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If they succeed they probably leave.

I wonder how many have been promoted to GM after being in charge of a bad farm system? It still bothers me they have yet to draft a stud position player. I just wish for once they would hit on a franchise player. If they ever did I have this fear of Reinsdorf's plan of fans can never have nice things. Tony will probably mumble some bad idea, Reinsdorf buys it, Getz has to do it.

This seems to be the never ending problem even before Getz. So every stud pitcher in the farm system I just look at as trade pieces to fill the never ending hole of position players. Success will never be long term unless the spend money. There is no guarantee of that even in 2029. They also seem to whiff even in the FA market.

Not gonna happen.

That would be nice but the pattern of this organization doesn't support that.

That could also depend who goes with him. Those package deals to dump a player with a useful one is too risky. See last trade deadline - Vargas was all you got.

Since we are fans of a small market (JR;s choice) habitual losing team all we can think of is making trades and kick the can down the road another block. I'm beginning to think it's a mental illness. We say trade more than sign, We might even say trade more than dumpster dive. Besides a pitcher with new success big league experience or a AA but which a high ceiling is a TJ surgery away. The serious teams wont trade their big league players but always suspects/prospects this far in the season.

You forget Getz is doing the trading. I guess the goal would be to have as many players making the minimum as possible.

People are still stuck in this fantasy Robert is going to bring some value being traded. There are not many clueless GMs left. Sox might have taken the last one.

We tend to look at the money collected but it hurts many athletes more that they are not competing. They don't make pitchers like they use to either. D'Backs spend some serious money on pitching again and this happens. Last year was Montgomery which was a wasted contract and now a pitcher out for the season. Yet I will take that owner over JR any day.

The team is 3-2 against the AL Central this week.

I'm giddy over these players. It still concerns me the Sox never draft players like this.\ You see Vaughn and Montgomery at the other end of the spectrum. Then you wonder who is the next Crochet they will have to trade. Every time they draft a pitcher I start thinking future trade piece if they work out.

No he would have to suck so he can belong.

Me too

Kinda odd they "play down to the competition" of late.

But this is the White Sox - might also make him play OF.

Why curious when it's always cut payroll.

Since they have a habit of working players in different positions maybe they should do that with the mound

Project Birmingham Then there's hopes the other teams in the division will get worse.

It is odd like he was a cancer to the team

Scouting and development. GMs don't really scout unless it is office people. Then they still don get to make the final decision. Then there is also the era of the more brittle player. It's a trend in all sports.

Privately funded? That's unheard of.

Can't read it - paywall The myth is rebuilds work. That's what the consistently bad teams do. The problem with that is they never compliment the team either. That will be Reinsdorf. It's also a sport with the least amount of roster consistency.

He was paying CF in Charlotte. Make no sense to play 1st base. Soon they will have guys in the pen play 1st base.

There there's the development part.