WestEddy

If only major league GMs were to figure out the "sign or trade for all the good players" philosophy. I often wonder why guys like you aren't constantly being recruited by major sports teams. You seem to have it all figured out.

The fact that you can't even name one of these guys and give a reason says to me you have no idea what a good pitching prospect is, strange or otherwise. It's kind of prickish to pretend you're interested in somebody's thinking, ask them to write up a list, then piss on it.

Oh, sure. Martin, Burke and Drohan are all recovering from surgery, and most probably won't be starting this year. And with the wave at AA, this is probably their window to establish themselves. Cannon's already been bounced out, but he'll most likely be getting August/Sept starts.

Dueling databases. Baseball-Reference.com January 5, 2024 Signed Martín Maldonado as a free agent. Signed Rafael Ortega as a free agent.

Martin Maldonado was signed in January.

And if you eliminate all of the examples of good players they've obtained, THEY'VE NEVER OBTAINED ANY GOOD PLAYERS!!!

That's what I figured you'd say. Which ones do you dispute, and why?

Gowans at Winston-Salem is the prospect we got in the Bummer trade. He's probably the next starter promoted out of high-A. AAA Davis Martin Sean Burke Jonathan Cannon Shane Drohan* AA Noah Schultz* Drew Thorpe Jairo Iriarte Ky Bush* Mason Adams Jake Eder* A+ Riley Gowans Juan Carela Tyler Schweitzer* Drew McDaniel Shane Murphy* Tanner McDougal Peyton Pallette A Grant Taylor Lucas Gordan* Seth Keener Aldrin Batista Jake Bockenstedt Jake Peppers R Christian Oppor*

Why don't you just go look them up? We are deep in pitching. That's not a controversial statement.

It's a bunch of bloggers, thinking that Maldonado appearing on the leaderboards will "embarrass" the White Sox.

The Sox have about 15 good starting pitching prospects scattered over 4-5 levels of minor leagues.

It certainly seems that Getz relies on his scouting departments more than Hahn and KW ever did.

There's a Twitter campaign to vote up Maldonado.

Even though Grifol doesn't seem to be able to talk about who his starting catcher is, the PR department sure is:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/edgar-quero/sa3015239/stats?position=C

Isn't "firing", by definition, being held accountable?

I'm sorry. Can you tell me which baseball prospect publications we both write for, and are held to these standards? Knock off the BS. Go pick on your mini-me who thinks every player in the Sox organization is "garbage".

I don't think the organization is writing off Jacob Gonzalez just yet.

Any one of Gonzo, Baldwin or Ramos. Even Sosa, at this point.

You are totally writing them off. Prospects have their leagues adjust to them. They slump. Then they adjust, and streak. Then they get promoted, and play against older, more experienced players and slump again. You don't seem to acknowledge this. You just keep jamming that square peg into the round hole of "I hate Chris Getz!!! He sucks!!!"

This is just silly. Most guys in AA are trade pieces. That's not a marker for "how far away" this team is. Your projected 3B, SS, 2B and C are at AA or higher. We have 10 projectable starting pitchers at AA or higher.

Red Sox guy answering a question about White Sox developing pitchers:

I'm sure there will be human rights abuse trials at Nuremburg in the ensuing decades.

Oh. So then nobody will care about this season, historic or otherwise, if they start to win down the road. Thanks.