hankchifan

Agree. It is beyond dumb to bring back the manager of such a bad performing team. I guess the main reason is that he is under contract and JR does not want to pay him as well as a new manager. IMO.

It was a good trade for the Sox after all.

ESPN+ has ranked White Sox season #30 last in majors with an F ranking, citing front office mayhem and underperforming. An embarrassment by the Sox this season.

Lineup today is pitiful. Patino already out. Sure the Cubbies are not happy with the Sox’s effort against the DBacks this week.

KC has lost 102 games this season, a bigger loser than even the Sox. It is a no brainer to NOT want to be like the Royals.

The Sox should have considered shutting him down for the rest of the season, as others not in the playoffs have done.

This game was a minor league pitching exhibition by the Sox. Very ugly. ?

Sox could have used Burgerctoday, to make it more interesting. He hit another homer today in a Miami,, a 446 foot three run bomb. This trade looks worse by the day.

I was referring to Burger’s value for upcoming seasons, not particularly this season which is shot.

Paid a big price for keeping KW and Hahn in charge for so many years.

Burger was 3 for 4 today with a 2 run homer. What a terrible, stupid trade. A 30+ homer everyday guy, well liked, with team control throughout 2028 for a minor league pitcher.

I think main reason is that he is under contract for a couple more years and JR wants him to work for that money, and don’t have to pay two manager salaries. IMO.

Amazing. And they traded Hitting champ Luis Arraez!

Sox 12 games under .500 at home. Sox need to better tailor the roster for GRF. IMO we need more power hitters (and we trade Burger) and pitchers that do not allow an inordinate amount of home runs to begin with. We are getting out homered by the opposition in our homer friendly park. Otherwise we will need to rename the stadium Guaranteed Loss Field.

The 5 th place Royals are beating the s%*# out of-the 4th place Sox. So embarrassing. As we cannot fire the whole team, Grifol should be let go.

And an every day position player with 30+ home runs a season, with team control thru 2028.

Sox may have to place dummies on seats like during COVID.

Particularly when we did not need an expensive closer at the time. Hahn’s love for relievers cost us in this trade.

A big difference is that Benintendi is much more expensive than Madrigal

Nothing. They are keeping him because he has a 3 yr contract and the Sox mgt. don’t want to have to pay 2 managers next season IMO.

It was a horrible game tonight. Terrible baseball fundamentals. I can’t believe that JR/Getz want to bring Grifol back for next season after this s%*# show of a season.

Burger hit two home runs tonight for the Marlins, hitting 3 rd and reaching 30 homers. One of the worst Hahn/Williams trades and a farewell middle finger to Sox fans.

He was lucky that he bought the Sox for only $19M.

One of the first Getz announcements is that Pedro is coming back as manager next season. That is also a bad joke. I guess JR wants to honor contract so he does not have to pay for two managers?

Can we bring them back for next season?