WhiteSox2023

It’s all a reference to someone else clowning me in another thread. No worries.

Wasn’t sure anyone would get the joke since he randomly had a Tigers hat on. But maybe that makes it better. 🤣 The guy’s look of despair yet interest is perfect. 🫣

The ol’ Mandick. Member when he was a beast for a decent number of at bats a few years ago?

I used to audit company’s networks in the Chicagoland area. Numerous companies had security camera systems management portals accessible on the Internet with defaulted admin credentials.

Yeah, that’s why my son couldn’t unlock newer car doors with the Flipper Zero. Because they went to rolling code key fobs in the mid 1990’s.

Flipper Zero. Bought one for my son. Fun times…

That too. Also, with every move being for a non-rental it seems like these deadline acquisitions were pretty much half of Getz’s work for next offseason.

I will never attain that level of Nostradamusness.

I guess I just don’t think he should get credit for dumping a bad contract that he himself gave out. If it was someone like Benintendi that Getz managed to dump, then he should get the credit because he was technically a Hahn signing.

I never make game threads or grade trades, just so I can say I told you so later. It’s a sound strategy and something only a supervillain like me could think of.

Yes, I understand that. But just because he managed to dump Seranthony doesn’t mean Castillo only costs $12-13 million.

But that’s simply not true. The Sox are paying Castillo $22.75 million of their payroll for next season. You are basically excusing Getz for making the poor decision to give big money to a mediocre reliever for two years. He also supposedly paid for Seranthony’s $2 million buyout. So yes, Getz was able to dump Seranthony’s bad contract but that doesn’t mean Castillo will only cost $12-13 million next season.

Someone posted this pic awhile back and said Meidroth must love to wake and bake. 🤣 Billy the Kid with flower instead of whiskey.

Anyone hear any trash cans in the background?

That sounds like it could go either way. Is it because of his performance or because he is so dreamy? Or both?

Agreed, but the the crunch will be due to Roch and Bonemer, not Peters.

Lord Meidroth commands you to get off his sack, because you have been there from the beginning and he already knows he’s good. 😉 All kidding aside, he’s basically Altuve Jr. without the cheating and the “supplements”.

Agreed. And he would have been a good target if you don’t believe in Teel or Quero because he isn’t a free agent for 3 more seasons, but paying a prospect premium for any addition was never in Getz’s plans. It really wasn’t that bad of a thought though. Quero’s stock is so low right now we can’t even bank on him. And if you acquired Goodman, Teel could always be a 1B/DH, especially if Murakami leaves via free agency. But perhaps Goodman was never truly made available without a MASSIVE overpay. Sounds like the Yankees failed to land Goodman.

I agree with you to some extent. The Brazoban and Bart trades were great for this playoff run and they didn’t cost anything. It sucks that Bart is already done for the season but s%*# happens. However, look at the two starters that the Cubs acquired. Both were rentals but they are both having great seasons. Meanwhile, Getz acquired a 5 ERA starter mainly because he was under control for one more year and his salary could be offset by Seranthony’s. Finally, Getz acquired a CF with a .570 OPS. These aren’t moves that a top team and competitor in baseball makes to win now. Getz made these moves because they were cheap and could fulfill half of his next offseason’s plans. Serious teams that want to win in the playoffs don’t make moves like this. The trade deadline is about acquiring the best performing rentals, not projects that have terrible stats.

Go back and look at the thread. I graded the Sox trade deadline a C three days ago. And you graded it a C-, worse than me.

Well Stinky, you have also never faced the omniscient Thanos before, so good luck…

I need to channel your positivity. I don’t even have this much hope when I’m watching my own son’s football games. You must be the greatest dad ever.

Stinky, all you need to know is that Cali thinks he’s always right about everything Sox related. He even pats his own back and gives himself a self-high-five when he thinks he predicted a transaction that the Sox actually made. And when the Sox lose in horrible fashion he gets frustrated and takes his rage out on SoxTalk posters, rather than the actual White Sox team that lost the game. This is Cali to a T. The end.

Honestly, sounds like an amazing surgery for Lip. One hour to fix a torn rotator cuff. My son’s surgery took like 3 hours, but it was torn ligaments (ACL) and meniscus removal/cleanup. Rotator cuff is muscles and tendons.