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A huge relief. He has so much more to accomplish.

No no no the dalquist is 2 IP, 24 H, 21 R, 9 BB, 0Ks

Sort of acceptable Dalquist line

Did you know he's a rocket scientist?

The great thing about Jim Thome is I have asked if people have met Jim Thome a lot and many have or heard him talk.

The list was people within the sox org. And within the sox org, he'd be a good choice to handle JR and is humble enough to get people who can deliver beneath him.

Have you ever met Jim Thome?

may not matter as much, but the liberty media earnings show it's hugely important to the revenue.

Getz is one of the more approachable guys at sox fest. As a person I think he's great. But only Thome could handle JR while being able to recruit the best in the world to run the sox underneath him.

Yeah, that 2017 draft in general was terrible. But what did the white sox in was the 2016 draft was what killed us. It was the second best of the decade, we had 3 prime picks, and got absolute trash. The Dodgers meanwhile cemented their catapaulting over the NL west in that draft.

has shown creativity in draft budgets, belief in traits. Still, I think his strategy for 2020/21 was at odds with the rest of the team's. But that's Hahn's fault imo.

I've had multiple posts like this. And ultimately it doesn't matter. I do think if you gave each member of the white sox front office a shot to run the team for the next 5 years, the ceiling for all of them is lower than if you did this for literally any other front office. However, nobody is the same. And if you gave these people JR's ingredients I think some would make better recipes. But why Hahn is worse than KW: - The CBAs made building the farm system easier for Hahn. He was on an equal playing fields with the draft budgets vs "suggested slots" KW was hampered by. And I would argue same with INTL. JR can handle spending the full allotments when there is a cap. You can put it as a line item. - The White Sox under KW had two true, real above average or league leading talents compared to others: Pitcher/Player health and Major League scouting. They really did find veterans who had stuff left in the tank and get them for a discount. Both of these things evaporated under Hahn. There is truly no component of building a team that the white sox have an advantage on compared to other organizations. For KW, he was hampered by JRs rules against going over suggested slot,and there was no hard cap. Given that, it made sense that he pulled from the draft budget and into the Major League budget. Now...overseeing someone performing a felony as your INTL head scout. That's worse than Hahn. Now for Hahn what became harder? The increased velocity and likely decrease of steroid use dried up that second contract veteran in FA. By KWs end that was already dwindling. But Hahn never stopped thinking he was getting bargains paying what he thought was 50% for a proven vet rather than 100% for a younger player. Except the vets kept putting up only 10% the production. - Self scouting - KW just seemed much, much better at knowing which of the guys from the minors were ready, who was dispensible, who had more. Hahn absolutely sucks at this.

white sox tainted people who i'd rank for taking over baseball operations: 1. Jim Thome 2. Shirley 3. Getz 4. KW

I disagree with this

True but I’ll give extra credit for being hirable

Isn’t it extremely interesting in these copy cat leagues that I can only think of two employees across two reinsdorf orgs in twenty years that have been poached by other orgs? (That scout that helped draft jimmy butler going to Orlando Magic and Dan Evans) Even though bears have sucked they’ve had tons of talent go in and out of their front office. All of reinsdorfs examples happened in the 80s. Just shrink wrap. Hahn has been in charge for a decade and nobody poached from his Charlie Brown Christmas tree. That biometrics guy had to go to intel first just to get the stink off.

No because he is a valuable asset to reinsdorf

Lefties man. Always look sweet

My favorite thing is for as big of a joke as the rockies are they'll have equaled Hahn's 2 playoff appearances (and I have doubts that 2020's team which was on fumes in the pitching dept could have made playoffs in 162 games)

what's our record in day games since 2020? Has to be awful.

You are right, I thought he was sent down with Eloy and sustained it in AAA. But he injured it prior to Eloy being recalled.

Shane Murphy has my attention. 5 ip 8 ks. 3 runs. 22 year old lefty. Came out of CC, was a highly touted HS prospect that never put it together in college. Did get 125k though, so thought somewhat highly.

And obviously - I thought that dude would have much more power when he was drafted. But he does walk.

I'm impressed that Skoug has made it to AAA and perservered thru a horrible start in pro ball. He has actually decreased his K% as he has moved up, which had to because he was at like 40% in A ball with nothing else. He hasn't hit much in triple A so far, but homered today. He still walks a lot. I'm sure he's a garbage defender. But impressive nonetheless how far he has come. For his sake, would love if he saw some games in the big leagues to cap off that journey.

oh my god one can dream