Grichuk and Newcomb have been excellent additions to the club.

On 5/5/2026 at 9:16 PM, hankchifan said:

Quintessential journeyman. Has been with 8 major league teams. 34 yrs old. Good stat is that he has 212 career home runs. Hope he still has some HRs in the tank.

Lucky us. All the good vibes in the clubhouse and a little playing time got us some good AB's against LHP !

On 5/4/2026 at 4:34 PM, vilehoopster said:

Holy s%*#! Has the White Sox Buzzkill Army come out in this thread, or what?

How can this not be seen as a necessary and good move. Baldwin got hurt; Hays is hurt; Kelenic ain’t doin’ it; Acuna is an automatic out. They need someone, a BODY. Bitching about dumpster diving is pointless. Getz is doing what he has to do to help the pay .500 ball in May . . . like they did in April. . . remember April.

Another thing: can we stop with the calls to DFA Benintendi. The people on here wanting him DFAed are lemmings repeated what others say on here, just echoing off each other regardless of how silly it is.

I understand you think he’s way overpaid; I get that, but don’t you guys get that the Sox would still have to pay him even after he is released?

And it’s stupid to say/ imply that this Sox team would be better without Benintendi. After Mune and Colson, Beni and Vargas are their best bats. The team has really been playing well the last month and Benintendi is a major part of that success. Why would the Sox DFA a player (whom they’d have to pay anyway) who is helping them have their best results in four years, especially when most the bats in the outfield right now (see my 1st statement) are so weak. It makes no sense.

That’s what’s so weird and off putting about the tone of this thread: looking at the 70% of the posts on this thread you’d think the White Sox were on their way to another 100 loss season, not about to move in contention for the Division lead.

And Caulfield with his Tigers at 61.5% playoff odds . . . . by the two or three months, at least, that it takes for Skubal to return, they’re gonna be looking up at these White Sox.

You were right ! The Tigers were looking up at the White Sox when he returned.

On 5/4/2026 at 7:00 PM, caulfield12 said:

-0.5 fWAR Acuna and Benintendi provide the same negative value and have contributed equally to 16-18.

It’s on Getz to find someone/anyone that can at least provide 1-2 fWAR production.

Looks like he did that. Peters is at 2.0 fWar and Antonacci is at 1.2 and still a week away from July

Grichuk hasn't even been here for 100 ABs yet and looks like he has contributed around .4/.5 War already even though his OF defense, what little he actually plays will always be in the negative. Benitendi is 4th on the team in HR's and HR's win games and he also plays very little defense.

But now that Getz has actually met your criteria I now see you changing your tune to the Sox OF is near the bottom in WAR. Keep moving those goal posts.