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Right and in his position he's going to miss a bunch because he's grabbing a bunch of low cost rejects. I said this would be his path probably over a year ago. That he would burn through a bunch of bodies trying to find semi permanent pieces while filling in other spots with prospects. No question he's been learning on the job .

Got him after the Robert trade with money provided by the Mets paying off his full salary is much more accurate and generally accepted story judging by what Getz said to the press after the trade when asked if the money would be spent to help the 2026 roster. Not many believed it would be but shortly after those 3 transactions followed So got him as a result of the Robert trade so it was a salary dump 1st. Without that money JR wasn't going to pay for anything but Mune.With it Getz was allowed to spend another close to $25M or whatever those 3 transactions cost.He got $22M I believe from the Mets ( full salary and buyout).

I don't expect any more than 2 given the limited number of spots., Murakami and Martin .Still a long way from that game though so I'll just stick with the 2 most likely as of this point in time.

While it is a bit early to start thinking this way. It's fun to imagine a rotation of Martin, Burke, Sandlin, Schultz and Shane Smith finding his stuff again. Then if anyone falters maybe Hagen Smith McDougal ,and Oppor overcome their obstacles and a few more develop. Things never turn out the way we think they will but Getz has done things with 0 money to work with just snatching bodies and arms and learning how to wheel and deal like a poor street kid. He hustles. He's playing 3 card Monte , street craps & picking pockets . He's the Artful Dodger from Dicken's Oliver Twist starring JR as F a g i n. Edit : I had to spell it with the spaces otherwise it changed it to f**in. I had no idea that character from the Dicken's novel would get flagged as inappropriate because it starts with F A G

June has a tough stretch with Phillies, Atlanta, Dodgers and Yankees. After that it gets easier. Sox are really going to have to shove against those top teams to approach the same kind of record in June as they did in April and May. They have to continue the exemplary play against the Central. And we need the injury luck to turn around. Plenty of people waiting to pounce on any prolonged bad stretch of games like they rather be right than have the Sox win. That's why I give the haters crap. I rather be right when the Sox play well so I stay positive . The haters rather be right when they play poorly . That's kind of fucked up from supposed Sox fans . Always acting like they've been traumatized .

To paraphrase John Denver: 🎼 Friends up in the bleachers 🎵 And everybody's high. 🎵 White Sox high, Chicago🎵

🤣 During the bad times I was outgunned by almost the whole board telling me I was a water carrier and stan for Getz drinking Sox koolaid. I always preached patience and wait for the kids to arrive. Id make points that so many disagreed with I had to just pick 1 to respond to or else I'd be here 24/7 . These were things everyone said during the 1st rebuild but it spectacularly collapse and everyone got bitter. Now you want to play white knight because the side you were part of is getting a little reminder that things were indeed trending up and that it would take time to come up from rock bottom ? You're a freaking saint buddy.

Not really .Almost immediately after the Robert trade were some of the ones I mentioned and right after the Robert trade Getz said he was already on the phone about other trades or free agents. He made it a point to say that Robert money from the Mets which was around $22M would be spent which ended up being pretty close to the cost to get the guys he did. Most of it went to buy out Hicks contract to get Sandlin. Dominguez got 2 years $20M ? So $10M for 2026 and Hays got 1 yr. $6M.The timeline matches up. Getz didn't even think he could get Mune until it fell into his lap and it happened literally in maybe 2 days. He said the Mune money was an exception like an out of the ordinary thing they told Jerry was something he shouldn't pass up. Sure maybe after that they knew trading Robert was imperative to afford more players they needed but they were going to trade him anyway so the important part of it was the salary dump.

This was a legit question and the response was typically laughed at looking at the emojis from the haters. Getz turned that money into multiple players who have had varying degrees of impact but overall it's been positive. Sandlin, Hicks , Hays ,Dominquez. The total lack of foresight astounds me at times but that's what happens when people makes their minds that everything is terrible. How anyone could think Robert could have another 4 or 5 War season inside him somewhere is crazy. Anyone who thinks I'm carrying water for Getz would be wrong. I have posted that I thought the biggest mistake Getz made was not trading Robert the same time he was trading Cease after the 2023 season. Then even the Getz haters started saying the same . Getz should have traded him after 2023 season as part of their Fire Getz campaigns. At that time pretty much the whole board thought he was Uber valuable and he was ,compared to what he ended up being traded for. So maybe he put out some feelers and asked a lot for him and got no real nibbles.Other GM knew the talent but it was his 1st season ( and only 1 ) that he played over 140 games so maybe not enough of a track record to get a kings ransom for him .That kind of how Cease got viewed too.Sure there was talent but 1 season removed from his near Cy Young year he didn't come close to repeating it. The two seasons after 2023 the most fWAR Robert, JR could muster was 1.3. Dude just couldn't stay on the field.

So I was beaten to the Metallica Enter Sandman video but here's a substitute.

Don't forget to thank the Luis Robert trade for Mr. Sandman.

Largest margin of victory since Sept. 2020 when they beat the Tigers by 14.

Sandlin retired 18 straight which hadn't been done in a debut since 1920 when it was 15 straight. No idea if it's a MLB debut record.

Highest OPS in night games in MLB Mune 1.190 Buxton 1.168

You so just picked any random year lol.

18 hits, 15 singles , 1 double, 2 HR

Harry Wegner !

The last decade ! The last 125 years !

I hate you guys 🤣 I was all set to call him Sandman and insert the Metallica video ! Thought I'd check the winners thread 1st. So Im reduced to this. Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight. Exit light Enter night Take my hand We're off to never never land.

3 game HR streak.

There goes the 1 hitter

🤣 I was just thinking I sure wouldn't mind a Mune garbage time HR

OMG !!!!

Never gets old 🙂

Because he's already a very good weak side platoon player so why mess with success ?