WhiteSox2023

Mind-blowing.

I absolutely hate that Samsung and other TV companies have started to do that with their remotes. I have a couple Samsung TVs and that has been such an annoyance to me that I buy their universal remote just to get the extra buttons. I just found there is a “Prime Big Deal” to get two of these universal Samsung remotes for $10 bucks. I just placed an order. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7B6KLH3?psc=1&smid=A3US3KTV1R02M4&ref_=chk_typ_quicklook_titleToDp

And why didn’t they just take @CHSN? Surprised no one else hasn’t taken it yet as a spoof/parody account.

Vargas and Fletcher. 🧌

There’s plenty of this guy though… “Injury law made personal. That’s Ankin Law.”

Hilarious how they needed both positions so it wouldn’t have mattered much which guy they picked and they failed on both. Reinsdorf is such a loser.

It was a small sample size but the K/9 was scary.

Wow, talk about a waste of real estate. Could they make it any bigger?

You just said the magic words and now it shall happen. Don’t forget to also tap your heels together three times…

You just made an unintentional argument for acquiring Holliday. Our coaching and development staff has not had a chance to besmirch him.

To be competitive in 2-3 years, the Sox pretty much have to hit on the Crochet trade, hold onto Robert, hope he tears it up in the first half of next season, and then hit on the return for him as well. The return for Crochet alone won’t be enough, and they need to trade both guys for bats. The Sox have like three above average position prospects that aren’t locks to be good MLB players along with a pile of crap on the current roster.

Yep, see here…

Without the rebuild, they don’t win in 2020 and 2021 and make two postseasons.

Is that really a fair comparison or analogy to the Phillies trade proposal you mentioned? Schultz and Smith are rated higher than anyone in your Phillies proposal and are likely already expected to be near “sure-thing” starters in the MLB. Perhaps not sure-fire bets to be absolute studs like Skenes, but definitely quality MLB starting pitchers with a Skenes-esque ceiling.

Nothing is a sure thing. And like I said before, perhaps if Eloy wasn’t a walking injury and wasn’t guaranteed millions almost immediately, he’d be an .850 OPS guy hitting 30+ homers a year right now.

This is not accurate. Cease was originally expected to be a 1st round pick. He tore his UCL his senior year of high school which allowed the Cubs to take him in the 6th round. The Cubs drafted him and gave him a $1.5 million dollar signing bonus ($269,500 slot recommendation) knowing he would need TJ surgery. The hype for Cease was always there. At the time of the trade, Eloy was the Cubs #1 prospect and MLB’s #8 overall prospect, while Cease was the Cubs #2 prospect and MLB’s #63 overall prospect. These trades pretty much don’t happen anymore, definitely not for a starter like Quintana who wasn’t considered to be a sure-fire ace. Matt Rose and Bryant Flete were just additional garbage filler. https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-trade-jose-quintana-for-4-players-c241975980

There is no solution other than buying a TV tuner or a new TV.

CHSN is broadcasting in H.264 video encoding rather than the standard MPEG-2 format which is leading to some people with slightly older HDTV’s to only be able to play the audio from the channels but not the video.

The CHSN website says that an OTA channel is coming soon for Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Which is fine. I can see your point of view. The Sox need position player talent, multiples actually. Crawford definitely has the genetics to pan out, but how often does the majority of a four prospects for one established player actually pan out? I’ll take the potential star and former #1 overall prospect with the genetics.

Just like I don't think the Orioles would deal Holliday for Crochet, I don’t think the Phillies would make that deal either. I personally still take the single potential star every time.

I already stated two reasons why it likely didn’t work out. However, the prospect talent and value (at the time) was still returned in those trades. I don’t believe I ever said it would take until 2030 for the Sox to be competitive again. But I do know that banking on Getz to pick out the right lower ranked prospects in any trade is a fool’s errand.

Yes, I don’t understand this at all. It’s either: 6 years of Holliday versus 2 years of Crochet, OR 6 years of Holliday versus 3+ years of Crochet and $75+ million spent on him. Seems like an easy decision to me.

And one could question if giving them guaranteed deals was a good idea, but injuries killed them regardless. I’ll take a guy that is just about major league ready over position prospect(s) the Sox would have to complete the development of (LOL! I can’t even type that with a straight face).