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Did not address RF, again - F. Did not replace Rodon - F. Did not add a LH power bat - F. Did not upgrade 2B - F. Did not bolster depth anywhere - F. Craig Kimbrel - F. Did little to nothing to fix this clubs shortcomings to fare better against other playoff teams - F. Hell of an off-season White Sox org!

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Domestic brands are my last resort so it matters little to me. I’ll grab a craft on tap or a Modelo and be happy.

Yeah I think it was just in reference to a question about adding Conforto or a RF.

Sure they are Stoney…

Eh, they are both flying rats IMO. I don’t see gulls in the city often, pigeons however…

Oh I would be surprised if it happens. Any Kimbrel move seems like wishful thinking at this point.

It’s not the 29 other teams we should be overly worried about. It’s the 11 other teams that make the post season, teams that they fared far worse against last year, and magically expect to be better against w/o substantial upgrades this time around. The FO deserves to be on blast for not improving the team that got their asses handed to them in 4 games last October. They promised us a team that could compete for multiple championships, but sure seem content with multiple AL Central championships instead.

They might be the 4th best collection of talent (?), but the lack of real depth and durability/consistency questions begs how they really stack up over the course of a long season + playoffs.

Ah yes, ‘rich players have enough’ discourse that doesn’t also apply to greedy billionaires. Love that consistency.

I’m cool with Kimbrel + cash for Meadows.

What does DJJ have to do get minutes these days?

Hahn wanted an entirely different type of manager too. I honestly wonder if he is GM in title now and just does the leg work while TLR makes the personnel decisions.

You aren’t wrong, but it doesn’t mean TLR was good either.

I don’t care what TLR claims about missing a sign. You don’t throw a guy under the bus like that to the media, you take care of it in the clubhouse behind closed doors.

Like he had Yermin's back after the Minnesota fiasco? Didn't he throw someone else under the bus too? His embarrassing moments were too many to keep track of.

Or while coasting the entire 2nd half preceding said post season.

I'm more into the Visigoths myself.

Not settling with Gio over a 200K difference in Arb #s points to an end in his tenure when his rookie deal is up IMO. With the Sox aversion to paying up, I think the writing is on the wall.

In reality there are no real parallels between the teams fortunes, so arguing over comparisons and conflations is pretty silly.