WhiteSox2023

The Sox signed a couple players named Nick? I only saw the Jeff Bolker signing.

Kopech literally said there was no motivation because the Sox suck so bad. Yes, that is on Kopech, but it’s also on Jerry, Hahn/Kenny, and Getz for building such an absolute piece of garbage team that no one cares to play hard for. That’s a culture the owner and front office created by being so fucking bad at their jobs. Afterall, if the entire roster gave a crap last year, they wouldn’t have set a record for futility. How many years was that record again? Oh, since 1901! Yeah, pretty much an almost impossible record to set unless you have a roster of players that don’t respect and don’t care about their own organization. Even a piece of s%*# team would barely have to try to avoid the record this team set. Jerry fostered those feelings. Meanwhile, with one trade, all of Kopech’s problems are solved and he pitches like a stud? Yeah, it’s magic. It has nothing to do at all with being a member of this embarrassing organization at all. Kopech’s life was a mess according to you, yet you argued in the past that Tim Anderson’s personal life was his own business. But Tim Anderson likely fell apart because Sox fans were mean to him about his extramarital affairs… Just be honest, and call a spade a spade.

Nope, I literally looked up Jeff Bolker on BaseballCube.com.

Haha, hilarious. The feedback was so bad that he rolled it back. What a loser.

Same exact thought here. 🤣

It’s a pretty nice signing in this climate for starting pitching. Bieber is coming back from TJ surgery and will likely miss the first few months of the season, but it’s either a 1-year deal for $14 million ($4 million buyout) or a 2-year deal for $26 million ($16 million player option). Getz won’t make a signing larger than this Guardians deal this offseason.

Easy there, @ron883. 🧌😈🤣

Agreed. Luis Castillo at 3-years / $68.25 million actually has value. Just look at what mediocre starters are signing for right now. Frankie Montas got 2-years / $34 million after a very mediocre season. Severino is a much better starter than Montas but about par with Castillo and just signed for a similar contract as to the money Castillo has remaining on his deal. However, Bellinger at 2-years / $52.5 million with his most recent performance (.751 OPS, 2.2 WAR) is a bloated deal that even contending teams likely won’t want.

Luis Robert is injury-prone and has been up and down in his career. He may not be worth his upcoming 2025 salary and two option years for 2026 and 2027. Andrew Vaughn was literally a non-tender candidate, especially for good teams, but the Sox literally don’t have anyone better so they brought him back. If he wasn’t their own somewhat recent first round pick, the Sox probably would have non-tendered him. The rest of what you posted makes sense, but why none of it will happen can be summed up with one name… Jerry.

Other than Jordan and a fluky 2005 season for the Sox, he’s been one of the worst owners in two sports.

Yep.

Yep, and those extensions sure paid off…

Playing for the White Sox, in a nutshell… “So to have that call at the trade deadline be like, ‘You’re going to the Dodgers,’ it was like, ‘OK, now baseball is starting.’ I was in a position to where I hate to say I was going through the motions. You know you’re not playing for anything other than your own career, and when you don’t want to play a selfish game because it’s not a selfish game, it makes it really hard.

That makes sense then. They must think Montgomery will get bigger as he ages.

https://files.catbox.moe/jlakeo.mp4

It will be old news once some combination of Peyton Pallette, Grant Taylor, Caleb Bonemer, and Blake Larson make the majors and have some success.

Crochet talked about wanting an extension, but I doubt he is looking to get only an additional year added outside of arbitration. Players have egos. I’m sure Crochet looks at a guy like Glasgow as a comparison, thinks he’s just as good if not better, and expects a similar 5-year extension and money.

A bit too early to make this claim but hopefully he is the real deal and the Sox take more guys like him rather than what they have done historically in the 2nd round. https://soxmachine.com/2024/12/by-standards-of-white-sox-second-round-picks-gavin-sheets-crushed-it/

Definitely. Great hitter and great poster.

I mentioned Robert’s propensity for injuries and horrible season last year as to why I wouldn’t put a dollar on him putting up a 2.4 fWAR in 2025. Also, the lineup is terrible just like last year so he will have zero protection once again.

Damn, would suck to miss out on another Gavin Sheets! 😉

“Can confirm” 🤣🤣🤣

He makes the payroll, he hires the GM, he also hires the manager sometimes. He is the reason a new GM and manager can’t start fresh with their own staff. If it isn’t mostly on JR, who is to blame?

Man, I was just thinking about him during the past season as he called into the Sox postgame with Frank, Ozzie, and Chuck. He definitely didn’t sound great. Very tired. RIP.

Rick Hahn didn’t intend to trade a superstar for the corpse of James Shields either, but it can happen. Unfortunately, it’s usually from better GM’s than whom the Sox have in place that are making these deals.