April 5, 20241 yr Still pissed we traded him. Loved his story, that he was from the STL area, and he was an easy guy to root for that smashes baseballs. Will never forgive Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams for this!
April 5, 20241 yr I was wrong on Burger and admitted it. I didn't want to draft him but he became a favorite. Very sad when they shipped him out for no good reason. He coulda been DH for 12 years. Not a fluid fielder.
April 5, 20241 yr 46 minutes ago, greg775 said: I was wrong on Burger and admitted it. I didn't want to draft him but he became a favorite. Very sad when they shipped him out for no good reason. He coulda been DH for 12 years. Not a fluid fielder. Heck, I think he coulda been DH for 13 years Edited April 5, 20241 yr by ron883
April 5, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said: Still pissed we traded him. Loved his story, that he was from the STL area, and he was an easy guy to root for that smashes baseballs. Will never forgive Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams for this! Might go down as one of the worst trades in White Sox history, this franchise is self destructing.
April 5, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said: Still pissed we traded him. Loved his story, that he was from the STL area, and he was an easy guy to root for that smashes baseballs. Will never forgive Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams for this! I just did not understand the rationale for trading Burger. Is it that they were risking him becoming injury prone again or that his power hitting was going away? Was it just that he was getting too old and they needed to get starting pitching? Or that they wanted to have a fire sale to replenish the farm?
April 5, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: What about Vaughn? Nothing really likable or unlikable about him. Like celery.
April 5, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, The Beast said: I just did not understand the rationale for trading Burger. Is it that they were risking him becoming injury prone again or that his power hitting was going away? Was it just that he was getting too old and they needed to get starting pitching? Or that they wanted to have a fire sale to replenish the farm? Kenny hated Rick and wanted to move Burger behind his back.
April 5, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, The Beast said: I just did not understand the rationale for trading Burger. Is it that they were risking him becoming injury prone again or that his power hitting was going away? Was it just that he was getting too old and they needed to get starting pitching? Or that they wanted to have a fire sale to replenish the farm? I think they knew they were at the end and wanted to give one last FU to the fans.
April 5, 20241 yr 59 minutes ago, The Beast said: I just did not understand the rationale for trading Burger. Is it that they were risking him becoming injury prone again or that his power hitting was going away? Was it just that he was getting too old and they needed to get starting pitching? Or that they wanted to have a fire sale to replenish the farm? I think it’s that he has no position, doesn’t get on base particularly well, doesn’t have a body that ages well, and has been injury prone. I think trading Burger was a perfectly fine thing to do when your team needed to improve on defense and get away from RH free swingers. You can argue the return, but the jury is still very much out on Eder. I get Burger was an easy guy to root for him. I like(d) him too. But worst trade in franchise history? My lord, what a take! Edited April 5, 20241 yr by ChiSox59
April 5, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: I think it’s that he has no position, doesn’t get on base particularly well, doesn’t have a body that ages well, and has been injury prone. I think trading Burger was a perfectly fine thing to do when your team needed to improve on defense and get away from RH free swingers. You can argue the return, but the jury is still very much out on Eder. I get Burger was an easy guy to root for him. I like(d) him too. But worst trade in franchise history? My lord, what a take! I didn't think people would forget about the 25 year old superstar in southern California that we traded away for a washed SP, but here we are.
April 5, 20241 yr I read where the Marlins need pitching. Perhaps they will take Jake Eder back for Burger. The White Sox could throw Moncada into the deal also.
April 5, 20241 yr 53 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Kenny hated Rick and wanted to move Burger behind his back. My Boy Kenny.
April 5, 20241 yr I will say this: it would have been awesome if they somehow could have dealt Vaughn (2 less years of control) in that deal instead of Burger and shifted him to 1B this season. Like I said the other day, the DH at bats are there as Eloy always gets hurt and is leaning more towards his option not getting picked up for next year anyway. Edit: maybe not that exact deal but Vaughn to another team with a 1B need for a similar pitching prospect. Edited April 5, 20241 yr by Bob Sacamano
April 5, 20241 yr My brother-in-law texts me every day on Burgers ab's to my chagrin. The only upside is Kenny is gone for good.
April 5, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, WBWSF said: I read where the Marlins need pitching. Perhaps they will take Jake Eder back for Burger. The White Sox could throw Moncada into the deal also. You would be an amazing GM. Still shocked Jerry never considered you.
April 5, 20241 yr Big fan of Burger and have watched a bunch of Marlins games this past week for his sake. Still, if Eder hits, I'd rather have him on the Sox than Max Muncy 2.0. Burger's production is easier to replace than a potential ace with full team control. Still, Eder has to perform and he's running out of time to prove he's a Major League baseball player. it was a high risk/reward trade that might fizzle out, but there are several guys in the minors ready to take Burger's spot and no one who can do what Eder might be able to do.
April 5, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said: Still pissed we traded him. Loved his story, that he was from the STL area, and he was an easy guy to root for that smashes baseballs. Will never forgive Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams for this! I need to go back and verify, but I'm pretty sure I was against trading him when it happened. He should be the DH and Eloy should have been traded for salary relief.
April 5, 20241 yr 43 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: You would be an amazing GM. Still shocked Jerry never considered you. If I was the GM, Burger would not have been traded.
April 5, 20241 yr .355 2 10. He has as many RBIs as our whole team. Remember the dip stick who said the asian lady GM was overrated.
April 5, 20241 yr We’ll see as the season progresses, but I was in favor of trading Burger because I didn’t think he would be able to maintain a respectable average/OBP. So far I’m very wrong on Burger.
April 5, 20241 yr Christian Mena 1st start 5.0 2 0 0 1 6. This was at AAA. Maybe Getz really is as dumb as Kenny. I won't make everyones eyes bleed by posting Dom Fletchers stats.
April 5, 20241 yr 22 minutes ago, zisk said: .355 2 10. He has as many RBIs as our whole team. Remember the dip stick who said the asian lady GM was overrated. Please. Let's not get carried away. Our team has 11. Jake only has 10. To paraphrase Jim Carr in Slap Shot, "we don't want to make this any harder for them than it already is."
April 5, 20241 yr This thread makes my stomach turn but we all knew the Sox were going to be absolute dog s%*# this year.
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