January 15, 20242 yr Minor league deal. Gotta think he’s a favorite for a pen spot. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/white-sox-sign-joe-barlow-to-minor-league-deal.html
January 15, 20242 yr Acquiring bodies to fill a team. Reminds me of a company softball team adding guys at a late date.
January 15, 20242 yr Makes sense in every way. My hope is that Getz gets passed his proclivity for Royals though.
January 15, 20242 yr Read that as Scott Barlow and laughed at yet another Royal. Realized my mistake and that it was Joe Barlow, retracted my laugh, then saw he *also* pitched for the Royals, repeat. I have nothing else to contribute.
January 15, 20242 yr What a gift it is to be left handed as a pitcher…Tim Hill gets a major league deal and Breslow (who was closing games fairly recently) has to settle for a minor league deal.
January 15, 20242 yr Author 2 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said: What a gift it is to be left handed as a pitcher…Tim Hill gets a major league deal and Breslow (who was closing games fairly recently) has to settle for a minor league deal. This is Joe Barlow, a right-hander. Not lefty thrower Craig Breslow. And Scott Barlow also doesn’t throw left-handed. Edit: nvm I get what you’re saying now. I was confused at first ha. Edited January 15, 20242 yr by Bob Sacamano
January 15, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, greg775 said: Acquiring bodies to fill a team. Reminds me of a company softball team adding guys at a late date. Why couldn’t it be these guys? Edited January 15, 20242 yr by nrockway
January 15, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Read that as Scott Barlow and laughed at yet another Royal. Realized my mistake and that it was Joe Barlow, retracted my laugh, then saw he *also* pitched for the Royals, repeat. I have nothing else to contribute. So you’re saying they will sign Scott Barlow next? 55 minutes ago, nrockway said: Why couldn’t it be these guys? Because they’re not wearing Royals jerseys.
January 15, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, greg775 said: Acquiring bodies to fill a team. Reminds me of a company softball team adding guys at a late date. It sure seems we are stocking a team for a beer league doesnt it? My cousin once played 2nd base for a championship Mickey Mantle league back in late 80's. Getzie are u listening?
January 15, 20242 yr 1 minute ago, The Grinder said: It sure seems we are stocking a team for a beer league doesnt it? My cousin once played 2nd base for a championship Mickey Mantle league back in late 80's. Getzie are u listening? What drives me nuts is that they should have been stocking the beer league team the last 2 seasons. They had no depth and imagined they were competing, they needed these guys more then!
January 15, 20242 yr 12 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: So you’re saying they will sign Scott Barlow next? Because they’re not wearing Royals jerseys. The Royals of post 2015 were definitely not City Champs...let alone Missouri State champs. Edited January 15, 20242 yr by caulfield12
January 16, 20242 yr Every dude we sign this off-season my response is the same: “who?” Shows what I know.
January 16, 20242 yr 5 minutes ago, hi8is said: Every dude we sign this off-season my response is the same: “who?” Shows what I know. Yep. They're all the same. I wonder if each of these guys are saying "Finally the situation I've been looking for. My career is saved!" Or "I'm fucked, the only team that I can play for is the White Sox. I'm going to go teach PE and coach a high school team."
January 16, 20242 yr Where are they finding all these guys? I don't remember the Sox ever signing this quantity of players in an offseason.
January 16, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, wegner said: Where are they finding all these guys? I don't remember the Sox ever signing this quantity of players in an offseason. The garbage dump or the junk yard would be my guess.
January 16, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, wegner said: Where are they finding all these guys? I don't remember the Sox ever signing this quantity of players in an offseason. Someone earlier said they lost most of the Charlotte pitching staff to minor league free agency so they really needed to fill the roster.
January 16, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, wegner said: Where are they finding all these guys? I don't remember the Sox ever signing this quantity of players in an offseason. Getz was definitely prepared to hit the ground running. We will see what happens when the ground hits back on his "junkyard" collection.
January 16, 20242 yr Victor Reyes was an infinitely more exciting depth signing than the MiLB guys we've signed this year and a good chunk of the MLB guys signed. And he wasn't that exciting.
January 16, 20242 yr 18 minutes ago, Quin said: Victor Reyes was an infinitely more exciting depth signing than the MiLB guys we've signed this year and a good chunk of the MLB guys signed. And he wasn't that exciting. They did an excellent job of stubbornly refusing to promote him regardless of the mess/es in the Sox outfield last year...and his Charlotte numbers. A lot like the year Alcides Escobar threw a fit because they wouldn't bring him up to the big league club well after his glory days in KC.
January 16, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, wegner said: Where are they finding all these guys? I don't remember the Sox ever signing this quantity of players in an offseason. It's the agent's job to find their players places to play. Getz has to open his email and every small time agent is making offers.
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