One year, one million. Hit 24 home runs last year between the Sox and Royals.

https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-dejong-contract-with-nationals

Have any of the players Getz signed last offseason signed for more money this offseason?  Sure seems like none of them have.

55 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Have any of the players Getz signed last offseason signed for more money this offseason?  Sure seems like none of them have.

Tim Hill. Soroka also got a big raise from last year, but he wasn't a free agent signing last year. 

Edited February 17, 20251 yr by WestEddy

39 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Tim Hill. Soroka also got a big raise from last year, but he wasn't a free agent signing last year. 

Oh yeah, Tim Hill was good once he left the Sox for the Yankees.

I would have liked this signing for the Sox so that they don’t feel obligated to rush Montgomery and/or roster a bum like Amaya. Also, Dejong has flip potential as I wouldn’t mind another prospect like Jarold Rosado in return come July.

13 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Have any of the players Getz signed last offseason signed for more money this offseason?  Sure seems like none of them have.

You are showing your ridiculous anti-Getz bias trying make the DeJong signing sound like anything but a total win for Getz and Sox management last year. 

DeJong hit 18 home runs for a team starved, STARVED for power, and then he was flipped for a prospect. That was exactly what Getz and management was hoping to get out of that signing. A total win. 

28 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

You are showing your ridiculous anti-Getz bias trying make the DeJong signing sound like anything but a total win for Getz and Sox management last year. 

DeJong hit 18 home runs for a team starved, STARVED for power, and then he was flipped for a prospect. That was exactly what Getz and management was hoping to get out of that signing. A total win. 

A 22 year old reliever in A ball is a total win?  Well that explains a lot.  

21 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

A 22 year old reliever in A ball is a total win?  Well that explains a lot.  

Jerold Rosario was 2 years younger than the average age for that level. 

Edited February 17, 20251 yr by WestEddy

18 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

A 22 year old reliever in A ball is a total win?  Well that explains a lot.  

To be fair, DeJong was brought in to be a cheap placeholder as SS until Colson was ready.  Getting anything in return for him was a win.  Unfortunately, it didn’t go as well with some of the other placeholders like Maldonado.

2 hours ago, vilehoopster said:

You are showing your ridiculous anti-Getz bias trying make the DeJong signing sound like anything but a total win for Getz and Sox management last year. 

DeJong hit 18 home runs for a team starved, STARVED for power, and then he was flipped for a prospect. That was exactly what Getz and management was hoping to get out of that signing. A total win. 

Yes, let me bow down to our GM’s greatness.  He also forced us to watch the suck that is Vargas going forward and that Cease trade ain’t looking so hot these days.  He also traded for a 5’6” outfielder that he is now looking for excuses to not play by signing 3 (maybe 4 if Gallo makes the team) over-the-hill veteran outfielders.

Anti-Getz bias?  The guy blows…

But let me praise him for a trade that netted an A-ball reliever after he failed numerous other trades.

Edited February 17, 20251 yr by WhiteSox2023

12 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

To be fair, DeJong was brought in to be a cheap placeholder as SS until Colson was ready.  Getting anything in return for him was a win.  Unfortunately, it didn’t go as well with some of the other placeholders like Maldonado.

I guess it gives us another guy to trade for the next old reliever. 

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

He also traded for a 5’6” outfielder that he is now looking for excuses to not play by signing 3 (maybe 4 is Gallo makes the team) over-the-hill veteran outfielders.

Question for you on the Fletcher situation. Would you prefer Getz:

A) Acknowledge the trade was a mistake by burying Fletcher on the depth chart and playing the vets instead

B) Give Fletcher more at bats/time

(BTW I know the correct answer is “C) None of the above because both of those options suck” but that’s too easy)

15 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Question for you on the Fletcher situation. Would you prefer Getz:

A) Acknowledge the trade was a mistake by burying Fletcher on the depth chart and playing the vets instead

B) Give Fletcher more at bats/time

(BTW I know the correct answer is “C) None of the above because both of those options suck” but that’s too easy)

At this point, obviously you play the guy (Fletcher) to see if he can do something.  He’s 27 years old and you already traded Mena for him.  It’s now or never so you may as well play him. Why the hell would a team that will likely lose 100 games sign a starting platoon RF of old mediocre players instead, that likely won’t be flipped for anything of value?  Fletcher has 241 plate appearances with the Sox.  He’s already a sunk cost and the Sox still haven’t given him enough playing time.  Getz is clueless and moves like this make him look way in over his head.  What are we doing here giving playing time to Tauchman and Slater?

Edited February 17, 20251 yr by WhiteSox2023

35 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

At this point, obviously you play the guy (Fletcher) to see if he can do something.  He’s 27 years old and you already traded Mena for him.  It’s now or never so you may as well play him. Why the hell would a team that will likely lose 100 games sign a starting platoon RF of old mediocre players instead, that likely won’t be flipped for anything of value?  Fletcher has 241 plate appearances with the Sox.  He’s already a sunk cost and the Sox still haven’t given him enough playing time.  Getz is clueless and moves like this make him look way in over his head.  What are we doing here giving playing time to Tauchman and Slater?

Wait a minute. When I said yesterday that all of Fletcher, DeLoach, Colas, Julks and Cal Mitchell are replacement level, you barreled in and declared that they're not even that. If Fletcher is below replacement level, and has shown in a full season's worth of PAs that he's "hot garbage" and a "bum", why are you advocating for starting him another year? 

The reason you would sign a veteran platoon to start over 5 sub-replacement level AAAA OFs (your assessment) is that you don't have the OF depth at the upper levels to cover positions for a period long enough that would expose most AAAA OFs. Or maybe to not set the loss record for 2 years in a row. 

Again, if the loss record doesn't matter, then stop mentioning it as reasons why Chris Getz sucks. Because you admit it doesn't matter. 

And seriously, it was so Rick Hahn to hang onto a player, and give him unlimited playing time in the hope that he would eventually run into a couple hits. Weird that you haven't internalized the sunk cost lessons of JB Shuck, or Adam Engel, Charlie Tilson, Ryan Cordell or Leury. 

Dominic Fletcher should now have to play his way back into major league playing time. 

On 2/16/2025 at 8:55 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

Have any of the players Getz signed last offseason signed for more money this offseason?  Sure seems like none of them have.

It's the Sox penalty. Why come here when you have other offers at the same price? Start at the top. How many hundreds of millions more would they have had to pay Ohtani? Then it travels all the way down to the barely deserve minimum to sign guys. 

I would have resigned Dejong for 1 year/1 million

5 hours ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

I would have resigned Dejong for 1 year/1 million

That's assuming he would have come back. Last year really sucked for everyone. If you have other options, anywhere else may seem a better choice.

5 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

That's assuming he would have come back. Last year really sucked for everyone. If you have other options, anywhere else may seem a better choice.

He just doesn't have the positional flexibility of a Josh Rojas...whether he's actually worth the money for such a light hitter, we shall see.

No offense to DeJong, but does he belong in the big leagues? I'm sure he's a nice guy but he's kind of a forgettable player.

On 2/16/2025 at 9:55 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

Have any of the players Getz signed last offseason signed for more money this offseason?  Sure seems like none of them have.

Seems like they got what they wanted out of him - competent performance for half a year and a possibly useful future piece.

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by Lyle Moooton

2 hours ago, greg775 said:

No offense to DeJong, but does he belong in the big leagues? I'm sure he's a nice guy but he's kind of a forgettable player.

He was technically the best hitter on the White Sox last year...at the very least, he had the highest fWAR, which, once again...isn't saying all that much.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/paul-dejong/18015/stats?position=SS

For the full year, he was at 1.7 fWAR.  Pretty sure Luis Robert at 0.5 was the second highest on the team.   Maybe Pham?

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&team=4&qual=300

DeJong was actually 1.0 (just with the Sox until the trade deadline, not overall) and Nicky Lopez 0.9 due to his defensive position.

Pham 0.2 and Lenyn Sosa 0.1 fwar, fwiw.  And that was pretty much it for positive contributors.

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by caulfield12