Chick Mercedes

of course he wanted Castillo to do well. He failed to get good product for his prospect value. But he wasn’t interested in increasing his odds apparently by adding more trade capital to meet arbitrary standards being set for him by Soxtalk. He had his own standard. And his own limit.

Ozzy keeps it real

Well like I said, Getz had different goals and limits in mind for 2026 than Soxtalk. He’s being judged on a standard he wasn’t trying to meet.

Itll be interesting if the Sox “lost” the deadline, but won the playoffs series. In that case, I wonder if the playoffs win still would count. Because the deadline!!!

DOWN WITH DOYLE!

They’re probably all from our enemy up north, evil Canada. But rock your home team if you got one, don’t turn your back on them to wear the jersey of your work city!

Go with that. 👍

I know Burke is going, but the Sox need offense

Getz should never have been hired. But luckily, he was.

An empty chair would be great

That’s not what I was saying. I view the prospects in the Castillo deal the ceiling of what Getz was willing to sacrifice. Some fans wanted to trade everyone short of Roch Cholowski. Not Getz though

that deal sucks for God. You better come correct and stop demanding things up front. 'If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'"

I can’t come up with anything to explain it other than that. Maybe he was throwing the roster a bone. The players do appreciate an effort. Hopefully he learns something from it. The good news is restricted himself from doing the most extreme stuff some fans were advocating for.

Probably because most of Mune’s value comes with his bat. Thats all they ask for from him, because first base in the field has nominal value relative to SS. And a lot of Colson’s value is derived because he plays a premium position very well. But his bat problem drags his overall value down below a guy like Mune who derives very little value in the field relative to Colson. Mune’s bat does all the work.

I mean, hold them to 2 or 3 runs or less. It was nice putting up openers that are shutting the offense down. Not very sustainable.

I’m sorry they gave up Smith. They caved into pressure from the fanbase to force something to happen at the deadline. It was a token halfhearted effort, and unfortunately an example of why if you worry about what the fans in the stands want, you’re soon to be sitting next to them. Wasted a prospect for nothing.

D or an F. But like I said, they didn’t try real hard. Probably should have done nothing actually. Doing nothing would have been a B.

Heat on Getz. The pressure will be on in 2027 and beyond because that is their earliest planned timeframe for the team to improve to the vision they had for it

Castillo is a failed acquisition. But gaining a dude at the deadline was clearly not a full throated effort by design. Lets see what happens next year when the heat is actually on him.

That’s not a test that Getz was given by the team. You’re assigning a grade based on a test you are personally judging him over. Like double secret probation. But you can’t please everyone as they say.

Hell, I didn’t like the nepo pick. I didn’t necessarily like the Roch pick either. I didn’t like pitching staff. But I understand it’s just my opinion, and I understand their thinking, and ai understood the timeline of the plan when it is supposed to come together. Circa 2027-2028/29. Then we judge. But their plan such as it is, is working like a clock to this point.

But he is. He’s just doing a different job than the job you wanted him to do.

Why fire a guy that is doing his job?

It wasn’t a perfect year, but it was close. If this was the only thing they messed up, not a big problem. I agree it was a bad move. It was forced. But it was bad because they limited the amount of of assets they were willing to risk, and got what they could. And they didn’t prioritize adding to the team. They didn’t much care, but wanted to give the fans SOMETHING. In that, they failed. But the long term vision is their priority. 2026 is just a stepping stone.

I’ll bet anything that Chris Getz and the higher ups are in total alignment on their approach to 2026