WhiteSox2023

Good thing Austin Slater was Getz’s “top target” of his offseason. 🤣

He should be willing to eat Slater’s $1.75 million for a 24 year old that could potentially help in the future. I still never understood signing Tauchman and Slater to begin with…

Yup. He would be a perfect platoon partner for Tauchman in RF if you are intent on playing Tauchman to begin with. Getz should still grab Canario, regardless of his hastiness in signing Slater.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/cubs-dfa-alexander-canario.html

This is a no brainer, and even if it costs a low level prospect it should still happen. You need to add power in the outfield, and this guy has it. Worth a shot.

We shouldn’t even have to wonder. Getz definitely should be on the phone if he wasn’t already. The current plan is to give an old man platoon the majority of at bats in RF which makes zero sense.

Agreed 100%. He’s still only 24. He should be on the White Sox by the end of the week. I would be very upset to see that Getz would trade young A ball pitchers for older relievers but not for a 24 year old outfield prospect.

The Sox are on their second rebuild in 9 years since the first one started in 2016. They have had only 2 winning seasons and 2 immediate playoff exits in these past 9 years. That’s isn’t due to lack of a revenue sharing model. The Sox aren’t competitive because the owner and people he put in charge are terrible at their jobs. Other teams have been more successful than the Sox with less money. There is no secret culprit when it comes to the Sox not being competitive enough.

Reinsdorf created the negative narrative — a 41-121 record, the most losses of any major league club since 1900. The 2025 team is potentially looking at another 100 losses. There is no wishing for failure. There currently IS failure and it’s the direct result of a terrible owner, not these “fake Sox fans” that you are trying to blame things on. Fans don’t build the team or choose to tank and rebuild repeatedly because they want to be cheap and save money. That is the direct decision of the man in charge.

Oh, it’s still guaranteed…

This is what I was thinking. Drury and/or Gallo have a shot.

There’s gotta be a funny name for this maneuver on Urban Dictionary… 🤣

Well, the irony is that Hahn managed to extend most of the Sox young players that were expected to become stars. The problem was that they didn’t all become stars due to injuries or other factors, or perhaps they just weren’t that good to begin with. However, per Getz’s recent comments, it sounds like the Sox won’t be using Hahn’s strategy of locking up young players until they truly prove themselves to be high quality players. But if you wait until young players prove themselves to be really good, are they still going to sign team-friendly extensions at that point or just wait until they hit free agency?

A player will give credit to his coaches all the time, even when the coaches suck. That’s just called being a good and PC teammate. Regarding your second paragraph, no, I don’t assume success considering the Sox poor track record. But that sure was a funny way to frame it.

I don’t think it’s a crazy argument. Do guys that are aces or potential aces need that much development time or do they just always have the talent and would be good without much or any guidance? Sale and Crochet had just over 10 innings in the minors before they were called up. Both were good in the majors immediately. Obviously, they are getting mentored by a pitching coach during those 10 innings or so in the minors and then in the majors, but are there just some starters with such good stuff and command/control that they would be successful with or without much development or mentoring?

And then he would quickly go back to trolling Schriffen.

Good question. It shouldn’t happen. But then again, why do we have a starting RF platoon of Tauchman (34) and Slater (32) on a rebuilding team? Both guys are older than Gallo (31). Not much has made sense when it comes to Getz’s roster decisions the past couple offseasons.

I think this is a perfect post regarding Thorpe and what needs to happen for him to be successful.

I actually think Gallo could hit that many homers if given the at bats. In his last 4 seasons, Gallo has averaged a homer every 15 at bats. In his most recent 3 seasons, Gallo has averaged a homer every 17 at bats. If you give Gallo a full season of at bats (around 500 or so) and he stays healthy, he could probably hit around 30 homers. Of course, the problem is that it will also come with a batting average below the Maldonado Line and a sub-.700 OPS, which ultimately makes his value next to nothing.

While this is true, his strikeouts were way down and his command was still not good. He walked far too many batters and threw quite a few absolute meatballs.

It’s early, so while people are joking, I don’t think he has maxed out at 84-85. But 84-85 max velocity ain’t working for anyone these days, pitcher or thrower.