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Notice how I said he'd likely out produce guys here? Getz should have claimed the dude already, and should be giving as many guys like Canario a shot over the 30 something crowd that have no future here. But he's incompetent, so he won't. I have zero expectations for Getz to make smart moves like this. But I'm not going to lament passing on a fringe guy that would likely be burried here just the same.

He's the random castoff flavor of the week. Getz will stick to his beloved washed up vets, and Canario will go somewhere else and have little impact, yet still out-produce anyone he would have replaced here. Much to the consternation of few.

Yeah, bad luck is such a minute factor here that it's almost irrelevant. If new hires that look great on paper aren't impacting or preventing the continual string of bad decisions, what exactly has changed other than the names in those positions?

There is no if about it.

Because these are the White Sox and incompetence reigns? But also, holy s%*# are they bad at this.

M's OF is pretty full. Unless Colas can magically play 3B, I'm gonna call bullshit. Just like all of this dude's phoney leaks. If multiple teams had interest, Colas wouldn't have just been DFA'd at the end of spring.

Classic. OD rosters dont have to be announced until Thursday morning, so the entire OP is moot.

Oh Happy Day!!

Getz walked into a bad situation, yes, but he was also involved in its making. He then proceeded to dig the hole even deeper, putting out the worst team in baseball history while burning limited trade capital for poor returns. He also failed miserably in adding short term flippable assests while burying youth that needed to be evaluated at the big league level. His one good trade is mostly responsible for a higher farm rating in my view, and a farm system rating based on amassing talent other orgs traded to you is not impressive to me. Getz, the former director of player development, can't exactly point to many developemental wins under his watch. Position player developemet has been a long term failure for this org, of which he was a part of and in charge of. It is too soon to know if his org changes will have a tangible impact on player developement - an area he has already been responsible for and has failed miserably. I'll believe it when I see it. His hires look good so far, but it is too soon judge the impact. While it appears he is overhauling the org, we haven't exactly seen him display a magic touch in other areas, so the skepticism there is fair. Dragging the org into the 20th century is great, but he gets no credit from me until its proven that the org is functioning at the same modern era standards the best orgs in baseball are. If Getz were an outside hire walking in with zero previous ties I might have more grace for the job he has done so far. But that is not the case. The few positives we can point to aren't very tangible yet, and simply don't offset his tangible failures so far. He gets nothing but an F from me.

F -

Excited is not a word I can use with anyone likely to be on the opening 26 man.

This was probably true for Thorpe even before TJ.

Not the dreaded forearm tightness, but still still not overy encouraging.

I feel safe stating this in the present tense.

If he were let go and had success elsewhere, perhaps there might br a few people upset by that. But every one of his detractors would be happy to be wrong if he were to figure it out and turn into a productive player, myself included.

Lets hope the scarcity of save opportunites keeps him so burried at the end of the bench we forget he's even on the roster...

The only 'Designated' that best fits Vargas is Designated For Assignment.

Decent in 2023, rather mediocre last season. He can cover all 3 OF spots, but spends most of his time in LF. I guess he's a solid depth signing, but not sure he offers much as a flip candidate either.

Albert Belle's contract was almost 30 years ago. It would be silly to hold that up as some shining example, since it was probably the last time JR paid top dollar for a premiere FA. It is the outlier, and not JR's norm. We don't know when, or if, Jerry will approve of a higher overall budget again either. History up until the past few seasons suggests he will, but with the Ishbia news, Jerry very well might want to keep payrolls low as team control changes hands. None of us know how he will operate for the next few years.

My thoughts exactly.

Bring back the diamond sock and they are perfect.

I don't believe so. He was added to the 40 man last November but has never been on the active roster. They'll burn an option but no MLB service time.