WestEddy

That's my thing. He's been a pro catcher for all of about 4 months. He's caught about 82 college games, and 4 summer league games. I'm loathe to trade him, also. But he's just barely a catcher. LF/DH? Sure.

I mean, if you're just going to cut, paste and retweet, be a little more accurate

Tony Joe White's entire oeuvre is awesome. And yes, the better version. But c'mon, prime late Elvis.

I think the foodie accounts are running with their own embellishments, at this point...

I drive to SC once or twice a year. Hurricane Florence wiped out I-40 in NC. They're building it back, but it's awesome (in a scary way) to see how nature just scours civilization off the map. Driving through KY last year, forest every where, then broken tree stumps for a mile after a huge tornado passed through. We're just ants on a log, floating in the middle of a lake.

I've got a bunch of this (Pokeweed) in the front yard. Looking it up, it's very toxic. I never realized people eat this. You have to boil it many times over to get the toxins out.

Yeah, not that you're seeing things, just that Francys Romero just reported the Yanks and Angels are hot and heavy over those two players.

When he couldn't throw a strike, I think you take two. They got to 3-0, and Stone just blurted out, "NO! I know you were going to ask, and no, you don't swing on 3-0, and maybe not even 3-1." However, I think Colson has to offer at 3-1. That seemed inevitable he would throw it in the dirt, and Colson would bite.

"The media" doesn't exist like it used to. James Fox might drop a knowing nugget about what he thinks the team will do, but the Athletic, ESPN and MLB guys are just spewing out targeted leaks. And the leaks are old and dead. Under the previous regime, guys like Shields would be floated for weeks until the trade happened, or in the case of Adam Dunn, from the TDL to the winter meetings. Has Getz even had name being floated that became inevitable? He may be trading for established major leaguers, but I get the feeling it's all going to be "WTF" guys who they think they can fix or upgrade. Sure, maybe they break the bank for an Emerson Hancock, but that would surprise me.

Not the White Sox, but some possible movement.

The Orioles probably did this to free up Adley Rutschmann for a trade to the White Sox.

I'm going to go out on a limb .... I don't think this team loses 100 this season.

And a list of random Twins' shortstops. Greg Gagne, Roy Smalley, Nick Punto and Pat Meares.

I think they have to take a look at what's going on with pitching development. There's been a bunch of injuries, which happens, one key guy got the yips. There have been others who have developed fine (Burke, Martin, Hudson, Taylor). It's pretty short-sighted to set up an area, and after a year of setbacks, start firing people. I think they have to re-assess. A couple of people here haven't gotten over not being personally called by JR to run the White Sox and exude envy on a daily basis. Getz has set up an entire hitting department that's paying off in spades. Maybe they've got some fine-tuning to do on the pitching side. If Banny won't hear of it, then move on. If he's open and honest, and can be the change, then soldier on.

No, I didn't. Besides, I consider Burke and Martin to be "developed". Pitchers getting injured doesn't mean "development failed". Really, dude. Play your word games with somebody else. I'm really crushed that I won't be able to wait around for you to be in charge of designing "leadership structures". It's funny how sports bros think real jobs are people resisting doing their jobs because everybody else is stupid, and that's "leadership".

If they're going to sell the farm for Skubal, or drop some lifetime dime on a free agent, yeah, I think Getz might watch a game or a bullpen. But no, he's not traveling all over the country to watch somebody's rehabbing pitcher throw a game in AAA. And the scouting they're doing, probably watching to see if the pitcher's really doing what the numbers indicate, or looks like a healthy version of himself, he employs guys who do that better, and that's their job. If the Sox are seriously interested in maybe 20 starting pitching targets, a dozen bullpen arms, 4-6 catchers and a bunch of RH bats, why in the world would he be scouting them?

Leaders lead. Followers bicker about definitions of roles.

His mom is probably running him around for a bunch of casting calls, today. I'm catching Haley Joel Osment energy.

And no, Bannister's job is not to develop arms. He's director of pitching. Setting the team philosophy of what type of pitchers to pursue based on what the team wants to invest, or what statistical traits to look for to find "market inefficiencies" that they can easily work with. You seem to be leaning into this "blame" framing. I'd expect that sort of argument from that crying child from yesterday's game, but only when he's really tired and hungry.

No, Getz's job is to manage the interaction between scouting and development. It's shorthand to say that "Banny's got a type". Sorry if that confuses you. I would imagine scouting and "Banny" are on the same page in that the scouts already know what our developmental strengths and preferences are, and they're making sure dudes look healthy and as advertised. There are entire departments that run numbers on everyone in the league, and asst-GMs who get all the trade talk started. Getz delegates. That's how he ends up announcing that Acuña's a switch hitter. Seriously, if you think that Chris Getz is sitting in the stands of a game in Rancho Cucamonga with a radar gun, you're not even clearing the low bar you've established for your posts.

Of course. RubRub is so bored of his own shtick, he's not even really trying, anymore. I'd be fine if he gets clever and Urquidy becomes ace of the staff. Just win, baby.

@Bad Hombre correctly points out that we already have that guy. Lauer's certainly a fallback arm in case prices spike, and he bumps Schultz.

Yeah, I think Getz acquires all the stuff they're saying he's going to, but it's all going to inspire "who dat?" responses. I think the leaks about the Sox being aggressive are meant to temper mid-dude asks. "You want Bonemer for Detmers? If I was going to trade Bonemer, I could have Skubal."