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I've always called Getz and most front office employees puppets of Puppetmaster Reinsdorf. I have no idea who's been leading you to believe Getz had more power for CHANGE . I think the budget for the roster was drastically cut but CHANGE was allowed for hiring people since civilians cost a lot less than players. There was also the $800K Trajekt Machine. Don't know if they bought just one. Upgrades in R & D but to what extend is hard to know. New DR Academy being built with new Director of International Scouting. Again don't know if that's window dressing or will result in better recruitment of Dominican players . MLB did start this program in 2018 . https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-starts-trainer-partnership-program-in-latin-america/ Maybe that's made JR less controlling about DR ballplayers but I haven't seen much progress in the 6+ years since that program with Latin America countries to try to lessen steroid use started. We really don't know if our scouting presence or ability to sign better players will increase. Our lack of presence and the 2008 bonus skimming scandal over the last 50 years has cemented the Sox as afterthoughts in the International market outside of Cuban. This could be attributed to JR's friendship with Minnie Minoso. Our one chance at making a difference in the DR came when Paddy signed Tatis, Jr.

Vasil 12 scoreless innings to start his MLB career.

Nice inning Gilbert.

Gilbert

Decent outing. No runs , a lot of pitches. Vasil ?

A's do the Sox 1 better . Runner on 3rd and no outs and they don't score.

Turned it on just in time to see The Baldy Bomb !

Amaya is the glue that holds everything together defensively ( 🤣). Somehow even Vargas hasn't looked terrible but he's due. It's sad they put out such a powerless inept lineup day after day.

Amaya is going back to the minors once he clears waivers again or maybe just an outright release once Rojas comes back . Vaughn should be batting 8th or not at all.

Not exactly everyone and it's a gamethread. Everything gets blown out of proportion and nothing is as important as a bunch of stiffs and rookies playing baseball perfectly.

Where at ? Link ? https://soxmachine.com/2025/02/as-white-sox-weigh-his-trade-value-luis-robert-jr-prepares-for-a-bounce-back That's the only thing I found by Feagan. No mention of Trajekt Machine. Working with the same guy he always has Gregg Tekerman who sells the Tek Bat to the public . Tekerman also said that the Scott Boras group got him to work on being more limber in preparation for a full 162 game season. Tekerman did say something about how Robert focused more on strength in the past. Of course that then make you wonder why he wouldn't focus on full body conditioning before. So ,anyway, read the whole thing. Me paraphrasing isn't as accurate as the quotes from the article.

I wouldn't go that far.ive said once he starts hitting the WAR will start piling up because there is also the speed and defense. However the rate he going now with high walk rate, steals and defense , he's right at zero WAR. Those good things are so far preventing him from being a negative WAR player. Technically he's -.1fWAR, but let's just call that 0.

The good thing is the present doesn't last long but the future we want takes time.

So the topic offensive development. Hopefully Ryan Fuller can work some magic. I did make a post during ST about how I'd like Vargas to imitate everything Judge did. I didn't know at the time that Judge has a controversial hitting coach he goes to named Richard Schenck aka Teacherman . Guess who worked with him this off season who lost his rookie eligibility last year and was just a speedy ,toolsy, 2nd rd pick with a .757 minor league OPS, who never sniffed theTop 100, Inf/OF and current leader in MLB WAR . Yes it's Kyren Paris of the Angels. Who ? https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/time-to-know-angels-youngster-kyren-paris/ Article is a couple days old so stats will be slightly off. Hope he can sustain what hes doing. And can the Sox hire Teacherman ? He's pretty controversial because of his mouth .

Doubtful. He's not the kind of player who normally wins ROY. Too early anyway. If he has good stats at the end of the season we'll see if he's a contender.

I said moderate because it makes no sense to expect dramatic improvement. Twins fan were probably thinking the same way . There's potential for dramatic improvement. There's also potential for disaster.

Or an aneurysm.

I did say in another post that I wasn't up to date on what Shane Smith has been working on. Again for all those who crucify Milwaukee in hindsight you do the Sox coaches a great disservice by thinking it's a just a Milwaukee screw up. There are a lot guys with good arms. One new learned pitch, one new grip can change your whole arsenal or improve your command , spin rate, sequencing. A sinker is a bit different than a splitter. Maybe some coaches use the words to mean the same pitch. Hard to know unless you really get a good explanation. I'd put it on my list of things to talk to Bannister about . I do remember reading that somewhere.It just hadn't " sunk" in yet. 😋 It's like when you study. For it to stick in your memory banks you either have to make a mental note of it, take notes to reread later, or just the fact that you write it down reinforces the memory . Where did you get that from ?

Thanks. At the beginning it's interesting to hear him talk about the splitter and how all the best Japanese pitchers throw it. I haven't noticed too many Sox pitchers throwing a splitter. Maybe one will master it .

You really think so ? I listed some of the good things in my next post. It was quite lengthy based on listening to Bannister. I'm not smart enough to psychologically abuse anyone to change their perceptions. I deal in facts. But 🫵🪨!

If MLB ends up punishing the Sox for having the ROY I give up . My current thinking is only those eligible as top 100 guys get the extra draft pick sort of as compensation for losing the year of eligibility. But I'll admit that's my shot in the dark guess at making sense of those things.

I guess I look at and see a lot of data points for good and I see a lot of the bad ones too. A lot of them are just minor things that will be forgotten about in time as nothing burgers but molehills made into mountains now. I think the difference is I do not profess to know very much. I repeat what I see and hear and give links to those things. My opinions weren't formed because of one horrible season or even 3 in a row. They were formed because Reinsdorf has been the owner so long and I've witnessed every year of his ownership. The reality is Getz was not the best hire in the world because it was JR doing the hiring. JR hired LaRussa. JR let the teams infrastructure disintegrate or just didn't believe in development of youth and keeping up with the latest tech and modern thinking. I see a lot of small things going right. I can see some immediate results with defense and defensive positioning. That may be a McKinven influence. It's all early he was just hired along with the new hitting guy from the O's. The new manager is way better at least optically than old manager. Bannister is an amazing guy and one of the sharpest pitching minds out there. They've come a long way since Don Cooper. New guy handling international and building a new complex in the Dominican. Hitters get to see what the new Trajekt pitching machine is all about because it can simulate very accurately how an upcoming pitcher pitches while using softer balls so hitters aren't injuring themselves with foul balls off their legs hitting against that machine. There's been a lot going on that we forget about because it's not staring us in the face every day like players are. And let's face it. Every guy Getz acquired this off season was from the scrap heap. Rule 5 guys are scrap heap guys. I saw a graphic during the broadcast last game that show some Rule 5 pitchers stats from this year. Sox had the 2 best in Shane Smith and Mike Vasil. I'm not convinced that 9 innings of 0 earned run will hold up over a full season but damn good start. Shane Smith is looking like the real deal. Again small sample, don't want to get carried away. Sucks that a lot of young arms are getting TJ surgery but Bannister said nearly 2 out of every 5 arms now need TJ surgery at some point and he thinks it's unavoidable. The game is focused on power. Power pitchers and power hitters. All these pitching labs try to maximize spin and velocity. That's part of modern day pitching and along with that comes arm injuries. Unfortunately that's a price pitchers pay now for there being so much knowledge out there now that can raise a pitchers developmental floor and ceiling. That's why you see more out of nowhere pitching success stories than you do hitting success stories. A pitcher can just find a new pitch that redefines his whole arsenal like the kick change for Davis Martin or the cutter for Crochet. Shane Smith saw a jump in his velocity also. I can't recall what else Smith's been working on .

You yourself said there's only 2 left so seems to me there's a lot more thickness on your side of the fence. Hell there's one of your bunch who is non stop s%*# posting. Maybe you'd prefer the Woe is Us poor White Sox fans pity party to be unanimous so we could all hold hands and sing Kumbaya ?

Why so angry that people try to be fair. Good things are happening despite that horrific season . There's more than 2 people who recognize that. Why can't we recognize the good things too ? There's plenty of you around to point out his fault because he has faults and has made mistakes. No ones ever said he's perfect. He got a lot of quality to join the organization and doing their best to modernize. Rome wasn't built in a day. Relax , I see you starting "And That's a White Sox Winner" thread. You aren't all doom and gloom.

Send JR your resume !!