Chicago White Sox

Again, my point is Chris Getz isn’t just a fan like us, he is accountable for the results of the team. He got a free pass last year because of the s%*# sandwich he inherited, but if we lose 121 games again that might be it for him as GM. As such, he can’t just run out any random young player next year and risk total disaster across the field. He’s got to balance developing young players while also shoring up the team in a few spots with a budget that’s candidly garbage. Slater is a guy who put up a 137 wRC+ against LHP from 2019 to 2023. He was admittedly bad last year, but was much better with the O’s (114 wRC+ against LHP) to close out the season. The question is can he be a +120 wRC+ platoon hitter again over the course of a full season. If he can, he helps shore up a position that we got -2 wins out of last season and actually creates a trade chip with some value (even if not massive). For $1.75M, I believe it’s a worthwhile gamble, especially with his former hitting coach now in our org. As for Meidroth, he was the third piece of a major trade and like all prospects of his stature he could certainly bust. I personally like that we acquired him and believe his combination of elite plate discipline and bat to ball skills will play at the majors to some extent. If he’s a full on bust, it doesn’t really change my opinion of the trade unless there was a red flag missed or his carrying tools don’t hold in the majors. I can and will certainly hold Getz accountable for a broader set of misses, but it wouldn’t be unfair of me to completely change my stance on a particular move I supported just due to the benefit of hindsight.

If he sucks oh well? You were one of the biggest fans of the Fletcher trade and now rip Getz to shreds for making it. Are you seriously going to pretend you’d give him a free pass if Canario sucks as well? You will demand Getz be fired the moment Canario fails if we were to actually trade something to acquire him.

How does Meidroth look for those watching?

Really good stuff. Lots of quality prospects not making the top 30 reflects we haven’t seen KW was in charge of the farm system. My guess of the top 30 prospects in no particular order: IF (9): C. Montgomery, Meidroth, Ramos, Bonemer, Gonzalez, Bergolla, Perez, Albertus, Antonacci OF (5): B. Montgomery, Wolkow, Zavala, McLain, Saucke CA (2): Teel, Quero RHP (9): Taylor, Iriarte, Adams, Burke, Gonzalez, Batista, Carela, Nastrini, Smith LHP (5): Schultz, Smith, Bush, Larson, Eder IMO, Eder should not be in the top 30 over Pallette or Adler. I’d also have Ronny Hernandez at the very end of the list, although not sure who I would remove to make room for him. A 121 wRC+ for a 19 year old catcher is super impressive despite shortcomings to his game at the moment.

Nope, just another dumb, lazy article on the matter

Hobson is in the process of becoming the controlling owner of the White Sox?

Again, could be Ishbia’s camp, could be the minority owners who are selling, could be the banks overseeing the transaction, could be the MLB executives approving the transaction. There are so many parties involved, this thing will leak to some degree. This is completely different than Ishbia buying a couple percentage points in the team when he wasn’t on anyone’s radar. He will likely be the majority shareholder when it’s all said and that’s a massive fucking deal. People like Greenberg will be hounding anyone and everyone to get the scoop on this because we all know this is happening. Jerry may not want this to leak, but this is so much greater than him at this point he won’t be able to control it.

Pallette? They have permanently moved him to being a reliever. I saw one article that talked about how they looked at how his arm recovers after starting vs. reliving and they felt pretty confidently the stuff was regularly with the latter.

Where did you see this common thinking?

It certainly could be dead arm or him trying to reign things in to improve his control. But untimely the hope with Eder was a velocity increase if limited to one or two innings and he’s currently going backwards. I’m not 100% writing him off just yet, but I don’t see what reasons for optimism there are with him.

Again, everyone is under an NDA until the purchase is approved by MLB. That clearly hasn’t happened yet.

From the original story: What part of my post do you not agree with?

Sure, but that doesn’t change my point.

I know it was a short appearance, but Pallette with a 50% CSW rate. He’s going to be up at some point in the first of this year if I had to guess.

Someone is going to leak. There are simply too many parties involved.

We knew he was an investor when he expressed interest in buying the Twins. And we’re talking about very different things. My guess is his previous shares were low single digits…we’re talking about potentially +50% now. It will 100% come at some point once the purchase is approved the league. Something of this magnitude will be impossible to control once NDA’s are no longer intact.

KW was once a good GM…unfortunately once analytics and modern player development & scouting tools took over the game he was left in the dust

I’m with you, but it’s hard to be optimistic about Eder right now. And I’m not a guy who typically overreacts to early season velocity or temporary drops, but him throwing 92 MPH is incredibly concerning given his challenges last year.

I feel pretty strongly it should be Baldwin even if Colson was healthy. There is just no reason to start his clock early during a 110+ loss season.

Definitely looking like a bust right now. I’ve pretty much lost all optimism unless he gets moved to the pen and the stuff miraculously comes back. It’s funny that Hahn actually did some of his best work those last few months of selling and KW makes one bad trade that highlights everything wrong with the org during that era.

His stuff wasn’t this bad when we first got him though right? 92 MPH seems way worse than that and he was already down when we got him.

Why can’t Baldwin exactly?

To be honest, I’d be super happy if he misses time. He doesn’t offer much if Robert is on the roster.

Yes, this was mentioned in the original Athletic article I believe

Right now I see 18 roster locks assuming no more trades: Infield (4): Vaughn, Rojas*, Vargas, Sosa Outfield (4): Robert, Tauchman*, Slater, Taylor Catcher (2): Lee, Thais* Rotation (4): Martin, Cannon, Perez*, Burke M.I. Relief (3): Smith, B. Wilson, Gilbert* S.I. Relief (2): Varland, Booser* That leaves three positional spots and four pitching roles open. These are the guys I think will be in the mix for those seven spots assuming that Benintendi, Ramos, & Berroa are all currently out of consideration due to health: Positional Battles: Starting SS: Mongomery*, Baldwin#, & Meidroth Backup IF: Baldwin#, Meidroth, Amaya, & Drury Other Bench: Baldwin#, Drury, Fletcher*, Colas*, & Gallo* Pitching Battles: Rotation: Nastrini, Iriarte, & Adams (Smith, B. Wilson, & Gilbert*) RH Relief: Anderson, Murfee, Leasure, Clevinger, & S. Wilson (Smith & B. Wilson) LH Relief: Ellard*, Eisert*, & Shuster* (Gilbert*) I’ve bolded the seven I think get those jobs plus Gilbert for winning the #5 spot.