Y2Jimmy0

Not a large market rule. If a small market club has a lottery pick in back to back seasons, they're ineligible in the third season. Large market clubs can't be in two years consecutively.

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HOLY FUCKING s%*#

It's still great news that the Ishbia's will very likely be the next owners. This sets them up to have 85% whenever Jerry dies or lets go of the rope. It makes plenty of sense. Getting the team ultimately at a $1.8 billion valuation while simultaneously developing the land around the new stadium and profiting forever on the ballpark village environment. Michael isn't taking over. The Reinsdorfs don't have any interest in that. It's why they reached out to the Ishbias to buy out so many shares.

I’m assuming that the prospect would be Josue De Paula based on past conversations.

I'm curious to know which of the outfielders who were drafted or signed internationally in recent years should have been better if Getz were better as the director of player development.

I'm truly wondering what the alternative is here? I wasn't a fan of the Chris Getz hire because it was once again way too insular. I like many of things that Getz has done since taking over though so my opinion has shifted. Were either of you expecting something different right now? This is one of the worst rosters in baseball. This is what it looks like.

He's a monster haha. I think the best part about the "single decision maker" thing is that we know who to blame if it was the wrong decision. Chris Getz made the decision to draft Hagen Smith. It was his first selection, he was the most comfortable in his development staff turning Smith into a good player and he needed to hit on his first selection. I'm good with the decision but I like that we know who made it. I think the scouting director would've taken a bat, saved money and spread out the bonus pool.

Maybe but they’ve also been prioritizing these types of players in trades and in the draft. McLain, Saucke, Antonacci, Vargas, Perez, Albertus and Zavala were all guys who control the zone and take walks.

I’m sure Shirley knows all about Laviolette from Michael Earley

Here’s the story I wrote about him: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/02/27/third-mclain-brother-looking-to-makei/

I don’t really get what CHSN is doing at this point. Just agree to the Comcast deal to go on the higher tier and then blame Comcast publicly for it. I can’t believe anyone still uses Comcast/Xfinity for television.

I don’t think it’s going to be White. He’s in Charlotte rotation. I’m curious to see what they do. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them DFA or release Carela at this point. They can’t put him on 60-day since they sent him down. They can’t carry him all season. He’s on the IL.

The lineup at Charlotte will be awesome and the pitching staff in Birmingham will be unbelievable.

Have I been doing this? If you mean the Crochet return, I don’t agree on that timeline. Those guys will be arb eligible by then. I don’t think I really declared victory on any that are that far away.

I hope they lose enough to have the top odds at landing the #1 pick. It's a significant part of this working. I do think people are being short-sighted in some regard. Focusing on the big league record too much just doesn't make much sense to me right now. Comparing to Dave Dombrowski doesn't really make sense. He only goes places where he can spend lots and lots of money on players.

They have no money spend and they’re trying to be really bad again this year. This shouldn’t be this difficult to comprehend

I think Martin will prove to be very valuable this season and he costs nothing. They have a top 50 prospect in baseball who plays shortstop already but yeah, the Robert trade return and next two drafts are very important. I don’t care about their W/L record from last year and I certainly don’t care about it this year either. It doesn’t matter all that much. We don’t know the outcome of the Crochet deal but they did extremely well on paper and with their process. I’ll ignore the other comment but it’s kind of a low blow. Don’t question my standards in regards to my day job.

I think everyone is being way too short-sighted. I understand the lack of patience though. There’s a clear plan in place. Chris Getz totally revamped the organization in regards to pitching philosophy, hitting philosophy, research and development, international scouting and professional scouting and for the first time in like 25 years, linked all the different departments together. It had to be done. I don’t know that it’ll work because ultimately, they need to find good players but these changes put them in a better place to find good players. The trades have been uneven at best and while the draft record appears to be promising, we just don’t know yet. They’ll be awful in 2025 by design though. The owner won’t allow the front office to spend and it’s also imperative to draft as high as possible in 2026 so being a bottom 3 team this year is essential. They have to get more out of trades too and Luis Robert package has to hit like Crochet deal. They also need some surprise trade return somewhere like a monster Davis Martin package. In an optimistic view, they have a top farm system and clean financial outlook going forward. They’ll never spend as much as we want but I do believe they’ll spend because they have to. They have no commitments. I do think Chris Getz understands the assignment more than his predecessors though. He knows who he works for. Build a large core of young pitching, find a process to develop bats and focus on premium positions. They can spend on first base, DH, back end starters and bullpen once the time comes if you have a cost-controlled young core. It’s hard to give a grade. I’d probably go with a C overall but it’ll depend on drafting and developing players ultimately.

Because of bad performances in exhibition games?

No idea. Guessing he’s out for a couple months. Just meant that it’s 3 players who were penciled into opening day.

Sounds like none of Drury, Tauchman or Rojas will be ready for opening day. Find me 13 position players.

Yeah I mean he was never going to harm someone’s kids. It’s the equivalent of me saying that I’d f*** someone’s mother. I’m sure Audacy is thrilled to cut his salary in this climate.

I’ve been listening to Bernstein for 20 years. I can’t believe what he did last week. It’s why the mute button exists. If you can’t handle shitty assholes on Twitter right now, you need to delete the app. With that being said, 670 lost their two best hosts in last 7 months. They need a major lineup overhaul.

We recorded with Dan Hayes and he was excellent. He talked about the trade discussions between the Sox and Twins at last year’s deadline. I’m sorry to inform that Luke Keashall was never available.