27 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Like, there is no grand conspiracy here to hide an injury or something else. Dude is just falling off of a cliff. Hell if they could have IL'd him for a roster slot the team damned well would have with as bad as the rest of the staff have been toasted covering for his bad starts.

Funny for a poster that will grill others for having no proof of their claims is now making up a hypothetical injury to excuse Getz’s top trade acquisition’s awful performance. Shocking…

Edited Monday at 10:53 PM1 day by WhiteSox2023

I get that this trade was for next season in some people’s minds, but you all realize there is still a THIS season, right?

3 minutes ago, JoeC said:

I get that this trade was for next season in some people’s minds, but you all realize there is still a THIS season, right?

Yeah I don’t buy that it was “more for next season” as people are saying

Great trade, Getz!

Clearly injured despite higher velocity recently than earlier in the year

Tougher than Caleb

No manis and nail salons, only machismo tattoo parlors for Castillo

5 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah I don’t buy that it was “more for next season” as people are saying

Are they deliberately attempting to eviscerate 2027 playoff odds by rostering him?

Bread and Water Jose Paniagua promotion this weekend!

Lots of money being paid to Castillo for the rest of his contract for him to pitch mop up duty. Remember that this offseason when Getz passes on free agents because of budget constraints.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by 77 Hitmen

On 8/1/2026 at 9:07 PM, Chicago White Sox said:

Initial reaction is I legit hate this trade. Gross as f***.

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On 8/1/2026 at 9:32 PM, Chicago White Sox said:

Exactly. Super deep SP free agent class next year and we just cock blocked ourselves with the corpse of Luis Castillo. I’m very much an optimist but even I can’t find the rationale for this move. Even if you believe Luis can be “fixed” this is a massive overpay in terms of both financial & prospect cost.

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There's no way Getzy puts him on the postseason roster, is there??

On 8/1/2026 at 9:26 PM, ThatBallHitDeep_WAYBack said:

10 years in the MLB and only 2 seasons with an ERA above 4. 25 war career. not sure what world that “blows” in.

25 minutes ago, wegner said:

There's no way Getzy puts him on the postseason roster, is there??

Game 1 starter LOL

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

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1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

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You sure you’d rather have this:

Seranthony Dominguez ($10 million in 2027)

23-year old Boston Smith’s .990 OPS

Than this?

Luis Castillo ($22.75 million in 2027)

“Too late… no tradebacks!” says Seattle.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by WhiteSox2023

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Funny for a poster that will grill others for having no proof of their claims is now making up a hypothetical injury to excuse Getz’s top trade acquisition’s awful performance. Shocking…

We talked to Luis. The next opportunity for him will be coming out of the bullpen. So we'll look and see what that looks like exactly."

https://sodomojo.com/mariners-saw-the-warning-signs-that-culminated-in-luis-castillo-s-white-sox-demotion

Before last night's implosion

Castillo has made seven appearances for Chicago, including six starts, and posted a 7.76 ERA over 29 innings. He's allowed 41 hits, 25 earned runs, and 11 walks while striking out 25.

***His WHIP sits at 1.79.***

Now well over 1.8

"The quality of pitches have definitely gone in the wrong direction,” Getz admitted. “We’ve got to solve it. We do. We’re continuing to look at some of the trends and the changes that have happened [since he left the Mariners]. It has been surprising."

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

"The quality of pitches have definitely gone in the wrong direction,” Getz admitted. “We’ve got to solve it. We do. We’re continuing to look at some of the trends and the changes that have happened [since he left the Mariners]. It has been surprising."

This quote sure makes it sound like the Sox have no idea how to fix Castillo or what to have him work on right now. Weird that the GM would just admit it like this, rather than saying something like, “we have Luis working on a few things.”

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by WhiteSox2023

Does this mean he won't be our closer?

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

This quote sure makes it sound like the Sox have no idea how to fix Castillo or what to have him work on right now. Weird that the GM would just admit it like this, rather than saying something like, “we have Luis working on a few things.”

Throwing him under the bus already...GEtz is quite fortunate he will have a playoff appearance to sell/hype and maybe even AL Executive of the Year banner to fly.

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Does this mean he won't be our closer?

There’s still an outside shot once he recovers from his undisclosed injury.

9 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

You sure you’d rather have this:

Seranthony Dominguez ($10 million in 2027)

23-year old Boston Smith’s .990 OPS

Than this?

Luis Castillo ($22.75 million in 2027)

“Too late… no tradebacks!” says Seattle.

This is what happens when JR promotes loyalists from within for top jobs. This isn’t going to end until Ishbia takes over.

On 9/18/2026 at 2:44 PM, CWSpalehoseCWS said:

I'd argue it's worse. At least Shields could give you 5+

It’s the same. Shields giving you five shitty innings where he gives up 8 is not good

2 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

This is what happens when JR promotes loyalists from within for top jobs. This isn’t going to end until Ishbia takes over.

This is pretty myopic when you look around and see they are one win from getting into the playoffs

The guy has warts and the deadline was really bad, but it’s hard to deny that he has done some things correctly and those things have put the Sox in a spot to play postseason ball