WestEddy

From an article written when he was made interim manager of the Angels:

He's managed in 5 different organizations in the last 16 years (Tigers, D-backs, Giants, Yankees, Angels). I would think a minor league manager could just step into a developmental or scouting role. Front office? It doesn't take long to learn how to use email and his key-card.

Obviously, they should take the approach of pursuing both pitching and position players in the draft and internationally. There's no reason right now to target pitching prospects in trade.

Once they get back up over .500, the White Sox onesies and pencil pouches will fly off the shelves again. Again, I used to be a solid Bears' fan. I finally got tired of being angry all year, and dropped the Bears. Perhaps I've gotten that way with the White Sox, but I still watch.

Criticize all you want. Calling me names because I won't validate your petulance isn't criticizing the team. I dunno. Maybe you're still mad about my comment last week about drinking being your job. Sorry.

121 losses doesn't affect my life. I'm interested in what next year's team is going to look like.

Then I would think that after 10 years, you might be able to see the difference between an excuse and just talking about the difference in approach from year to year.

I don't know if I should start a new thread to announce this, but I have changed my thinking, and want the Sox to hold out for a better return that reflects Robert's true value. I don't know who made the argument, but we're actually flush on 35-40 FV prospects. We need to start amassing the heavy hitters, 50+ dudes. Robert can bring that back if a team blinks. If Robert gets injured again, or otherwise tanks his value, I'm not missing another couple William Bergolas or Jemal Perezes.

Family member of old friend with exact same name alert:

I'd rather he work his scouting department and come up with guys ready to go when pitchers and catcher report than last year's experiment. I'm actually liking the Bryce Wilson, Booser, Lipcius and Cal Mitchell pickups. (Big surprise, I know).

And if most of Berroa, Varland, Booser, Steven Wilson, Leasure, Anderson, Marinaccio, Murfee all sh*t the bed and end up being DFAed, then yeah, I would start to look askance at Katz.

I could also see a few 6-man rotations, just to get these guys their work.

He's a lefty bullpen arm with 2-3 years of control at the league minimum. I would really be surprised if the White Sox hold onto him for 6 years.

He's coming in with a promise that he is competing for a rotation spot. And why not?

At that point, why not just say you think the team will go 0-162?

Some of you guys are obsessed with blaming anybody for your misery. You possess the keys to your own happiness.

You keep saying 5 years of control, but I don't believe he logged a full season in the bigs, 2024. It's conceivable he never reaches free agency in his career.

It's as if they think Reinsdorf has a sign on the wall he keeps tapping, reading, "Remember our goal is to suck, cheaply".

Depending on the type of waivers, they can pull him back and keep him on the 40-man for a period of time. Knowing he would be grabbed right up, they probably just worked out a trade.

In the White Sox' 3-17 start to 2024, 12 of 20 of those games saw the bullpen crumble and give up runs, late. That bullpen was built on a lot of bounce back hopes, and it performed accordingly. I could certainly see Getz building a stronger bullpen to open this season, knowing that this year, we have a good dozen options crowding the AAA pitching staff. We have depth this year we just didn't have last year. I feel that in Booser, Marinaccio, Penn Murfee, Steven Wilson, you have a more stable situation coming into the season, with guys you can trade instead of just cycling through. I don't like trading Fajardo, just as I didn't like trading Luis Rodriguez for Corey Julks. My belief is that we've moved on from bringing in a bus load of rehab dudes, and now we're onto solid options who can actually be traded at the TDL.

The Red Sox ran into a 40-man crunch with the signing of Patrick Sandoval.

I think it might be the same factor that played into the wan interest for Fedde at the TDL. GMs love those gaudy, double digit K/9 rates.

Oppor seemed to have a hard time of it in the Complex League. Jake Peppers could probably return to the Kannapolis rotation to cut his walk rate. But yeah, there's so many interesting arms in the system. Bockenstedt might just be depth who tops out in AA, but I didn't hear anything about Tommy Vail having a long term issue. Vail probably starts out at winston-salem.

As I said, I don't like trading Fajardo. I never heard of Booser before this trade, but it sure seems like they're trying to not go into 2025 with the BP issues they had last year. And if Booser's as impressive as it sounds like, they can get a couple pieces when it's time to move him.

Yes, he will be part of the next playoff team. And if not, players we get in trade for him will. I never heard anybody say that Burger was "too old", and that's why he was traded. I heard that KW hated Hostetler and he hated the Burger pick. If you're using Romy Gonzalez as a comparison, then I guess you're saying that one day, Fajardo will have a good season as a bullpen arm when a manager figures out how to use him in ways that he doesn't get exposed, and clobbered.