6 hours ago6 hr 2 hours ago, chw42 said:What a poor use of the salary space that trading Robert freed up.Yeah well, being in first place instead of last place does help a lot.
5 hours ago5 hr 23 minutes ago, WestEddy said:Since COVID, Pereira's never played more than 102 games in a season. I don't know if that's from platooning, or what. He was a top 70 prospect, so the Yankees must have prioritized him for a couple seasons.Teel doesn't really enter the conversation. They have a bunch of RHH outfielders. They're not going to cut Kyle Teel to make room for Joey Bart. Grichuk does what Hays should have been doing. The front office seems to think Doyle's a better upside play than Pereira.Teel being hurt means another catcher has to be on the 40 man roster
4 hours ago4 hr 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Getz dumped two outfielders that could actually be more productive than the outfielder he acquired and paid for with a 15 to 20 ranked prospect in the system, along with a lottery ticket kid. Not that big of a cost, but when said outfielder has a career line like the one below, it looks like a potential waste of resources, and I understand that he has an excellent glove..234.285.385.670The Rockies gave away Doyle for free.
4 hours ago4 hr 1 minute ago, WestEddy said:The Rockies gave away Doyle for free.I must’ve missed the joke, but no.
4 hours ago4 hr 2 minutes ago, WestEddy said:The Rockies gave away Doyle for free.Mason Adams stans would tend to disagree.
2 hours ago2 hr This is why you don't spend $6M on marginal platoon OFers. They're relatively easy to find, it's also why you don't pay $10M for a bullpen arm if he's not a legit backend bullpen arm. Go spend $15M on a legit OF or get someone that can actually close and pay top market value, but stop with a persistent strategy of mediocrity. I feel like every addition where they're making more than Arb money is just settling for marginal players with mediocre value. All that bad money adds up when you consistently waste it on replaceable players.
2 hours ago2 hr 13 minutes ago, mac9001 said:This is why you don't spend $6M on marginal platoon OFers. They're relatively easy to find, it's also why you don't pay $10M for a bullpen arm if he's not a legit backend bullpen arm. Go spend $15M on a legit OF or get someone that can actually close and pay top market value, but stop with a persistent strategy of mediocrity.I feel like every addition where they're making more than Arb money is just settling for marginal players with mediocre value. All that bad money adds up when you consistently waste it on replaceable players.You’re right, but this is just not the way the Sox do business under Jerry. They’ll typically spend a pile of money on a bunch of mediocrity rather than spend a lot on a single quality player.
51 minutes ago51 min 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:You’re right, but this is just not the way the Sox do business under Jerry. They’ll typically spend a pile of money on a bunch of mediocrity rather than spend a lot on a single quality player.Very true and I've never understood why JR keeps allowing it to happen. As "fiscally responsible" (his words) as he is how this doesn't get him angry at his front office is beyond me.They'll literally waste millions of dollars every year it seems on stiffs, has-been's, retreads and injury-prone guys hoping to catch lightening in a bottle.But to spend top dollar for players like Machado, Harper and their ilk....nope, can't do that!
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