April 16, 2025Apr 16 This is an outrage! 55 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: 1.5 million and he gets to go sit and home and jerk off Oh man, am I underpaid for my work.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 50 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Surprise, nobody wanted this bum just like nobody wanted Clevinger for the past two years. In fact, this single thread has two transactions with three players that the White Sox DFA’ed that no other team claimed (Wilson and Anderson) and that no other team will claim shortly (Clevinger). Getz is such an offseason wizard. So, every time a player clears waivers, a GM should be fired? LOL.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 1 hour ago, Quin said: Top priority FA signing come November. Just on the pitching side. Resigning Austin Slater is top priority on the offensive FA side again. 🤣 Edited April 16, 2025Apr 16 by WhiteSox2023
April 16, 2025Apr 16 24 minutes ago, WestEddy said: So, every time a player clears waivers, a GM should be fired? LOL. Did I say he should be fired for that? The point is that Getz just signed these guys over the offseason for $1 to $1.5 million, they have barely pitched for the team, and he has already DFA’ed all three of them. Sure, that’s a minimal amount of money for a one year deal but it all adds up to waste. It also shows that not one other team in the MLB values adding any of these guys to their roster over the pitchers they already have.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Did I say he should be fired for that? The point is that Getz just signed these guys over the offseason for $1 to $1.5 million, they have barely pitched for the team, and he has already DFA’ed all three of them. Sure, that’s a minimal amount of money for a one year deal but it all adds up to waste. It also shows that not one other team in the MLB values adding any of these guys to their roster over the pitchers they already have. At least for Clevinger, I am willing to give Getz a break if the ownership insisting on his signing is true. Though that tells me that Getz doesn't really have nearly as much power for CHANGE as we are being led to believe.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 10 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Did I say he should be fired for that? The point is that Getz just signed these guys over the offseason for $1 to $1.5 million, they have barely pitched for the team, and he has already DFA’ed all three of them. Sure, that’s a minimal amount of money for a one year deal but it all adds up to waste. It also shows that not one other team in the MLB values adding any of these guys to their roster over the pitchers they already have. You're making a silly defense of a silly meme. Depending on the player, if they're DFAed at the right time, the other 29 teams are dealing with roster issues, and don't have the luxury of taking on a project. If nobody is sure whether a pitcher is healthy, I wouldn't say that player has "no value" (where do you come up with this stuff?). Very few teams are at the sweet spot where they have a roster gap and can afford to risk a roster spot on somebody to get a full picture of their health situation.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 7 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: At least for Clevinger, I am willing to give Getz a break if the ownership insisting on his signing is true. Though that tells me that Getz doesn't really have nearly as much power for CHANGE as we are being led to believe. True, but while Hahn spent $12 million on Clevinger, he at least got decent starter production out of him in 2023. Getz has now spent $4.5 million on Clevinger over the last two seasons and has gotten absolutely nothing from him.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 45 minutes ago, Milkman delivers said: This is an outrage! Oh man, am I underpaid for my work. Submit your work to the white sox see if they are interested
April 16, 2025Apr 16 8 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: Submit your work to the white sox see if they are interested @WBWSF already has first dibs on any openings.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 15 minutes ago, WestEddy said: You're making a silly defense of a silly meme. Depending on the player, if they're DFAed at the right time, the other 29 teams are dealing with roster issues, and don't have the luxury of taking on a project. If nobody is sure whether a pitcher is healthy, I wouldn't say that player has "no value" (where do you come up with this stuff?). Very few teams are at the sweet spot where they have a roster gap and can afford to risk a roster spot on somebody to get a full picture of their health situation. I think you are trying a bit too hard to make DFA’ing recently signed players not seem like such a bad thing. Not surprising since it is such a frequent transaction for Getz’s recently acquired targets. Justin Anderson and Clevinger have value? Steven Wilson was DFA during the offseason on February 7th and no team had room for him and his modest $950K salary?
April 16, 2025Apr 16 14 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: I think you are trying a bit too hard to make DFA’ing recently signed players not seem like such a bad thing. Not surprising since it is such a frequent transaction for Getz’s recently acquired targets. Justin Anderson and Clevinger have value? Steven Wilson was DFA during the offseason on February 7th and no team had room for him and his modest $950K salary? It just means that the White Sox are rostering many players that the rest of baseball has zero interest in. Not sure how that is a good thing, but sure.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: It just means that the White Sox are roster many players that the rest of baseball has zero interest in. Not sure how that is a good thing, but sure. WestEddy can coat a piece of crap with as much whipped cream as he wants but I ain’t buying it or eating it.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 More dumpster diving for Getz. Was it Bob Dylan who said "when u ain't got nothing u got nothing to lose"
April 16, 2025Apr 16 Balta? SSHM? I think I saw the latter somewhere online, maybe it was a SoxMachine thread with his various facts and figures a la Jay Cuda...who also seems a bit sick of the Sox recently. You guys are waiting for him to refuse Charlotte his reassignment first?
April 16, 2025Apr 16 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: I think you are trying a bit too hard to make DFA’ing recently signed players not seem like such a bad thing. Not surprising since it is such a frequent transaction for Getz’s recently acquired targets. Justin Anderson and Clevinger have value? Steven Wilson was DFA during the offseason on February 7th and no team had room for him and his modest $950K salary? If Anderson and Wilson were outright released, they would be signed. I'm not sure what you're getting at, really. You try so hard.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 52 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Balta? SSHM? I think I saw the latter somewhere online, maybe it was a SoxMachine thread with his various facts and figures a la Jay Cuda...who also seems a bit sick of the Sox recently. You guys are waiting for him to refuse Charlotte his reassignment first? I don't think SSHM is coming back. There's a lot more straight-forward baseball talk at SoxMachine.
April 16, 2025Apr 16 38 minutes ago, WestEddy said: If Anderson and Wilson were outright released, they would be signed. I'm not sure what you're getting at, really. You try so hard. The minimum salary is $760K. Getz signed Anderson for $900K and Wilson for $950K. The difference is pretty trivial, yet no other teams would claim either of them when they were DFA’ed. You try so hard. Edited April 16, 2025Apr 16 by WhiteSox2023
April 17, 2025Apr 17 4 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said: So we eat his salary another genius Getz move bringing him in You wonder how much money is wasted by small market habitual losing teams signing guys like this with hopes to flip at the deadline. Somehow that strategy just doesn't work. Always hope that .01% actually works.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 3 hours ago, WestEddy said: So, every time a player clears waivers, a GM should be fired? LOL. No, just this one
April 17, 2025Apr 17 4 hours ago, Milkman delivers said: This is an outrage! Oh man, am I underpaid for my work. That's what nannies are for.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 7 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said: So we eat his salary another genius Getz move bringing him in Clevinger was on a minor league deal. So there isn't much to eat here.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 11 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: Clevinger was on a minor league deal. So there isn't much to eat here. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/white-sox-designate-mike-clevinger-for-assignment.htmlGiven his poor results and $1.5MM salary this year, it’s unlikely there will be much interest from other clubs around the league. As a player with at least five years of service time, Clevinger has the right to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency while keeping his salary in place. Unless he wants to report to Triple-A Charlotte and continue the relief experiment, he seems likely to be a free agent at some point in the next week.
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