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It would have been sweet but the timing would have never worked out with cheapskate Jerry. Crochet is the only guy they would have paid for this year. Giolito is at $19 million and Rodon is at $27 million for the season. Crochet is only at $3.8 million for this season but his salary is about to jump to $24 million starting next season on his new extension and it increases from there. Jerry would not have approved any one of their new contracts.

Because he’s crushing it in AAA, Robert is done, and your other options are MAT and the same overpaid suck in LF. Perfect time to give a dude playing time.

GM’s absolutely own what their managers do these days in baseball. And if it isn’t that way for a historically losing team over the last 3 seasons, the Sox are even dumber than we think…

Exactly. Tauchman will be back next year. He’s going to get his salary arbitration and his daughter’s same doctor care. He’s happy. Benintendi already signed for millions that he isn’t earning. Neither of these guys are likely going to b1tch if you give them some time off in yet another horrible losing season to get some other outfielders some playing time. And if they do b1tch, who cares? They won’t be around for the next competitive Sox team anyways. So fuggem if they actually do b1tch. And people can argue that Fletcher, DeLoach, and Robertson are garbage. I won’t disagree. They probably are. But we already know for sure what Benintendi and Tauchman are — one is an overpaid pile of suck and the other is an old, oft-injured, average at best right fielder. Stop wasting at bats on these guys… Getz is simply terrible at managing a roster, considering his team sucks, he has plenty of flexibility to do whatever he wants, and he has an owner who is on the way out and is never going to fire him. And yeah, when I first googled Will Robertson, Duck Dynasty bullshit came up. 🤣

I’ll never understand what Getz is doing. Sure, Fletcher, DeLoach, and Robertson could all suck, but why did you acquire them to barely give them at bats over the course of two losing seasons when a guy like MAT is still getting starts?

He’s back! Andrew Vaughn went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI against the Blue Jays on Friday.

What’s the Sox record since May 1st?

Sox gonna Sox.

Where is the Sox bullpen at statistically these days? It can’t be middle of the pack in the MLB now…

AAAA guy.

It’s going to be awhile, especially with Jerry having no reason to spend money until Ishbia actually takes over.

Is there any reason to keep him up at this point? This has to be destroying any confidence the guy had.

It’s called a bad GM and weak scouts hoping and praying that they can luck into a starting position player because they don’t have much left in the tank. No different than the trades for Fletcher and DeLoach. Would have probably been better off trading for lottery pick prospects than this weakass Australian.

Brother Rice beating up on Valpraiso 28-7 at the half. EDIT: 43-19 final. BR had their backups in at the end of the 3rd quarter.

And then Getz gets to play the game of the risky diminishing value asset for yet another season. I doubt it ends well.

I have to think @Y2Jimmy0 is right. The only way it would make sense to buy him out would’ve been a career-threatening injury, not a typical hammy strain. I agree that the decision on the option has already been made.

I won’t speak for others but I said that while it is important, it isn’t the most important thing, especially for a team that is expected to be bad anyways. Afterall, what would a team without any veteran leadership do — set a record in losses and then follow that season up with another season on pace for 100+ losses? Oh dear, that would be tragic. 🤣

Betting on the Sox to make a decision when it comes to adding $20 million in payroll would definitely be a Greg house type gamble. But unless Getz is a complete and utter imbecile, I don’t understand why else he would be making these comments about Robert. He said it right after the deadline, and he is now saying it again after Robert’s latest injury. Getz must know that Jerry already gave the okay to pick up his option.

Yep. He’s a nice platoon/part-time guy on a good team. A rebuilding team like the Sox should be giving those at bats to a young OF. Problem is, Getz hasn’t acquired any outfielders worth giving those at bats to yet, outside of a not ready yet Montgomery.

I don’t think so. Over $6 million for sure, but he was so damn awful with the Sox that his insane hot streak with the Brewers hasn’t even brought his overall numbers back up to his career norms yet. And now his bat is cold.

Unfortunately, Tauchman misses too many games due to injury to be there everyday to fulfill that role.

I don’t understand why he said this then, right after the injury announcement — “We’re committed to Luis.” How do you say that after this latest injury if you aren’t planning to bring him back via his option? If there was any doubt about it, a GM would just not say that last sentence. Unless said GM is a moron…

What a boner. He’s like two to three years too early on this new kick of his. Just like trading for veteran relievers that ended up sucking balls. Remember Getz’s first offseason priority of defense and leadership? Yeah, that worked wonders…

Wins and losses don’t matter once the win rate goes bad.

Veteran leadership isn’t meaningless, but it’s definitely less important for a bad team that is going to lose 100+ games. Where are Fletcher and DeLoach right now? Haven’t the comments about those two acquisitions been proven true by now? The only future they appear to have is with Charlotte or some other team’s minor league system. I wouldn’t be surprised that outside of Tauchman’s daughter situation, Getz realized he could fill RF very cheaply in 2026 with the extra year of control. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Sox had kept Tauchman, even without the daughter situation. Jerry likes cheap players.