WestEddy

and I'm not sure how it's ironic that players who were in the organization when Getz took over, stayed in the organization, were promoted, and worked on the daily adjustments the league was making to them. GMs generally don't get rid of every player in the organization when they take over so they could have a clear claim on every victory in the system. Anybody drafted during Getz's tenure will only have played one full minor league season, at most.

All baseball players encounter adversity. And then they work through it. A player has success, then the league adjusts to them. I'm not sure how GMs are supposed to make players fail. Getz seems to have put the pieces in place to support players on many levels in ways that weren't there when Getz took over.

How?

You keep pointing this out. Why? The organization has them now. They're working with them to get better now. I'm not sure why an interview with researchers who worked on discerning hitting issues that could be fixed after acquisition is causing heads to explode.

Seriously, dude, WTF's your problem? Why are you trolling me? This is two solid pages of you, SS2k5 and DickAllen just talking BS. Others keep complaining that you guys ruin every thread with your trolling BS. Why don't you go be a clown elsewhere?

I think it's been bandied about in a few places that this move doesn't preclude a Canning signing. Fedde could certainly throw reasonable innings while Thorpe/Bush/Adams work their way back and Sandlin/McDougal/Schultz work towards a promotion. Canning might be on that same timetable.

Not saying it's easy. Switch-hitting is a taught thing. One isn't born a genetic right-handed hitter. If a hitter has worked from the other side and has reached a comfort level, it's certainly something that could be developed. I don't even know if Acuña's a switch hitter.

A Santander signing would have cost the White Sox Jaden Fauske's draft slot.

That's not what the word "fix" means. Do you live in Russia, by chance?

Miriam-Webster tells us this about the word fix: 1a - to make something whole or able to work properly again : repair, mend I don't find any definition of the word to mean, "to make better than anybody ever expected". We usually use the word "improved" for that.

Slow down, pal, you're gonna get the bends. Miriam-Webster: Fix - 1a - to make something whole or able to work properly again : repair, mend

When you're in a hole, Ray Ray, stop digging. Nobody sane actually believes that no work goes into developing top prospects and that no credit for getting guys back on track is due. But you seem to be arguing that Chris Getz made a masterful trade of Erick Fedde and Kopech to obtain one of the top prospects in the game, who has always been great, needed no coaching, and will continue to reach the lofty heights expected of him with no further effort. I think you're getting a bit out there RubRub. When you get back to Earth, we'll talk some baseball.

Who had an OPS+ of 98 in 2024? Vargas wound up with an OPS+ of 45 on the season. Ray Ray doesn't like to take partial samples out of a season.

What article? I posted a podcast. As for your question, are you actually implying that a team signs a baseball player and they instantly become "fixed"? I would think they would at least have to get in the batting cages and play a couple of games before that happened. While we're on the subject, can you tell us about these teams who sign players and magically fix them as their pen comes off the contract?

Over a dozen guys have been mentioned already. Which one are you referring to?

Yes they do. LOL. Internet guy doesn't get to deny reality exists for the rest of us.

The original post clearly states that a focus was on amateurs and post-hype players. "Yeah, but who have they fixed?!?" Is a dumb question. But I gave the names of two players who had issues that they "fixed". Following up on the original intent, I then gave the names of players they've acquired, most probably guided by findings of this research, that they've talked about tweaking their mechanics. I'm not sure what you're having a problem with.

Are you seriously asking this? Vargas and Colson, for starters. But they also talk about the statistical department using the conclusions to target amateurs and post-hype players they think could have easier fixes, like Billy Carlson, Kelenic, Pereira and Acuña.

His sister married Lucas Duda, and she hyphenates.

Very interesting Sox in the Basement Podcast/Interview with dudes commissioned by the White Sox in 2024 to conduct a study on hitting. Some of the focus was on fixable issues in amateurs and post-hype players.

The guy's a professional athlete and has probably played ball since he could walk. Switch hitting isn't quite like teaching yourself to throw left handed.

Put James Fegan down for 77 wins.

Maybe he's toyed with it, and they're going to explore the possibility. Get him to use his speed to get on base from the left side.