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So disheartening. The real progress of this season boils down to Rule 5: Shane Smith and Vasil (indirectly). I guess Colson too, especially considering that it looked like he could be a bust. Not a lot.

Getz traded for Julks (a prospect; not "Cash considerations") so I'm glad to see him play. He also traded for DeLoach, Fletcher, Baker...waiver wire types that he traded for. Now we have Gonzalez in AAA...he's a little younger, but he looks just like the rest of them: modest power, not very athletic. And he's bringing back the same veteran outfield for next year. And Rojas continues to take ABs, even though he's clowned it up all season. Get serious please, Mr. Getz.

That would be fine. He’s not a long-term piece. And asking for starters on contenders’ certainly wasn’t a serious effort in July. Maybe it’ll be more successful in December. just stop trading for AAAA players. That is not a market inefficiency- those players are not undervalued. If it was, Charlotte would be the most efficient team in the world..

What was essentially a complete non-effort at the deadline was the tell. You can't be so woefully unprepared at the deadline, like Getz was, if you are seriously rebuilding. It's really the same kind of player that's been around here for a decade. Not very athletic. Not a lot of power. No speed (they'd be last in steals, but for Robert). They don't seem to have a driving philosophy or anything. Just load up with AAAA level players and hope for the best.

How's his OF play? That's really where there is room for him, the current mediocre veteran placeholders notwithstanding.

Galanie is hanging in there. Is he an Elko? or is he a Vinnie P?' And within a blowout loss, Pallette had a productive 2 innings.

Pretty rough; but so was his outing in Seattle.

And, of course, Rojas needs to go. He can't hit, he can't defend, and his baserunning is terrible. And even if he could do those things, which he can't, he'd still need to go. He's crowding out auditions.

IBB to Garver? Oh my

Palette's stats may overstate his struggles; he surrendered 10 ER in 2/3 of an inning over 3 appearances in mid-June. Otherwise, he's been okay with 4 ER aggregate in his other appearances. Still, they take it easy with him: never pitches on back to back days. He's gone 2 innings a few times, but never more.

I begged at the time of that draft to not draft a pitcher, and particularly to not draft Smith. He threw hard but his stuff never looked that great. Rough delivery and lots of Ks on pitches no professional hitter would ever swing at. Paying him over-slot was just inexplicable. And then we went back for more with the comp pick (has Larson made it to Kanny yet)? I sense some hubris from the Sox about these lefties.

It's just that we usually wear the Sox jerseys on the road. I should have said get back to wearing the road jerseys regularly when on the road.

Yes. I was partial to the 1990 look; "C" cap et al. I think we used it just for the last year in Comiskey. At least get "Chicago" back on the road jerseys.

I missed that event; was that post-deadline on the waiver wire? Didn't we also get a couple of Rule 5 Pitchers along with Mead from Tampa? Any hope for those 2?

I want Schultz and Hagen as aces. Well, you can't expect both to be aces, but at least 1 (include Taylor in that group). I am not eager for them to be rushed up; but by 2027, we need an ace out of that group. We need to do something about the OF. We essentially "punted" the problem back a year by retaining all 3 vets, so we'll lose a season of auditioning prospect/waiver-wire guys or whomever. Really, we have a logjam of infielders and some probably should spread their wings to play OF. And often, it's CF, versus a corner spot, that the ex-infielders have the most success with. As for vets, those 3 in the OF that we're stuck with are sufficient. We don't need Rojas and Taylor anymore. They are blocking at this point. Plus, the veteran has to "walk the walk" to have leadership credibility.

You don’t need scouts to know that a 2024 first round draft pick is far, far more valuable than a failed prospect looking for a change of scenery. It’s beyond belief that Getz thinks that value resides in declining prospects (more like a value-trap). Heck, these players are routinely available for free on the waiver wire. And Tampa, of course, trades the real prospects to the Dodgers. I like a lot of Getz' work over the last 2 years, but a C for this deadline is generous: big-time grade inflation.

The Dodgers got Tibbs, who is now their #7 prospect, for the rent of Dustin May and his negative WAR. Tibbs was the Giants #1 pick in 2024 and plays outfield. And somehow the Dodgers get 3 prospects for aging C prospect Hunter Fiduccia, from the very same team, Rays, we’ve been sending players to all year. K Lee anyone?

I'm a Leasure fan and he's got talent. But that last pitch caught too much plate. It wasn't the worst hanger in the world, but still dangerous.

I've been on the Leasure bandwagon for a while. Good to see him get positive results. Command still need improvement. But he's got the stuff and the poise/guts to close.

6-man rotation?

They do a ton of "quick to the majors" drafting. Angels have some good players; but the team in the West that has a lot of young position players is the As. They will be really good, soon.

Most of the prices seem expensive to me, but a few seemed cheap. And I wouldn't have traded Taylor for that Mason Miller package.

Why 1B when he has no power? Can any of these guys play OF?

Twins weren’t going anywhere with that team. Moving them out for young players makes sense; they would have had to do it in a year or 2 anyway. They will take a small step back, but not a big one. I wish they hadn’t sold; also sad that Detroit was so tepid in their buying. The Sox probably didn’t have much to sell, but they have several that should have only been here for the purpose selling; and now that they can’t, they should be cut. I think that trading one of the starters (Martin, Burke, Cannon) will be a topic of discussion in December. If one of Smith or Schultz becomes an ace, Sox will have the best pitching in the division.

Really could have used a lot more buying out of these AL Central teams. Need them to deplete their farm systems during Sox rebuild.