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Imagine trying to put a positive spin on this signing, rather than just admitting that Getz and his FA choices are a clown show. If they had any faith in Fletcher, they wouldn’t have signed Grossman. The most hilarious part of this will be when they waste $4 million on a platoon of Sheets and Pillar. WestEddy assured me that they were just testing out Sheets in the outfield based on their data collected by their analytics team, and not just from Grifol. ?

That’s absolute trash to anyone that isn’t a homer. Kopech has no idea where the ball is going and two of the other guys are rejects from last year’s team that didn’t perform. Brebbia, your setup man, has yet to face live hitters due to his calf injury. For the most part ,who the f*** are you kidding?!? Touki is garbage and shouldn’t even make the team as a long reliever. What fucking dimension do you watch baseball in that you think some of these scrubs are good?

We would have the greatest bench of all time if it was 2019. Instead, we are starting most of these relics a year or so after most of them should’ve retired.

A++ game thread title.

I picture Greg sitting back in his Lazy boy recliner getting his jollies off at our replies. ?

I’m not sure what’s funnier, the original post or the replies. I’m still laughing. Greg has to be a top secret undercover troll, right?

Yep, they have zero faith in him right now.

And let another team sign him.

No wonder you love Getz’s offseason. You apparently love crappy overpaid players. Straw has had an OPS under .600 in both of the last two seasons. 3 more years and $19.25 million for trash. Yikes. 24: $4.5M, 25: $6M, 26: $7M, 27: $8M club option ($1.75M buyout), 28: $8.5M club option ($500,000 buyout)

If you wait to sign guys, especially old guys like Maldonado that have declined drastically and no other teams want, you can likely get them cheaper. I hope Getz learns this when he gets to an offseason that actually matters. If Pillar makes the team, he will be a good example. Getz could have signed Michael Taylor, a much better player, for $1 million more. As long as JR is the owner and we have no hope of signing top tier free agents, these veteran signings will actually matter. And there’s a big difference in WAR between Pillar and Taylor. Getz literally cant afford to make bad decisions like that one.

They don’t have enough talent to compete with the players that Getz chose to sign, so what’s the difference?

He shouldn’t have signed Maldonado at all. Because he’s bad. But you know this already.

What a clown this guy is. ?

No, just like I thought the Sox would be smart enough to never play Sheets in RF again.

Maybe for targeting and acquiring good players, but Getz didn’t go after any because the Sox aren’t anywhere near a window of competition. So if you are a bottom feeder team, you can wait for the scraps, especially the guys Getz acquired. Was any team rushing to sign bums like Maldonado, DeJong, Pillar, Flexen, and most of the bullpen? What’s the worst that could happen if Getz missed out on a target? Nothing. They would still be bad, just as they were/are expected to be.

Landis won five consecutive Gold Gloves with the Sox — 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964.

“In my lifetime”, I think so, but Robert is up there. But @oldsox wins with Jim Landis being the all-time answer. Thankfully, no one mentioned a broken down Ken Griffey Jr. when Kenny acquired him.

Exactly. If it was Jalen Carter (even with his off the field issues) and Odunze both available at #9 this year, I wouldn’t be as upset if they passed on Odunze. Not for this year’s group. But I guess we need a DE, not a DT.

Could be. Especially if they don’t spend those freed up funds, which it looks like is the plan. Cutting a lot of payroll because they are expecting some awful attendance.

She tried to play the sexism card for almost every situation. She’s a joke and good riddance.

I will be irrationally pissed off if they do. ?

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