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You could make a list of bad Getz acquisitions from last offseason that were cut before their contract and/or player control was up.

I thought only Greg cared about losing 120 games instead of just 110. Who the f*** cares? It’s massive failure either way you slice it.

One would think the dumpster would be empty by now but Getz keeps managing to pillage from it…

Isn’t it interesting that Getz had to DFA one of his trade acquisitions from last year to make room for this guy? My guess is that Gilbert will go the same way as Shewmake within the next year.

Banks had some history of success in three straight seasons with the Sox before he was traded. Gilbert hasn’t been good since his rookie season in 2021.

Hope this choice by Barfield works out better than his last one…

He’s 25 years old now and he has put up a .586 OPS in 591 plate appearances. Not a huge sample size but the equivalent of a full year in the majors. He also blows with the glove at whatever position he is thrown at, so that will further keep his WAR/value down.

Correction noted. The White Sox are literally the old western trading post / whore house saloon for both LA and Boston.

Imagine questioning or trying to downplay the Dodgers on anything, while being a Sox fan. 🤣

He’s a fourth outfielder that can’t hit. Who cares?

The Dodgers bench players would be starters for the Sox and their front office also knew which of their garbage prospects/players they should deal to our back-to-back terrible talent-assessing GMs. But that’s probably like taking candy from a baby anyways.

In this very post, you argued that my post was baseless and then listed three names off the top of your head that were called up earlier than necessary. Starting clocks during one of the historically worst seasons in baseball made zero sense.

This is Getz we are talking about. Captain of the early call up.

“The Athletic’s Katie Woo and Will Sammon report the Orioles have interest in a reunion with Jack Flaherty. Baltimore has an obvious need for a frontline starter after former ace Corbin Burnes bolted for Arizona last week. Flaherty, who spent the final few months of the 2023 season with the Orioles following a trade from the Cardinals, is the top starter left on the open market by a considerable margin. The 29-year-old faded down the home stretch last year with the Dodgers, but was outstanding with the Tigers at the outset of the year. He makes a ton of sense for the Orioles, who have yet to make a big splash in free agency with the exception of brining in veteran Japanese righty Tomoyuki Sugano. We’ll see if general manager Mike Elias is ready to finally make a big move.”

And Getz apparently likes players like Fletcher and Vargas. Already on the road to Soxcess.

All the more reason to just pick your next GM without holding any interviews. That’s how you find the best talent.

With a Mendoza Line? What about his overall line?

Sadly, you would be mistaken, at least with Hawk. Nothing beats when Hawk left the booth to check on Todd Frazier… 🤣

Exactly. And Jerry still would not have had to spend additional money if the allotment was traded.

So quite literally, Jerry chose to pocket $740K rather than improve the team with more international signings? And even worse, Getz could have traded the $740K allotment to another team to spend and the Sox still could have avoided spending $740K of Jerry’s money if the allotment was traded? Wow…

Haha, the “We ain’t takin’ that” was so cringy and epic due to the timing. The Sox were already terrible and Schriffen was trying to hype up a brawl with the Brewers. Awful.

And I hope people note that this is just one part of revenue sharing — luxury tax distribution. It has nothing to do with other shared earnings for MLB.TV, etc. Jerry and his other fellow loser owners will never pay luxury tax but will reap the benefits from the teams that actually want to win. Jerry cashes checks left and right without even doing anything. This is another reason that a salary cap isn’t the ultimate solution.