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There's also Dom Canzone, who they seem intent on finding regular AB's, and Haniger's corpse taking up a roster spot. DH is fairly wide open, but I get the sense they will rotate guys through over finding a regular. I would take Robert over anyone not named Julio, but Seattle ownership is cheap and the FO seems content with what they have. I just don't see them pursuing Robert before the deadline, if at all.

Mariner’s OF is already pretty crowded. They have the prospects but I just don’t see them making a splash at this juncture.

There was mention of a Score interview a few pages back. My guess is that the story has gotten enough attention that JR wants to quash the speculation. Or he really loves destroying our hopes and dreams. Not that both can't be true.

Oh tray, don't stop never stopping.

Everything he says publicly these days feels like a leverage play.

And they’ll get way more with less control than Getz did🤦🏽‍♀️

If Rojas isn’t at 3B it’s basically a wasted roster spot. I hope Venable doesn’t try to shoehorn a bad defender in at 3B.

I was about to say. It’s also a relatively new facility. And if the Sky needed a bigger space, the UC could accommodate summer WNBA games without needing a separate stadium build.

I give him until the 3rd inning of the first regular season game before he's picking fights on air again.

Which is entirely possible. The issue isn't signing Flexen per se, it's the history of this org burning gobs of money on the fringes of the roster expecting it to make a difference. Which is something Hahn did a lot, as did Getz in his first year. Perhaps Getz is learning that he can get equal value from an NRI and doesn't have to lock up bad players with good money.

Thanks for continuing to misconstrue what I actually said. I in no way said that Fegan isn't a journalist. If you read it that way, that is 100% your bias getting in the way. I went searching for corroborating articles to Fegan's and only found blog posts, not accredited journalists writing for their respective outlets. I did not do an extensive search, and obviously I missed other articles written by DVS, Passan et al. I have done paid writing for a blog, and I sure as hell am no journalist. That is the distinction I used after my very cursory search. But if that is too difficult for you to understand, so be it. You failing to understand my post and blowing it out of proportion is not a me problem.

That's how I interpret it as well. Or a meagre attempt to distance this regime from the last, despite being part of the last.

Maybe a very in over his head GM didn't understand that all the guys he gave guaranteed deals to could have been had on minor league non-roster invites?

The debate was never actually about the validity of Fegan's work, but it was misconstrued as such.

You completely misread my statement. I'm not attacking Fegan, he is legit and one of the better credentialed writers to cover this sorry ass team. I'm debunking @WestEddy's unsubstantiated claims used in an attempt to dunk on me for questioning his almighty holiness Chris Getz. I will continue to stand by my statement that it is premature to state unequivocally that Getz has brought about foundational change in the front office. We don't and can't know this yet. Yet. We need actual evidence that Getz's efforts to change the White Sox FO modus operandi is working, and it's too soon to know either way.

This is nice to hear, but podcasting and writing for our respective blogs don't equate to multiple journalists reporting on said front office change as a specific poster claimed. This isn't a shot across anyone's bow. I have nothing but respect for those out there hustling to get truthful information from an insular org, or who care enough to write/blog/pod about a sorry-ass franchise in our spare time.

I went searching for these reports by multiple journalists and found more articles on the stadium name change than on what Fegan is reporting. As a matter of fact, I did not find a single article to corroborate Fegan's piece. There are plenty of older articles talking about changes the Sox are supposedly making from recent years, most before Getz assembled the worst team in modern baseball, and none from actual journalists. Which of course comes as no surprise. As unsurprising as another unsubstantiated claim from the least credible Getz defender on this site.

Your statements mean absolutely nothing to me, as you've proven time and again that you lack any semblance of objectivity when it comes to Chris Getz work in the White Sox front office. And your snarky little holier than thou quip is pretty laughable. I am not refuting that these things are happening behind the scenes. I am simply stating that we do not know that foundational change is happening, or has happened as the poster claimed. Nothing has proven out yet. My tangible proof is Jerry Reinsdorf's record as White Sox Chairman, and the current state of the franchise following an historic 121 loss season. 40 years of Reinsdorf ownership tells me plenty about the bounds in which a Sox GM is allowed to operate. My skepticism is backed by the org's track record of being bad.

making some actual strides =/= Getz has made legitimate foundational change. I would like to believe Getz is doing what you're saying, but we don't actually know it yet, and I can't put faith in what the FO says. Nothing he is purportedly doing has been proven out yet, and we don't have evidence of tangible change. All I'm saying is that it's premature to make such definitive statements.

I'm not a Sox Machine subscriber, so no. Can you provide tangible evidence that supports your claim that Getz has made legitimate foundational change?

We don't actually know this though. At least not in any quantifiable manner yet, or with any tangible permanence. JR still holds the reins, and there will always be a limit to what change any GM can bring about. Getz's hires look good on paper, but this is also the same GM who put the worst team in modern baseball on the field. It is fair to question his competence across the board after his disastrous first year on the job. Getz was never a qualified hire and has yet to prove otherwise IMO. Our skeptical criticism is fair, and to say his actions are backed by legitimate foundational change is woefully premature.

While true, it doesn’t negate the point. The 121 loss White Sox cannot look to the 119 loss Tigers and think they can quickly climb out of the cellar because the owner refuses to operate in any what that would allow that to happen.

Gee, I wonder what the major difference between that Tigers team and this White Sox org is...

C - Lee, Thais 1B - Vaughn 2B - Rojas SS - Montgomery 3B - Vargas DH - Gallo/a rotation of guys for rest/matchups LF - Benintendi CF - Taylor RF - Tauchaman/Slater 4th OF - Fletcher Util - Sosa Not how I would pick them, but seems like the right mix of logic + White Sox stupid.

There are players on this list whose names I completely forgot 😂