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Mets fans hate the trade? Where is this? I assume they only hate it because they missed out on bigger FA outfield targets and had to settle for a trade for Robert.

This is why I am hoping Getz passes on adding a “starting” outfielder. I really don’t want to watch the likes of Conforto wasting Sox at bats.

Development of the Sox own players will mean way more to the team than any of these additions. Everyone is excited over Murakami but the dude could be gone in two years before the Sox ever even make the postseason.

Do you think younger people call him Mister Bader?

Once again, I said they were nice signings. But this isn’t some amazing big market team’s offseason.

Let’s be honest, they are nice signings for a frugal team but baseball fans are used to the Dodgers and Mets offseasons.

Bader has the potential to be the next Benintendi contract at a smaller scale.

I assume he was signed as a flip candidate, otherwise it wouldn’t make much sense to sign him over a similarly priced starter.

There really isn’t any OF worth signing right now for the Sox. Bader is a bit too long in the tooth and is going to get overpaid due to last season. Conforto is blech. Maybe a guy like Hays is worth signing but even if he performs well for the first half, you aren’t dealing him for much of a return. May as well give these guys at bats.

What happened to this dude? He was pretty beastly for the Astros in 2023.

Dats a lots of prospects. Doesn’t look like any are in the top 100 listings though.

Old friend alert… “Tigers signed OF Corey Julks to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.”

It’s not his fault. He’s literally full of s%*# and needs a colonoscopy. Maybe it’s his own inside joke that he actually knows nothing.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he was right because that is my guess at the aisle where Getz is shopping. However, I don’t see Melendez being any sort of improvement over what the Sox have at outfielder so that one doesn’t make much sense.

Still some good starters available but the outfielders are less than thrilling. Do Bader and Hays do anything for you, or any other OF? Bader is a bit older and it feels like he will be overpaid due to last season. Hays seems to get injured a lot.

Definitely. They will try to stretch that money into 3 or 4 more players. My guess is one starter, one outfielder, and two relievers, and I don’t even think they will spend all $20 million that was freed up.

True, but even with as much as I disliked the return, like @PaleAleSox said, you may have ended up getting nothing for him if he got injured bad enough or with bad enough timing to not be healthy by the trade deadline. We would be wishing for an Acuna then. I guess you can always debate the risk of going with Robert into the season and him being both healthy and performing well by the deadline but that would be a risky bet.

Griffin Canning Michael Conforto 1 or 2 relievers

Yes, if the Sox sign the right starter, Acuna plus said starter could very well be more productive than Robert. There could also be some money left over from that $19 million. Do I have faith that they will sign a starter like Giolito? No, I think they will go cheaper on a starter to spread out the remaining freed up money to a reliever or two and a cheap outfielder. Three or four lower quality players is always better than one or two better players. It’s the White Sox way.

The true fallacy is in thinking Jerry will allow Getz to spend the entirety of the money that was freed up by trading Robert. 🤣

Here’s the listing I see: Kelenic (#4 overall in Y21) Vargas (#37 overall in Y23) Mead (#55 overall in Y24) Acuna (#66 overall in Y24) Pereira (#67 overall in Y24)

I’m not trying to be funny and I’m not disagreeing with you. But he’s 26 years old and I have no doubt that he will get plenty of chances with a team that pretty much has an entire roster full of unproven outfielders if you consider Benintendi primarily a DH going forward.

Vargas (#37 overall in Y23) Mead (#55 overall in Y24)