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shorter jerry: "We won't have to train this guy at all about how he's just supposed to be nice to me and not ask me for any money"

LMAO this press release is brutal. hahahahahahaha https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-getz-named-white-sox-general-manager?partnerID=web_article-share

Ok, but the billboards don't work. Anything online won't work. We need to buy full page ads in Cigar Afficionado magazine.

THIS SON OF A b**** WAS VIOLATING CPS RESIDENCY RULES

I'm just kinda thinking of the Colorado Rockies, who hired the scouting director from the previous regime who apparently could verbalize a lot of what was wrong and was gonna take them in a new direction. And they are fucking awful again. But Kyle Davidson legitimately overhauled the front office for the hawks. Basically my gauntlet is firing everyone else. THe more friends and family he keeps the more he'll fail.

I like the graphic. It's showing the skyline just caving and descending into blackness. THat's accurate

A CSI miami poster would have been a nice touch. ALthough that was a successful show. Maybe a Bones poster.

is it possible to embarrass JR? He has built two organizations around him with the foremost goal of just insulating him from criticism or knowledge of the outside world.

i'm not gonna s%*# on the people at this level, there ain't nothing the marketing team could do here that would have helped. Although it would have been hilarious if the photo included Jeff Luhnow's signature

just the elevator from the shining opening up

jeeze how many times do we have to tell you, he didn't have the power to do any of the work that sucked underneath him and that's why he deserves to be promoted!

Sort of yes, sort of no. THis is the same title Hahn had, there just isn't a KW anymore. So technically is both, but also KW probably had no real responsibilities that Hahn wasn't also overseeing.

Definitely just feels like learning the wrong lessons from a great org. Braves were able to build an incredible structure and develop talent. But they had the same breakdown, and then started to change, and now have an incredible structure with new ideas that will develop talent. Because they honestly judge the results of their outcomes rather than the effort they are putting into it, they have been able to build a class organization that has the exact same constraints on it that the white sox have, and now have blown past those constraints. This board was obssessed with Alex Anthopolous for years. Oh how much pain could have been avoided if we had a real organization who fired hahn after 2016 and brought him over from his Dodgers gig. I'm even being nice and letting hahn work past 2015.

Bruce often thinks everyone else is as stupid as he is. He was probably earnestly asking who other people in baseball were since he hasn't followed the sport in years.

Hopefully our new head of player dev is more promising than our last one.

oh no swisher not far behind

It’s Harold so guessing the scouts believe they can railroad Getz. Hopefully not the ones that didn’t want to draft Colson because he liked basketball.

I’ve broken through so many “this is the bottom” with this team I just can’t believe this is true.

I guess the only thing nice I'd say about Charlotte is can't remember the last time a decent prospect arrived and stalled in AAA. Not fair - but like a matt davidson or erik johnson. Guys that seemed like they were supposed to be parts of the team that just were withering away. That hasn't happened in a while, so I think the real problem I'd put on Charlotte is that we don't have enough talent in the org to make it competitive. I don't think Charlotte will ever have the sexiest prospect roster, it should have older MILB FAs and guys that know what they are doing and can fill in. We dont' want guys there multiple years. But it shouldn't be the absolute horse s%*# it was for the last 2 years. Never seen worse pitching.

We should develop this stuff. Hopefully our new GM has a background here.

Interesting.

Sosa with a high flying wRC+ since his callup. But would like to see him improve his walk rate from 0% to like above zero. Colas, smaller progress. But up to 67wRC+ from 47. 47 wRC+ I believe is called "the Leury". 67 I believe is called "The Moncada"

Colson.

But obviously I do think he's proved himself here, he just hasn't been here THAT long, given his injury.

I would not be upset if he starts next year in birmingham, personally. I think it's one of our best challenges, and with players that may be future teammates and not just random waiver wire guys.