one team is going to win every year. But the fact that you finished second or third or fourth, it doesn’t mean you had a bad year. I think the important thing for fans is, while they want you to win championships, they want to know that when you get to the last month of the season, you still have a shot. You’re still playing meaningful games. If you can do that consistently, you’ll make your fans happy.” On top of his recent visit to Nashville JR also held us up threatening to move to Tampa Bay so the history is there.Now if my childhood team left for LA like his beloved Brooklyn dodgers I would be upset and never want that to happen to anyone else. Not JR, he's tried once with Tampa and now he's going to do it again if he doesn't get the state to build a new stadium for him. Even after they built the current park, JR had it remodeled and then he thought the seats looked too much like Cub blue so he had the state or us to pay for the color change to the current green, was that really necessary. JR could give a sh** about fans or a winning team, all he cares about is having the state pay for his stadium so he can string the fans along with 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place talent just so he can keep attendance down and have the state kick in more money.

This is exactly what they should have done. It was obvious he was leaving. Back up the truck and get what you can for him.

Because people think I won't give Getz any W's, Cannon is a big win right now. Especially compared to the Chris Becks and Sean Burkes of yesteryear.

Of course he was going to get hurt again. Last year was the outlier. He got hurt all the time in the minors and in the majors. It was indeed a massive failure not to sell once he managed to play a full season.

Joe Musgrove is my comp for Cannon. Body type is almost identical and the stuff is similar though Musgrove may be a tick better but Cannon has the better command. I think everyone would be happy if that's what he is.

Wait…so people complained about Getz not signing free agents like Michael Taylor in the offseason and now they’re also complaining about signing Pham? What gives?

Peak Robert is worth hundreds of millions, that's why.

yeah i never understood that line of thought, Robert's remaining contract years aren't exactly cheap, 8.3mil > 20 mil > 20 mil

The starting rotation has the potential to be a lot of fun in the second half of the season with Crochet, Nastrini, Cannon, Thorpe, and Iriarte all 24 years old and younger. I wasn’t a proponent of promoting these guys until they were ready and honestly felt like they rushed Nastrini and Cannon a bit but perhaps I was wrong. They looked very good in their debuts.

That’s actually really impressive for a third round pick. Score a win for Chris Getz development @WestEddy ?

Moncada and Semien

I don’t give a s%*# what anyone says…LuBob has always been, and will always be a cool nickname for Luis Robert. It’s fun.

I think it would have been very hard to get the value he was worth this past offseason. He has so much control left.

I totally respect where you’re coming from. My way of keeping cool is by laughing at the team. To me, it’s the next best thing to cheering for a competitive team. Quigley?

Yoan for sure

Yes, this was not Lauren Hill, the more well-known Bauer accuser.

Is Cannon going to stick in the rotation or will he get demoted to AAA as soon as Clevinger is ready? Seems like Nastrini is safe with Flexen moving to the pen, but this team is a lot more fun with two legit youngsters in the rotation.

Woulda beat Miami in the play-in last season if Zach didn't disappear in the second half. Redemption Friday!

Hell yeah he is. #Free@WestEddy

Why do people keep thinking our pitching has been decent? It hasn’t been. 25th in ERA, 26th in WHIP, walking too many people not striking out enough people.

If these guys could even be league average with hitting they probably would be at .500 with how decent the pitching has been, unfortunately they put out the worst offense ever assembled. I don't care how good your defense is, if you can't hit the fucking ball you're not going to score runs, and your product will not be interesting.