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I’m not sure he even believes the BS he is spouting at this point.

There are still good FA starters available but there is nothing but mostly mediocre to garbage FA outfielders remaining. I don’t see the Sox signing Bader so Hays is probably the best remaining FA outfielder available.

That’s going to be the same pile of junk we have seen both Hahn and Getz acquire in the past several seasons.

I’m not disagreeing with you but then how does any of this make the Sox better? There really isn’t an outfielder available that is better than Robert. I guess you could argue Bader after last season but that isn’t likely to continue and I don’t see the Sox going after him. Are they adding one of the top starting pitchers remaining, like a Bassitt?

Hey now, maintaining that status quo for all these years is a pretty impressive feat.

Probably true, but while there are still some decent starting pitchers left, there is not much left at the other position of need for the Sox. What is left among FA outfielders? Bader, Hays, and Conforto?

@Tony already posted the evidence on page 13 of this thread. WE literally contorted his stance on the Robert trade discussions six ways from Sunday to put Getz in the best possible light each time. If Getz ever runs for office, I know who he should hire as his campaign manager.

That was per WestEddy.

Whether you are right or wrong, look at @fathom‘s post of players and your own. Which players do you think the Sox are more likely to add?

This is a pipe dream. At best, they will hide him at DH more.

NorthbrookBob hasn’t recovered from his New Year’s party when he was out boozing with Getz and they were talking about the Murakami signing. Getz had one too many Shirley Temples and told NorthbrookBob, “Hell, I may just sign all of these Japanese guys. Even that pitcher Imai too!” NorthbrookBob took Getz at his word and reported it that night. Getz then told NorthbrookBob that it was just the Shirley Temples talking so he had to retract it minutes later.

It’s sad when you feel like you can predict the junk this team is targeting.

Affirmative.

Beat me to it. Canning is likely the starter target. I doubt they are going to spend big on Bader so the only FA outfielder names that make sense would be Conforto and Hays.

There’s still some good starting pitchers left but the outfielder and reliever FA market has pretty much been picked clean. https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/mlb-free-agents-2025-2026.html

Ahhh, good old Bruce. “Louis” Robert Jr. For a second, I thought he was talking about this guy…

That is crazy. You can’t make this stuff up… White Sox 2026 Payroll — $67 million Kyle Tucker’s 2026 Salary — $60 million Juan Soto’s 2026 Salary — $51 million

Just a matter of time. The Robert trade was probably his last piece of leverage.

So if a full rebuild takes 5 years and Robert was only here for a maximum of 4 more years with his option years, why not trade him after his best season ever? Surely the return would have been better than Acuña and Pauley, no? That was pretty much my point. No need to get salty when you can’t contest someone’s point.

I read this post and pictured you replying to @WBWSF which made it even funnier.

And how many years do rebuilds typically take? Because Getz literally started one the minute he was promoted to GM which was right after Robert’s best season in 2023. Getz then proceeded to trade his setup man, closer, best starting pitcher, and sign some vets to mostly 1-year deals.

So the argument is that we didn’t know when the perfect moment to trade Robert was, but with the benefit of hindsight we do now? Robert finished the best season in his career at the end of the 2023 season. Getz was promoted to GM on August 2023. In his first offseason, he had already started his rebuild — he signed some mediocre free agents and traded Cease. Are you saying that at no point in time after the 2023 season ended and Getz took over as GM that Robert wasn’t worth more than Acuna and Pauley and that it didn’t make sense to trade Robert considering Getz had already started a rebuild?

That’s impressive… Who knew there were so many ways to polish multiple turds?