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Not a huge fan of that one. Catastrophic? How so? I kind of like the roster churn. It's something that KW and Hahn never did during the last rebuild. They absolutely cannot "afford" to sign guys like that this year. They are spending what they're allowed to spend.

Do any of the hires he's made change your mind as well? I've said a million times that I wasn't a fan of the Chris Getz hire it's not the hire I would've made. I'm pretty impressed with the majority of hires he's made to reshape the organization similarly to how an outsider would though. I'm guessing that the Sox feel like Tyler Gilbert and Cam Booser types will bring them back more at the deadline than what they traded to acquire them. The Sox got an actual prospect for Tanner Banks at last year's deadline. I think it's just a similar gamble to try and create value.

It all comes down to developing players. The Brewers have perks that the White Sox will never get though. They get extra international space, they get an extra draft pick to use every year as well. They also receive a first round pick if they lose a star FA. It’s just much different. Theres no reason why the Sox can’t operate like the Braves or Houston though.

They never checked last year and upper deck folks were allowed downstairs. You can essentially sit wherever you want

I don’t think development is linear. And also, my goodness this thread sucks.

I hope they hold Robert but it scares the s%*# out of me

No. He posted a 140 wRC+ in Low-A with San Diego prior to a promotion. Sox sent him to High-A as they should've. He struggled to hit but he walked at an 18% clip in High-A as a 19-year-old. He's definitely still a prospect.

I disagree that it was rushed. I had no interest in taking Dylan Cease into the season and risking regression or injury. They had a couple offers from Texas and San Diego and those were by far the best offers they'd had to that point from what I understand. They could've held Cease and gotten more at the deadline potentially but I think it was enough to make the trade when they did.

The system is really good. I know, shocker haha.

Did I? I believe I said that about the Vargas deal. I was fine with the Dylan Cease trade at the time. They need a lot more out of Jairo Iriarte though.

I think there's a decent chance that Berroa is better than Santos this year

I understand not liking Drew Thorpe but posters calling the Cease trade a failure due to the 4th piece not working out is hilarious. We won’t have answers on that Cease return for years.

I’m guessing they think Steven Wilson clears waivers. It’s pretty puzzling otherwise.

Wilson probably clears I'd imagine. I'm generally good with the roster churn but it's a lot of lefties in the bullpen.

It's really cheap because you can sit wherever you want. I just don't have interest in that many weekday games that early in the season.

Tucker is gonna get $400 million plus.

The White Sox system is ranked #12 by Keith Law, #2 by ESPN and #4 by Baseball America so far. MLB Pipeline hasn't released yet.

I think there were some wins too though. Noah Schultz has elevated significantly to what he’s become. Peyton Pallette, Jonathan Cannon, Davis Martin and Aldrin Batista are big positives. They need to see some gains on position player side but Ryan Fuller was hired for a reason.

I’m not a fan of Justin Crawford I’m not opposed to the White Sox eating $$ but they need a much better headliner than Edwin Arroyo to do so.

This isn’t necessary. Sincerely, f*** off. I understand wanting more than Luke Keashall if eating $$ was necessary. They still ultimately made a very underwhelming trade though.

The Twins wanted the White Sox to eat $$ on Fedde. They were never a real option imo.

I don’t think Keaschall was ever a realistic option personally.

Which Merkin article?

I do think the Sox would prefer to trade Robert prior to opening day. Jim Bowden said today that Phillies were also involved and Sox have been asking for two top 5 system prospects minimum in return.

Well, once they trade Luis Robert and Andrew Benintendi, they have only pre-arb and arb salaries for 2026.