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One more time for those in the back of the room. Also, when I talk about the Sox people running backroom campaigns against their own guys, this is a perfect example.

There's no point in most of this roster.

The Sox decided a long time ago they didn't like Colas. They were never going to give him a chance. Even when things were at their worst last year, they refused to roster him much as humanly possible.

Who said that?

For whatever reason, they can't get these Latin kids out of the organization quick enough, Colas is just the latest.

This has been obvious for a long time now. I am glad they finally quit holding his spot if they were never going to play him anyway.

JR: "What do you expect me to do, offer more cash? As if!"

We are wasting like 20 roster spots on trash that won't be here in a year or two. Would I have rather had someone else? Sure. But is this better than whatever random thirtywhatever utility guy? You are damned right.

That's about 22 guys on the current roster, but this guy at least plays defense.

OK, interesting. Love the plus tools. Would be nice to have a real defender or two out there.

This too. He can always be cut if he can't be taught to get to his power at a reasonable level.

Some interesting notes in here for subscribers, including Getz saying that Shultz seems to be on a 26-27 arrival time frame because his workload has been so light up until now. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6227833/2025/03/25/chicago-white-sox-general-manager-chris-getz/?campaign=5888993&source=dailyemail&userId=6062851

So they were buying shares at an effective franchise price of $1.1 billion recently, and now selling them to the FNG for $1.8? Quality work if you can get it.

Two more days and it will a full month since the sale deadline, and we still have no idea what happened. This is exactly why I have zero faith in the local sports media in this town. They only write what they are told to write, and do zero actual investigative work,

One of the things that I read this morning, is that some of these guys got on the plane to Chicago without knowing if they were actually on the team. That Getz could still make waiver claims and cut some other guys from camp.

And for as much as we keep getting told how great this new development staff is, maybe we should actually put them to work on someone who isn't a soon to be 16 inch softball player.

In order to be sent to the minors he has to be put through waivers. It's a crapshoot as to win the best time for that is.

The Cubs crying poor and not acting like a big market team is an automatic F. They are a cash machine and flat out lying to their fan base.

The Sox haven't put up an attendance number of under 1.35 million since their 2nd to last season at the old ballpark when the put up 1.045 million. I think this year comes closer to the latter, than the former.

Pretty sure it was said they got rid of the state ever paying anything last time around.

62 days of service time and 24 years old catches my attention. On a team full of flawed players, might as well get someone with any upside.

Hopefully they aren't rushing some of these guys.

He was questioned as soon as he was selected because of his limited ceiling.

And by many accounts the Sox didn't get into that deal because they didn't want to take on Willis.

Ah yes, objective Stacey King. Right up there with Hawk as a truth teller.