WhiteSox2023

Is this the White Sox searching for a win or Getz trying to find a good position player?

LOL, Jerry is pleased — more cash considerations!!! Getz will get a lifetime extension at this rate. This should be a meme at this point. EDIT: Looks like Jay Cuda beat me to it by a year…

Even if you don’t consider matchups, Venable apparently thinks his best chance of winning it to give the most potential at bats in each game to a guy who should be in AAA and is only on the team due to multiple outfielder injuries. I’m losing faith in Venable quickly. A bunch of small questionable decisions can add up to make a difference when it comes to wins and losses. Not a big deal with this year’s team but perhaps when they are competitive.

Anyone worried about Venable’s lineup decisions yet? Does Palacios have to lead off just because that’s where the usual RF Tauchman would be? I realize the majority of the lineup sucks but Palacios should barely be on any MLB team’s roster, much less starting AND leading off. Awful.

Yup. Nice that a team would have the option. Otherwise, if he keeps sucking you just non-tender him. It would be a bit surprising if the Guardians can’t get something for him. We should find out by tomorrow afternoon, which is the deadline for a trade before he goes on waivers for 48 hours.

I read rumors that the Colts actually wanted Loveland over Warren. That could have been a nice trade down but I guess if both the Colts and the Bears truly valued Loveland over Warren, they probably made the right decision.

This is true. Per Spotrac — “POTENTIAL OUT: 2026, 3 YR, $33,103,306; $3,200,000 DEAD CAP”. Hopefully the Bears can trade him for a pick before this happens but at least they have a cheap out from paying him.

Yeah, this is also why the pick is even riskier/scarier. If you take a TE at #10, you should be getting the sure-fire consensus top TE of the draft. Between Loveland and Warren, we don’t even know if that’s the case. For reference, Brock Bowers was drafted at #13 last year and there was no doubt he was the stud TE of the draft. Meanwhile, mentioning Sam LaPorta actually makes this pick look worse because he wasn’t taken until #34 in the 2nd round of the 2023 draft. I would be very surprised if Poles couldn’t have traded down, got an extra pick, and still drafted Loveland.

So lame. Worst Wrestlemania I can remember. Rock was not involved but Travis Scott was? Awful.

Agreed, I am not a fan of this pick. If there was a chance to trade down, Poles should have taken it, and if Warren ends up being the better TE, Poles needs to go.

He’s 25. They may as well trade Meidroth right now then too.

Getz should call up Hahn and thank him for acquiring the one position prospect that is currently performing well for the team.

True, he always was. I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise if he is.

Of course you just know he’ll end up being the player we want Meidroth to be and better, just because they are the Twins and we are the White Sox.

I know. I’m just stating what one poster likes to use as a defense, even though it isn’t true.

Jerry would look for a way to trade it to another team.

“They are all replacement level players!!!” “It’s a rebuild so they are supposed to set the record for losses two years in a row!!!” Take your pick.

This same team is leading off Palacios, so you can pretty much question almost anything they do or don’t do.

How does a GM / manager go from being insistent on starting a glove first / no bat SS to starting a 6’3” 225 pound 1B/3B by trade that has barely played SS in the minors or majors? Further evidence that the Sox are dysfunctional as f***.

That’s actually Getz getting on the bus for GM school.

Like fathom said, make him the Director of Operations if you like his ability to turnover the operations of the team, but he is absolute s%*# at assessing and developing talent.

5-19. This team has the potential to steal away the lead in the Fecal League standings from the Colorado Rockies.

I think for next offseason, Vargas should try to gain 20 pounds of fat this time. Skinny didn’t work last season… 20 more pounds of muscle didn’t work this season. Let’s go Costanza style.

That part is just depressing. Getz probably self flagellates himself at night over that trade. 2 hits tonight and his OPS actually rose to .464. 🤣