WestEddy

Rockies ownership isn't all suing each other, and accusing each other of sabatoge. Yes, the Padres ownership, right now, is probably the most dysfunctional. I laugh too, because to be a Padre fan now means to live in constant humiliation. Just waiting for the inevitable Cease trade, like waiting to die. LOL. I'd be very concerned. And depressed.

I guess when your team has never won a World Series, and probably won't in our lifetimes, now, wondering which hat Machado will have on his plaque is the only rooting interest left. It really depends on who will trade for that contract this summer. Are Cease, King and Darvish even going to be around on August 1? Maybe the Dodgers can grab them up for dimes on the dollar. I heard that as Jackson Merrill grows and fills out, he'll probably be moved to a corner. Or 1B. Maybe they can extend Cronenworth to prove they want to win. The Padres are like a more dysfunctional Rockies, right now. I hope the widow doesn't start filing injunctions to stop games from being played. I'd be really concerned. And depressed.

Weird. I'm a Sox fan, and I'm not depressed about that. I guess, being an adult, I know what to expect during a rebuild. It would be catastrophic if San Diego did that last year. I guess they can root for Xander Bogaerts' big paychecks. And now the group of owners is going to fight over who gets the right to slap Padre fans in the face. What a s%*# show. I'd be concerned. And depressed.

You can hear that kind of sad story every night at the bar of any Indiana casino. "Then a damn 5 thrower shows up to the table." Strange that the White Sox basically gifted their three best players to them, and they haven't been able to do anything beyond that, since. Maybe throwing boatloads of money at any player sports radio squawks over isn't really the best way to run a franchise. I wonder how big an appetite the audience will have for lawsuit themed game headlines in the San Diego Union-Tribune. I'm not going to lie. I don't envy their fanbase. Jurickson Profar should have been a tip-in. Jason Heyward probably thought he had a platoon job lined up for the season. Now Gavin Sheets shows up? I'd be very concerned. And depressed.

Yeah, it's fun to pretend that the past didn't happen, and everybody gets to keep all their best players they traded away, ill-advisedly. Keith Law just ranked the Padres system in the next-to-bottom tier of systems. That's bad. And concerning. deVries also seems injury-prone, and the Padres are rushing him out of desperation. Maybe they want to trade him before the late owner's widow claims him in a settlement. The fact that other teams acquire their prospects, and it takes a year just to start fixing their bad habits. I'd be really concerned about the Padres. And depressed.

The fact that the Padres have no confidence in their own ability to draft and develop somebody with even the limited expectations that Sheets carries telegraphs trouble in the Padre organization. If I had even a passing rooting interest in that team, I would be really concerned. And depressed.

What does any of that have to do with the Sox' "history" of NRIs making the 25/26 man roster because they're cheap?

For the 2025 season? The die are cast, my man.

Like I said...

No, I'm not.

You're just jealous you didn't write that first.

Maybe this is how the Orioles begin replacing Mayo and Basallo after the Cease trade

I just went to my first game since COVID hit. My wife and I bought nachos, and nothing else. I don't think we spent $40. Am I not "thinking for myself" enough to be in line with what you want me to think? LOL. Dude, this entire brou-ha-ha is over me saying that my understanding from what I have read is that Samuel Zavala is still considered a CF. And you and Tattoo are this bent out of shape because I won't "think for myself" and parrot what you guys are saying. I will reiterate, I want you to criticize the White Sox. Please do it as much as time allows. I will even give you "thank you" emojis. Criticize Chris Getz as much as you can. I want that to happen.

So, you mean I have thousands of ex-fans who have given me $80,000 of their money, and spend their days complaining about me online?

I'm relatively new.

If I wanted to sound clever to you, I'd transcribe fart noises.

We've just had a full convo about his trades. You consider a swap of AAA bullpen arms to be a catastrophically bad trade, for some reason. Sorry I can't "think for myself" and say the exact words you need me to say about Getz. LOL.

I haven't seen Zavala play. I've seen some highlights on Twitter. I've read that he's a CF until he's not. I'm not sure why these guys get so put out when I won't "think for myself" and parrot their tired, old memes.

And I'm sure he decided to stop helping that Nigerian General get those millions of dollars in gold bars out of the country once his bank account had been emptied. LOL.

I would like anybody to make one. Picking on me for not hating Martin Maldonado enough isn't criticizing the GM.

Is saying that I'd like him to aspire to be a 4th OF "over the top positive"? Why would I acknowledge a trade is bad when I don't think it was a bad trade? What you're describing is group think. The guy who paid for Michael Reinsdorf's first year and a half at George Washington University and his little Mini-Me don't seem to be able to break out of that.

This isn't you criticizing the state of the franchise. This is you being pissy because I choose to think for myself, instead of parroting the same things you and your little buddy keep repeating to impress each other.

I really want you to complain about the state of the franchise. Do you understand that sentence? I fully support you in doing that. Let me know when you're going to start. Telling me that you find me rooting for a minor leaguer to aspire to being a 4th OF in the bigs to be hilarious isn't you complaining about the state of the franchise. It's you making up things to impress people whose opinions mean so much to you. So please, guy who paid for Jerry Reinsdorf's last $80k pair of shoes, please, please, please complain about the state of the franchise. I promise I will click on "thank you" emojis when you do it, just to show you how much I want you to actually complain about the state of the franchise, and not just whine that everybody else isn't as miserable as you are.

Of course, you called the Crochet trade good when it happened. That's like pointing at a car and calling it a car. Wow, good work noticing and acknowledging something that's obvious. But even then, you try to take credit away from Getz by saying "even Getz can get a good return for an ace with control". Your (incorrect) view on the Cease trade shows that you don't feel that "even Getz can get a good return for an ace with control". The Bummer trade was good. They got Soroka to work on and possibly fill an open rotation spot. They got a bullpen arm in Shuster, and a good pitching prospect in Gowens. Lopez made what he was worth, and looking at Shewmake being passed around the waiver wire shows that a guy with options who can play shortstop has value. The fact that Lopez played replacement level IF, and Soroka was injured at the TDL doesn't make it a "bad" trade. The Santos trade was good. Berroa has closer upside, and the draft pick turned into Blake Larson. The Fletcher trade was good at the time, trading from pitching depth for an outfielder. McCarthy or Fletcher was really a coin flip at the time. Fletcher was the better fielder. The DeJong, Eloy, Grossman and Banks trades were all good. I've explained my take on the Fedde trade. I think he got overwhelmed and was misled by the Dodgers. That trade was a prospect short. I'd like to see two of the three players recover from their injuries before I declare them to be sub-human, and Getz a complete failure. I also consider that the pro-scouting department was in flux, and who knows what info he was getting. The Cease trade was underwhelming, but the timing was tough, and Cease was coming off of a season where nobody knew which direction his career was heading. So, out of Getz's entire tenure, I'd say he made one "bad" trade, one underwhelming trade, and a couple that just didn't work out as intended. Those where he swapped equal non-entities, neither of whom worked out, are meaningless. You choose to rail on about Thompson for Horn or validate your initial take with 20/20 hindsight.