August 24, 20232 yr By removing Kenny and Rick for the organization, at the bare minimum, you allow yourself the opportunity to sit down with smart minds from around the league and get a free assessment of your organization and what needs to be done to your operations to create a winner. All it costs you is time and preparation. But by all accounts, even that is too much work for the White Sox. Grandpa LaRussa is now calling the shots, and Chris Getz seems like the perfect fit, because he's of course...already part of the family. f***.This.Organization.
August 24, 20232 yr Thanks for the links. That last part made me go look at Lance Lynn's numbers in LA....if there isn't a clear sign of the difference between 2 organizations, analytically and development wise, I don't know what is.
August 24, 20232 yr JR, Moore, Pedro, Getzie, Hostetler for life (still room for Buddy Bell, yet another front office person connected to KC)
August 24, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, joejoesox said: AJ and Ken R. are convinced it's Getz and Moore If that's true, buh bye Of course it’s true, Bob wouldn’t miss by that much
August 24, 20232 yr Moore you could understand if it was 2016 or 2017...but not after running a similar rebuild to the one the Sox are facing at present completely into the ground. Well, there's Bobby Witt, Jr. One thing stands out positively. Edited August 24, 20232 yr by caulfield12
August 24, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, South Side Fireworks Man said: So LaRussa knew Hahn and KW had to be overruled by JR to get rehired as manager. Then he becomes a FO consultant. JR conducts "internal interviews" (gee, I wonder with whom?) and it's decided that Hahn and KW need to be fired. Then the rumors begin that the replacement is someone TLR thinks highly of. 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: So AJ sees it exactly the way I do.
August 24, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, Texsox said: I'm not going to call it a failure before they start. I will do it for you then. Complete and utter disaster. We’ve seen this dog and pony show in 2019 with the Kansas City Royals. Apparently the White Sox only can hire outside the organization with that crap ass organization whose ideas on not spending money fit Jerry’s philosophy to a T.
August 24, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Vote4Pedro said: I will do it for you then. Complete and utter disaster. We’ve seen this dog and pony show in 2019 with the Kansas City Royals. Apparently the White Sox only can hire outside the organization with that crap ass organization whose ideas on not spending money fit Jerry’s philosophy to a T. Enjoy your winter.
August 24, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, Sarava said: They sure didn't let us enjoy this for very long. That is how they operate.
August 24, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, reiks12 said: Soxtalk: Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.
August 25, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, cuban_sammiches said: Soxtalk: Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm. Too long have we sat in the shadows. Please release us.
August 25, 20232 yr On the WST podcast with Chuck, AJ was on there questioning why Getz would be "the guy" when he hasn't done jack with player development in the system. Said he likes him & all of that, but he was definitely skeptical.
August 25, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: On the WST podcast with Chuck, AJ was on there questioning why Getz would be "the guy" when he hasn't done jack with player development in the system. Said he likes him & all of that, but he was definitely skeptical. Yep totally fair. Not exactly bursting at the seams with talent.
August 25, 20232 yr Author 49 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: On the WST podcast with Chuck, AJ was on there questioning why Getz would be "the guy" when he hasn't done jack with player development in the system. Said he likes him & all of that, but he was definitely skeptical. He said the same thing on his Foul Territory podcast a few days ago.
August 25, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: He said the same thing on his Foul Territory podcast a few days ago. True, I think it was notable that he's expressing his doubts on the company pod as well.
August 25, 20232 yr Would 100% rather have AJ with no or limited experience than Getz based on 2015 with the Royals...then helping to run the Sox minor league organization right into ground at #30. Sure...we graduated a large number of those prospects or they simply busted. Remember how they bragged so much about having Anderson Fulmer Rodon Collins Burdi Vaughn Crochet Madrigal etc. all up in the big leagues at the same time and how that was such a marker for how successful they were as an organization???? Maybe Fulmer was gone already...but it was something like that. Then Jake Burger as well in 2022. LoL. 2016 Draft. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-draft-success-demonstrates-how-good-of-a-general-manager-rick-hahn-is/ Edited August 25, 20232 yr by caulfield12
August 26, 20232 yr AJ hit the nail on the head. we “hit” on the high end guys… and by “hit,” I mean they turned into mostly-at-least-average big leaguers. when’s the last time we took a late round pick and turned him into something?
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