TheFutureIsNear

Are you suggesting they are going to be old and broken down by the time the Sox are good? Might be the case because the franchise sucks and may never get good, but the idea that we have to look 5/6 years down the road is crazy to me. A competent franchise should be able to get back into contention by ‘26. And no I wouldn’t be worried about having guys in the prime at 28/29 with multiple years of team control left.

Is Nola really a low tier ace? He’s been largely a 3/4 with 2 low tier ace years mixed in. That’s a lot of $ for a SP that’s had an era above 4.4 2 of the past 3 years…I know the Phillies have it and SP’s aren’t easy to come by, but definitely a good bit of risk here.

Frasso, Pages, Busch, and Feduccia would be my asking price from the Dodgers. Feduccia just because we are likely to be in desperate need for a playable catcher at some point next year

Any combo of 2 of Painter, Abel, Crawford, and Aidan Miller from the Phillies + a lesser prospect would be a nice deal for the Sox. And I think the Phillies make a lot of sense as they are on the cusp of a WS and Cease represents a way to get a TOR SP without spending a lot of $ so they can spend elsewhere.

Certainly nothing to complain about here, good move. Do I have any faith in the Sox being able to “fix” prospects the Braves couldn’t? No, but crazier things have happened I suppose. Hopefully whatever forearm issues Soraka was dealing with at the end of the year isn’t foreshadowing for a surgery to come.

Yeah I honestly don’t even know about the Tigers owners and their financial situation. Bad franchise and not a destination city would have been a better way to put it. Basically, the statement the Sox put out is complete BS is what I’m saying. Going to Detroit is not a “career changing” moment like they tried to spin it and I highly doubt Jason even wanted to go there.

I don’t think any human on earth could talk about the last few seasons of White Sox baseball with a straight face. Did you want to hear how shitty our franchise is for 2 hrs straight every game? Gotta fill the depressing dead air with something. Bennetti is a high level announcer and letting him leave is dumb. Especially when it’s to another poverty franchise in the same division. No way Detroit blew him away with a huge offer Jerry couldn’t pay.

Is it bad that I actually really want the front office to try and compete? But only because I think that will result in unintentional tanking.

Can you point to the off field issues for the rest of the team? Except for maybe Robert, literally the entire organization has underperformed and failed to meet expectations. Time to admit this organization is a cesspool of failure. Tim was just an easy target, albeit some was indeed self inflicted. With that said, this isn’t anything I’m upset about. I’m sure TA is just as happy to leave as fans are to get rid of him, might be best for all sides. If the $ is spent in an intelligent way, great. But if he was let go just for the sake of getting rid of him and saving $ I personally would have held on to him to see if a turn around and trade could have happened.

The team is in so much flux that I honestly don’t care who the manager is. No manager is saving this sinking ship. Suffer it out 1 more year with Pedro and this terrible roster and then bring in someone new when the team is (hopefully) revamped.

There’s maybe 100 sports franchise in the country worth owning and the Sox are 1 of them. There’s almost 800 billionaires in the US alone. The scarcity makes it make perfect sense. Plus, if done right, a baseball franchise in a major market like Chicago SHOULD be a great way to make a profit. We just have unfortunately been stuck with Jerry, who doesn’t care enough to do things the right way to cultivate and keep the fan base

The move is obviously to keep rebuilding, but who do we have left that has any value? Cease(coming off a down year), Robert…and ??? No idea how they turn this thing around other than 3-4 more bad years with good drafting. And that’s like asking for a miracle with this organization. Sadly the best solution for the mental health of us fans is to just ignore the Sox as much as possible until there’s a new owner.

Still don’t think Getz should have been the hire…but it is undeniably a good sign that he’s surrounding himself with smart people that fill holes the organization has had for a long time.

This is the definition of shuffling the chairs on the titanic. This franchise is doomed. And I can almost guarantee they will shift away from the tear down and try to patch this team back together. Jerry’s main goal has always been to stay relevant just to profit.

This story has gotta be 1 of the weirder ones in a while. How do 2 people get shot in a crowded baseball stadium and no one knows how? If it was from outside of the stadium it would have had to be 2 bullets falling from the sky that hit 2 different people? My only guess is that someone snuck a gun into the stadium and it accidentally discharged at the right/wrong time when there was a lot of noise so it wasn’t noticeable.

What if Jerry said F it and hired Jeffery Luhnow? Would fans care about the cheating scandal? He’s gotta be the best candidate for the president role. His resume with the Astros is incredible regardless of the scandal.

Ok well that’s better I guess…didn’t know that. But obviously there’s just no reason for him to be around in general. Don’t even want Tony having input on who the next GM should be

The fact that TLR was already brought in as a consultant tells me all I need to know…it’s going to be a weak hire that is another puppet. No up and coming GM with options is going to come and work under JR and have Tony’s stinky beer breathe down their neck.

There is no quick fix. Hire someone who can draft and develop a minor league system so we can hope for sustained success in 3 years or so. Trying to band aid this roster together to go for a .500 record will only result in more disaster…unless JR suddenly opens up the checkbook, which ain’t happening.

Amiel Sawdaye would be my choice. A young(ish) fresh mind with a history of great drafting and player development with both Boston and now Arizona

So if they intend to hire someone this season doesn’t that all but guarantee it’s someone internal or currently unemployed? Could they even conduct front office interviews from other teams during the season?

Please don’t go internal. Hire somebody from the Braves or Rays and overhaul this thing. There’s no band aid big enough to fix this organization in the short term, bring someone in that can build a minor league system and identify talent. If it’s not Getz I’m curious what ancient dinosaur Jerry can dig up to do the job. I don’t have high hopes for liking the hire

Im no expert, but moving a bad team to a new city in Tennessee seems like a sure fire disaster. Maybe you’ll get more fans in the beginning out of novelty, but no way that’s a sustainable market. Jerry should try this really crazy money making idea…put effort into having a winning team. Really out there idea, I know. And since he has shown that he has zero interest in doing that for a decade plus, the obvious answer is sell the team. Take your billions and move on Jerry.

Nope. I think it’s a foregone conclusion that the surgery still needs to happen at some point. Wouldn’t doubt there’s another missed year coming

This seems like a “no duh” type of thing. The front office can say whatever they want, but I doubt even the biggest homer Sox fans believe it. Clearly the team stinks and there’s 0 path out anytime soon. Rebuild the rebuild and maybe we get lucky and Jerry is no longer the owner in 3-5 years. Might be able to push for a playoff run by then