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Trading him before the 2026 deadline would be premature. I dont think he'd garner enough in return without a longer track record. I have no idea how they are going to bridge the chasm between now and when anyone they can draft & develop could be ready, but trading Smith doesnt really solve any of that.

True. It is hard to top historically bad due to sheer incompetence.

Sure. Everybody hates Chris. What a delusional bullshit post.

Imagine if they actually tried to be bad 😵

How dare you use the very words I typed against me? HOW DARE YOU!!!

Win? I don't think the org is familiar with that term.

That 10th pick is a kick in the nethers. Not that I trust them to make the right pick at the top of in the draft...

Small market team + comp picks.

Normal bad, not historically bad.

When Nick Maton is your DH, AB's aren't in short supply.

Yes it's a manager gig, but somebody had to tell him taking the job would be career suicide, right?

Because he can't actually say "These guys fucking suck, what can I do? This is the garbage roster my dumbshit GM constructed, and I'm managing with both arms tied behind my back, with a boulder chained to my ankle. Anything I do is merely shuffling deck chairs on a ship sitting at the bottom of the ocean."

Cuz they are really bad at this?

Such a move might be too savvy for Getz, so you might have a point.

They probably could have non-tendered him and brought him back cheeper if that were the case. It's not like teams are clammoring for bad 1B who can't hit.

Completely agree. Piling up loses is expected during a rebuild, but we aren't exactly seeing growth or progress or an improved process overall. Getz can't even assemble a regular bad MLB roster during the early phase of a rebuild, so why should we hope that he can fix the minor league system, or overhaul scouting, talent evaluation, and developement?

This is where I have been the past few seasons. MLB.tv is a saving grace. There is just so much better baseball to watch elsewhere than to let JR's unceasing disgrace rob me of baseball joy.

Yeah, not exactly new news. The 2025 start is just another in a long series of disgraces. All part of the all encompassing and neverending disgrace that is Jerry Reinsdorf. Nothing new under the sun here.

Certainly one of Getz' many trade flops can field better than Palacios?? What the hell.

He looks completely clueless out there.

This is going great...

oooof

If he rejects, it's usually reported as cleared wiavers and elected free agency. Unfortunately for us, no one else wants his sorry ass so he chose to stay in the org.

Can't waste (only) a year. Must waste 10.

I was perusing the Sox top 30 this morning, and it was really difficult to see anyone with a 2025/2026 eta, outside of Teel, who had a chance to be a difference maker. We are going to have a team with maybe 3 good position players, all burning service time, with nothing but retreads filling out the roster. With little to look forward to coming from the minors and zero hope of adding a star via FA. I think Getz is missing the build part of "rebuild"...