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Which is? I don't know

that makes me think of only the White Sox.

Trading a player that is good because he might turn bad is so White Sox. If only people could answer why they turn bad that would be genius. We like to think work ethic could be an issue. I wonder if anyone asked that with Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Pete Rose, and so much more. Unfortunately this happens in all sports. It seems to happen to the Sox more than anyone, even with free agents. Amazed at the crystal ball experts.

The Marlins are another baseball hell.

In some ways it seems JR fooled us. I remember to this day his first year as owner watching the opening day game with Fisk and Luzinsky. Then there was the strike year when the talk in baseball was a Sox-Braves WS. Then the white flag trade which probably wouldn't happen now with expanded playoffs. Then the TLR failure. Some of us are conditioned that we can't have nice things. Sox fans are not alone in this. There's more than enough owners who are into cheap labor. That idea of a salary cap wont fix that. They will still suck but brag how much they are under the cap.

That's why I don't watch Charlotte. It's like watching a Sox Sunday lineup or day game.

They overlooked that drafting him. How well they move on the bases is not on the Sox list. Even if Robert can't hit he can turn a walk into a double. Vaughn turns a double into a single. With these tweets criticizing his work ethic which only he knows, it could be that he's just not good at baseball and was a flash in the pan. That happens a lot.

Actually it's the scouts. You can even trace that to the KW era.

As long as Reinsdoef is around it will be a rebuild of a rebuild rebuild. Those don't guarantee success. What does it really mean (not using the White Sox yardstick) of being competitive again. I guess there are always hopes the Sox get better while the other teams in their division get worse.

I only look at the box score but 3 in the 9th really stood out. That's not the White Sox.

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.