Chicago White Sox

Jarred Kelenic may end up a bust, but the talent is obvious. And Bummer has tremendous stuff even if the results lately have sucked. These guys may not ultimately work out, but the price was a bunch of garbage. Given the insane team he already has in place, these are smart gambles to take. Meanwhile, we’re pretending that “defense” is this magical thing that will cure all our problems even if it comes at the expense of offense.

The Kelenic thread

I’m sure the Braves are eating $3M or $4M of this. Just for the record, I don’t necessarily hate this move in isolation (depending on the cash coming back). I just hate that a team was selling a young player for bad money and we could have executed something like this ourselves with some balls and little bit of cash, but instead it’s the loser the franchises like us, the Pirates, & Angels helping the elite Braves accomplish that.

Salvy wasn’t in our “means” most likely, but yes, at least he’s not an option now.

We just traded for him him so 26 man roster

You could see this move coming a million miles away. AA is fucking feasting left & right on premium talent while Getz is pouncing on the has-been scraps falling off AA’s table. Jerry Reinsdorf isn’t a serious owner and the Sox aren’t a serious baseball organization.

@Bob Sacamano - I called it!

Unfortunately Jerry living another 10 years is probably going to happen. Ohtani to the Cubs will prevent any kid in Chicago from ever choosing the Sox as their team which will eventually have an impact on attendance / interest and ultimately revenue. I can say this with certainty as I have a nine year old son who loves Ohtani and would immediately become a Cubs fan if he signed with them.

I honestly can’t think of anything that would more negatively impact the Sox than Ohtani signing with the Cubs. Basically just kill off any pipeline of future Sox fans for the next 5 to 10 years.

Why no? Have you seen the roster?

Probably to us…lol

What you hearing Pal?

Former Driveline intern per Boddy himself

Didn’t know where to put this. Not sure if a new position or a backfill, but if the former maybe Getz is trying to modernize things? It would be nice to give Bannister a legit pitching lab.

Meanwhile, Getz is still bragging about how one year of Soroka, two years of a solid utility guy, and a couple fringe prospects is a “foundational” move.

Lol…don’t forgot the Alex Rios claim! You could argue that’s one the 10 largest expenditures in franchise history.

What’s funny is that we actually offered a higher AAA than SD, we just were afraid to guarantee years 9 & 10 because of all the talent we’d have lock up come 2027. Because as you know, when you have endless job security, it’s more important to long range plan than actually try to put the best team together in the now.

Don’t do this to me Quin. The hurt is still too real.

Hopefully the Ohtani signing will finally allow the next wave of OF stars like Merrifeld to get their bidding wars going.

I bet it feels like signing Andrew Benintendi without that gross “what did I just fucking do” feeling the next day.

f*** yes…sad I’ll never no what signing a star in free agency feels like.

I can’t believe that Jerry knew all along that all Ohtani wanted was for his suitor to play hard to get!

I know about this kid, but I will say free agency sucks next year (positional wise at least) so buying a younger free agent a year early (assuming you like them) would make sense.

Yes they are

Toronto winning these sweepstakes would be amazing. Let’s hope it happens.