Chisoxfn

Very good return for Houser. They may turn into nothing - but I like approach here.

Konerko was that way and had to mature early in his career to not let at bats carry over in a negative fashion.

As much as I might complain about the process of getting Getz…I do think fundamentally he’s done some good things for the organization in terms of advancing it.

Perfectly good with this. Really hoping Robert figured something out post break and we see him keep it up. If he does - we should get some real value in the offseason. Just imagine he finishes 2H of the year hitting like .275 with an .800 OPS plus his defense. Sox pick up option and are willing to send cash - they will be able to get something better than what was offered today (presuming nothing very good came there way). Now he could suck rest of the year and play himself out of the option but I’m going to hope Sox have seen something inside lockeroom that supports making the choice they are. I also think playing hard ball if a difference making type of prospect wasn’t there is worth it. Will help in the future.

Awesome

That seems like a really low return unless the prospect rankings are way off and those guys all made major moves up the list.

Exactly - even at 20 (or you negotiate with him a slightly lower deal while you have leverage) but his tools are still loud. Heck even if he finishes strong you could pick up option and deal him in offseason.

Honestly - I don’t have any problem with that approach.

He still has stuff to work through - I'm fine letting him hit where he is right now.

Warning track - off the bat I thought he got it.

Alright time to have a late offensive surge today - let’s go Sox!!!

That was a fun one!!!

Awesome game!!!

Im in the - not counting anything until I see real sustained in season success. With that said - man my first impression of Ben Johnson is legit. I’ll also say I’m hoping Caleb responds to the challenge he’s getting - can tell Caleb didn’t have same expectations set on him last year or in college. Ben expects a lot more and it will be interesting to see if Caleb is willing to do what it takes or if he is content as he already has made a lot of money.

Reminds me a bit defensively of Rafael Furcal - maybe it’s the arm or something.

Seems like a no brainer to bring back to south side.

Thought the same thing. Hopefully nothing serious.

Spot on.

You guys know that there is a no hitter going on?

Why do I see a one year lock out followed by the cap and it will be right when Sox finally have an owner who would have been willing to spend like crazy….

Very well summed up.

After getting screwed with ten cause of stupid competitive balance rules that screw the Sox - I really hope something works in our favor vs ending up with the worse two year record in franchise history and getting a #10 and #7 pick or whatever it is. Terrible rules - penalize teams in that regard because they are over payroll thresholds or something else - as a Sox fan we get none of the luxuries of a big market team and none of the benefits of a small market team. Hope Ishibia changes that.

Echo that. Site is worse off without him.

Just imagine Getz - other gm - what’s wrong? Oh let me tell you what we do for these players…other gm shakes head, well, I guess we should up our offer - Sox having been telling him to choke up as part of their advanced analytics program….

I don’t care what anyone says - I very much enjoy this and the newish format is great.