WestEddy

Hey, another at-bat against a LHP for Antonacci. So he doesn't have to start every single game to get experience against left-handed pitchers. Whoda thunk?

You're just making s%*# up, now.

Every team relies on players like Doyle and Pham.

Teel has to be considered "iffy" until everybody's on hunting trips this December. It's possible Bart is ready before regular season games are done.

Which players can be signed for big bucks right now?

I don't know who said it, but the best way to get the quickest, most accurate answer on the internet is NOT to ask the question, but to confidently state a wrong answer.

Joey Bart should also be back before the season's over.

I would do Thorpe/Urquidy today so Thorpe is elegible for the postseason roster if he's the dude who came up in 2024.

Last season.

Through 8/19, he was on an 11-18 run for the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, but just yesterday, he went 0-4. He's pretty much been starting for them since July 2nd.

That's my thought. They're weak against LHPs, Orioles had priority on Robert, picked up anyone who swung a bat. Looks like he was doing okay in Lehigh Valley. We could either have a complete platoon OF, or Pham could be gone by Friday.

I think that when Davis Martin hit a batter and the benches cleared, Getz saw a clear need for a bad-ass to lead the charge onto the field to mix it up. Tommy Pham is my name!!!! And Fuckin' up Mother-Fuckers is my Game!!!!

Maybe they drop Rikuu or Junior Perez? Doyle's existence kind of shows how much they trusted Perez's CF defense.

Get back to me when you're ready to admit the White Sox developed dudes that you stroke it out the window to their first two starts with another team.

When you've developed all of them to be All-Stars, it doesn't matter. I join you in thanking Chris Getz in being so great at his job.

Chris Getz did such a good job developing prospects, even the scrubs he trades will be aces on other teams. You better get used to it. Weird that through all the arguments in 2024 nobody was exclaiming, "Getz didn't deserve to be made GM. He never developed anyone....except that Mason Adams. That 14th round pick is going to be something!!!"

Dude, if every move is a disaster, why do you follow? If we're all so damn thick, why do you keep pointing out over and over and over and over and over and over that every single move is a catastrophe?

Wow, thanks for the context. Nobody said he was a head-liner. He's just a guy. However, he's a legit shortstop who hits. Who cares if he's a sub-.700 hitter in the bigs? He's a utility infielder who has some zip. His addition to a trade makes a package heavier than another team's.

Well, he's injured. I'd bet he would have been moved had he been healthy.

You guys have said this about every single trade the guy has made. I'd guess every convo started with "Caleb Bonemer plus...". I appreciate that you're mad about Castillo sucking. Nobody's trying to "justify" this trade to you. But you don't seem to grasp what has been explained multiple times.

But that didn't make the trade "bad". They knew what they were getting. They traded accordingly, and the very next season, they had an average major leaguer putting up 2 WAR on their hands. But you called it a horrible trade and rode anyone who made this distinction. You mocked everyone who called it a rebuilding year. You're doing the same thing here. I get it. I'd like Castillo to have thrown 5 complete games here already. He hasn't. They knew they were trading for a project. I believe that was all that was available for anything less than their top tier of prospects.

Do you need somebody to congratulate you on noticing that the Shields trade was a "bad" trade"? Attaboy!! I haven't seen somebody take a victory lap in a while over the Shields trade, but sometimes we all need a validating jog.

Have you gone back and edited the thousands of posts that screamed that Vargas sucked and Getz made a horrible trade to now include this newfound wisdom? Because you never mentioned this in your thousands of posts. I seem to remember your assertion being that Vargas was "bad", would never be "good", and that Getz made a horrible trade because Reinsdorf's cheap. Maybe you can get to this place a little faster for Castillo. They traded for a guy who as recently as last year had good success. They probably see a few changes that may take a series of starts to implement and get working consistently. The Sox pretty much have a playoff spot sewn up with other pitchers who have been as bad as Castillo's 4 of 5 starts. So he has about another 5 starts to right the ship. Frankly, I don't get the notion that a bunch of guys here saw a pitcher who sucked all year, and are now surprised that he's struggling to implement his changes.

Are you saying he didn't throw 204 innings in 2018? When you don't have an argument, you make up things to mock.