Chicago White Sox

Chernoff would be a great hire, but no way they can land him before the end of the season. Has to be a true free agent candidate.

To be fair, what other internal candidate would there be? I’m guessing this is just posturing to make these guys feel warm & fuzzy until a new Baseball Ops leader is brought and can decide Chris’ fate.

Late to the party here, but definitely feels like it has to be someone not tied down to another organization presently and zero chance Jerry goes with Getz or an internal given how important this hire potentially is to the value of his franchise. As such, it has to be a former GM currently not employed. Anyone have any ideas?

Good fucking riddance!

If Jerry ever moved the Sox out of Chicago, then baseball would officially be dead to me. I would not give the league a single second of my time or a penny of my money. As someone who is addicted to this god-forsaken franchise, being away from it when I lived in Nashville was impossibly tough. And while my fandom stayed strong through MLBTV, Soxtalk, blogs, Fegan, etc., not being a part of the live experience was hard. And that experience is all about Chicago, our fans, and our culture. There is something unique about this franchise that has kept me loyal through all these down years and that can’t be replaced with a bunch of Nashville assholes. I know many fans here aren’t local, but the White Sox that we all love only exist within the confines of Chicago and no one should be cool with Jerry taking that away from us.

What was said if you don’t mind summarizing?

Your recent bout of trolling really sucks and this post is pure garbage…I truly hope everything in your life is going ok because it’s a very odd for someone to take joy in posting nonsense like this.

Nashville sucks

Well that would be ideal and given his wife’s passing, maybe reality is finally settling in for him.

It really is weird timing. It’s almost like Jerry has turned full heal and wants to destroy what little love for the franchise us Sox fans have left.

I was talking with my good friend recently who is a diehard Cubs and we were trying to come up with an owner worse than Jerry. Ultimately we settled on Donald Sterling and maybe the Pirates owner. It’s definitely short company and Jordan is definitely camouflage that hides how bad he’s been.

But seriously, f*** Jerry Reinsdorf. What a fucking asshole and I can’t wait until the day this franchise is finally free of his terror.

If they move to Nashville…

Can summarize the article?

He has been -18 in OAA in LF prior to this season. He’s really never been good out there, but rather average at best. Perhaps I’m overreacting to the drop-off this year, but he’s basically Scotty Pods without the speed or range. And that is a very mediocre baseball player and definitely not worth a five year commitment.

Yes, we need wholesale change, but we all know that Hahn is a problem. There is zero downside risk to firing him and going with someone else. Realistically, we need to bring in someone from the outside to be our President of Baseball Ops and let them scorch Earth this org. I think outside of Shirley & Paddy, all other members of the front office should be on the chopping block. But I’ll take a Hahn firing as an appetizer to hopefully bigger things to come.

I view this as a positive thing. This season has been one of the most disastrous in franchise history. Not just underperformance from many key players, but we also have outed clubhouse turmoil, players not pulling for each other, a lack of urgency to win, a clearly incompetent manager, and a GM who continues to be terrible in free agency, failed to fill critical holes, and secured zero pitching depth in the upper minors. It should be as clear as day to everyone involved that something is rotten in this org and Jerry has finally acknowledged that. For better or worse, that’s the first step to change. I am optimistic for the first time in forever that Hahn might not make it to next season. That won’t solve the root of the problem, but would theoretically be a start to fixing this s%*# show.

Imagine giving a bad defensive LF who can’t hit for power the largest contract in franchise history. Just such a terrible deal and it sucks that we’ll stuck with him for another four years.

I am continually amazed just how bad he is. Honestly, if he gets a second season it’s simply because Jerry is too cheap to buy him out of his contract.

Yup, you’re 100% right. There is no concrete plan, but they clearly think there is some path to contention next year. I just don’t know how they think that’s even remotely possible with only one good starting pitcher in place. Regardless, you don’t trade real prospects (or pay big dollars) for Salvy to be a mentor Lee and eventually Quero. If they’d eat a massive chunk of his salary and take lottery ticket prospects then maybe, but I don’t see the Royals doing that.

Where did you see this?

It would truly be amazing.

So much wrong with this. Trading prospects for Salvy both acknowledges they think this group can still be salvaged and that they plan to compete next year. And the Hahn the water-carrying is beyond pathetic. Yes, he wasn’t allowed to sign the premier free agents and was forced La Russa, but he’s also responsible for the broader organization that wasn’t able to provide a pipeline of talent and wasted tens of millions of dollars on crap free agents.

I love that KW is gambling on a bunch of former top pitching prospects: Honeywell (#14 overall per BA in 2018) Patino (#18 overall per BA in 2020) Toussaint (#53 overall per BA in 2019) Garcia (#55 overall per BA in 2021) If even one of these guys reaches a fraction of their ceiling, it’s a huge win for us. Giving guys like this an opportunity is exactly what we should be doing in a lost season…Pedro be damned.