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So far, other than a couple minor trades and the Crochet trade, what Getz trade hasn’t aged poorly after looking good at the start?

We’ll see. I know I ain’t trusting this clown…

Once again, I don’t care what a 32 year old vet does as a weak side of a RF platoon in what will be a losing season. If he was 25 with 5+ more years of control, great. I’d rather give those at bats to a player that may still be here a year from now. I’m not sure what is so difficult to understand about that?

Tommy John Day is inevitable.

Five great seasons? I would hope a player who had five great seasons would have better career OPS than .728. If he only ever faces lefties, his .793 career OPS versus lefties looks good. In the grand scheme of things, I’d still rather use those at bats on a younger outfielder.

Yes, one post took me a full hour. Even I thought he had more PA than that with the Dodgers last year before the Sox traded for him. But of course, here you are arguing your favorite thing in the world — small sample sizes.

Yep, the same argument forever. He would have had a guaranteed starting position here as well last year. But please remember this argument when the Sox have had 4+ losing seasons in a row. How many winning seasons will they need to have before free agents will finally want to sign here? Because I assume the Sox will want to start targeting some free agents in a couple offseasons. Or does money even matter at all? Either way, even if the money the Sox are offering free agents is the same, why would players ever choose the Sox over inevitably better teams?

Nevermind, I looked at Vargas’s stats again and he did that in 80 plate appearances. 🤣 Talk about small sample sizes… 😴💤

I don’t think Robles was out of the Sox price range… The Mariners signed Robles for $740K last year once he was DFA by the Nationals and cleared waivers. The Mariners then extended him for the following: 2025: $3.5 million 2026: $4.5 million 2027: $9 million club option or $500K buyout That’s basically the equivalent of not signing a Michael A. Taylor or both Tauchman and Slater the next two years. And you just know that Getz is going to waste around $5 million on some veteran bum(s) in 2026.

If we are hoping and praying for guys to put up a .736 OPS and even that kind of mediocre performance is still in question, this second rebuild is already dead in the water.

I don’t even think we know yet if that will even matter in the long run. He is far from a sure thing.

Who would have ever guessed it?!? Amazing, shocking, roster shattering… said no one here but one single poster. 🤣

That’s a good player to WE.

The record has already been set, haha. Too late. Once again, may as well see what younger guys can do at this point. And it doesn’t have to be Colas. There will probably be more interesting DFA’s to play than Slater. Remember that both Victor Robles and Joey Bart were early season DFA’s last year. Unfortunately, Getz passed on both guys. Apparently, our outfield talent was just too good last year and Getz still had faith in Oldy Moldy. 🤣

I never said Colas will translate to the majors but I don’t see the point in wasting at bats on vets. The Sox have a garbage lineup and are playing 34 year old vets in their outfield that won’t be here next season. At some point, you should just see what you have with younger players. Afterall, what did Slater do to deserve being a platoon starter in the outfield from the minute he was signed? I don’t care about his numbers from 2+ years ago. He’s not the same guy now. He’s older and bad. The tiny chance of a younger player panning out in the majors is worth more to the Sox than wasting at bats on a guy like Slater.

But the problem will likely still be the same — not being able to score runs. And that’s while hoping the Sox have two starters that can match Crochet’s performance and Fedde’s first half.

That’s because you are being logical. Getz is illogical. By the time Colas gets a chance, if he ever does, he’ll already be aged out of any value or usefulness for the future.

“We have the best baseball experience in the MLB, as long as you don’t look at the field.”

You were right…

I will say this — if you looked at Vargas last season, he looked more like a CF than a 3B. Dude was a stick.

Haha, this dude is totally trolling his team for a potentially very stupid decision.

100% accurate. The irony with Mayo is that it’s not like he missed out on making the Sox roster. Crying about not making a roster that already has Jordan Westburg at 3B is a bit ridiculous. MLB players have quite the egos.

Madrigal had a .386 OBP in the minors. Not saying Meidroth is like Madrigal in any way, but the small guy slap attack definitely works in the minors but fails miserably in the majors.

Alex Verdugo has received zero offers from MLB teams this offseason

Is this a pulled hammy or an accidental Hershey squirt? It’s not definitive.