WestEddy

If they think they can "fix" Bohm, or tap something in his swing, he could be our 3B for 4 months, then trade him at the deadline. Or just flip him, now. His walks certainly fell off in August, and didn't seem to really come back from his IL stint. Maybe the Phillies just see him as injured in a way that will take him into 2025 to truly recover from. Either way, he never developed the power he should have, and his defense hasn't progressed into a clear asset.

You're probably a hoot at a dart bar.

Robert averages 1 win more a year than Bohm. He has a defensive home, and has consistently produced at least average f and bWAR throughout his career. "Schlub" may have been strong, but Robert has a higher ceiling that he has already shown himself capable of reaching.

If you truly believe that the White Sox will suck for the next 10 years, what's the point, then? You'll see one 3-0 loss a week, then five to six 10-2 losses for the rest. For ten years. And that's if Chris Getz doesn't run down to the clubhouse with a hammer and break Crochet's arm, because he's so stupid, he thinks that's good for a pitcher.

This is silly. Bohm is a schlub who finally put up a good half season, while still being bad, defensively. Robert has put up "average major leaguer" WAR in all of his 5 pro years, and has exceeded that, twice. The risk of keeping Robert into the season is that he gets injured, again. Any organization has to look at him as unrealized talent that can be coached back above Bohm's whopping big 3 WAR season pretty easily.

There are complete salary caps in the NBA and NFL. I haven't seen a championship parade in Chicago for either of those sports for a while, now.

I've got no problem with that. I like the idea of flipping Hays in July for a live AA arm, but at some point, we need to start slotting prospects into the lineup. Austin Hays could play out of his head, and we're still not biting our nails in September, hoping to clear 50 wins.

But more than that wouldn't play here if we were offering the same money as another team. Brewers and White Sox have identical contracts on the table for a right-fielder, which do you think he chooses? He picks the team that has a chance to compete, can produce better stats with protection in the lineup, and he has a better chance of living with his family the entire 7 months of the season. So we have to pay more? Why do we need to pay a premium for reclamation projects and 26th man platoon players? We did that with Slater. We overpaid him a ML contract instead of a minor league deal with an invite to camp. The Phillies saw Hays for 2+ months, and balked at paying him ~$6.4 million. So maybe he signs for $4-5 somewhere. Are you saying the White Sox should pay Hays $6 million to have a rehab RF for one season? Like others have said, what's the point? The Orioles got a good reliever in exchange for him.

If the White Sox had to keep signing and trading for every starting pitcher who hit the market because they need 15 top starters to make it through a season, I think people here would see that as a problem.

Red Sox pulling back, a bit? https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2024/11/timetable-for-juan-soto-decision-speeding-up-for-red-sox-other-bidders.html

I haven't seen anything that indicates the White Sox "want" Bohm. It sounds like he was pitched to the White Sox, and Getz balked.

It's more about finding the sweet spot that generates interest. If the convo starts off "I want your top 4 hitters for Robert", they might decide to spend their time talking to another team about a lesser, more reliable CF. If an extended negotiation for Crochet is centering around Crawford and Bohm, I can't imagine Getz is starting talks for Robert much above that.

It sure sounds like the Phillies ran Bohm by Getz. Why would Getz be asking about Bohm if they're concerned about his 2024 2nd half?

Yeah, but if JR was so hell-bent on saving money in the worst way, wouldn't they have dealt Moncada's buyout with international money like they did before?

They listened to Crochet/Benny offers back in the summer. At that point, neither was eminently palatable as a TDL acquisition. Has anybody reported that Getz is actively shopping Benny and Crochet as a package now?

Calling Gavin Sheets a lefty bench bat and Julks a short side platoon corner OF isn't "praising". Again, you interpret people ignoring or not agreeing with your constant trolling as "praising" or fellating baseball players. I'm coming to the opinion that you're some sort of neurodivergent, and feel emasculated by somebody not praising you for your nonsense. You could solve a lot of this with 45 minutes a week talking to a professional instead of .... this.

Boras complimented the White Sox' handling of Rodon's MLB debut, while criticizing the Cubs' handling of Kris Bryant.

I really have no idea what you're crowing about at this point. Has Canaan Smith-Njigba withdrawn his restraining order?

No, MLB average OPS was what I stated (.709), at the time. Corey Julks walked in a single PA on 7/20, and brought his OPS up to .699. Gavin Sheets just registered a 1-4 on July 14th that had him sitting with a .693 OPS. What I said was factually correct, and not really all that "out there".

2015 OD 2B. Whoops, did a name meld with Marcus Semien.

Marcus Johnson and Jacob May, OD starters. I believe that Getz left the possibility open for Monty to blow AAA away, and move either DeJong or Lopez to the bench upon promotion. Monty did not blow away AAA, and he spent the entire season at AAA, which was the right and logical set of events. Pro athletes are such competitive beings, it often ruins their lives. I would expect a guy who just OPSed .810 at AAA to set his sights on the next goal. Nobody's handing it to him, and nobody's installing an aging veteran to block him.

Are you insinuating the White Sox were lying to Crochet, trying to trade him while he believed he was going to finish the season with the Sox? The Skenes situation mirrors the way the White Sox brought up Rodon. I know that front office is gone, but apparently, the director of development made all the decisions for the Sox, even when he was in Kansas City, so that still probably holds.

No term is derogatory enough for them.

I think the original gist was conservative dude who was too misogynist for women to even want to be around.