WestEddy

Jeez, is it so hard for somebody to pretend to be an MLB insider and post knowing "rumors"?

The company line changed over time. Getz started out down-playing expectations but then started moving towards saying they would add through free agency, and they would be aggressive in their pursuits. Not talking $150M, but definitely more than $60M.

Yeah, O'Hearn was a much reported target and that was when he probably looked like 2/$20M. Then a starting pitcher, then a high-leverage arm. This has all been leaked/reported.

And maybe Overstock.com sponsers the "O" on O'Hearn's jersey for $10M, or so.

Now the Pirates have more cost-certainty at 1B. I wonder which of O'Hearn/Horwitz moves off of 1B to LF or 2B, respectively.

Yeah, I don't know if it's conditioning or whatnot, but I think Getz just wants to move on from that era, which is fine.

Maybe the O'Hearn signing makes the Reds a bit more eager to get Robert done.

Or with International pumping 2-3 guys into the system, annually.

Yeah, they're most likely pretty close on parameters and people. If it doesn't blow up, it's days away.

wrong thread

Chicago White Sox Top 37 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball Rk Name Age Highest Level Position ETA FV 1 Caleb Bonemer 20.2 A+ 3B 2029 50 2 Noah Schultz 22.4 AAA SP 2026 50 3 Hagen Smith 22.3 AA SP 2027 50 4 Christian Oppor 21.4 A+ SP 2027 50 5 Braden Montgomery 22.7 AA RF 2027 50 6 Tanner McDougal 22.7 AA SP 2026 50 7 Billy Carlson 19.4 R SS 2030 45+ 8 Jedixson Paez 21.9 A+ SP 2026 45 9 Jaden Fauske 19.1 R LF 2030 40+ 10 Sam Antonacci 22.9 AA 2B 2026 40+

Probably because the whole front office was stunned by the fact that the Sox didn't trade Luis Robert after the 2021 off-season, which everyone knows is when he should have been traded.

It's become a meme that Getz is dumb for not trading Robert at the end of 2023. That's hindsight. We now know his production was going to fall off the table. We now know 2023 wasn't the year he magically became healthy to play 145 games a season. Yes, in hindsight, we know that the 2023 off-season would have been the perfect time to trade him. Hell, with this crystal-clear hindsight we possess, why not say that the Sox should have had a fire-sale right after the 2021 season? Moncada just put up a 4-bWAR season. They would have gotten a haul for him.

nevermind

Are these 20 other GMs in the room with us?

No, actually, they would have traded him by the 2023 trade deadline. I mean, if we're going to play 20/20 hindsight, do the whole gameboard, not just the parts that pretend you were clairvoyant.

Well, that probably takes Benintendi to the A's for Severino off the table

I thought somebody just made the example here that getting the owner to exit their comfort zone is the sign of a great GM.

Here comes the parade