Chicago White Sox

The first two were super high picks which the new anti-tanking rules prevent us from accumulating in back to back seasons. As for Iguchi, we got lucky that teams didn’t scout Asian to the extent they do today and that our GM had an actual eye for talent and identified him as a guy worth pursuing. Beyond that, B & C tier free agents have fallen off massively in terms of value (lack of steroids perhaps?) so pulling off a 2005 offseason is near impossible nowadays.

Let’s avoid believing this Benintendi insanity for now. It would be suicide for the franchise and as shitty as things are being a White Sox fan I don’t want to start thinking about ending my fandom preemptively.

I get Fedde still being here because there has been almost no movement on the SP front, but bats are moving and it’s not like Pham is a dude teams will wait on until the deadline. This game of musical chairs will end at some point and you don’t want to be the last one without a partner.

Unfortunately, we’re at the point where we need to target position players for our bigger trades. If these guys can’t return positional prospects in this market, then no idea how Getz expects to acquire it via trade later. Obviously you get what you can for Kopech and the lesser pieces whether that be pitching or not.

What forums?

We are officially under 48 hours until the deadline now and Getz still hasn’t made a trade. Meanwhile, the Rays are already at four moves and counting. Doesn’t mean a bunch s%*# can’t or won’t happen, but I must admit I’m not feeling warm and fuzzy. And weird leaks that were talking with a Braves team that can’t afford anyone of substance reeks of potential desperation. Prove me wrong Getz and make a fucking move, even just a minor one to ensure you’re actually working this weekend.

I think it would have ramifications greater than the white flag trade if they used on of their few star players to unload a bad, but not massively large contract when they have no other financial commitments to speak of.

I think we can blame Getz for building an offense that provides Robert with no protection, hiring a hitting coach who can’t get through to him, and refusing to make a change at manager despite the team more or less quitting (although that could be on Jerry admittedly).

We are one of the lowest revenue teams in baseball?

I’m very skeptical of a legacy poster who suddenly is an insider with loads of info that only a handful of people in the front office would know.

The Sox used to be good at scouting and player development and had a LatAm pipeline that actually produced talent. The world has changed massively since 2005 and we are rapidly behind the times. The size of our analytics department should be clear evidence of that. We are also starting from complete scratch which is a task most GMs do not have to deal with.

Why? They get a ton of guaranteed money from their regional and national TV deals and have almost no payroll commitments for next year. They also don’t pay rent if attendance is super low. Don’t let Harold convince you otherwise…he simply wants to free up money so we can sign a Santander caliber free agent.

It’s becoming more and more likely that Harold is indeed Getz.

The question is how much of that is related to a potential back issue. I don’t ever recall hearing about this problem until the AFL. And it’s not like AA is lacking of pitchers with high velocities and he hit very well there.

Crochet?

Mets looking at Fedde per Sherman.

But does he have the leadership traits of a 5 star general like Robin had?

If we hire AJP, feels like it’s a Reinsdorf edict based on the above video

Honestly, both of them.

One thing I will say, but this reeks of the same info that leaked about Getz right before we avoided having an actual interview process and just handing him the GM job. I wonder if they already have the wheels in motion to replace Grifol in a same manner.

They can and I hope they do! I’m not suggesting we are fucked at this point, but I’m certainly nervous whether Getz has a handle on things and until trades actually that feeling won’t subside. Hope he kills it over the next couple of days.

I have already the SP market hasn’t moved at all, so no reason to be concerned there. But everything else is starting to go off the shelf and it would be nice to see guys like Pham, DeJong, Kopech, & Brebbia start to move. Not sure why that’s such an unreasonable thought to you.

Odd that every other seller has been able to find buyers to pair up with…