GreenSox

Well the Sox had 6 walks and did zip; maybe they are just walking us to make it more challenging - sort of like giving us a head start.

Pedro is so passive when managing the bullpen. Make sure someone's completely lost it before lifting them. He's got 8 pitchers; use them and try to win a game.

Sox are going to be mostly sh$$y until they develop a good farm system. Yea, the current snapshot of the Sox' prospects is okay today (although I suspect it's more in the 15-20 range), but the farm system and infrastructure are still bottom-quartile. When Williams took over, yes he inherited well, but the Sox also had a good farm (which he helped to build). The Sox had a good farm from 1990-2005 (arguably til 2010) and the Sox had a good team most of those years. But from 1970-1990 and 2006-present, the farm system has been mostly bad, as has been the team on the field (except for a few short pockets of success) You just can't trade your way to improvement anymore; teams won't give up squat in young talent.

You don't even have to be good to manage most of these situations. You just have to be not terrible. A good manager would run roughshod over Getz; But I would hope that Getz might see some benefit to his own career in a manager who really knows the game. I always thought the reason that Hahn never hired a good manager is because he didn't want the manager to show him up; I would hope that Getz is more self aware and without those ego issues.

Flexen as has a great 6 innings; but he's Flexen so you've got to be leery about giving him another go-around. Okay you can send him out in the 7th just to see, but once he gives up that hit, pull him and pocket the good start/low pitch-count premium. But no, leave him in and then he gives up a homerun and he still hasn't seen enough and keeps him out there. The starters have been good this year, so the bullpen really isn't taxed. Good managers are on top of this kind of thing.

It will work if he throws strikes with it and paints corners while the hitters flail away. . But if it’s just going into the dirt, it won’t work in the majors.

What is that?

He grabbed some cash while preserving roster spots for the bevy of 30+ stiffs and AAAA players.

9th round draft pick; one full minor league season. White Sox usually punt that round (and about 4 other rounds)

He let him start, which puts him ahead of his predecessor (admittedly a ridiculous low bar)

He's really the first GM since Himes that inherited an absolute mess; and even that wasn't a mess like this mess (this is closer to what Roland Hemond inherited). I do think that people would feel better if had he brought in a serious manager.

Ideally, to me, it would be Stassi and Lee, but obviously that's not possible. I guess they can let Lee play AAA. But I thought he did a good job last year behind the plate; and his .100 average was probably fluky/sample-size on the bad side. Not that I expect him to hit well, but I'm not convinced he'll learn much from Charlotte. As for Mendick, he was terrible last year (of course, most of the players on this team were terrible last year). He's had his shot here; give someone else a chance. I was surprised Touki was dumped; yea, he had a rough spring, but he's got a lot of control and there is some talent there. Shaw had a lousy spring too, and yet he apparently will make it. I'd go with Chavez over Shaw.

I have no idea who will make it. But from what I've seen, Lee should make it over Stassi; Mendick would be ridiculous. As for Kopech, yes he was good out of the pen in 2021; but he was good as a starter in 2022. I'm not sure that the the pen is the magic salve.

Or maybe they are just doing what the prior FO either a)Should have done in the first place; or b)Not draft him in the first round in the first place.

Pass-along prospect is always a red flag.

Right on! Let’s go!

I was also thinking Tanner Banks, although lefty-lefty wouldn't be ideal. Banks, despite the AAAA reputation, has been effective pretty much every season he's pitched in pro ball. He's never had a WHIP above 1.4. He has 100 pro starts. Now his FIP was a tad high last year, I guess because he doesn't have high K totals. And what I like best is that he minimizes the walks.

I guess the idea is that he pitches three innings every fifth day and then moves into the rotation full-time next season. That might work.

F+, but in generosity of spirit, I rounded up to a D.

With each passing hour, the trade feels worse and worse to me. We really received nothing of note. That said, I think the Sox will win in the 70s, with the proviso that they won't dump their short-term pitching in July. If they do, and they should if they can, then low 60s again.

Just another Getz trade where it seems that we didn't make the other team feel any pain. They gave up none of their best products. We gave up one of the best pitchers in baseball. The best prospect they relinquished is the player they just got from the Yankees (a red flag in itself), so there isn't the sense of loss. And then, of course, the obligatory middle reliever, which I suppose is better than getting a utility infielder. I suppose the return is okay, but nothing special and disappointing.

How the players impact the Sox’ performance is the only thing that really matters. But yes, whether we face cease or not is minor. Preller does deals. He’s a good guy to trade with.

Padres. I don’t know what his farm looks like but he’s always willing to trade and we’d only face Cease at most once.

That Rosenthal trade with the Rangers would be a real clown act. Porter, Leiter and a utility infielder. Good gracious. I didn’t like Leiter in the draft, and he’s only gotten worse.

Peavy trade ended up being okay. Prospects we traded didn't do much and we flipped him for Avi and Montas. (not that we got a whole lot out of them). Of course, we withheld our top pitching prospect from the Peavy trade, but then traded him next summer for E Jackson and his 5+ ERA