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That implies that this disaster was intentional rather than just bad recruitment, bad play , no leadership etc.

Exactly the difference between chartering an Airbus and a Boeing will be less than the wages offered to FAs in the dumpster that the Sox have been signing recently.

But part of the problem is that most of the players are at best AAAA level because the club is being run like a AAA club, the plane business is just one example of this. Players talk to other players, do you really think any big name free agents would want to join the current Mickey Mouse organisation even if they were prepared to pay them what other clubs do.

The big question is who gets those 8 seats?

It's not just that they let them all go but what did they get in return? Nothing that looks too great.

Is that what we are reduced to hoping for 'statistical regression'?

Are you sure?

Its not as if he can blame lack of player development in the minors, because he was supposed to be responsible for that!

So why before the season were we told the bullsh*t that he was being hired to avoid another lost season and to compete sooner? Also what does he predict for next season? Because most people see a similar 100 loss season for 2025.

Far from sacking Chris Getz, if he had any self respect he would resign. He has helped assemble what will be the worst squad in MLB history, virtually none of his trades or aquisitions seem to have worked out, and all this from a team that was not deliberately tanking apparently. It is not as if the current squad is bad with the prospect of a brighter future in the minors. At best the Sox can hope for a return to.500 ball by 2027. There is no prospect of Getz building a playoff capable squad in that time (even with the expanded WC) let alone one that could actually win a post season series.

The team would still have to actually score some runs, and that has been somewhat difficult for them this season!

Do they really think Moncada will help them avoid that?

The only difference being that America turned it round 4 years after Pearl Harbour and went on to win the war, somehow I don't see the White Sox turning it round and winning anything in the next 4 years.

I hope that was a typo, or is it a comment on what Getz thinks of himself?

Maybe if this was a movie script, but in the real world why would any decent manager want the taint of mananging a 100 loss team, because that is what the 2025 Sox will be.

The season that followed it!

I think it is more like this now

The sad thing is he is leading the team in batting average this season!

It says something when the Sox 'best hitter' amongst qualified hitters is Gavin Sheets with .240 average!

That's about the level of half the players as well.

Then again there is no point having scouts if the GM or Barfield just ignore them.

But Chris is probably cheaper than Hahn so JR will be happy.

Is this for 2024 or 2025?

As the old saying goes "one swallow doesn't make a summer". No one doubted his talent, and tonight's game showcases what that talent could be. What has been doubted is his commitment and his .218 batting average and .696 OPS for the season are a massive underachievement. If he performs to a high level the remainder of the season all well and good, but I won't get giddy from one performance.