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I said that the Sox needed power. I never said that I expected Getz to be able to sign a power hitter for $3.5 million. The point that you missed because you are usually too busy bloviating about how you predicted something stupid in a Sox game was the second part of my post. Our GM spent $3.5 million on a redundant and needless player with posters already questioning why he is on the roster. But please go ahead and ignore all of my posts going forward as well. You have this disturbing Single White Female thing going on that I want no part of.

Others have said it already but prematurely dumping 25-year old Gage Workman was a really short-sided move for a team with no power. Especially when we have Crapa and Palacios still on the team. Getz wasted $3.5 million on Rojas so I can see why he is still on the team but Crapa and Palacios taking up roster spots is a joke. Getz is truly bad at roster management.

That wasn’t the entire point but keep jumping at any post I make like a frothing dog with rabies. I’m chillin rent-free in your head and I don’t even want to be there.

Comcast picking up Sox games after the team has proven they are slightly better than last year’s team but will still lose 100+ games. 🤣

The Sox needed power. Getz signed a redundant glove-first infielder with no pop.

9 homers per 162 game average in Rojas’s career. Better chances than both Madrigal and Little Nicky hitting one (each with 2 homers per 162 game average in their careers) but still rather unlikely.

Lee to 3rd or scoring?

Now get him on da juice.

Racist.

The big question I have is… Does Luis Robert know Ryan Fuller’s name?

Good points on Workman. No reason to dump a younger and likely better player for older worse players. Not on a bad team.

I will never stop getting a kick out of this…

He just mentioned Vargas’s smile, and that we have seen it a lot more since his swing change. Schriff-dawg is obsessed.

Shuster. But we also still have this guy left… https://www.milb.com/player/riley-gowens-803035

It’s your fault, jinx. You were late.

Lick those Brewers fans tears… https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/44615-rule-5-to-cws-shane-smith-discussion-thread/

We know that the Tigers offense is nasty and that Shuster is bad, but at least this further shows Smith is legit.

Would be even more awesome if his first name was “Dirk”.

Redacted. Is it game time yet?

Getz has done very well in the Rule 5. Drohan didn’t work out but Shane Smith alone could be the best pick in years, and he also acquired Vasil. Workman didn’t work out either but two out of four is really good. But I do agree with you, no GM can bank on Rule 5 picks panning out each year.

I’m really not arguing anything. I have no idea why you aren’t understanding what I am saying, but I’ll try again here… Getz has pretty much been pigeonholed in his past two offseasons. Can he even sign higher priced free agents that he may actually want? No. Therefore, there is really only one offseason plan that Getz can employ due to Reinsdorf not wanting to spend any money, and it’s simply signing cheapish veterans under $5 million dollars each and hoping that they have a good season. If that’s some sort of strategy for going after the latest market inefficiency, the Sox have already been doing it for years. If you can’t understand my post, you are simply trying to be deliberately obtuse.

But these are literally the only type of logical signings that a team that is spending a minimal amount of money each offseason, like the Sox, can make. Once again, the Sox have been doing this for years. I don’t see it as a planned out strategy. It’s basically, sign a bunch of older vets and pray that they have a good year. It may work and it may not due to injuries, poor performance, age, or a combination of these reasons (see Josh Rojas, Michael A. Taylor, Martin Perez, Mike Clevinger). It’s basically the $5 million and under bargain bin at the MLB free agent waste management site, a.k.a. dumpster. It definitely isn’t a sustainable strategy if you want your team to be any sort of contender.

Looks like some of the pitching prospects that Getz acquired in his trades.