Milkman delivers

I think we’re gonna see that Getz is all credentials and nothing else. Or in Tex speak, all hat no cattle.

It’s all “he” and “guy”. By his own admission, he didn’t even consider female candidates. Get the commish on the phone, we got him this time.

It absolutely can get worse. They’re gonna start 2024 with fewer starters than they did in 2023.

Except the new chef was one of the guys sneezing in the soup just last week.

If I knew how to do it on my phone, I’d post a picture of the baseball scene from Stuck On You here.

I know people wanna be positive, but I said this yesterday: “Na, he’ll say the right stuff just like Grifol, and it’ll even win over some posters here. You’ll see a decent amount of posts telling you to give him some time and opportunity to prove he’s incapable.” And it’s so disheartening to see if happening.

The better question is if they’ll take questions. And if so, will anyone have the balls to ask a tough one.

What team hasn’t been there?

I’m factoring in buyouts. Clevinger definitely has one and I assume some of the other guys do as well.

This team is the Peter Principle on steroids.

Now think hard because this is important. What level was he on?

What? It was turned upside down a week ago, and now it’s been turned upside down again. And we’re back to where we were.

Am I to understand that he’s basically taking on KW and Hahn’s spots combined?

Wait, he’s both?

And the Score seemed to be saying that Getz would be named GM, not EVP (or whatever name it’ll have). Maybe I misheard or they misspoke.

You are definitely right about the roster, but I imagine it’s also difficult for a team like that to pick up an extra $10 million or more for September. Say they won the claims for Clevinger and one or two other guys with buyouts? So I’m betting they do a lot of homework on who they think will actually fall to them, and not just throw in claims for the best options and hope for the best.

Yeah, he brought Epstein up like he was the only candidate that anyone was talking about. MFer, people have brought up dozens of either proven candidates or up-and-comers from other organizations (which is the key that fans truly want).

But with the new system, if I’m understanding it correctly, teams would have to be careful about putting in too many claims. If they’re no longer considered revocable waivers, then a team winning a claim would have to take the player, right? And most, if not all, of these teams probably can’t afford to throw that much money around for rentals.

Yeah, that was awful. I get that you gotta toe a certain line if you want access to the team, but that just made me angry. Asking them to name a single available option that would be better? They could’ve rattled off about 50 rather than the two or three pathetic attempts they made. So you’re saying that JR fired one of the only AA execs in all of Major League Baseball?! Well, now it’s settled.

Yeah man, you’re really stretching on this one and you don’t need to. There are plenty of things to hate about JR without this one. La Russa is half Hispanic. So his former EVP was black, and the last three managers were Hispanic. And as much as I’m sure Getz will suck, he has worked his way up the ladder internally.

I’m no fan of JR, but the argument seems completely disingenuous to me. I won’t mind if MLB runs him through the ringer for it, though. But I’m actually curious who he’s referring to.

Please explain who you mean.

What if he included minorities in the interview process and still hired all white guys? And then, what if those guys were in fact the most qualified? I know you’re being somewhat facetious, but wouldn’t racism still be blamed for that? And in the above scenario, would the correct answer be to intentionally hire a less qualified candidate simply to have a minority hire in there? All of this of so stupid. He should have absolutely interviewed multiple candidates, but the only criteria should be their potential to do the job well. It appears he did not.

Are they intentionally putting the worst product out there? Beckham does seem to be the next option.

I read it as heavy sarcasm. No?