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Yeah, the Reinsdorf Method is "play it safe." Sign the Keuchels, Grandals, Melkys, Benintendis, and LaRoches of the world as your big gets vs. actually signing big free agents like Machado or Harper in their prime. Sign older "proven" Cuban prospects vs. shelling out an extra $100,000 for teenagers like Juan Soto. Robert and Abreu are exceptions to this rule. Robert had mega hype. Abreu had quiet hype dating back to 2012. Trade prospects for rentals, cause they're just prospects and prospects are risky. The White Sox Traded Away Prospects Team would be legit scary. The problem is that it worked in 2005, so JR and Kenny got high on their own supply and figured they could build a contender that way. JR basically tells his GM they can only buy a 2012 Honda Civic in 2023.

Do the Giants really get credit for Rodon? Or is that Katz? Or is it Katz, via the Giants?

...do you actually not know who Jomboy is, after being an online baseball fan all these years?

Boy, do I remember when AKME hired a capologist.

This made me look up Enrique Bradfield's numbers and god damnit. That being said, still pulling for Gonzalez. But I have 0 faith in a Getz-led organization to develop him.

Pour one out for Cuban Madrigal.

It seems that I am going to mock this quote for Getz's entire tenure.

David Stearns would take time to assess this winning organization. Can't have that. We've got a baseball teacher in charge.

Personally, I expect Brian Shaw and Lenyn Sosa to have sleepovers.

Clearly, all issues would be solved by a circular locker room.

Nah you're right, I fixed it

But the Padres are the worst team My theory that these two teams are bound by fate due to Tatis might be true after all.

He is literally the GM.

Yeah, the catchers hopping from Winston-Salem to Charlotte for short spells has been done before. I think in part because of the proximity.

Yeah for some reason we're the only team with consistently "baseball stupid" LatAm players. It's a White Sox thing. It's how Chris Getz teaches baseball, apparently.

I'm sorry bama I was swamped today

Jerry has flouted the Selig Rule pretty blatantly with La Russa and Getz, but they've had high ranking minority employees for a long time. Like yeah, I get that Willie Harris was done dirty and Getz was a farce. But I really don't understand this. 4 of the past 6 managers were minorities. The top exec for two decades was Black. Darryl Boston is coated in Teflon. Hell, Wilder was replaced by Paddy, so it's not like he was replaced by a white guy. If you're looking to rage against anyone, look north to the Ricketts family and Papa Joe

You know it's bad when Dave Wilder is coming back from the shadows to dump gasoline in the fire.

Of course not. Scouts cost money.

Cause rookies are expendable and only smart organizations spend time developing rookie talent.

Pedro is so fucking Charmin soft with vets, but with rookies he leaps at the chance to be a hard ass.

Grifol about to install a time card punch in, punch out clock at the G-Rate

He's on a roll.