Tony

Or stop believing everything you read on Twitter from people that have ZERO track record and throw countless s%*# against the wall, cry for forgiveness when they get most things wrong, and the one time they “hit” (aka the s%*# sticks) everyone crowns them an insider. That’s also an option.

Talent will always win out, but this type of stuff makes a difference

This is very unlike me, but I honestly don't know how you can judge Fields accurately with this collection of offensive talent. What young QB succeeds in these conditions? Truly? I don't know if he's going to be anything in this league. But I don't know if anyone can truly know at this point, given the "tools" he has to work with around him

Here was my only complaint, and I fully realize it may be due to me not paying attention. This entire mission the last 3-4 episodes....I have no idea what they were stealing and what it will be used for, other than just money. It made the weight of the episodes feel less to me.

You really need to watch more MLB

This is where putting absolutely zero talent around Fields really hurts. Let’s see what he can do on a 2 Min Drive. We can’t because of trash like that.

Because the Sox have put us through so much garbage recently, I have NO issues rooting for Cleveland in the post-season. I should have an issue, but can't really find a reason other than being a meatball, they are really fun to watch.

Really, really like She-Hulk, excited for the finale

I have literally never heard that before.

Incredibly sad. Donated. ❤️

I hate you

I don't disagree with this and basically have been on the same page with this line of thinking. I don't love the Vaughn for Jazz idea that's been out there, but I do understand the thought behind it

8 of the last 10 Sox seasons will have been teams finishing with a .500 record or worse.

I've said I could see him being a Mike Sweeney type of hitter if everything goes right, which would be pretty great, obviously. There are just a lot of variables at play. If this team was "closer" I could see the logic of a Vaughn trade similar to the Carlos Lee trade. Carlos and his skillset were a bit redundant with how the rest of the lineup was constructed and the Sox made a move to acquire a "less talented" player but someone they felt fit what was needed for the team in 2005, which obviously worked. I just don't know if they are a few moves away or need to start over, and in that case I'd rather keep Vaughn.

There was a fairly dramatic drop in power from basically every Sox hitter in 2022 as well. No one knows why it occured, but I'm not ready to say this is the Andrew Vaughn we'll get moving forward. I think moving on from him now is a mistake, but I also understand the roster crunch the Sox are under.

And Mackowiak was a disaster in CF, which certainly didn't help the pitching issues in 2006

I really don't want to fall down the "roster construction rabbit hole" from a team almost 20 years ago, but similar to this team (weird, I know) the Sox were too RH and needed a big LH bat in the middle of the lineup. Thome provided that, and the 2006 offense was a force. Trading Rowand hurt obviously because of the massive flop of Brian Anderson, but he was ranked the #51 best prospect in baseball entering the 2006 season, played tremendous D and was coming off a .294/.358/.470 slash in AAA in 2005 and looked more than ready to handle the position. Again, I will 100% agree the way Frank left the organization was handled incredibly poorly from a PR perspective and should have absolutely been handled differently. But in terms of roster construction, the trade made sense at the time and still basically holds up now. I'm not going to put a ton of blame on the FO for the failures of Anderson and Frank putting together two very solid years at age 38 and 39. Thome was an absolute force in 2006 and it truly seemed like the pitching staff in 2005 sold their souls for that year, and just didn't have anything left to give in 2006. The entire starting staff regressed and insane 2005 seaosns from Cotts, Politte, Jenks and Hermanson in 2005 just weren't matched. The pitching was rough that year and they still managed to pound their way to 90 wins in what turned out to be a pretty great AL Central in 2006

You're leaving out the fact that Frank played every game at DH in 2006. The DH for the White Sox in 2006 put up a 4.9 bWAR that season. (And a 3.7 bWAR in 2007) Things got ugly and it shouldn't have, I agree with that...but acting like letting Frank walk was a terrible decision isn't factually accurate. He was hurt in 2004, hurt in 2005....It wasn't crazy to move on.

So you're going to completely disagree with my take that Hahn shouldn't stay for 2023, but when I ask you for what you would like a new GM to do with the roster in 2023, every starter you listed is currently within the organization. You traded Giolito and Hendricks, and your two FA targets are 33 years old. Interesting...

So what does a "quality" GM do this off-season with the White Sox? Understanding Jerry is the owner. Lay it out for me.

I think it's fair to say I've turned into one of Hahn's harshest critics, deservingly so, but in a lot of ways I think it would be a mistake to let Hahn go this off-season. As mentioned numerous times, the core is mostly coming back in 2023, and not by choice in a lot of cases. You aren't trading Grandal. You aren't trading Moncada. Would be a mistake to trade Robert, probably Eloy as well if you're looking to compete in 2023. There also isn't going to be a lot of budget to play with. Good amount of bad money on this roster. Yes, there are very few GM jobs out there and they are always in demand...but any GM that takes this on right now is coming into a risky situation. It's possible for as much that broke bad this year breaks "right" in 2023, but that seems unlikely. If goes similar to 2022...the future starts to look REAL bleak for a while on the South Side. Not sure who's taking on right now, I sort of think it makes sense for Hahn to see it through at least this year.

No one is even in engaging with you because of how stupid this take is, but if you really feel this way, then you can never be critical of any decision any GM, specifically with the White Sox, make. No GM has any skill, everyone is just playing with lottery tickets so if it just boils down to luck, no one can be better than anyone else. Just keep that in mind the next time you want to rip Hahn.

Good. So am I

We heard this before they hired Tony, too