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We’ve seen this far too many times. Even if he is decent, does it even matter? He was decent last season with the Cubs and he wasn’t moved at the deadline for any sort of return when the Cubs were selling assets. That should really be the only goal of the Sox making one-year veteran signings. Otherwise, play Colas and the younger bums that Getz acquired last year.

Unfortunately, players don’t stay the same or improve into their mid-30’s like Jerry and Sox GM’s for the past eternity hope and bank on. They decline. This is the story of Sox offseasons for years, and they still never get it. Well, they probably get it. They just don’t care.

Mike Tauchman is a fan favorite?

They were $50 million guaranteed short. They never matched the Padres offer. Fake news.

It was all a show for the fans. Hey look, we tried! But darn, those dastardly Padres and Phillies swooped in and signed them both. It wasn’t our fault…

Isn’t it funny how the very poster who cries about personal attacks the most is the one who dishes them out the most?

Hahn had the lawyer talk skills. He could speak for an hour and afterwards you realize he said nothing and gave no detailed information whatsoever.

Not last year.

He also turns beet red and sweats bullets as he’s stammering his way through the BS he is slinging.

We have needed an established RF for years and we just landed our #2 offseason target in Mike Tauchman. Mike is a great leader of men and we think that a platoon of Tauchman and Slater could be as productive as one full-time RF. I thanked Jerry for extending our payroll plans for 2025 to allow us to add a player of Tauchman’s caliber.

That’s gotta be the worst outfield and DH situation in all of baseball. Good thing for Getz that Benintendi was a Hahn signing.

You just mentioned three guys that are all younger than Tauchman. So you are basically saying there is no reason to play those guys because Colas has been blackballed by the Sox and the other two guys were bust acquisitions by Getz? Do you really want to see a 34 year old dude starting in RF for this team with where it’s at?

I also laughed when Merkin mentioned the possibility of a starting platoon of Tauchman and Slater in RF in his latest article. Why?

Best post of the thread. Tauchman probably is a nice clubhouse guy and all but what point does he have on this roster? You aren’t trading him for any good return no matter what he does in the first half and he just prevents younger guys from getting at bats. I can see Robert getting moved but what team is taking Benintendi? That’s a pipe dream, unless Getz is neutering the return of Crochet or Robert with his inclusion.

With the additions of Slater and Tauchman, I’d like to know what the plan is. Unless both Robert and Benintendi are traded, will these guys get any playing time this year?

Yep, these guys aren’t even truly young anymore.

Interesting news. Nice find. So Mayer + Montgomery could be a legit proposal. But that also means so is Abreu, Casas, and Wong. Jerry apologizes for a record setting season of losses. Breslow apologizes for a .500 season. A .500 season would be a success to Jerry. There’s your difference between losers and winners.

The Cubs sold assets last trade deadline. Tauchman was not traded. The Cubs then non-tendered him last month.

Exactly. I’m sure he will be more expensive than the duo that Getz signed but pass on Slater and Tauchman and sign Hays, a guy who is still somewhat young, could have a bounceback season, and could be traded for something of value. Hays is a flip candidate. These guys are veteran fodder.

Is that his stage name? 🤣

A lot of people put in an honest day’s work. That doesn’t mean they are any good at baseball. Tauchman is 34 years old and isn’t likely to put up a good season. Not sure who compared Tauchman to Benintendi but neither player does anything for this team.

A collection of bad outfielders isn’t outfield depth. Most teams wouldn’t want any of these guys getting any playing time.

I doubt it’s any indication. The Sox have never been a team that cares much about outfield defense. They could’ve just thrown Fletcher in CF, had they thought they were close to a Robert trade.

A bench outfielder for the Cubs the past couple seasons. Could be starting for the Sox next season.

Even if mediocre vets like Slater and Tauchman have good first halves, you aren’t getting back much of anything for them. These aren’t true one year “flip” candidates. Flip candidates are guys who have been good in the past and had a down year. These are cheap vets that were never really good players. Instead of signing these two scrubs, sign Austin Hays to a one year deal and see what he can do. Hays is a flip candidate. Giving the younger outfielders that you mentioned above those at bats is worth more than the lottery tickets you are going to get back for Slater and Tauchman, if you even get anything for them at all. What the hell is Getz’s game plan here? Does he even have a strategy?