WestEddy

Merrill Kelley just got 2/$40, Michael King got $25. Giolito's established. If his market tanks, I'd think a show me contract gets him that $15M himself, at least. He came back from injury and didn't embarrass himself.

Giolito probably eats that up himself.

Be careful, you might have said something positive about Luis Robert to a dour-head bemoaning life, and now you'll be branded as a flip-flopper.

You've become such a reply-guy, I should start a Patreon. While Robert was here, I certainly reserve the right to hope for the best for him. I've always said he's a 2 bWAR/162 games guy who will not play more than 2/3 of a season. Now that he's gone, I get to look forward to the next set of dudes. I sure hope I have your permission to think this. That would mean so much to me.

The only problem with the rotation is if the whole group crashes and burns, and B. Monty has a hot 3 weeks. But that's where I am right now. Pereira, Acuña, and pray they don't moon ya!

I'm probably the biggest pie in the sky guy here, and Robert wasn't promising. At this point, I'm more excited to see what Acuña and Pereira can do.

He's half of what Robert was going to be paid.

I've gotten on the Baldwin/Acuña/Pereira-Kelenic train. Just play the young guys, see who sticks.

White Sox front office right now:

Some people seem to think that a dual reality exists around the White Sox, where they have at-bats to give players a shot while also signing bigger names and playing those vets. I'm excited about Acuña and Pereira. Baldwin should really get a clear lane for an OF spot.

Now Heyman's stealing from Bartolo's Colonoscopy.

No top 100. Even their most recent #1 draft pick didn't crack it.

Yah, I didn't really expect the Sox to sign Pete Alonzo to play at Charlotte.

I'm just wondering who you think populates AAA rosters.

This is pretty much where I'm settling. If they kept him on the team, I'd hope for him to play 140 games and move back towards his ceiling. I was pretty much resigned to him being an 85 OPS+ dude who would play 100 games a year. I'm not interested in playing Back to the Future to determine the exact second Getz messed up by not making the perfect move.

And now Getz destroys all the good will from the Murakami signing...

Do you disagree?

Then there's this guy...

Yeah, Bader's '25 could certainly be his dead cat bounce. The guy sure went through the wilderness in the '20s with OPS+ numbers that are lower than my age. Hays isn't a bad place holder and can replace Robert's offensive production just like that. Neither would make me angry on a one year deal. Either would be gone on August 1. They're still rebuilding. They were never going to sign Tucker or Bellinger. Now it's just wait for Braden Montgomery - McLain and Saucke were supposed to be quick movers.

The FanGraphs list still shows who's available. 2026 Free Agent Tracker | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball

I think Getz tried to be as cautious as he could. He ended up cleaning out pro scouting after that off-season. I don't even remember what trade rumors went around with Cease, Eloy and Yoan. Vaughn. Yes, that off-season would have been the perfect time to trade Robert, just as one week before the great crash of '29 would have been a great time to divest from the stock market. There was no rush with Robert if he was going to be pretty much the player he just was.

It's not a good comparison. They're 2 stupid premises. There was no rush to trade a player who just started to show his promise. You're also pretending that everything we know now was obvious then. I'll give you that Getz should have taken the Reds' offer last off-season. Was that Edwin Arroyo and a pitcher? But even with that, we're still pretending that it was obvious that Robert wasn't going to snap back and have a strong 2025.

I'd like somebody to tell us if, when and how bad Colson Montgomery will be injured in the future so Getz could be sure to trade him when he's at his peak value.