Look at Ray Ray Run

Garrett doing what Garrett does. Allows 2 base runners but keeps pitch count low and gets out of it.

WestEddy acts like he's behind the scenes with the White Sox assessing their day to day processes and value add from data implementation perspective. Sam Hinkie Jr over here. "Trust the process." No matter the results.

Sports are a results centered industry, not process centered. The things you list only matter if you get results. Otherwise they're just pathways of distributing garbage. Improving "process" so it can be run by incompetent people isnt a win in any regard. My argument has not always been there's no reason to be positive, but I am honest about one of the worst GMs in professional sports. the Sox never lost more than 101 games in my lifetime until last year. Now they've done it two years in a row. Theyre running record low payrolls relatively speaking.

Oh yes, The cloud! How could we forget. That must have added at least 10 wins. What's ridiculous is you thinking org structures are what wins in professional sports. Garbage in is garbage out in the data world, and the Sox have a ton of garbage going in. While I don't bow at the gospel of public rankings, it's really all we have to go off of as it relates to league perspectives. The Sox farm system got worse and it had nothing to do with graduations, and their most valuable pieces lost a lot of shine. You can put your fingers and your ears and scream as to not hear the truth, but if the farm and development are the secret to the Sox success it appears they're heading in the wrong direction, and if that's what we're hanging Getz success on then IDK what to tell you.

In Hagen Smith's last 4 starts he threw 16.2 innings and walked 16 guys. They fixed him? All systems will have some guys get better. Some fans are acting like no other teams have guys who they draft play well. Bonemer has been good and will get his name on some top 100 lists for sure. McDougal is a 45 prospect, nothing to hang your hat on. Meanwhile Smith looks like a reliever and Schultz went from a bonafide stud to a huge question mark. Help me understand how are the minors improving when the players are regressing and the system took a step back?

The best prospects in the system got worse, though? The system in general regressed from where it was viewed a year prior. While Teel looked great, it cost a top 5 pitcher in baseball this year to acquire him so the celebration there by Sox fans has just been odd. Montgomery wasn't even a Getz guy. Hiring middle managers and buying some belts and cameras that everyone else has isn't winning a World Series.

Why would a GM be the decider of hitting/pitching coaches. That's not how it works basically anywhere.

The amount of B's is incredible. The past year, Getz cut payroll 50+ million to the lowest it's been in over two decades! He also had a farm system (pre-Crochet trade) that was ranked in the top 11 everywhere. One year later, that farm system is in the back half of all rankings in the league - meaning it got worse. The reason the Sox were competitive was because of a pick Getz didn't make (Colson) and since we're not giving him any blame for his tenure prior to his current role, he certainly deserves no credit. So the Sox had the 2nd worst record in baseball, they were the cheapest they've been in 20+ years, and their farm system got worse YoY despite still being the worst team in the AL. Somehow, in the mind of some fans, he's done B work. I hope you all aren't educating our youth with those standards.

Amazing to see so many coaches released after the "B" performance that was filled with positive things.

https://bloggingtheredsox.com/2025/09/04/red-sox-yhoiker-fajardo-named-carolina-league-pitcher-of-the-month-for-august/ Not sure how I missed this, but love giving this guy up so we could have the pleasure of owning Cam Booser and his 6.5+ ERA as a 33+ year old. Another example of Getz at his finest.

Ah yes, now that the Cease trade was a bomb, he had "less value" than we thought.

Only risk with Monty I see is the back, which is a scary risk as we've already seen it crush his performance, but if he's healthy hes a star.

If you don't see being the 2nd worst team in baseball as a positive.... Amazing what losers Sox fans have become.

C is a passing grade. The Sox passed zero tests this year. D or F only options.

Its funny how Getz gets no blame for Sox performance because he wasnt in charge and inherited the mess.... supposedly. Yet Stearns didnt sign 95% of the players on the 400 million dollar payroll, yet he's responsible for all of it. In fact, in 2024 Stearns barely spent much money but made some good moves and got the team to the NLCS in his first season at the helm. This year, he signed Soto and Clay Holmes and that's basically it. Extended Pete for 2 years. Stearns = responsible for everything that happened before he arrived, took team to NLCS in year one but is called a failure. Getz = not responsible for anything prior and basically not responsible for any outcomes today, even though hes actually been with the org the entire time, and he's overseen one of the worst stretches in MLB history. Hilarious the mental gymnastics people will go through here. Adding: also funny how Milwaukee continuing on successfully is somehow a negative for Stearns instead of an indicator that he built a well functioning machine that wasn't predicated on the presence of one person.

Ken Williams had 3 losing seasons in 12 years as GM and never lost more than 90 games.

Pal, this is a baseball team not a child. Get it together. Apologies for forcing you to click on this thread and thank you so much for blessing me with your response.

Teams trying to come in second place will inherently come in first with some frequency. A team who doesnt even care about producing an MLB product will not come in first ever. This is entertainment. Some fans may have unreasonable expectations but it doesn't take away from the fact that competitive teams play way more entertaining games, which is the name of the game. Fans that are bitching about not winning the world series every year are still engaged and watching games all year..theyre expectations dont make them disinterested. Thats what losing does and having no meaningful games throughout the entire year. I always love how youre so critical of Arturas and other GMs in the city while you stan for Getz. Arturas failed trying to actually win. Investing in the team but with the wrong guys. Thats far better than not even trying which is what the Sox are doing today.

Blackout game was awesome. Leury Garcia game was awesome. Those teams didnt win it all, but those were fantastic moments made possible by fielding competitive teams. They lost that series, but it was a great experience with friends and family of mine. I think i even claimed I wouldn't rip leury ever again after that which lasted 6 months.

It sucks to say it, and it's a shitty thing to experience as a fan. The Sox used to live in a pretty nice house. It wasn't the best house, but it had it's moments and memories. It had some serious flaws with it's foundation, and some plumbing challenges which needed repair, but they spent to money on upgrading the kitchen and entertainment room for cosmetic reasons. The core issues needed repair. Chris Getz came in, blew the entire house up, replaced it with a 300 sq foot one story house made of plywood. All his supporters are yelling about how he fixed the foundation and it's not leaking anymore... It's madness.

The way he talks about the Mets, you'd think they set the MLB record for losses in a season.

This has nothing to do with hindsight, Einstein. Luhnow was a top GM candidate who was obtained via a search process where multiple candidates were interviewed. He was in charge of Cardinals minor leagues during a stretch where the team made the playoffs 9 out of 12 years, including TWO World Series wins and certainly never lost 100 games. Chris Getz has been in the White Sox organization since 2016. In that time, they've lost 100 + games TWICE as often as they made the playoffs. Stearns and Luhnow were HIGHLY qualified candidates who were hired based on merit. Edit: I don't have much basis for it? The White Sox are the worst organization in professional baseball since Getz took over. How is there not much basis? What the hell are you watching, pal? Is it the same thing we're all watching?

So you didn't bring up Luhnow and Stearns as reference points to Getz? Oh and young people get hired into entry-level roles where people with 40 years experience aren't employed. Every comparison you make or excuse you level is a train wreck.

I keep reading that the Sox are rebuilding so their record doesn't matter. The White Sox are not rebuilding, they're simply bad. Baseball has changed dramatically, and while people keep pointing to the Astros as a case of a team who was very bad and got good, they share nothing in common with the current White Sox. During the Astros "rebuild" years, they were able to draft at the top of the draft every one - unlike today. During the Astros rebuild, they had a top 10 farm system in baseball from 2012 to 2019! Seven straight years, with 4 being in the top 5. The White Sox, who have the 2nd worst record in baseball, don't even have a top 15 system today. Plenty of teams are just bad, and the majority of teams who are really bad don't become very good with those group of players. The White Sox are one of the laughing stocks of baseball, yet some fans believe their used car salesman GM that he's turning the organization around. Lastly, people claiming the Sox stopped spending on players so they could reallocate resources crack me up. The cost of the things the Sox have invested in are likely less than 5 million dollars total. Not even the cost of one player. The White Sox organization and fan base is dying, but some here love the direction the team is heading. It's is absolutely fascinating. To all the rebuild claimers, what are the White Sox rebuilding around? What is their edge in the market? What advantage do they have? The answer to anyone who is being honest is nothing.

This guy is still comparing Getz to Stearns. And now hes comparing him to Luhnow. This is unbelievable. The amount of delusion about Chris Getz is incredible.