wrathofhahn

It is not good to jerk around free agents. Release him and allow him to get at bats somewhere else if you are not going to play him.

Although Keller is a good addition, it is difficult to have hope for a single hire because there are so many issues with the team and staff as it stands. It feels like someone hands you a pail of water when your entire house is on fire. It is something, but not much.

Called it. I literally have zero hope at this point for the whitesox. At least Hahn knew how to tear things down we can't even do that right anymore

I was a huge Hahn fan during the rebuild but it was time. He made a ton of mistakes, especially with regard to rounding out the roster. You will never be able to persuade me that he was told who to draft or sign. He may have been subject to rules regarding length of contracts and other matters, but he still made the decision to sign the players he did. He was also incapable of drafting worth s%*#. The only regret I have with the firing was who they replaced him with.

If he can't play for the worst team in baseball we should just waive him

Interesting factoid that doesn't have anything to with the game but after yesterdays game Eloy finished with a 666 OPS.

That was in reference to Kelenic. Most metrics have his defense as neutral or average at CF. With the position adjustment, if he hits for league average, that makes valuable at CF. Vargas, I am not even going to get into that. It is not like this is just the product of a small sample size; nothing has suggested he will be an ok defender, and the scouting reports prior to the trade listed him as a poor fielder. Vargas must hit in order to be valuable, that is the main point. The issue is that, even if we can get him to hit league average—which seems like an impossibly tall order at this point—his current defense will make him a zero or minus WAR player. He doesn't just need to hit but hit well to have value and when he doesn't hit like right now the lows are going to be much lower. It may not matter right now because well we are god awful but he's been unplayable

If our GM can't identify the best candidate whether that be internal or external during the interview process then we are doomed anyways. This is more of a wish fulfillment of how I wish the Sox were run, but I think we all know the answer to the first paragraph. My point is hiring outside is not some magic pancreas there are plenty of bad candidates working for other organizations not promoting from within doesn't guarantee anything and you can lose talented people approaching the hiring process that way.

It depends on whether he can ever hit. If he hits at .720 to .750 ops he'd be worth around 2-3 WAR. Thats valuable. Vargas is going to have to hit way more than that to have any value at the ML unless he becomes a much better defender. I'd rather take my chances with Kelenic to be honest but ATL got him for much less. I said at the time we should have done the deal.

Kelenic has a much higher ceiling then Vargas. Mainly because he can actually play a premium position CF. Vargas hasn't really shown he can play anywhere. And I wouldn't have accepted a trade centered around Kelenic either.

Yes, that was my point. Going outside the organization does not ensure anything. Chris Getz was employed by the Royals before coming here, and I do not want him to hire a bunch of inexperienced flunkies from the Royals just because it is not within the organization. What I want is qualified candidates and the best fit for the organization. Let us wait and see what he does, but I would have felt much more at ease if he had simply stated that we would be implementing an open process to hire the best talent available, whether from within or outside the organization. But like you said that is not how he was hired and he benefited by the current process so expecting him to make these kinds of changes is wishful thinking.

That came happen when hiring from outside the organization as well. That is why I stated that hiring the best candidate through an open process is what matters to me the most. For that, you can see how we hired TLR. I still think he is a fantastic manager, but it is clear that his physical limitations should have prevented him from managing. He was hired through a closed process but outside the organization. Furthermore, our organization is a dumpster fire we need to balance the two of keeping guys who are talented working here and also bringing in more qualified people. Have you ever worked for a sinking ship? I have one of the first things you question is why should you remain there? If there is no chance of advancement and they are only considering outside candidates, why would someone who is performing well in a poor performing group want to stay on staff?

Hiring from outside the company is meaningless if the candidates are not qualified and have a common understanding of the direction the organization should take. Above all, I am interested in seeing good outcomes. Whether it comes from someone buried inside the organization or it comes from outside, I quite frankly don't care. Rather than worry whether someone or not works for this dumpster fire of an organization, we ought to be evaluating people based on the quality of their actual work. For me, it's more important we have an open process, something we didn't have when Getz was hired. I do not mind if it leads to an internal or external hire as long as the person making the choice thinks they selected the best candidate. To me, saying I am hiring outside the organization without going through the process is nothing to elevate. To me, that indicates he is more worried about optics than actually doing a good job.

Keep southpaw everyone else must go

Spanking is not the same as punching someone in the face on is a form of punishment the other is domestic violence. Punishment is meant to change behavior, not alleviate anger. Any study who believes that is BS. I was raised with spanking and never once considered it sexual assault. What happens is you are embarrassed and the first reaction is thinking back on what you did. It's effective. You don't want to spank your child don't, don't try and decide how other people should raise their kids.