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Not only does he not have a character limit (blue checkmark), he's well under the old character limit. It reeks of "Bowden just spewing his brain garbage," cause the only way this tweet doesn't work out for him is if Sasaki goes to the White Sox.

Nicky Lopez+

Eh, Shewmake was fine as a toss in. I've razzed the Bummer trade enough because it was mostly roster filler that the Braves (good org) dumped on Getz, but Riley Gowens had a good year. The problem is when Getz keeps doing this baffling thing of making moves to acquire age in exchange for youth. He did it so, so much last year. His better moves are the inverse, but even then Vargas is a red mark and the Cease deal comes down to how you view Thorpe's future in the league (and, again, he acquired an old reliever). We all saw last year that vet leadership means jack s%*# when it's devoid of talent.

Cause "seasoned" is the best compliment you can give a bad, old reliever and Getz's entire FO revamp has been stressing his ability to develop guys internally?

Or maybe a prospect like Yhoiker Fajardo?

Oh, sure. But the Sox drafted him for some reason and to trade him for an old AAA reliever is silly. Especially cause a good front office clearly thinks they're making the better move.

Bowden saying this makes me feel like there's a chance.

If the argument is that Combs had a high walk rate in college, then that means Shirley made a bad draft pick.

The baseball men are cooking.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/zFordesi/every-2024-white-sox-player This quiz still cracks me up. I got 52 and even that was daunting.

I mean, I'm on Team Getz Made Panicky Moves, but idk if they were early call-ups so much as Brad Keller, Nick Senzel and the parade of corpses that paved the path to the 121.

Instructions unclear, drafting Jeanty or Burden instead.

This isn't a haiku nor any other type of poem. I feel robbed.

Yes, that's exactly it. 100%. No other reason. Just cause TLR looked at him and said, "Phil, my boy! You are baseball smart!"

And sorry @Chicago White Sox, you've been a good poster for years here, but let's be 100: You once got so fed up with this team that you declared you were leaving Chicago for Nashville due to this team. Like, why should the anti-Getz Caucus (if we're truly going this route) support trading a young, live-arm for a 32-year-old carpenter? Hiring a guy toxic ex-manager to be part of the organization? Slashing the payroll to Fischerian levels? Should we be OK with Reinsdorf playing footsie with Dave Stewart and Nashville while the Ishbia brothers were apparently making offers? Like, what has the team done to deserve any benefit of the doubt?

Ok, so let me get this straight: Those of us that didn't want Phil Nevin to be part of this organization during the managerial search should now be OK with him being part of this organization?

I mean, we briefly had a hitting coach that said "f*** the home run," so, there's that. He was with the Orioles for only a few months. So if the Rays get him to lift the ball, a small outdoor park in a warmer climate may indeed help him.

The Dodgers also have two World Series championships and have been to the playoffs 11 years in a row, so they get a pass.

I 100% believe TLR told Getz to hire him for this reason. "Director of Giving a Rat's Ass."

You're right, having a dude with temper issues developing impressionable young players sounds like a good idea.

Ah, we're still the same stupid organization.

Two MVP caliber/perennial All-Star players+ is pretty bad in return for James Shields and Jeff Samardzija.

If any non-Dodgers team could fix a dude, it's Tampa Bay. Also, their temporary field dimensions: Left Field – 318 ft (97 m) Left-Center – 399 ft (122 m) Center Field – 408 ft (124 m) Right-Center – 385 ft (117 m) Right Field – 314 ft

Tatis, Semien, Bassitt, Gio, Montas, Escobar, Reed, Hudson, Devenski.