WestEddy

I'm not getting what you're laying down, here, Stone Pony. Affordable care Act? What does that have to do with anything? I'm still not sure why the Sox were so bad after 2011. Reinsdorf meddling? KW/Hahn ideological tug of war? Hahn clearly not knowing what he's doing in baseball? It appears you don't, either. I have said I do like the idea of bringing in a bunch of cheap bodies to fill out the bullpen. Looks like that won't be an issue. I don't think there was a better defensive SS on the market than DeJong, was there? And for all the pining some of the people here want to do over Adam Duvall, Pillar/Fletcher will probably suffice. Cochet, soroka, Fedde and Flexen look good to serviceable. I'm not sure what you would have done differently.

Lost in all of this is that 5 White Sox relief pitchers have come in and completely shut down this same lineup, allowing 2 baserunners in 4.1 innings of work.

So that's why the Guardians were so angry, and took it out on poor Drew Thorpe.

I don't know why you think coming in from the bullpen and airing it out for a couple of innings on an inning's notice is better on his arm than a planned, 5-day routine where he's not throwing full velocity on each pitch. Something tells me that a group of professionals who coach pitching as their life's work know a bit more about the situation than two internet guys.

And hang on, kiddies, here's another right hand turn in this circular argument. Pitchers pitch. You say you are totally in favor of turning Crochet into a starting pitcher. But he can't be stretched out until he starts for years and years and years. Please tell us which month of 2026 you might let Crochet start a major league game. You're a silly person.

You make a compelling argument, Stone Pony. Weird that Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery haven't dropped their salary demands dramatically to play for such a selfless billionaire. They're probably calling their agents right now to send him blank contracts. I'll watch for their signings tomorrow in the news.

Well, at least we don't have to worry about knee-jerk, worry posts about him losing velocity.

And it's a great decision. I get it. It's a logical feel-good story that fans will like, and it will succeed, thus making fans happier with the team. And that would drive the glum-lords, here, nuts. Perhaps you can protest.

Starters don't come out and air it out from the first pitch. Relievers do. Perhaps you don't understand that starters "start" the game, thus the name. Relievers come in and "relieve" the starter. The more you argue, the more wrong you become.

You are not into turning him into a starter. By your own rules, he should have to pitch for years and years and years before he can start a major league game. So what are you saying? Maybe 4 years of starting in the minors should have him ready to stand in against major league hitters? He'll be out of the organization by then. Opening day is just another baseball game. I understand, this is the internet, so you said something silly, and your brand requires you dig in and fight to the death, even the most inane arguments. He rehabbed last season, and in the off-season. You know that, right? You guys just keep ranting on about these Zeno's paradoxes. "He can't pitch until he's built up. He can't get built up because he'll get injured. But he must pitch to come back from injury. Why is baseball so hard?"

None of these were Getz's decisions. Look, Steve Stone, I know you wanted to be a GM at one point in your career, and that never happened. Maybe stop lashing out at actual fans who are excited for the upcoming season? Good luck on the coming season, and Hey! now!.

I'll wait for you to post Crochet's workout regimen as he came back from TJS. He probably threw a baseball somewhere in there, wouldn't you say? Do you think it's possible that, as he rehabbed from TJS, he threw more as his goal was to be a starter? I'm sorry baseball is so hard to understand.

Well, KW and Hahn are gone. It's pretty well agreed they did rush Madrigal, Fulmer, Vaughn, and Crochet. Now Getz has to work with what he was left.

I feel they should bring up prospects as they show they can succeed at their current level. Crochet is a major league pitcher. He's supposedly worked out and stretched out all winter for a starter's work load. If Crochet is in future plans, treat him as such.

I'd be happy to entertain legitimate critique as soon as I read some. Yes, because all the bad trades, questionable PR decisions, that's why Garret Crochet will fail. That's probably the most logical part of your rant. You do understand that every single pitcher in MLB history never started a MLB game before their first one, right? But if you want your critique to be treated as legitimate, maybe don't be the 20th person to lazily ask, "what could go wrong?" Or call the entire organization "yes-men". That's tired, and lazy. Nothing that I listed, that you called tired, is inaccurate about the initial deluge of comments on the opening day start. I just find it weird that you glum guys get so angry about people actually being excited for the baseball season.

See? When the Guardians stop cheating and stealing signs, they make outs. The trade's still a win.

Dude's nervous. He probably read SoxTalk, realized he's worthless based on a couple of really really smart fans' takes, so he decided to commit suicide by home run.

I had a guitar teacher claim that was the greatest rock'n'roll guitar solo ever. I don't disagree.

Throwing a baseball exerts the same strain on an arm regardless of whether one's throwing to AAA or MLB hitters. All throwing in the minors does is preserve an extra year of control. I know this is baby-think, but maybe making Crochet a starter on his request and giving him opening day buys some goodwill, and an extension for a couple of years. Guy's only 24.

Crochet has been one of the 3 best starters this spring on this team. It's exciting, and great for a veteran White Sox pitcher to get the opening day start over a newcomer. I'm not sure how you extract "victory" from that, but sure. I understand that every single move the Sox make must be framed in the worst light: Stupid move, everybody will get injured, OMG! starting their free agency clock early, they should try to lose every game while we all scream how they're losing every game, nail down that #10 pick. If Getz and Grifol succeed, my entire world collapses!!!

So, do we assemble an entire team in AAA for about 3 years, then promote them all at once?

This is great. The naysayers bending themselves into pretzel shapes inventing reasons why this is bad is worth it, alone.

Is Chuckie Robinson wrangling his way onto the 26-man? He's hanging around a lot for an unknown NRI.

No, you were told that players wouldn't be firing their agents on the spot for presenting an offer from the White Sox.