hard not to be optimistic about a bullpen anchored by the unknown lefty and the phantom napper

"No one will know their names, and, alas, we will have to die" - Giacomo Puccini

I hope this mystery lefty is Toru Tsujimoto, son of Tokyo Katanas legend Taro Taujimoto.

Mystery team signs mystery player...Alex Rios?

If any topic deserves a poll, it’s this one.

 

and yes, former Royal

A 5.0  K/9 over the past 2 years is encouraging.

Another terrible player acquired.  He was awful last year.

Just now, fathom said:

Another terrible player acquired.  He was awful last year.

Shocked he got a major league contract.

1 minute ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Shocked he got a major league contract.

That’s our boys!

What in the Tim Hill is goin' on here?

They keep acquiring cheap guys with no upside at all and no potential trade value.  

9 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

and yes, former Royal

Haha, it’s just ridiculous at this point.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

They keep acquiring cheap guys with no upside at all and no potential trade value.  

Yep, the whole point of this upcoming suckage is to add one year fliers on guys who could turn it around and be traded for a lottery ticket, not old geezers on their last legs.

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Former Royal who had a terrible 2023. Yay! 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

They keep acquiring cheap guys with no upside at all and no potential trade value.  

If someone had upside they wouldn't be cheap.

You gotta take the bitter with the sweet as JR might be saying to Getz.

1 minute ago, TheBooneLoganEra said:

Former Royal who had a terrible 2023. Yay! 

How in the hell did this bum get almost $2 million for what he did last season?  Awful.

Getz’s acquisitions are starting to look just like Hahn’s.  What a surprise.

3 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

If someone had upside they wouldn't be cheap.

You gotta take the bitter with the sweet as JR might be saying to Getz.

That's not true.  Look at Aroldis Chapman last year.

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

They keep acquiring cheap guys with no upside at all and no potential trade value.  

This is what happens when you don't clean house. Hahn and Williams get fired because they were bad at their jobs, and they just promote someone from the same regime who was also bad at their job to take over.

Oh, but now some of these no upside guys can play defense though. See, its a little different.....

7 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yep, the whole point of this upcoming suckage is to add one year fliers on guys who could turn it around and be traded for a lottery ticket, not old geezers on their last legs.

All this for the 10th pick in the draft.  What a shitshow

7 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

That's not true.  Look at Aroldis Chapman last year.

$3.75 million for Chapman.  Hahn, I mean Getz, just paid a combined $5.8 million for two much worse players.

Nothing has changed.  The Sox are the same as they always were.  The little amount of money they spend in the offseason is spread out amongst a few terrible players that should likely be cut before the end of their contracts.  Awful.

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Hes like the best person in the world according to Padres fans. So another Clubhouse Guy™

5 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

If someone had upside they wouldn't be cheap.

You gotta take the bitter with the sweet as JR might be saying to Getz.

Guys with upside are almost always cheap, key word is "upside" which means their current performance doesn't warrant a high contract.

8 minutes ago, fathom said:

They keep acquiring cheap guys with no upside at all and no potential trade value.  

Would 100% be better off just rotating through AAAA guys and seeing if something sticks then signing Tim Hill.  He's awful.