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Learning not to sign 30+ catchers to the second biggest contract in team history. Certainly no long term deals at that stage.

The Cubs of the AL East almost...

"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."

What are authorities hoping to gain from searching properties 4-5 months later, after the scandal broke and he had plenty of time to come up with a legal defense? CYA?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39193717/yoshinobu-yamamoto-picked-dodgers-even-ohtani

They must have missed the AJ podcasts, Middleton, Lance Lynn, TA7 cryptic tweets, who else trashed the Sox last year?...missing a couple. That was after a year of TLR national ridicule.

Then why hold onto Robert...because he similarly fell off quite a bit down the stretch, if not injuries/increasingly lackadaisical play that cost him the GG??? I would tend to err on the side of giving guys like Cease or Robert the benefit of the doubt...it was a horrific environment for vets and rookies alike last year, partially due to Grifol and partially due to the power vacuum in the organization that was developing.

That's the centerpiece trade for "average/mediocre" Getz's GM tenure so far. It improved the White Sox in theory...but none of those players were likely to make the Braves and they were going to cost $10-12 million or whatever their price tag. Mostly, change of scenery Matty Thornton/Damaso Marte type move for ATL. And dumping the bottom of the roster off on someone else who has better use for them, probably.

Maybe not for one of the worst Sox defenses in recent memory. Look at Bummer still being in demand with an ERA in that same/similar neighborhood, or Lynn for most of his time with the Dodgers outperforming Sox numbers by far.

Would have to look at his numbers with different catchers down the stretch. Especially Lee, but I wasn't even following the team then to know if he stuck with his regular catcher or they switched it up or not.

Dodgers care less about the money/salary aspect and would seemingly prefer holding on to their prospects, a one year deal for Bieber at the moment.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/world/lee-sun-kyun-death-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html Famous for Parasite, My Mister/My Ahjussi with IU and Dr. Brain... Massive scandal in Korea. Suicide blackmail drugs public humiliation due to police investigation leaks.

There's this hot OC on the open market right now...last name Ferentz. That still could be better than McDaniels.

The number of playoff appearances he can make for acquiring club and/or his health blows up if you hold onto him into June/July...doomsday scenario.

SF just signed JungHo Lee to play CF, where his value is surely the highest. And they don't have a great farm to deal with, either. Seattle certainly has a need but putting Julio Rodriguez or Robert on a corner diminishes their value. I guess Julio with the stronger arm would move to RF and that would be slightly less wear and tear on his body, overall. And it's not like the White Sox are going to trade for Gilbert or Kirby...they're going to want near major league-ready guys. To make it work, though, Getz would have to take one of those pitchers back plus the AA/AAA prospects.

It was about Cease durability. A bit confusing to follow.

Like Teoscar lol?

Yet somehow Getz was the most organized development guy ever seen since the Branch Rickey days...just not sure what JR is actually looking at or for.

Especially if that glove guy was more exposed as Yolmer Sanchez than a 3-4 fWAR borderline All Star level talent some seasons.

They seem to be willing to make Varsho a part-time/platoon player until he emerges from his offensive malaise.

He got married this offseason fwiw. How that impacts him is anyone's guess...as we have seen with Lucas Kopech and TA7. Burger wouldn't still be playing baseball without his wife's persistent support, for example.

They still need more offense in the OF...Kiermaier can't be the only add.

We hear this nearly every season in filling out the roster, well, “it’s only this much after all”…somehow it always adds up, yet the results get worse by the year. We don’t even have the catching depth to trust even ONE rookie to play half the time in a completely meaningless season in terms of competing. So we’re simply going to half-ass it yet again.

If Chris Getz is sort of trying to hit the ground running and yet is simultaneously humoring JR by completely wasting one season merely pretending to compete, this would be almost exactly the blueprint to infuriate nearly everyone with a rooting interest in the team… Why are we spending so much much to pay over the hill vets to lead when we supposedly cleaned out the clubhouse completely (well, all but Moncada/Jimenez) to gift Grifol a fresh start? Is Grifol really that incompetent? Why are they afraid to give Lee or Perez any playing time in a completely wasted year unless they’re planning on Maldonado or Stassi not making it past the end of May?

Let’s just fire Grifol and try Maldonado as player-manager. At least that would make the team interesting/unique once again from a fan perspective. He probably doesn’t even have one full season left in him…