18 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Getz could have just gotten him for free in the offseason when the Rockies non-tendered him.

Then, they could have also had Adams pitching for them right now. Gotta love deadline moves that make your team worse.

Can we call it a bad trade if they DFA Doyle?

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

Can we call it a bad trade if they DFA Doyle?

Maybe although I suspect some wouldn't even go that far. LOL.

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Maybe although I suspect some wouldn't even go that far. LOL.

But look how much they saved in arbitration because of his numbers 2-3 year ago!!!

Sox finish season vs Rockies. I would not be surprised if Mason Adams pitches one of those games.

Only the stubborn White Sox would consider a guy in the top 20 for active players in innings pitched a long term project. Wtf were they thinking

On 8/29/2026 at 8:09 PM, WestEddy said:

Getz has made trades that haven't worked out. I don't think 3 weeks after a trade is the time to judge that a trade is "bad".

Still don’t think it was bad?

35 minutes ago, fathom said:

Still don’t think it was bad?

Don't think you're going to get a response other than you should appreciate everything Chris GEtz has done to get the Sox into this position with just 22 games remaining.

Doesn't quite feel like 2012's inevitable death march at the end.

More like 2000/08/20 mixed together.

Edited September 3Sep 3 by caulfield12

I have no idea what the M's owner looks like, but I have to imagine everytime he sees Castillos line it has to look something like the Jerry smirking meme.

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

I have no idea what the M's owner looks like, but I have to imagine everytime he sees Castillos line it has to look something like the Jerry smirking meme.

Here he is ....not sure if it is a recent photo

6 minutes ago, wegner said:

Here he is ....not sure if it is a recent photo

Excellent.

Really thought we would see Thorpe this series. There's no reason he shouldn't be pitching in the MLB his next start.

22 minutes ago, wegner said:

Here he is ....not sure if it is a recent photo

Dan Wilson is currently thinking of additional rape-job trade offers to submit to Getz a minute after the World Series is over.

Edited September 3Sep 3 by WhiteSox2023

1 hour ago, fathom said:

Still don’t think it was bad?

Good luck getting him to admit that. Meanwhile, Mason Adams has only made 2 starts and still has more good starts than Castillo.

22 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Really thought we would see Thorpe this series. There's no reason he shouldn't be pitching in the MLB his next start.

It is kinda strange unless the Sox simply don't think he can do the job.

5 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

It is kinda strange unless the Sox simply don't think he can do the job.

They still have to activate him soon regardless if he pitches in the majors or not.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Don't think you're going to get a response other than you should appreciate everything Chris GEtz has done to get the Sox into this position with just 22 games remaining.

Doesn't quite feel like 2012's inevitable death march at the end.

More like 2000/08/20 mixed together.

Don’t forget my favorite argument — the Sox winning percentage post-trade deadline improved. Therefore, all of Getz’s deadline trades were a net positive.

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Don’t forget my favorite argument — the Sox winning percentage post-trade deadline improved. Therefore, all of Getz’s deadline trades were a net positive.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2026-schedule-scores.shtml

59-52 up 3

so 1/2 game WORSE now than trade deadline

no movement in the standings

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2026-schedule-scores.shtml

59-52 up 3

so 1/2 game WORSE now than trade deadline

no movement in the standings

I guess that may be why he’s seemingly gone into the Witness Protection Program. 🤣

8 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I guess that may be why he’s seemingly gone into the Witness Protection Program. 🤣

Defending Getz seemed a very easy job after Saturday's games...even Murakami falling into their laps doesn't feel like a crowning achievement at this point.

But no team has ever won their division coming off a 100 loss season...let alone two or three!!!

Think how amazing that is!!!

It's pretty much the greatest story in modern baseball history and should be a Disney movie...except for the AL Central being so darned weak.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Defending Getz seemed a very easy job after Saturday's games...even Murakami falling into their laps doesn't feel like a crowning achievement at this point.

But no team has ever won their division coming off a 100 loss season...let alone two or three!!!

Think how amazing that is!!!

It's pretty much the greatest story in modern baseball history and should be a Disney movie...except for the AL Central being so darned weak.

That certainly is playing a major factor.

2 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

That certainly is playing a major factor.

They have still made a drastic improvement since last season but realistically, it’s the only reason they are in the playoff hunt right now. Only the AL West is as pathetic.

On 9/3/2026 at 3:13 PM, fathom said:

Still don’t think it was bad?

No. They have to figure him out. Maybe there were more cheap, "plug and play" options, but I get what they were trying to do.

3 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

No. They have to figure him out. Maybe there were more cheap, "plug and play" options, but I get what they were trying to do.

Maybe don’t acquire a guy in a pennant race that has to “figure it out”. You might be the last person on the planet that doesn’t think Getz blew this big time.

5 minutes ago, fathom said:

Maybe don’t acquire a guy in a pennant race that has to “figure it out”. You might be the last person on the planet that doesn’t think Getz blew this big time.

Yeah, I'm probably being 'online dude' and digging in on it. But I think I have the history of not really declaring something a win or loss until seeing how it works, some.

14-15 since the trade deadline

that's not two games over .500

they didn't play that Monday the 3rd

not sure where WE is getting his information but it's not Baseball Reference

9727-9781, .499 W-L%

closer to their all time franchise record or the .489 winning percentage of Jimmy Dykes, who recorded the most managerial victories

Edited September 4Sep 4 by caulfield12