WestEddy

I thought the Cubs turned down the option. I've seen it spelled out (maybe even here, somewhere) that the Cubs would give a QO, Imanaga takes it, then he can pitch in Japan if the lockout goes longer than expected.

Yes, I said that in response to a remark comparing Bendix' finish after year 2 to Getz' 2nd 100-loss team. And I compare the system they were left by Ng and Hahn, respectively. Bendix had more to work with than Getz, thus a better record in year two. Beyond that, this reads like classic Holden gobble-dy gook. Maybe somebody will have the completely unrelated conversation about whether Hahn was handcuffed by TLR being chosen over his head. I wish you luck.

I wasn't thinking they would.

Bendix took a playoff team and promptly turned it into a 100-loss team. While the White Sox had a top farm system, that was mostly graduated or gone by the time Getz took over. You seem to be comparing Bendix directly to Getz, which really has nothing to do with the 2019 farm system ranking, or TLR. While I'd agree that Bendix is the wonder boy du jour, he did take over a club with an ascendant farm system, and Getz took over a smoldering ruin.

Grisham and Cease would lose them draft picks. They could just go after Giolito and O'Hearn, and all they cost is money.

This looks to be the closest thing short of somebody starting an "offseason free agency" thread.

What's to notice? Getz has already announced how they're going to proceed during the offseason, and that's a cheap innings eater, and a couple of bullpen arms. MLBTR had one writer guess the Sox might have interest in Giolito, and one picked them for Cody Ponce.

I think Kim Ng did a much better job building that organization than Hahn did with his.

Yes, that is the answer, jettison actual knowledge for gut feelings. There's a lot of data that back up 28 being the prime of a baseball player's career, experience and athleticism crossing on separate paths. I'm certainly not saying "yawn" to the time after 30, or calling players under 26 rushed. In the conversation about whether Robert still has the ceiling of his 2023 season, or whether he's now the stats he's put up in the last two seasons, it's not crazy to notice that the upcoming season is his "prime", and if Robert has any upside left, it's in the next year or so he'll have youthful athleticism to pursue it. As far as the Pete Rose part, analytics loved him. I'm not sure how the actual events that get analyzed would "mean nothing". Maybe you should read up on analytics, and you'd learn that BA, OBP and base running are all factored into WAR and RC+. He might have even won more than one MVP and made more money had he paid closer attention to his own trend lines.

Wasn't there a period where it seemed that JR and Hahn seemed a bit obsessed with the Dayton Moore Royals? Moore was even floated as a possible mentor to Getz. Chris Getz doesn't seem taken with the connection. They seem happy to filch an assistant here or there from organizations that see a promotion with the White Sox as a career builder. Somebody was making fun of these two hires, but Miami is now being run by a Tampa Rays dude.

Josh Nelson's expertise seems to be in following College ball, and gaming the draft. I'm surprised his anticipated off-season plan on his own website consists of signing 6 known free agents. Not all that creative. I'm generally traveling at the end of the baseball season, so their OPP launch always catches me in between. I'd think the focus will be on unfound FA relievers, or projects, and a few bounce back starting candidates. Lenyn Sosa or Quero feel like trade candidates if they can bring back a blocked OF, or something. A team can drill Sosa and maybe improve his defense to zero, then they'd have a pretty valuable, cheap 2B for a spell.

One of the highlights of my life on Twitter was when Josh Nelson blocked me.

Why Sosa in RF? I'd put him in LF, and Baldwin in RF.

Rays decided to not pay Fairbanks $11M. Seems short-sighted.

Seymour got a lot of catcalls around here a while back. Big power.

James Fox of FutureSox breaks down the Rule 5 options: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/11/06/chicago-white-sox-40-man-roster-decis-2/

Bowden thinks the White Sox will trade an infielder. Bloggy reaction and breakdown: https://southsideshowdown.com/predicting-which-white-sox-are-on-the-trade-block-after-mlb-insider-s-prediction

https://www.futuresox.net/2025/11/06/chicago-white-sox-40-man-roster-decis-2/

I agree with you that he is now a 1.4 bWAR/85 RC+ over 100 games CF.