Chimpton
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28 minutes ago, T R U said:
As we saw last year, people will take a chance on talented players from this team even if they aren't performing. Im not too worried about it.
I think those are the key words. How many of this bunch, injured players apart, are truly 'talented players'?
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That series sweep against the Rays seems like a dream, and normal service has now resumed.
But at least they are putting up more than 2 runs and avoiding being shutout, so there is some tiny improvement. But with the current pen any game isn't safe.
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If 'steady' is how you describe a manager with Grifol's record since taking over at the White Sox I hate to imagine what Getz thinks is a bad manager.
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3 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:
Pretty easily .500 by June.
What year?
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11 hours ago, Quin said:
Legitimately wondering if any organization (other than the Royals) would hire Getz for any role.
11 hours ago, caulfield12 said:Or Andrew Benintendi at the major league level...
Or hire Pedro as manager at major league level....
(Even the Royals wouldn't do that and he was at their organisation)
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This season of futility and negative records would be bad enough if you thought that there was any chance of a phoenix rising from the flames and a competotive team would emerge for 2026 or 2027, but the reality is that once you put out the flames there will just be a paper bag of sh*t on your step.
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11 minutes ago, Quin said:
@caulfield12 I fixed. Arguably better.
I think it should be "Today we got our ass kicked, again"
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How about a rolling manager where each person on Soxtalk gets a go for a series, let's face it we all think we could do it 😉
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11 hours ago, Green Line said:
Soft part of the schedule coming up. Need to start piling up those wins.
That's what teams say when facing the White Sox.
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5 minutes ago, wegner said:
That Sheets hot streak didn't last too long, did it?
Mind you he is the only batter averaging over .200 in todays lineup!
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1 hour ago, Green Line said:
The 5 run explosion today just earned Pedro another month.
Equally they might be the only runs the White Sox score for that month.
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7 minutes ago, joejoesox said:
whole team has tuned out their manager 19 games into the season
I think they tuned Pedro out during Spring Training.
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What was the attendance for these 2 games? Where do they publish the figures?
I just watched the highlights and the stadium looked empty but for a few hardy souls.
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4 hours ago, The Grinder said:
Maybe just maybe if we can get our position players to start hitting and our pitching keeps performing we can still sneak in to a wild card...
I'm delusional
You just know that if the position players start hitting the pitching will fall off a cliff! But we can but hope that a miracle occurs.
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43 minutes ago, Hang Wiffem said:
I interpret that as "good players cost money that I'm not allowed to spend"
Or "Good players won't come here because this organisation is a mess"
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26 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:
It's because baseball is a stop start sport and often involves going from zero to 60mph as hard as you can half a dozen times a game. This isn't exactly a new phenomenon. It's not exactly like Moncada is unique in suffering an injury related to sprinting in baseball.
Baseball may be a stop start game but other sports require sudden intense bursts when sprinting, the fact that the White Sox have lost 3 players in 2 weeks doing this suggests poor warm up and conditioning, which is either due to bad training by the coaches or the individuals or both. The fact that all 3 of these players have a history of muscle injuries suggests they are at least partly to blame.
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25 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:
I do think the Sox should strongly consider trading Robert once he is healthy and performing well. Does anyone really think he will still be around by the time the rest of the team is good enough? Sell him high with years of control.
But in all seriousness with his injury record what would 'sell him high' actually bring in? Many on here valued Cease a lot higher than he eventually went for, and Robert has shown All Star abilities but equally has missed a lot of games each season, with the exception of 2023. Is his value to other teams damaged by his injury record?
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1 minute ago, The Mighty Mite said:
No surprise there, JR hates spending on potential.
I think that statement could have ended with 'spending'.
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2 minutes ago, T R U said:
It has to be true. Its insanity that any professional sports team would allow a manager/head coach to keep their job after putting up one of the worst seasons in your franchises history when the expectation was to compete for the division.
The only thing that makes sense is JR didn't want to have to pay two managers.
It was equally insanity to appoint a manager/head coach with no previous experience of managing at MLB level, and who was overlooked by the team he was at (who were the worst in the division) for their vacant managers post when the White Sox were supposed to be in their 'competitive window' following the last rebuild.
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1 hour ago, shoeless_joe21 said:
We're all going to feel pretty silly when Pedro cooks up a new acronym and lights a fire under this team.
Most White Sox fans want a fire lit under this team to burn it to the ground!
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7 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:
By the time of that next solar eclipse in 2044 this Sox rebuild might finally be finished.
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39 minutes ago, Falstaff said:
a - I think Robert would draw plenty of interest throughout MLB.
b- I have confidence in Getz for trades
c- The Sox have made solid moves towards player development with the additions Barfield and Bannister. I will be honest, I don't have a clue about Jin Wong
What about his work as GM over this winter gives you such confidence? The Cease deal was hardly the 'massive' haul he was supposedly asking, and the team he has assembled are hardly looking good at the moment.
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10 minutes ago, Falstaff said:
For the 2024 season I hope Robert jr comes back healthy and is in All Star form. I would trade him for the best available package out there. In 2025 I want the Sox to move on from Eloy, Robert jr, and Moncada.
After 2024 Sox can buy out both Eloy and Moncada , adios, Benintendi is 3 more years unfortunately.
Vaughn is going to have to produce this year or he is out also.
a) But would a team give up top prospects for an undoubtedly talented player but one seemingly made of glass? I know he played 145 games last season but that is the only time he has played more than a 100 in a season.
b) Would you trust Getz to make that trade?
c) Even if Getz gets a good haul for Robert would you trust the White Sox to develop them properly?
Unfortunately, at the moment b and c are a 'no' for me.
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11 hours ago, Quin said:
Just because Benintendi's contract exists doesn't mean you should sign another old player, with a reputation as a hot head (culture!!!) when you're in rebuilding mode.
Getz's moves get to be judged based on his merit, not KW/Hahn.
This team isn't in 'rebuilding mode' yet, it is still tearing down and putting in a few rickety old props to try to stop the whole house falling down.
If the Sox ever get everybody off the IL at the same time
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To put that in figures, Jimenez, Robert and Moncada have played together in 161 of 558 games since Robert's debut in 2020. And they were supposed to be the core of the championship winning team. It's not just the missed games but also the fact that they are constantly having to regain form coming off injuries.