PaleAleSox

A lot of people don't think the return for Cease is light, and I'm not holding it against anyone who thinks they can fix Kopech and then go, "Welp, nevermind." Guy is obviously his own worse enemey.

Yeah I really don't know what people want from Getz currently. There isn't a single person in baseball who could have came in and fixed this situation with the situation/assets he has to work with.

Good. The hope would be that he shows something again as a bullpen arm and then move him.

What players was he given to develop that had any shot to begin with?

I agree with this. Your SS this year should also at least give you defense and a little bit of pop. Last year that position provided absolutely nothing.

I went with B. I'm not going to pretend I know a ton about any of these guys, but Thorpe seems like a real deal and the other two have possible huge upside. Plus the reliever with a ton of control is a nice little bonus to me, keep him or potential flip guy. Getz is actually building pitching depth which is nice. Hahn would get five guys and call it a day.

Neither of those guys put up his numbers, but sure.

That’s why I’m willing to give Getz a chance and roll my eyes at the “he was in charge of development” lines. He was given nothing to develop.

Making me hope the Yankees destroy the O’s this year. Good job.

Zavala being part of it makes it a big win for the Sox to me. I don't know if it's "steep" but Sox for sure got enough for him.

Oh hell yeah now this trade is cooking.

If Rosenthal is correct, then I think Getz played this perfectly. I'd rather be optimistic than pessimistic about the future when it comes to sports.

I'm in agreement overall, but I just see them keeping them until the end. Not sure why.

I think the Sox will have a good team in his last two years.

Not knowing the return is brutal. Cmon.

He lost all credibility when he said Ohtani was on a flight to Toronto and he wasn't.

Keeping him around as the backup does not seem worth it for the potential team issues it could cause. I think you trade him for whatever you can get, which at this point is probably a fourth rounder to be a backup somewhere else.

To do what? That sounds like a locker room disaster.

This is where I'm at. Chris Getz didn't say they were competing this year, Reinsdorf did. I'd like to think Getz looked at the situation and said, "Yeah we are punting this year."

To fill out a roster with cheap guys you can easily cut while you wait for the younger guys to come up and take their place. Also hope some of them give you a little something so you can trade them at the deadline.

I have yet to see evidence that Jose Abreu was Mr. Culture.

But they can still do that. DeJong is a nothing signing. You can drop him whenever one of those guys is ready to go.

He was well on his way to being in my top 3 Sox players of all time, and then he very much wasn't. Hope it works out for him but I'm doubting he will be able to find it again.

The amount of people who seem to be actively cheering for the team to leave is really weird.