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Of course they are. No thank you. We already have our Seager and he isn’t turning 32 when the season starts.

I get it. I was just informing @DoUEvenShift, but he already knows. @DoUEvenPostBogusSoxRumors 🤣

Bartolo’s massive diarrhea hasn’t pulled a legit rumor since the pathetic Chicago foodies were still believed. Bartolo has the same gimmick every time — claim an already shared rumor as his own and then backtrack when it doesn’t happen.

Yeah, this isn’t happening. Definitely not to the Sox. Rogers is making Fairbanks a lot more money this offseason…

The weird thing about these very questionable Getz acquisitions is that he usually already had a better player in the minors. Now you could argue that he doesn’t want to start their arb clocks, but who in their right mind would rather play Capra rather than Baldwin?

Yes, and I literally just learned that right after I started the second season and noticed they changed Spartacus actors so I checked Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Whitfield Poor guy died of cancer at 39 with a wife and two young children right after the first season. Terrible. And the actor that replaced him sucks in comparison, but the show is still good due to the surrounding characters.

Thank you. A well thought out response. If Getz hits on Paez and/or Alberto, he is the Rule 5 master of pitching. Now he needs to find someone just as good for the position player side, cuz he and Barfield ain’t it.

Once again, you put words in other’s mouths. I never said I was embarrassed that Shane Smith worked out. I will say this now for the third time. Shane Smith was a great move by Getz. But how does any team not already have another starter capable of putting up a 2.3 bWAR like Smith? A Rule 5 draft pick turning out to be your best starter in the same year he was chosen is pretty sad because it means your home grown talent has failed. See Burke and Cannon.

Getzie learned from the best.

A rebuilding team with a GM who has been with the team for several years and was previously in a role of Director of Player Development should have some talent that was ready for the majors by the time he was named full GM. But instead, Chris wound up making bad trades for outfielders like Fletcher and DeLoach which wasted about two years of improving our outfield. Also, I’ll pass on studying and learning from a poster who thinks that the White Sox “developed” 0.0 bWAR Seby Zavala and flaunts it as if it some sort of achievement.

Check the number of scrubs the Sox have rostered in the Getz era versus these other teams you mention. It isn’t even close. You are making false comparisons.

C’mon West Eddy, that wasn’t the point that people were trying to make. At least I know I wasn’t. It was awesome that Getz and crew were able to scout out Smith and he turned into an All-Star starting pitcher. The question I asked is how in the heck could the team not already have a single starting pitching talent that performed as well or better than a Rule 5 draft pick in 2025? That is the messed up part. Once again, how could Getz and crew not already have a starter on the roster that could put up a 2.3 bWAR? And don’t say Crochet, because we already knew he was going to be traded in the offseason. Also, Hahn drafted Crochet, not Getz.

Yes, it’s a good show. Close enough ties to the video game to be cool and anything with Walton Goggins in it is a must watch. The second season is dropping in a week. With the new Spartacus: House of Ashur show that was release, I realized that I never watched the first three seasons that ran from 2010 to 2013. I’m just about to finish the first three seasons and it’s pretty awesome. Tons of gore, hilarious dialog, and sex of all kinds.

Boom. Nailed it.

Yes, if Bleday performed well more recently rather than having only one good season in 2024, I think he would be priced out of the Sox range. Lane Thomas just got $5.25 million guaranteed plus $1 million in incentives and he has been awful the past two seasons. I think anyone clamoring for Bleday probably realizes this, but they figure he could be signed cheaply due to his poor 2025. But if he performs like he did in 2024, he could be a steal. He would also be arbitration eligible in 2027 and 2028 and wouldn’t be a free agent until 2029.

I said this in the other thread, but would you rather see Getz trade another good pitching prospect to Boston for an equally bad lefty reliever? 😢

Better than trading another good pitching prospect to the Red Sox for a bum lefty.

Great point, haha. Jerry is a scumbag.

Jerry is even cheaper than I thought. I thought for sure they would just bring Tauchman back via his expected low salary arb number. Maybe they are shopping for a better option, but I tend to agree with you that he is the fallback plan.

And Tauchman can’t stay healthy either as a full-time player

The author is Jon Heyman so it’s basically the same stuff he would tweet out. I don’t think there is any question that the Sox could get better prospect(s) if they pay some of Robert’s contract. Robert looks pretty good at $10 million. Not so much at $20. I guess we will find out eventually when he is traded if Jerry is willing to include money for a better return.

Watch him lead the team to a .500 record at best and leave via his buyout? What is the point in that? May as well get something for him for the future and before he inevitably gets injured again, even if it is a lesser return.

If he had his 2024 production in 2025, the Sox wouldn’t have a prayer of signing him.