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Ended up being a dog crap trade.... Hahn got nothing of value from the Yankees. His history of trading for, signing, and trading away relievers is generally shitty.

Disliked the trade when it was done

This is a good move and quite frankly, this is how resources should be used to complete the bullpen.

I agree with CWS, I think he’s gone if this season goes poorly

The only way he isn’t the GM is if Kenny retires and he takes Kenny’s job.

And IMO, Hahn should be relieved of his duties if the team doesn’t make the playoffs. La Russa is long gone and Rick is the guy entering the season with a $180M payroll relying on multiple rookies and with little depth. Tony’s impact may have been massive, but that doesn’t excuse Hahn from not improving the roster.

I have my own trauma that I'm dealing with in regards to this subject. But the fact remains is that due to labor rules established within the MLBPA, they can't do anything until the investigation is concluded and if they tried, it would be a nightmare.

Andrus.

My mistake he’s executive vice president. Can’t imagine why he might want to put Comiskey back in the name but I’m no CEO

Not to mention the CEO of Wintrust is Bruce Comiskey.

Or Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium

GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium ring a bell?

You are exactly correct. And without going into details because ethically I can't let's just say from what I was told some of the individuals involved on the White Sox side had family interests with the Guaranteed Rate Company. It appeared to be a conflict of interest and JR (again according to my sources) was never told the specifics.

Plus, from a corporate image standpoint, imagine being the sponsor who resurrected a "long-beloved classic name" as part of its naming rights. "Look! We're sponsoring the White Sox, and we're bringing back the 'Comiskey' name! We're awesome!"

Plus... what did we give up? If this were headlined as the marquee acquisition of the offseason, yes - time to be mad. For what it is, it's a good move.

I love how some posters want so bad to be mad about this. Lol. German was BoSox minor league pitcher of the year in 22.

Devil's advocate take: Could be a "Wintrust Field at Comiskey Park" sort of thing. Like "Oriole Park at Camden Yards."

Nah doing nothing is better than Kyrie.

I get that it is probably difficult to find quality commentators to fill on a part time basis. But FFS they can't do better than Gordon fucking Beckham? I just don't get the fondness for him. He sucked here as a player, really offers nothing notable from a baseball perspective, and he is down right awful on air. There have to be talented people looking to break into the industry that would jump at a shot to be on air. I get that is probably difficult for one's schedule, but come on!

I kind of agree - seems odd for Jason to be out in the media at this point after everything is done. But whole thing was kind of odd. Either way - in terms of dysfunction - this is the least of the Sox problems (unfortunately).

You’re right those are issues that do need to be dealt with. On the other hand, how many quality young TV guys are there that won’t receive any national interest in broadcasting something else? There’s half a year when they could be doing basketball or football, for example. Didn’t Jason do a “stat loaded” broadcast for the college football championship a few weeks ago or was that a different game? I’m sure I had one of those on recently. He really is good at his job and people recognize this. That is a good thing for the White Sox, employing a guy who is good at his job and who will be around for years. The fact that Fox wants him doing games is a testament to this. Employing people who are good at their job makes the whole white Sox organization better, it helps build the brand and it’s another way to bring national exposure to this franchise. Presumably it also makes Nationwide insurance a bunch of money too. One sacrifice of that is losing him for some games, but the gain of that could be having him broadcast the World Series in a few years. How many of the most well known broadcasters for teams had arrangements like this, where they did Big Games for the national networks on the weekend and were available the rest of the season? I’d say many of them. If you don’t want a guy who has demand from Fox, you can find that, by going with worse broadcasters. This may save money in the short term, but in the long term it again sacrifices a chance to build a following in exchange for a quick buck. The good news is there’s no other instance I can think of where the White Sox have behaved that way, otherwise I’d be shaking my head saying “here we go again.”

I'm going to go against the grain here, because why not risk pissing off some folks ? I get there were probably some frustrating moments for Jason, and knowing who is in the Sox FO, nor do I doubt it. And I do understand his desire to "diversify his portfolio" and how it even benefits the Sox in some ways. However, if I were the Sox I'd probably be equally as frustrated. They have to go out and find guys that can do the same job on a part-time basis. There's a reason we get people like Beckham filling in. The broadcasters that have talent have actually full-time broadcasting jobs. IMHO, Jason needs to pick something and stick with that. Also, I think it was unprofessional for Jason to speak to reporters about his frustrations regarding the signing process. Talk about it after you leave/retire. Or not at all. Sox aren't the only ones at fault here... this is a 2 way street.

https://www.wsiforumstoo.com/74118-the-state-of-the-sox I spoke with six sources for the story all connected in a professional way to the franchise

Sox had lost the 2nd most net fWAR over the off-season and would be closing in hard on #1 if you factor in Liam & Clevinger.

Yeah, definitely not a positive read. When I see frustrations by the front- line talent met with "that's how we do things here" by management... the only thing i can think of is that "the way we do things here" sounds shitty. Sounds like the obvious question is "what if the way we've always done things is wrong?"

Except they could have in fact won less games in those starts with worse pitching

This is basically word for word Fox News propaganda. And the idea the City is bankrupt is hilarious. The City is in the best financial health its been in since the 1990s

That was not a positive read.