It's difficult to imagine if you took ANY random Fangraphs reader and told them that their offseason assignment was to deliberately destroy the Sox fanbase...how they could do much better (or "worse") than the combination of Getz and Grifol have so far.
The primary condition would be STILL maintaining a Top 15 payroll, while simultaneously attempting to be one of the very worst teams in history.
Btw, with the Pham signing...the White Sox have now passed the Twins for the highest payroll in the AL Central, at almost $135 million, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts.