WestEddy

There's also the concept that everybody on Earth knew that Yoan, Eloy and Robert would all be injured by the 11th game last year, and Getz should have known that, too. But no other GMs should have known that and should have traded all their best prospects for Robert in 12/2023, or they should have known that, and Getz should have *sold* them on Robert being better than what they should have known, and fleeced them, anyway.

I'm led to believe from any discussion of trade rumors on the internet that most of the negotiation hinges on how hard one would slam down the phone after a trade offer.

Nick Madrigal OPSed .764 with the White Sox, and hit .300 both years on the Sox. Meidroth is OPSing .742.

I mean, the FutureSox dudes thought he would be kept down until September.

I think they're well beyond the extra year. Probably even past the super-two cut-off. I've read thinking that they were going to wait late enough to preserve Teel's rookie status into next season.

The 4 guys nobody likes (Palacios, Rojas, Taylor, Capra) clocked in with a 6-13.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect the team, as their core players get better, and they gel as a team, to forego a closer or power hitters.

They played Seattle, the Mets and the Tigers close. This team really isn't that far away.

The knock on the head has him thinking he's Napoleon.

Oh, I understand your post. It just has nothing to do with anything I said. "Older" players who are non-stars have seen their salaries drop off from the $4-8M that Jon Jay and Yonder Alonso were paid by the Sox in 2019 (they traded for Alonso) down to near the league minimum. So loading up on $1M players to form a platoon or start for half a season is a new "market inefficiency". The Padres just tried doing this with Jayson Heyward and Conner Joe. I have no idea why you reject that and have to argue against that. It's a phenomenon that owners' recent decisions to cut rather than pay controlled non-stars has created. So that makes for a bunch of free agents who take what they can get. That was my point. Because you can't stand to read anything that doesn't slam Chris Getz, you have to pretend that I said that Getz invented this, and he's a genius, and whatever else you claimed. The signings of Tauchman and Slater were a good move. And yes, I would expect Getz to do more of this in the coming off-season until the young core matures, and the Sox get their TV situation straightened out.

The Padres did exactly this. Heyward/Joe blew up in their faces, and poor Tirso Ornelas is now blocked by Heyward and Tyler Wade.

I have no idea what you're arguing, or why you responded to my post with this.

Schweitzer did great at AA, then got promoted to a tougher level, playing in a bandbox. I think that the injuries making room for lesser pitchers is one factor that accounts for some of the walks. Then a guy like Christian Oppor dominates at low-A, gets promoted, and can't throw strikes. I would think him getting hammered when he's in the zone causes him to start nibbling and missing. I have no idea what happened to Nastrini and Iriarte.

Sheets, totally. Rodon was a free agent. Tauchman would be great for teams like the Royals or Padres. Cheap and controllable.

There's some talk the Sox could hold on to Tauchman for next year. I'd imagine they take more pitching in the Rule 5.

Riley Gowens at AA is probably the closest thing to a starter they could promote, and he's really a year away. Jesse Scholtens is throwing rehab starts at AAA, but he doesn't look ready at all. At this point, their best options might be a 2-headed, 5-inning monster of Vasil/Shuster, or waiver wire churn. The guys they have starting at AAA are really just depth. Chris Rodriguez and Owen White would be worse than what's on the big league squad.

It's information. Calm down.

Nobody's making up a narrative. The economics of the game have shifted where guys like Tauchman get cut because the Cubs didn't want to pay an arb-inflated salary. The same thing happened to 29-year-old Austin Hays, who happens to be injured now. Yes, the White Sox have traditionally tried to find value, but this is a new level of cost-savings for guys who are still productive players. You're the only one claiming Getz invented this. Baseball players get injured. I don't understand why you feel the need to change your posts to take shots at me. There are 2500+ other strings here where you can and do post your nonsense ad nauseum.

Exactly. Tauchman and Slater were great signings.

Eloy Jiminez, Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert all say you're wrong about older players getting injured more.

Not my job to make you believe factual information. If you have anything relevant to discuss, fire away. Otherwise, there's over 2500+ other threads on this site you can post your mantra of "Jerry and Getz suck".

Good rebound start by Shane Smith. I guess we'll see his biker chick sister in Atlanta for the All-Star game. I thought Vargs was having a bad game, then he turns in a 2-4 with a walk. We won the Fedde/Kopech trade. Tauchman/Slater were great signings. Age is the new market inefficiency. Keep stocking up on able 30+ year olds while the market undervalues them. I'm really curious to see how the White Sox approach this next off-season. If they're still in the bottom 5, they'll probably make another Rule 5 strike to add to a potent core.

I didn't realize games of bingo at the old folks' home gets so rough. I hope you're okay. The point is, you do take his word for it. Do we start giving players lie detector tests when they're injured? Body MRIs for the entire team after every inning? You proclaim the White Sox tragically wrong after every hangnail, which leads me to believe that if you're claiming they're wrong, they're right.

He opted out of his minor league deal.