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You know the trade is a total fucking disaster when Harold can’t even show his face to defend it.

The core problem with Vargas is that he HAS to hit to have any value at all. It's like 95% of the other sox players that Chris Getz said he didn't like. The best part of all this to me is that Fedde was worth nothing before the year. Getz did the right thing, took the gamble on fedde and it panned out.... then he just, gave all that work away.

‘To inject three offensive players into our organization was a wise move,” Getz said. Vargas viewed as middle of lineup hitter He would’ve been better off not commenting

I'm Done until Jerry dies or sells. f*** the Chicago White Sox.

I don't even need to see Benny added on to a Crochet deal to say that the Sox are officially the dumbest franchise in baseball.

For the record, the last young cuban the Dodgers gave up due to positional log jams was Yordan Alvarez. I just wanted to say one positive thing while I cry in the corner.

Sox acquiring a case of Bud from St. Louis and grocery store sushi from LA. Getz called them both leaders.

Don't you dare speak that into existence.

Crying about this publicly is 100% the wrong move. Someone with a spine tells the press "no comment" and moves on instead of shooting himself in the foot for his bosses honor.

Yeah, we effectively benched some combination of Colas, Fletcher, and/or DeLoach so that we could send cash to the Cards to take him.

You could've just stopped there.

Remember when Hahn got Quero and Bush for a declining Giolito and ReyLo?

This is honestly devastating as a fan. Sox give up three MLB pieces and somehow get back three minor league assets. They didn't get quantity or quality. This is honestly terrible.

"Haul" That's what they said about the Cease deal...

Jordan Walker would be a hilarious return for an organization that has no clue how to develop or fix hitters.

Who were these position players? This just isn't true at all. They medical red flagged Wetherholt and weren't taking him. They weren't taking Cags because they wanted an up the middle player and Griffin still isn't signed in Pittsburgh because his camp wants too much $$. Hagen Smith was an easy call in hindsight.

If anyone wondered if the fanbase was overreacting, even national writers are mocking Getz.

Once again, we are the dumbest franchise in baseball.

No offense, but how do you "really" like a couple guys who have barely made it out of the Dominican Rookie ball? Based on what? They're lottery tickets. Plate discipline is the one stat that isn't even predictive as you move up levels either... with Vargas? Fine, I get his discipline and pitch selection is real. These kids strength right now isn't even a projectable skill at that level. I Remember Sox legend Benyamin Bailey with those great low level, hows he doin?

Nah, it’s just further proof that he is who we thought he was — a bad GM.

Colas should be up because Sheets should be DFA’ed.

I met someone back in November who hung in the same circle as Getz when they were at Michigan and the guy told me Chris was legit stupid and he was greatly concerned that he’d be a terrible GM. So far, that appears be some tremendous scouting of Getz.

I’m still in utter disbelief by this trade. Like I want to be an optimist, but I just don’t fucking see it. I felt the same way with the Fletcher trade and to a lesser extent with the Santos trade. This just reeks of overzealous scouting by Gene Watson and a front office who doesn’t know to appropriately value players (which is not surprising given our lack of analytical muscle). This trade is built like we think we’re getting a legit top 40 overall prospect and not a former one who has shown some serious warts in his first 430 plate appearances. Just feels way too light and CBSSports talked to three rival evaluators who said as much. Getz is so in over his head right now and not bringing in a veteran GM as an advisor to help think through things (like how to handle your first trade deadline) was a massive miscue. Like how the f*** has Crochet been on the back burner this whole time while Getz focused entirely on this whopper of a trade. This franchise is completely and utterly fucked thanks to Chris Getz.

Well, im officially terrified of this goofball getting to trade Crochet and Robert.

I've never seen this site so united. The return is mindboggling.

All JR needed to do was hire the #2 or 3 person in Tampa’s FO and we’d likely be in a far far better position now.

Reminds me of the Frazier/Kahnle/Robertson trade. That was the worst trade in Sox history at the time of it happening but I think this may pass it. Wow what an awful return.

And you guys were worried the Sox weren't making any trades. Someone take Getz phone from him.

I have changed my mind. Getz is definitely not like Hahn and KW. They at least knew how to get quality in a selling deal. This is embarrassing.

Getz is so damn bad at this

If they move Benny without any salary retention they have just over $30 million the books for 2025. Unless they plan on offering half of a billion dollars to Juan Soto, the idea that they need the cash needs to stop.

That’s funny you think they’re gonna put the saved money back into payroll

Smoke from where? Haven’t seen a single person outside this board suggest the Sox are trying to dump Benintendi by packaging him with someone of value.

Sign 2025 DeJong, Pham and Clevinger again.. Duh

He would be hitting .214 if he’d stayed here just like the rest of these bums.

Don’t forget, Terry Bevington was a catcher, too.

oh my god this is hilariously bad, just so so bad. Screenshot this and use it against me if any of them pan out (unlikely)

Lol one piece gets announced and people are ready to jump. Love this forum.

Flaherty is getting moved. He was scratched from his start because the tigers aren't run by complete morons.

John Schriffen said the Sox are in an enviable position. They don't have to do anything. JR must be in love.

Cash Considerations beats even David Eckstein in JR's book.

This is the same organization that thought Manny Machado would prefer to play one season with his cousin and BFF over 50 million guaranteed dollars. They are not a serious organization at all. There is definte smoke around attaching Beninentdi to a trade for Crochet.

Stop this madness. What would the Sox really do with that extra $17M a year that they can't already do beyond this year?

Dodgers just traded someone for cash considerations. Gearing up for Tendi!

Can someone explain to me how someone goes from being a consensus top 5 prospect in MLB and having a good rookie season in 2023 to not being worth acquiring for Fedde in less than one season?

They have to start at some point so may as well start with someone with huge upside. They should probably be going for much higher ceilings instead of higher floors if they want to dig themselves out of this.

Fedde does ultimately seem like a Cardinals pitcher.

They did give up Yordan Alvarez to the Astros which was a huge misstep, but overall yeah they don't trade away too much. Most of their position players are free agent signings, too. So not entirely sure at how well they develop position players.

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