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Maybe if this team were a young talent laden up and comer AJ would make sense. I still don’t like that he’s never coached professionally before. Being better than Pedro is a very low bar, and hardly and indicator of future success.

I do believe both of those guys were coaches on MLB staffs before being hired. Both of those orgs also aren’t toxic cesspools insistent on doing everything wrong and expecting it to work.

Ego? Sox fans still adore him, and it’s not like any other org is knocking on the door offering high profile jobs to the woefully unqualified.

It’s hardly different. AJ has zero professional coaching experience. If they wanted different they would hire someone who actually has done the job before who isn’t a washed up drunk. AJ would be another in the long line of un/under qualified hires by this org.

I get not wanting to help a division rival, but it hardly matters when you’re gonna lose 120 games and have nothing to even build with yet. We are YEARS away from having to worry about competing against guys they traded away.

Feels way too similar to Bob floating TLR to me.

Bob floating this gives me TLR flashbacks. JR just can’t get out of his own way.

Won't compromise wins for development either, yet here we are at 80 losses before August.

He's in over his head and is an embarrassment, but not for the reasons you've stated. He can't make teams meet his demands. Embarrassing here would be selling Robert and Crochet for pennies on the dollar. The Pham's of the world will be gone soon enough, once buyers pivot to lesser needs.

If the White Sox want to win, they only need to change absolutely everything about how they operate. No biggie.

What a bizarre story this has turned into.

Clase probably drops out of the M's top 10 after this year had he stayed in the org, so who knows how Toronto views him. He was very expendable and I'm honestly surprised he's all it took to acquire Garcia.

Meh. Doesn't move the needle much IMO. But that's what you're going to get when you hug protects to death.

Yimi was one of the best available pen arms. I'm ecstatic!

Getting hurt while on the active roster accrued a hell of a lot of service time.

It would need to be 2-3 weeks.

Between Locklear and Vosler, they have two young but unproven 1B on the roster already. They need actual upgrades, not a guy that's already proven to be a bust.

Totally agree. I can't see them ponying up for Robert now.

I think Getz needs to prove that he's capable of not fucking it up before we can actually believe it. It's like the reverse benefit of the doubt.

Robert and Kopech leaving on the Mariner's charter? I like the sound of that.

Music to my ears!

Their starting staff is too good this year to squander. Yes their offense has been dreadful, but they are still in a virtual tie with Houston for 1st. Mariners fans would riot if they waived the white flag at the deadline.

They could upgrade any of 1B, 3B, RF, and DH. Arozarena feels like a good upgrade to fall back on in case they can't upgrade elsewhere. They didn't dip into their top 10 though, so there is no reason they can't add another impact bat and a high leverage pen arm before Tuesday.

10 teams you say? BIDDING WAR!! BIDDING WAR!! (please don’t f*** this up Getz…)

Not one bit. But the Ms had to do something to address their offensive woes, and didn’t have to dip into their top ten to do it. Hopefully they aren’t done adding (cough cough Luis Robert).