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You can say that up until Getz decides to give them a roster spot and continues to waste at bats.

LOL. More washed up vets!!! I absolutely love how the Sox sign these guys a year or two after they are proven to be done, just because they can finally sign them for a pittance.

@Dick Allen betrayed us! BAN HIM! 😉

I am confused at how @Kyyle23 misinterpreted your post. There are plenty of MLB team owners that spend more money trying to compete than Jerry. They obviously don’t spend as much as the Dodgers but definitely more than Jerry. And other teams than the Dodgers have won the World Series in recent years without spending as much as the Dodgers. But you pretty much justify and excuse Jerry for not spending because the game is “rigged”. But this is obvious hyperbole, as it is possible for a team to make the playoffs and win a World Series without spending as much as the Dodgers. Last I checked, the Dodgers haven’t won every World Series over the past 10 years or so. So what are you actually trying to say, if @Kyyle23 truly did misinterpret your post?

I know Sullivan or some other reporter set up Getz with a stupid question about the Dodgers, but it’s still a strange response. Almost like he is saying — hey, forget that we set that futility record last year. We play ST games in the same facility as an actual major league franchise! The Dodgers are really good so it’s possible that we could be too one day! Exactly what @Quin said above — like Getz is hinting that this will somehow make the Sox better. Improvement via osmosis, lol.

Damn, they stole our Fedde v2. Getz could have flipped him for another Vargas at the deadline… 😢

Haha, this is no doubt going to go swimmingly and without a hitch based on past history.

Neither of those guys got paid yet. That was the qualifier.

Basically with every prospect and free agent signing from the first rebuild.

The Sox have already told Ramos to run at half speed during ST.

Definitely not “top prospects”, haha.

Yep, point taken. But Vargas was the headliner of that trade. DeLoach was probably the second or third piece of the Santos trade. But man, these trades aren’t aging well rather quickly.

Looks like Bregman also has opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons so if he has a monster year in either of the next two seasons, he can become a free agent again.

I don’t believe that for a second. There’s no way Getz admits complete failure with the Fedde trade less than a year after making it to retain Drury. He did already cut Steven Wilson from the Cease trade but Vargas was the main piece that came back from the Fedde trade. I think Drury still makes the opening day roster somehow but it won’t be at the expense of Vargas. Justin Anderson as the closer would be hilarious. He would blow so many saves with the number of guys he walks.

True. Think about how much more ridiculous free agent money will be in 3 years, especially when good (not great) players like Profar and Joc get paid what they did now. As long as Bregman doesn’t fall off a cliff (injuries or performance), he should do well.

Agreed, but it could go either way. If he was a couple years older, I’d say take the guaranteed years and money from Houston. Will he still be good enough at age 33 to make $36+ million more? Perhaps. He’s rich either way but he’s betting on himself.

Funny how Getz has now acquired both guys I thought would be cheap worthwhile pickups last year. So is Getz as stupid as me for acquiring those two guys? You can’t have it both ways. And I never said either guy was going to save the season or be flipped for good prospects, perhaps low level A ball prospects. Once again, this is your continued hyperbole and you do it to everyone here that you disagree with. The White Sox dumpster diving meme never gets old because they have done it for years and years and years. The strategy has not changed from Kenny, to Hahn, to Getz. I don’t know how you could even try to deny this. Everyone on this site knows it and has lived through it.

Dems the rumors. Cease, yes. Turner, only if he’s short-term and cheap. Dude is 40.

That’s brutal. They gave a meh player a two year extension during which the Bulls will no doubt be bad, rather than taking a first round pick.

Sadly, they are likely better off without him in the long run at this price and the fact that they have Matt Shaw. Nightengale said their final offer was 4/$120. $40 million AAV for Bregman is crazy money. Also, not spending this money on Bregman could help them resign Kyle Tucker next offseason.

That’s all WE employs — hyperbole. He is saying I raved about one mediocre player when all I said is that Taylor would be a good “flip candidate” for Getz to acquire last offseason. Meanwhile, WE is the same guy that claimed last year’s bullpen could be lockdown. So while he is spouting hyperbole about how I was wrong about one mediocre “flip candidate”, WE was wrong about an entire crappy bullpen that his lord and master Getz built. But this is what WE does. He’s a lot like Jerry — defer, deflect, etc. Anything to ignore the absolute flaming dumpster state of the White Sox.

Like I said in another thread, Taylor was good in 2022 and 2023 so I thought he would be a good add last offseason. The guy completely tanked in 2024, likely due to old age — if his offense tanks worse than it usually is because he was never a good hitter to begin with, his great glove can’t make up for it. Obviously, I was wrong and Taylor would have been a bad acquisition last offseason. So I’m not sure what point you are trying to make here. I doubt he is going to improve another year later at age 34. I guess if Robert is traded during ST, it could make some sense, but what about all the other mediocre veterans that were acquired? Why does Getz continue to acquire bad veterans when he has his own young players to give at bats to?

Going back 20 years? Okay… Well, the White Sox have been a team in existence since 1901. The Padres have only been around since 1969. That’s 68 more seasons that the White Sox have played. In 68 less seasons, the Padres have 8 playoff appearances while the White Sox only have 11 with an insane advantage of time. Let me repeat that — in 68 more seasons of baseball, the White Sox have only been to the playoffs 3 more times than the Padres. That’s flat-out embarrassing no matter how you try to justify [sugarcoat] it. I’m pretty sure this stat is also still accurate — among all 30 MLB teams, the White Sox have the worst ratio of playoff appearances (11) compared to their total seasons in existence (124). Meanwhile, the Padres have to compete with the Dodgers while the White Sox division is typically one of the weakest in all of baseball. If you think the Padres are a pathetic franchise worthy of your jokes, what does that make the White Sox? Finally, what does your last sentence even mean? Why can’t the White Sox start acting like a major market team and do both — spend money AND win championships? Yes, “LOL” indeed. 🤡

Ripping on the Padres as a White Sox fan is hilarious. When is the last time the White Sox had 4 winning seasons in a 5 year stretch and made the playoffs 3 times in that window?

I think they may just be this stupid. For example, how long have they employed this dumpster diving strategy to build a roster, whether they have young players that need playing time or not? It never works and it never changes.