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Braden now up to nearly .900 OPS in Birmingham, which actually is his highest OPS at any of the three levels he played at this year. Dude is on an absolute tear right now.

Thank goodness we didn't have to waste a year, though, am I right?

The smartest thing Getz ever did was have a historically bad 2024 roster. It makes upcoming seasons look like substantial progress.

So sox went with an arm in round 1 because Fuller wasnt here so it was safer but the lack of fuller didn't scare them because they took bats 4 of 6. Also, drafting an arm is never safer than drafting bat. Thats called talking out of both sides of your mouth, which happens when you spend so much time making excuses for bad decisions.

It's not looking good for .500.

It’s excruciating watching the Sox when they’re in a hitting slump.

And then throws a dot and it doesn't get called. Where are the fucking robots.

but how many games up on Marcia and Jan?😉

I’ll take the under. If they can get Schultz & Smith fixed and if they actually start spending some money, I could see be us a playoff threat in two or three years.

They should tear the monstrosity down save for the columns and turn the area into a park/greenway/playgrounds

To be fair, Hahn is also responsible for the three best hitters in Getz’s lineup. Pretty pathetic.

He's doing it at the expense of the long-term. He's got Taylor and Rojas on this team for no reason at all. Pushing players out to make room for Martin Perez? What the heck?? Trade Robert? When? The best Robert has played in the last 2 seasons were the 4 weeks leading up to the trade deadline. Getz' demand of a starting position player from a contender was patently ridiculous; Okay, they wanted to do Tauchman a solid - fine - but his value will never be as high as it was in July. Getz refused to trade Civale. He trades Houser for a declining prospect who has no real upside. Up until the deadline, Getz was a flawed GM, but it looked like he had a plan and was trying. But now, it looks like his goal is to bring a 70 win team to Chicago. A dog and pony show

Yeah I think .500 isn’t happening. What a shitty team.

It’s really hard to rank non leverage relievers. Palisch is an up and down potential starter. Dalquist and Kelley are def relievers. I don’t know. Ranking 50 guys was difficult

Oh I think that’s the local perception as well 😂

Say you’re running your own business. You hire someone and invest heavy resources into the new hire, and they’ve been recommended to you by others in your company. They are a total disappointment. There is no development, they aren’t getting better, failing at their job. You eventually fire that person, they go to work for a competitor, and later learn they’re having tremendous success at this competitor. Two things stand out to me: 1. You’ve most likely made your organization better because at the end of the day said employee was not producing for you, and you can replace that person with someone who is much more productive 2. I would question my own organization that this person couldn’t find success with my company, but came highly recommended and is finding success with my competitor. Why couldn’t we get the same kind of production? Both things can be true, but simply throwing roses at the Sox because Andrew Vaughn sucked for them is naive

That how desensitized some Sox fans now are given the garbage they have been seeing on a regular basis since 2007.

It’s embarrassing and @Look at Ray Ray Run is spot on. It reminds me of that Mad TV skit from ages ago…

I truly wish there was a question mark reaction, because the only person in our interactions that starts belittling and name calling is you. Also, what do the Sox do well that I'm supposed to be angry about?

1) It doesn't take much to see that the organization doesn't think highly of Baldwin. Being pinch hit for in the 5th inning for Taylor is brutal. Wouldn't surprise me if Baldwin was moved in the off season. 2) Why pitch Vasil late in the game when you're losing 6-0. You would think he would be used in a better situation. Why waste him in a game that's a lost cause? He has been the best pitcher in the bullpen this past season.

There were probably plenty of Jake Eder types. To some that's better than letting a player walk. That satisfices our trade frenzy. It might be some A ball player and we'll rejoice if they get a hit or pitcher with injuries. Yet we hope that .00000005% that person will somehow flourish in the Sox farm system,

Would rather see Elko hit a homer a week and strike out a lot than most of these guys

Needs to be more patient 1st AB he cut aced on a nice change up away. 2nd AB looked like he got caught looking off speed.

It's not the losses it's the lack of offense. Brutal.

Nice throw by Baldwin to double off Isbel who made a bad baserunning error thinking the Yaz linedrive would drop.

Almost like a team of young guys is going to be incredibly streaky.

Can we start thinking of Sosa as a potential 30 HR guy ? He's got 11 HR in his last 40 games.

It seems pretty obvious that Jerry has no desire to spend money if he’s a few years away from potentially selling the team to Ishbia. So you are probably dead on.

I have said 2030 for a couple of years now, and still feeling pretty good about it.

Except a 90+ mph fastball at your face, like your user pic suggests.

Yeah, I was going to say, no way would Jerry allow that. He needs to get his cut. 🤣

He's NOT being condescending at all, he's stating a fact, in a matter of fact manner.

Chuck suggested Ozzie on the post game last night and Ozzie looked like he saw 10,000 ghosts at once.

Right. It’s pretty simple.

It took Hahn until his 8th season as GM to make the playoffs. Low bar I know but that’s how long I expect this thread to last. You taking the over or under on Getz beating that?

These are the two owners… Meanwhile, the players are usually failed MiLB prospects so they earn even less than MiLB minor leaguers, which is a pathetic salary to begin with (outside of high draft pick signing bonuses). The owner is literally wearing a yellow banana suit and cutting his own promos during each game. The players aren’t making s%*#. Banana man ain’t making money by overpaying failed minor league baseball players that can dance. They are a dime a dozen. Just look at White Sox bust prospects. Jacob Gonzalez will probably be a Banana soon. 🤣 The money is going one way — to the owners, just like with the Sox and Jerry. I watched the Bananas game tonight and there were numerous promotional ads from several Chicagoland companies that they are also making money for. I have zero doubt that that money isn’t going to the Bananas owners, along with Jerry. Chance the Rapper performed and both Buehrle and AJP made appearances. I have no doubt Jerry got all the concessions and parking revenue, along with more money for setting up the appearances.

What's a bunch? 70-92?

KW's biggest "failures"... 2007=72-90 2009=79-83 2011=79-83 Average is 77-85 Sounds absolutely wonderful to me now. And that's not even "mired in mediocrity," it's one step or tier below.

Since July, Getz seems to be far more concerned with maxing that 2026 win total than developing a team that might be able to win in a couple of years. The light went on and he realized that he could bring back his entire .407 OF for next season. One less thing to worry about. Hurrah! The non-effort at the deadline and clinginess to these veterans is stunning and is stunting. It's a shame because the young pitching is coming together.

I remember when 69 win seasons were calls to clean house.

Sure do better than whatever he has been doing.

I don't think Sox fans from 1970, when the team lost a franchise record 106 games, could imagine in a million years that 55 years later, there'd actually be any hint of accolades for a front office that is in the process of giving us a 103-loss season and 3 years in a row of 100+ losses.

I was starting to give him credit for the farm system looking improved, but I'm rescinding that. Getz fucked blows.

I'm telling you, setting the bar as low as Getz did last year has genuinely helped him with some fans. Anchoring works, as has been proven time and time again, and Getz anchored himself to the worst record in baseball history at the time. I heard an interview with Thorpe a few days ago and they asked him... "how is the locker room and how are the guys this year" and he talked about how much better it is in there and how they're so much better than last year. This is the second worst team in baseball 😂 Jerry has found his dream match in Getz. He used to think he had to do well enough to finish in 2nd place and keep the fanbase engaged. Now he realizes he can just be so bad that any semblance of competency will lead to some fans endlessly talking about a bright future.

A few days ago it was .420 ball since May 1st.... I guarantee if guys get shut down for innings and etc at end of the year and they finish similar to how they started in April, we'll be hearing how "when they played their guys, they were actually a 65 win team" and that "the end of the season should be thrown away." You are what your record says. They're on pace to lose 103 games. Will be the 4th time in 55 years that they've lost 100+ games, and twice were under Captain Getz.

That's still really bad...

It’s also tough to do your job when your sacks are packed with seamen.

A fan shouldn't be getting "excited" about anything a team does that is 32 games under .500 and about to have their 13th losing season in the last 19 years...but that's just my opinion. You have to play it the way you see it. I respect that although I disagree with it. It's pretty clear John's knowledge of this franchise is very, very thin. Like one side of a single sheet of paper...and it shows. You'd think it would have gotten better since this is his second year but unfortunately it hasn't.