Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by WestEddy

NICE

Is this where we are supposed to get angsty over Korey Lee again?

Romo in AAA so far

.298/.385/.561 (.946), 4 HR, WRC+ 140

7BB, 18K (68PA/17G)

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by joejoesox

Hopefully this also means Teel starting rehab today in Charlotte

11 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Is this where we are supposed to get angsty over Korey Lee again?

I can't believe this organization is so stoo-pid that they paid a baseball player slightly more than minimum to play for a month.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by WestEddy

Lol 1.2 million or whatever for three weeks of part time work. Penny smart pound foolish strikes again.

This is how it should have been from the start. A really stupid signing, though it was essentially chump change. The chump change can add up though. It was incredible that Romo passed through waivers, the guy is incredible defensively and his bat has never really been bad for a defense-first kinda catcher. Excited to see him on the team, though it makes me wonder what his future is when Teel is back since I believe he doesn't have any options. Could we see Quero bumped back to Charlotte if Romo is hitting? Love Quero, but he might need it, if only to rediscover some confidence at the plate.

Also, public masturbation joke, fill in the blanks.

8 minutes ago, nrockway said:

This is how it should have been from the start. A really stupid signing, though it was essentially chump change. The chump change can add up though. It was incredible that Romo passed through waivers, the guy is incredible defensively and his bat has never really been bad for a defense-first kinda catcher. Excited to see him on the team, though it makes me wonder what his future is when Teel is back since I believe he doesn't have any options. Could we see Quero bumped back to Charlotte if Romo is hitting? Love Quero, but he might need it, if only to rediscover some confidence at the plate.

Also, public masturbation joke, fill in the blanks.

I think Quero might need a reset in Charlotte. I like that Romo and Antonacci had to play their way out of AAA. Schultz too, to an extent.

See ya later alligator masturbator.

SURPRISE! He didn't make it to May in favor of someone who was already rostered.

Best waiver claim Getz made over the offseason, even though it was a stupid risk to DFA him in early February. Luckily, no other team claimed him.

1 hour ago, DirtySox said:

Is this where we are supposed to get angsty over Korey Lee again?

Edit: I was late to the party

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1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

I can't believe this organization is so stoo-pid that they paid a baseball player slightly more than minimum to play for a month.

$1.2 million for 11 games and 34 plate appearances. Dude earned $109K per game. How the guy wasn’t signed to a minor league deal is strange.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by WhiteSox2023

23 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I think Quero might need a reset in Charlotte. I like that Romo and Antonacci had to play their way out of AAA. Schultz too, to an extent.

I wonder if Antonacci doesn't get bumped back when Hayes is back. Kelenic is hitting lately too...I wish they would just cut Benny, despite his recent game winner and generally hot bat at the leadoff spot. He seems like a nice guy, good sport with heckling, but he has no future here. There are several 'we'll see' kind of outfielders in the system that I'd rather watch over him. They might not be any good, but Hayes is a placeholder and Benintendi is...Benintendi. I wish he was better at baseball.

15 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

$1.2 million for 11 games and 34 plate appearances. Dude earned $109K per game. How the guy wasn’t signed to a minor league deal is strange.

Are they really on the hook for $1.2 million? The MLB TradeRumors story seemed to indicate that they are. However, the Sox on 35th story indicated that these contracts often include a "45-day advance consent clause" that would enable the Sox to avoid paying salary for the remainder of the year.

19 minutes ago, soxtalker999 said:

Are they really on the hook for $1.2 million? The MLB TradeRumors story seemed to indicate that they are. However, the Sox on 35th story indicated that these contracts often include a "45-day advance consent clause" that would enable the Sox to avoid paying salary for the remainder of the year.

There's no reporting on if his contract included that clause. Hopefully it did as guaranteeing this guy 1.2 million was always dumb.

19 minutes ago, soxtalker999 said:

Are they really on the hook for $1.2 million? The MLB TradeRumors story seemed to indicate that they are. However, the Sox on 35th story indicated that these contracts often include a "45-day advance consent clause" that would enable the Sox to avoid paying salary for the remainder of the year.

Interesting. Never heard of that clause. It’s discussed in this article:

“To that end, sources say, some clubs are asking the pitchers to sign a 45-day advance-consent form. Such requests can only be made to players with five or more years of major-league service. If the player agrees, the club can terminate his contract during the 45-day window for any reason except injury, and pay him only for the amount of time he spent on the roster. Veterans who provide advance consent generally lack leverage.”

It would make sense that they cut McGuire now if the clause was included when they signed him because it has been around 35 days since he was signed on March 22nd.

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1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

$1.2 million for 11 games and 34 plate appearances. Dude earned $109K per game. How the guy wasn’t signed to a minor league deal is strange.

That oscillation between "JR's too cheap" and "$1m is way too much money" is why SoxTalk exists.

1 hour ago, soxtalker999 said:

Are they really on the hook for $1.2 million? The MLB TradeRumors story seemed to indicate that they are. However, the Sox on 35th story indicated that these contracts often include a "45-day advance consent clause" that would enable the Sox to avoid paying salary for the remainder of the year.

If that's the case, Chris Getz just declared checkmate in, like, 3 other dimensions.

6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

That oscillation between "JR's too cheap" and "$1m is way too much money" is why SoxTalk exists.

How is that in anyway related? People want the Sox to spend money on good players, not sign crappy backup catchers for $1.2 million when they don’t need to. Go back to the McGuire signing thread. Most posters called this.

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1 hour ago, nrockway said:

I wonder if Antonacci doesn't get bumped back when Hayes is back. Kelenic is hitting lately too...I wish they would just cut Benny, despite his recent game winner and generally hot bat at the leadoff spot. He seems like a nice guy, good sport with heckling, but he has no future here. There are several 'we'll see' kind of outfielders in the system that I'd rather watch over him. They might not be any good, but Hayes is a placeholder and Benintendi is...Benintendi. I wish he was better at baseball.

I think some here have thrown up June for Hays. If both Ant-man and Kelenic are tearing it up by then, who knows what happens.

5 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

If that's the case, Chris Getz just declared checkmate in, like, 3 other dimensions.

Specific clauses like that usually aren’t reported anywhere so I have no idea where this Joe Binder dude of “Sox on 35th” got it from.

3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

How is that in anyway related? People want him to spend money on good players, not crappy backup catchers. Go back to the McGuire signing thread. Most people called this.

Even crappy back-up catchers get paychecks under the current players' agreement. It certainly looks like they spent near the minimum on a catcher they had reason to think would be a good, defensive anchor. And anybody who "called" this was screaming about something that wouldn't even exist. LOL.

Pretty sure he didn't throw out a single opposing base runner.