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It is a superstar ceiling. You can't teach that. A lot of teams have to be better that their internal support and staff is way better than what the White Sox have got, and it looks like teams are out there strongly looking at bringing Robert in. We keep talking about $15 million, but when the top of the line guys are getting $50 million plus a year, having three years locked down for that per annum may well appeal to someone who thinks they can reach him. It's not a lot to the type of crowd who could really use a Robert. The Mets sneeze away $15 million for nothing.

Based on what he did in Phoenix, there should be no doubt that he will do what he wants to get the players he believes in most. We can see everything he spent and traded for there. Dude is not scared to be the top bidder for top talent, unlike another private equity real estate mogul in Chicago. Will he be right is a totally different question.

If teams are taking on debt to fund daily operations, there are a lot of people completely wrong about how much these small market teams are making.

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Are you saying Chris Getz overruled his scouts? Or what are you saying here?

We really need to be careful with SSS here.

Hard to win by two runs if you can't score more than two runs.

He's not going to be a savior. You hope he provides replacement value, or slightly above, which in this situation would be a huge positive. Jesus Christ himself couldn't save this team.

For the record, I have no problem at all with Getz getting some credit here. It is consistent with his also getting blame for all of the failures that happened at the same time. I am not quite sure why we played some of the other clowns on the roster instead of Elko, but hopefully he does something positive. There is literally no downside. We lose nothing if he sucks, because that is what we already have.

Honestly making that easy was pretty amazing.

Wait I thought since Getz didn't direct him to be drafted he couldn't be held responsible for his development. Pick a lane ,Grandpa.

"There are some who call me Twtwim.. "

FIFY

If the Sox win 50, that's 2.

BUT THINK OF THE ROSTER MANAGEMENT!?!?! Glad to see them finally reward the kid.

So they probably rushed him back before being healthy. Wonderful.

This is awesome.

The Sox being tested by God would explain a lot.

I am sure Jerry is already trying to figure out how to market Papal Suites into this.

Chris Getz either set a record, or came really close to doing so, for most players used on a major league roster last year, and it doesn't seem like there is much less churn so far this year. The absolute last excuse that needs to be used here is that Getz just can't churn the roster. He churns this roster like an Amish making butter.

If we really seem to care about how good of a teammate a guy is, this dude seems like the opposite.

This just reads like how the Sox operate in free agency. Instead of the top rated guys, we try to squint and find the almost as good guy for cheaper.

Still waiting for us to not be the dumbest team in baseball.