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Wow, he really is. When you know your team is going to lose around 100 games, how can you even stoop to the level of hyping up a dirt cheap acquisition of a 37 year old catcher that was finally dumped by the team that favored him most?

Agreed, but my point was that the Astros likely know Maldonado is done so they moved on. ”Statcast graded him as the worst pitch framer among qualified backstops. He only threw out 14% of attempted basestealers, roughly six percentage points below the league mark. That’s perhaps more a reflection of the Houston pitching staff than Maldonado, as Statcast ranked him 23rd among 81 catchers (minimum 10 throws) in average pop time to second base.”

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/white-sox-martin-maldonado-nearing-agreement.html

The Astros decided to dump Maldonado for Caratini. That’s pretty much all that anyone needs to know. But I’m sure Getz is right over the Astros, haha.

And to what end? All of these great gloves can’t hit and they are all older vets that will not be a part of any winning Sox team. So what is the goal here? Worry about developing defense in your own minor league system. What does acquiring a bunch of old veterans on short-term deals accomplish? So Getz can say, “hey look, I improved our team defense!” in only one offseason? All of these guys will be gone before the next contending Sox team arrives.

I think both of these make sense. The Braves are paying for almost all of Stassi’s salary. The Sox literally acquired him for a minimum salary price. #2 aligns with the rumors that the Sox are looking for a big pitching return, which is going to be annoying if they don’t get two positional prospects back for Cease.

Agreed. In what will be a losing year, there isn’t any reason not to see what Korey Lee can do. One could argue that Maldonado could be traded at the deadline but realistically a 37 year old backup catcher isn’t going to bring anything back.

“I like the way you think. Interested in a job?”

The only positive. This rumored bad move came true which will prevent a much worse rumored move from happening.

The White Sox way. Sprinkle in a couple overpriced reliever signings for no reason at all. Getz apparently learned from the best. Hahn is still haunting this team.

Wrong. James Fox had it here first. Goes to show what the Sox think about KKKKKorey Lee, but he looks like he could hit just as poorly as a 37 year old Martin Maldonado.

You have to truly dig deep to defend your new GM by saying he helped develop guys like Nicky Delmonico and Seby Zavala. Just think where the Sox record would’ve been in previous years without Getz helping to improve these fine young ballplayers.

So what is the majority of Orioles fans’ view on Cowser and Kjerstad? I think most Sox fans would be happy with either one being included in a trade, both being lefty outfielders, with the ability to play a position that the Sox have neglected for years. Which one do most Orioles fans like more?

Also, it would be nice to bring in an all new coaching staff prior to the draft and get their insight on which players they want, especially if they go with a QB at #1.

I assume they would be of the cheap one year flier quality to hope they have a hot start and deal at the deadline. And if there’s one thing the Sox love to waste money on anyways, it’s relievers.

Gotta add another defensive catcher, years past his prime. He will contribute to many 4-1 losses next year. I guess signing some relievers to one year deals makes sense to try to trade them at the deadline, since Hahn isn’t the one picking them now.

Does Elias have full control or does old man Angelos meddle in his moves like Reinsdorf? I’m sure Elias is reluctant to trade prospects since he knows he won’t have the payroll to sign quality players in free agency, but I was just wondering he he has full control of baseball decisions or if ownership is breathing down his neck saying “don’t do that”.

A minor league deal with the Braves? Leury went an entire season without being signed by a team last year after clearing waivers in Spring Training when the Sox cut him and had to pay out his entire awful contract gifted to him by Rick Hahn. Are you really considering this a win for your argument? If only the Sox had realized they had a useful player like Victor Reyes in the minors all last year! Guys like this are a dime a dozen for every team in baseball. I’m not even sure what you are arguing at this point? That having AAAA players lying around in the minors should be a metric to judge the performance of a GM?

So who would you acquire to improve the team? Teams that are trying to compete don’t acquire Paul DeJong as their starting SS, Nicky Lopez as their starting 2B, and Max Stassi as their starting catcher. They may improve the defense but their offense is going to be downright offensive.

Both KW and RH have milked enough money out of the Sox organization to last a lifetime. The only person who thought they were good at their jobs was Jerry. Even when he had to fire them, he still said he thought they could be the guys to turn the team around. Insane. I wouldn’t be surprised if neither of them have another meaningful job in baseball again. As far as Getz goes, I guess we have to hope that the same owner who thought KW and RH were proficient at their jobs just landed himself a savant GM.

I’m sure they think that the list of utter bums you provided earlier as being “useful” is laughable at best.

That’s sure is one massive pile of crap to describe as “useful”.

One could argue that Kenny was ready for retirement so he may not currently be looking for a job. But how do you explain Hahn being jobless currently? Usually top front office talent gets nabbed up quickly. Perhaps the rest of baseball doesn’t view Hahn as you do? And let’s be honest, there wasn’t one other team in baseball that was going to hire Chris Getz as their GM.