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“What are you doing WEGNER!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?”

It looks like I win the award for bad timing.

I still have no interest in trading prospects for a vet that doesn’t get us close to a WS this year. I think people are getting a bit carried away with the success so far this year. I’d much rather go after a young SP. for instance Andrew Painter. Phillies are likely about to send him back to AAA and their entire IF (minus 1B) is awful. A Gonzo for Painter trade is something I’d rather go after. Keep building into this young core

Depleting our farm sounds like a gut punch to me. This team has been so fun but I don’t think any moves they would make this season would give them the opportunity to make a World Series run, which let’s be honest is the entire point of adding at the deadline. To me, as good and refreshing as this season has been so far, this ain’t the year to try and do that. Next year perhaps. But I really don’t want the Sox to go backwards in terms of sacrificing our future for now. And Getz has been pretty adamant about making this team a winning one for the long term. We need to get in a position where we have a great farm with plenty of depth AND a great MLB team that has a real shot at winning it all. Then you can trade from your farm at the deadline to fill in holes at the major league level without worrying about completely depleting your minor league depth and going back into a rebuild. That’s what competent organizations do.

I think so. I pointed out in the gamethread, but we have literally whiffed on three trades for controllable LH relievers. So far, Booser, Gilbert, & Murphy have combined for -0.6 fWAR and have cost us Fajardo (now the Cardinals’ 11th overall prospect per BA), Combs (a semi interesting relief prospect in AA), and one of my old favorites Ronny Hernandez (who has a 191 wRC+ as a 21 year old catcher in High A). These all felt like Bannister targets and all have failed to various degrees. I wouldn’t expect a 100% success rate on these types of acquisitions, but at least one and ideally two should have worked out. And there are many other red flags, such as Iriarte’s stuff almost immediately regressing when we got him, Oppor completely falling apart, Hagen being an inconsistent mess, and the plethora of injuries we have faced over the past two seasons, but don’t have the time to go into all of those.

Which is exactly why he didn't go to Springfield and didn't ask lawmakers for a billion dollars. How gullible are you?

Atta Boy Sammy!! This ball game was much closer than the score shows.

Didnt you do that an hour ago?

Ok maybe he can

This guy. We all love this guy.

I can't imagine watching a game and thinking "thank god Jerry is our owner."

There are a bunch of unknowns. The people inside the sport should know better than anyone the chances of a season next year, but even the people most in the know are still just making an educated guess. It's truly an unknown. But even with there being potential for a work stoppage, that fact has to enter into the equation when you are trying to put a certain value percentage on a guy being under control for 2027. How could it not? The other big unknown (in my eyes) is the track record (or lack thereof), of Getz. That's no fault of Getz, he doesn't have a long enough tenure to tell us what sort of aggression level or philosophy he has with a team on the rise. We've all followed the sport long enough to see different FO's have different philosophies when it comes to going "all-in" vs. taking a more conservative approach to asset management. Kenny was a guy that loved adding at the deadline, and viewed prospects more as ammunition for trades than future contributors to the White Sox. Being a GM during a rebuild vs. being a GM for a team in the hunt have some stark differences. Great GM's can navigate both, but some are good at one thing, and not so much at the other. And we're going to find out who Getz is in the coming years.

Time to stop believing

3bb 4K for Schultz. Hagen Smith was there in spirit.

Sam has such a quick fuckin swing, that was gorgeous

This is the same staff that took two of three from the dodgers. It is what it is. I hope they take their learnings from the series. There is no reason to give up on this team

f*** the Yankees…we still got this

Reese McGuire’s last idea before he was cut.

The new shirts might be too on the nose for him

Doesn’t matter, it’s the yankmes

Rodon isn’t doing much better. Will only go five at this pace. They’re in the game at least tonight.

All right, time to take the lead.

Feel good about this prediction

Can that please be the last time I see Acuna hit? Please???

These home plate umps have SUCKED so far this series. In fact all of them have including the new york review room

Wrong thread boys

Same here but I’m afraid that is the type of return teams with a controllable frontline starter will want.

f*** yeah Colson and f*** you ump

100%

All of which would be useful to the White Sox project in the area, or on this site.

If you are going to add, act like a real MLB franchise and spend. Don't waste your assets until you have to do so. The AL Central is probably the most open division in baseball, and if you do this right, you can win it on a year in and year out basis. The only other team who can spend is Detroit.

1st AB was also hard hit, caught right at the wall - 382ft

I hate trading significant assets for a guy that's ceiling is a back-end rotation piece.

Assuming the Sox are still an AL contender near the deadline, my wish list would be either a Sonny Gray acquisition or a Reid Detmers acquisition. Sonny Gray should cost very low prospect capital and is essentially a rental, which makes him very enticing. The sox should avoid any pure rentals that significantly weaken their farm system. Even though 2026 should be taken seriously and the team should be supplemented with some win-now players, the future is still the most important focus for the franchise. Gray offers an opportunity to add an above average, veteran pitcher that will not hinder the sox farm system in a significant way. Reid Detmers would cost much more prospect capital than Gray but gives the Sox an 27 year old, ascending starting pitcher with 2.5 years of control. He offers the Sox value on a competitive 2026 team and beyond, which makes the loss of key prospects much more easy to accept. Adding just 1 quality starting pitcher changes the dynamic of the entire pitching staff. Martin, Gray/Detmers, Burke, Schultz, Kay, Fedde, Shane Smith, Hagen Smith, Tanner McDougal, David Sandlin is enough starting pitching for what the Sox need in 2026. Even if it is not a dominant pitching staff, it's enough to give the Sox a shot in October with a top offense, while not jeopardizing the future. And, of course, they need to add a high leverage reliever or two.

The very same one that went to Springfield and begged for a free stadium a few months ago

They make pills for that. Might perk your day up, so to speak.

And this also happened. https://wgntv.com/sports/white-sox/report-reinsdorf-to-seek-1-billion-in-public-money-from/

Jim Bowden said the Sox were the best fit for Sonny Gray and Aroldis Chapman. Mark Feinsand had this to say on the matter: “Gray’s market will be limited by his salary,” an anonymous executive told Feinsand. “Contreras is an acquired taste, Duran is having a down season, and Chapman will be a rental reliever. The potential returns for that group will be tempered.” I remain convinced that Gray is the guy to pursue. Eat the rest of his salary and buyout on his mutual option to limit the prospect cost. We should 100% have the money to do this. He may not be perfect, but he’d be a MASSIVE upgrade.

Someone will have to explain to me what could have possibly changed about Emerson this year. Summer/Fall ball last year was the last time he would have played some actual competition. Since then, he's been playing a bunch of kids who won't play another inning of baseball in their life. Unless you thought Emerson was the best prospect coming into this season, I have no idea how anyone could have him jumping Lackey or even Roch. With the way Lackey has performed, it would be madness to put Emerson ahead of him. Lackey had the best production. He has the best tools. Emerson isn't even that toolsy for a potential 1-1 high school pick. #NOTMYPICK

Maybe, if the White Sox contend to the end JR will have to pay rent this year.

A loss is just a Loss whether 12-2 or 2-1. Have to pass the page, and hope for a better game tomorrow. At least, the Guardians also lost today.

You’ve been waiting for this it seems. Happy for you.

Another solid outing for Pallette. Wonder if he leapfrogs Peoples as the next RHRP to the 40.

Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars leaving American Airlines Center to build their own (separate) arenas so each can build entertainment complexes on the land around the new arenas! Ishbia knows this is a path toward greater profit! It is going to happen on the Southside...just wish we knew more details. I get why we don't...but doesn't stop me from wanting more info! https://therealdeal.com/texas/2026/06/15/stars-ceo-says-tear-down-american-airlines-center/

Huge news on Wikelman. He was getting close to snagging to bullpen role with the Sox before the lat injury…hopefully he can find his form fast and force his way onto the major league club.

I feel a lot of people are focusing on Bonemer's high strikeout rate and are a little down on him, but he had 18 bombs in 61 games at A+ as a 20 year old. He even took Gerritt Cole deep. The guy is a stud. Gunnar Henderson as a 20 year old in A+ had 9 HRs in 65 games with a 30% strikeout rate. Bonemer at the same age in A+ has 18 HRs in 61 games with a 29% strikeout rate and basically the same BB%. They had basically the same SO% and BB% but Bonemer had way more power. Bonemer has legit 40 HR power as a middle infielder. I'm not trading him unless it's for a big time player.

I'm hoping the Hagen selection has humbled him. Trust your scouts.