2 minutes ago, HeGetzUs said:

My thoughts as well. They got lucky enough that this season has worked out the way it has. Will these reclamation products work. We shall see. Definitely underwhelming returns as of this minute. It’s like waiting for that second shoe to fall to make these make sense….still short a starter and catcher

While yes they are contending now, there is absolutely nothing wrong in buying on potential upside for future years considering they are a year, at least, ahead of schedule. Losing Adams honestly means nothing to me, and the 16 year old for the Rockies sake I hope he turns out to be good in 6 years or however long it takes for him to develop

This trade makes no sense

Vielma putting up .337, .508 obp, .474 SLG on DSL as a 16 year old 2B/3B.

Wow this is odd indeed. I don’t have a problem with trading Adams in general, but backup CF was certainly not what I had in mind. I hope there’s something more behind this that would make it make more sense

Just now, ron883 said:

Vielma putting up .337, .508 obp, .474 SLG on DSL as a 16 year old 2B/3B.

Fernando Tatis 2.0?

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Chris Getz is bad at this. People mistaken the ability to hire smart people for draft purposes with being good as the sox GM right now.

This guy has gotten taken to the woodshed in almost every deal he's made, and the ones that weren't bad ended up successful because the player put in a s%*# ton of work 2 years after the deal (vargas). Every new move solidifies this for me. He doesn't know how to value MLB talent or assets. Just my opinion of course.

Yeah, this trade is completely baffling.

1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Chris Getz is bad at this. People mistaken the ability to hire smart people for draft purposes with being good as the sox GM right now.

This guy has gotten taken to the woodshed in almost every deal he's made, and the ones that weren't bad ended up successful because the player put in a s%*# ton of work 2 years after the deal (vargas). Every new move solidifies this for me. He doesn't know how to value MLB talent or assets. Just my opinion of course.

Agreed. He is awful at trading

Wait til you get him outta coors tho, his numbers will skyrocket

12 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

A 570 OPS playing in Colorado lol.

Let this sink in all. Getz just gave up a reliever that would have helped this team more for a CF than is worse than the one we already have. The dude couldn’t hit in Coors!

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1 minute ago, ron883 said:

Yeah, this trade is completely baffling.

baffling? is that a euphemism for fucking stupid? who hacked rons acct?

Just now, bmags said:

Wait til you get him outta coors tho, his numbers will skyrocket

His road numbers in his career are comical

Just now, BigHurt3515 said:

Agreed. He is awful at trading

Outside of a deal that seemed tough to f*** up where you have to aim for/have to get multiple team’s top prospects, I have to agree

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Fernando Tatis 2.0?

That's my concern.

3 minutes ago, HeGetzUs said:

My thoughts as well. They got lucky enough that this season has worked out the way it has. Will these reclamation products work. We shall see. Definitely underwhelming returns as of this minute. It’s like waiting for that second shoe to fall to make these make sense….still short a starter and catcher

Yup…it’s hard to process this one without knowing more. Candidly, I’d prefer he go down to AAA and work through adjustments and not be forced onto the major league roster right now. Just hard to imagine trying to fix someone’s swing or approach in a part time role under the pressures of a playoff run makes a lot of sense.

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Chris Getz is bad at this. People mistaken the ability to hire smart people for draft purposes with being good as the sox GM right now.

This guy has gotten taken to the woodshed in almost every deal he's made, and the ones that weren't bad ended up successful because the player put in a s%*# ton of work 2 years after the deal (vargas). Every new move solidifies this for me. He doesn't know how to value MLB talent or assets. Just my opinion of course.

Even WE can’t defend this one.

Just now, joejoesox said:

baffling? is that a euphemism for fucking stupid? who hacked rons acct?

We need to get a dictionary out for you, son?

Vielma has a 149 wRC+ so far

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Chris Getz is bad at this. People mistaken the ability to hire smart people for draft purposes with being good as the sox GM right now.

This guy has gotten taken to the woodshed in almost every deal he's made, and the ones that weren't bad ended up successful because the player put in a s%*# ton of work 2 years after the deal (vargas). Every new move solidifies this for me. He doesn't know how to value MLB talent or assets. Just my opinion of course.

This “teams don’t get credit when players work hard and player development is fake” is the worst bit on a site that includes Greg. Getz if anything deserves credit for going after players that show they’ll work hard and not make (very good) music videos

You guys are all so whiny.

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

His road numbers in his career are comical

This is Dominic Fletcher Part 2, but Getz managed to give up even more.

Just now, nrockway said:

You guys are all so whiny.

The trade fucking blows. Try to defend it.

Just now, nrockway said:

You guys are all so whiny.

Go bury your head in the sand and praise every trade because “it’s something”

I'm mostly fine with it. Adams probably a bullpen guy (and it ain't gonna get better for him in Coors), and the other guy is whatever. Buying upside with Doyle makes sense if you think you can fix his struggles and that the injuries this year caused him to hit so poorly.

Center field looks like a platoon now.

Just now, WhiteSox2023 said:

The trade fucking blows. Try to defend it.

I said it's an overpay, now we're ready for 20 pages of waterworks about a 16-year-old dominican or whatever else.

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Go bury your head in the sand and praise every trade because “it’s something”

Go b**** and moan on the internet lol