17 hours ago17 hr 12 minutes ago, Quin said:I have no idea why this team refuses to send Benintendi packing.Are you sure? He hit 20 home runs last year, Soxtalk says this criteria makes you our best offensive weapon.
17 hours ago17 hr 29 minutes ago, Quin said:I have no idea why this team refuses to send Benintendi packing.if they are serious about trying to build a winning team next year (lol), you can't have Benintendi on this team, same with at least 30% of the people on the 26 man right now
17 hours ago17 hr I’ll give Sosa this. He was good at going back on a pop up that we’ve seen baffle some 2Bs. And he could hit a little. Fielding in general? Not as bad as you guys are making it sound.
17 hours ago17 hr 3 minutes ago, Stinky Stanky said:I’ll give Sosa this. He was good at going back on a pop up that we’ve seen baffle some 2Bs. And he could hit a little. Fielding in general? Not as bad as you guys are making it sound.if someone asked me, would you rather havebenintendi + low floor/low ceiling HS OF plus PTBNLORSosa, DFA benintendi, replace him with random AAAA dregsI would pick the 2nd option
17 hours ago17 hr 5 minutes ago, joejoesox said:if they are serious about trying to build a winning team next year (lol), you can't have Benintendi on this team, same with at least 30% of the people on the 26 man right nowIts either they refuse to eat the contract or they think he's some kind of glue guy veteran they need to keep around.
17 hours ago17 hr 1 minute ago, T R U said:Its either they refuse to eat the contract or they think he's some kind of glue guy veteran they need to keep around.It's refusing to eat the contract.
17 hours ago17 hr Dumbest s%*# possible. Benentendi still here. Sosa should have been the full time DH. He will mash in that lineup. Getz proving to be worse than Hahn and that's saying a lot
17 hours ago17 hr 3 minutes ago, JoshPR said:Dumbest s%*# possible. Benentendi still here. Sosa should have been the full time DH. He will mash in that lineup. Getz proving to be worse than Hahn and that's saying a lotYep, I’m losing faith in Getz day by day but what do you expect from a JR cheap hire. Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by The Mighty Mite
17 hours ago17 hr 7 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:It's refusing to eat the contract.They are eating the contract, in the same amount, and in the same increments, whether he is here or not. They are holding on to him in some fantasy world that someone eventually picks up some of his contract to save them a few bucks. You just saw his equivalent in Sosa (average hitter with no defensive position) with a minimum wage type salary get sold for absolutely nothing.It's a fantasy that will never happen. I would love to pull a winning powerball ticket, but I know the odds are 300m:1. Jerry needs to realize that the same thing is happening with Benny. He's the Springfield Tire Fire.
17 hours ago17 hr 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:They are eating the contract, in the same amount, and in the same increments, whether he is here or not. They are holding on to him in some fantasy world that someone eventually picks up some of his contract to save them a few bucks. You just saw his equivalent in Sosa (average hitter with no defensive position) with a minimum wage type salary get sold for absolutely nothing.It's a fantasy that will never happen. I would love to pull a winning powerball ticket, but I know the odds are 300m:1. Jerry needs to realize that the same thing is happening with Benny. He's the Springfield Tire Fire.He doesn't want the headlines of Sox cut their largest contract ever. He's a coward among other things.
17 hours ago17 hr 2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:He doesn't want the headlines of Sox cut their largest contract ever. He's a coward among other things.Instead he gets years of the fans talking about it, instead of just tearing the bandaid off and being done with it. It's a sunk cost. Deal with it.
16 hours ago16 hr 22 minutes ago, T R U said:Its either they refuse to eat the contract or they think he's some kind of glue guy veteran they need to keep around.He rallied the 2024 team against the fans cheering for record-setting losses late that season…
16 hours ago16 hr 30 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:They are eating the contract, in the same amount, and in the same increments, whether he is here or not. They are holding on to him in some fantasy world that someone eventually picks up some of his contract to save them a few bucks. You just saw his equivalent in Sosa (average hitter with no defensive position) with a minimum wage type salary get sold for absolutely nothing.It's a fantasy that will never happen. I would love to pull a winning powerball ticket, but I know the odds are 300m:1. Jerry needs to realize that the same thing is happening with Benny. He's the Springfield Tire Fire.Yep. Unless there are provisions in the contract that state otherwise, Benintendi’s contract would be paid out on the same timeline throughout the end of next season if he was DFA’ed. It’s not like the entirety of the remaining money on his deal would have to be paid to him immediately once he made it through waivers and was released.Jerry just doesn’t want to admit the mistake that he let Hahn/Kenny make, and that he signed off on. Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by WhiteSox2023
15 hours ago15 hr We just gave him away? 18 years old, as of now has never played professional baseball? Sosa had over 70 rbi and 20 homers. We just gave him away? What the f***??
15 hours ago15 hr There's lottery tickets like Sandlin/Mead/Acuna/Vargas/Korey Lee.And then there's this crap...It's like they're running a race to outdo Minnesota for most embarrassing AL franchise.Another Getz development win for the ages.Even the Rockies seem fairly stable for now...already matching April 2025 team victories and surpassing it before the middle of the month. Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by caulfield12
15 hours ago15 hr 22 minutes ago, soxrwhite said:We just gave him away? 18 years old, as of now has never played professional baseball? Sosa had over 70 rbi and 20 homers. We just gave him away? What the f***??Never really seemed like this front office was a big fan of Sosa. Not really sure exactly how much they were gonna get for him but they didn’t really give him a chance to boost his value this season at all
14 hours ago14 hr 22 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:Never really seemed like this front office was a big fan of Sosa. Not really sure exactly how much they were gonna get for him but they didn’t really give him a chance to boost his value this season at allAgree, but from Lenyn's perspective he is going to a great team that has a chance to repeat as AL Champs. I think the BJays must have valued another RH bat with power while Getz was too timid to keep Sosa as our DH and DFA Benintendi or Acuna to open up a roster spott. Power/home run hitters are difficult to obtain so giving Sosa away made no sense to me. Who is our DH now against LH pitchers?
14 hours ago14 hr I have no stats to back this to and they may not even have the same player profile, but I've always thought Sosa was destined to be the latest Eduardo Escobar. A player the Sox don't know that to do with, move on from too early, and then goes on to have a productive career for a few other teams. I guess now we get to see what happens.
14 hours ago14 hr Sox Machine with the trade breakdown:White Sox trade Lenyn Sosa to Blue Jays - Sox MachineLenyn Sosa is going to wind up falling a few months short of a decade in the organization. Today, the White Sox traded their longest-tenured position player to the Blue Jays for minor league outfielde
14 hours ago14 hr 16 minutes ago, tray said:Agree, but from Lenyn's perspective he is going to a great team that has a chance to repeat as AL Champs. I think the BJays must have valued another RH bat with power while Getz was too timid to keep Sosa as our DH and DFA Benintendi or Acuna to open up a roster spott. Power/home run hitters are difficult to obtain so giving Sosa away made no sense to me. Who is our DH now against LH pitchers?I think that DH against LHP will be “cast of characters” until further notice, unfortunately
14 hours ago14 hr 29 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:Sox Machine with the trade breakdown:White Sox trade Lenyn Sosa to Blue Jays - Sox MachineLenyn Sosa is going to wind up falling a few months short of a decade in the organization. Today, the White Sox traded their longest-tenured position player to the Blue Jays for minor league outfieldeThe Sosa and Getz tenures with the Sox track almost exactly...feels appropriate, somehow.
14 hours ago14 hr It would be nice to obtain players who can produce now and not probably never. Sosa was on the + side of this weak roster, and we've lost him for essentially nothing. Edited 14 hours ago14 hr by SouthChicagoBorn spelling
13 hours ago13 hr Sosa isn't very good, or even average. But his ABs will be replaced by someone less average, probably bad, really bad. Can we at least have a goal that MLB ABs should go to people that actually have a legitimate reason to wear a MLB uniform?
13 hours ago13 hr Jordan Rich is projected to crack top 100 prospect lists by next year, so I wouldn’t be too upset about this trade if I were you.
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