WhiteSox2023

This is why people can’t always take you seriously and why you come across as biased. You say that the starters that Getz traded away will be selling insurance soon like Mena and Thompson, even though they had similar seasons in AAA as Burke and Cannon and Mena is only 22. Why are Burke and Cannon considered “strong starters” to you, yet Mena and Thompson are near guaranteed failures who will be selling car insurance soon?

Sweet, maybe they can steal away Getz first. Nah, he’s too easy for the Dodgers to rob come the trade deadline.

He doesn’t care about 121 losses. The Sox were trying to tank, even without the benefit of a top draft pick, and it is in no way a poor reflection on Getz. 🤣🤣🤣

If the younger guys have zero upside, there isn’t a point to any of this. Drury does jack s%*# for the Sox as a player and as a flip candidate.

$4.63 a ticket, but aren’t they even cheaper on StubHub? 🤣

I called the majority of them bums and you called them a shutdown bullpen. So who was right? Tim Hill sucked with the Sox to the point that Getz had to DFA him — a running theme with relievers he acquires (once again, refer to thread title). Hill pitching well for the Yankees doesn’t do a damn bit of good for the Sox. Those relievers still bouncing around the league just means that Getz didn’t keep the right ones. Funny how your point was that Getz is acquiring bullpen depth he didn’t have last year, considering he made 15+ reliever acquisitions last offseason. So what is different about this offseason? Getz failed with the bullpen last offseason but he has surely nailed it this offseason while acquiring even less relievers?

John Brebbia Tim Hill Chris Flexen Jared Shuster Alex Speas Justin Anderson Shane Drohan Bailey Horn Joe Barlow Jesse Chavez Brad Keller Corey Knebel Chad Kuhl Dominic Leone Bryan Shaw

Obviously they won’t be remembered because they will be DFA just like Getz’s great acquisition of Steven Wilson. And Getz already gave up prospects for these guys! Are you forgetting that? So you need to factor in whom Getz gave up for these guys in any mediocre trade return that Getz gets for them.

So Getz is multitasking by DFA’ing a reliever he acquired just last year for yet another reliever he will likely DFA in a year or less? That’s some multitasking talent!

Booser is turning 33 at the beginning of the season. How long do you think he’s going to be around, regardless of being pre-arb? Sox fans won’t remember these guys names in a year, which is why you would be wise to not hype up every mediocre-to-bad acquisition that Getz makes just like you did last year. Afterall, look at the very title of the thread we are posting in! 🤣

Why do you mention two acquisitions that no one ever claimed to be catastrophic, rather than the awful acquisitions of Fletcher and Vargas?

The relievers Getz is acquiring aren’t worth $5 to $7 million dollar contracts. They are mostly no name guys that have barely thrown many innings. Getz could definitely afford to sign guys on the same level as Booser, Gilbert, and Eisert. They cost a couple million at most on the free agent market, not $5 to $7 million.

Two teams made stupid acquisitions with one of those teams being the Sox, notorious for bad player acquisitions. This doesn’t prove your point. Frazier just signed with the Pirates for $1.525 million. But imagine trying to defend the Nicky Lopez acquisition this badly even after we all know it was a failure.

Lopez just signed a non-guaranteed MILB deal with the Cubs worth $1.5 million if he makes the team. $4.3 million is not the going rate for a garbage 2B. His arbitration number was too high last year, which is why the Braves were going to non-tender him, before Getz was stupid enough to swoop in and acquire him. Getz was also stupid to think Lopez would be a viable starting 2B.

I see C’s. Mediocre, just like Getz. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-offseason-grades-so-far-mets-dodgers-red-sox-get-a-braves-cardinals-more-fail-for-inaction/ https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10152078-report-card-grades-for-all-30-mlb-teams-offseason.amp.html

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! So good I had to quote it so it shows up twice.

One good trade didn’t make his entire offseason good. What signings were positive? His geriatric RF platoon? He signed a handful of veteran bums because they were cheap.

Making fun of the Dodgers for anything when you are a White Sox fan is insanity.

He did? Says who? You?

Is this the end of the Swifties as we know it?

Only 25 strikeouts in 44.1 innings is a bit scary as far as future success goes.

Brutal. NFL is a joke.

Anti-semitism isn’t allowed here.

Now just imagine how depressed you would be if the Padres were your favorite team and they set a record for losses last season rather than winning 93 games. 🤣

Yes, you are always right. Just like when you kept harping that the Sox would get more for Crochet in a trade if they provided a window for a contract extension, even though he was already under contract for two more years. Yeah, that obviously never happened.