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You must love Fletcher’s .308 OBP in Charlotte then.

The Sox did fine in this trade? Do you mean at the time of the trade or currently and in hindsight? The Sox got back a bad 2B, a bad utility infielder, and two bad starters that together make more money than the Bummer this season ($8.8 million to Bummer’s $5.5 million). Bummer’s contract: 24:$5.5M, 25:$7.25M club option ($1.25M buyout) 26:$7.5M club option ($1.25M buyout)

That’s crazy, especially in 100 at bats now. At least he is hitting well otherwise (AVG and OBP), but not what you want to see from a corner outfielder.

Familiarity with him from last year when he put up decent numbers for them?

Getz has some more work to do than this one good transaction to make up for his other trash moves: Christian Mena traded for 26-year old Dominic Fletcher who is toiling away in AAA. Jose Rodriguez traded for cash considerations due to Getz’s poor roster management. Matthew Thompson traded for Bailey Horn; Horn traded for cash considerations due to Getz’s poor roster management.

The Sox don’t have any of this right now either and yet, Jerry is making money.

The starter the Sox threw out there is now 0-4 with a 6.34 ERA. Grifol can take his big hit and shove it where the sun don’t shine. He’s a soundboard of bullshit.

Getz’s GM process thus far… Step #1: Sign a bunch of glove-first vets in the offseason to give prospects time to get ready in the minors and hope that good defense assists pitching acquisitions, mostly so they can be dealt for something at the trade deadline. Step #2: Glove-first vets fail miserably and the Sox incur injuries to their three best players, two of which should’ve been expected in Eloy and Moncada. Sox off to their worst start in franchise history. Step #3: In false hopes of avoiding a franchise worst record, sign even more vets off the street, frantically call up prospects that aren’t ready for the majors yet, and pray that they perform well, completely tossing aside the offseason strategy employed in Step #1.

tray.

He was also on a hot streak that now appears to be over. Like I mentioned before, I wouldn’t be surprised if his numbers look non-tenderable by the end of the season. And the Sox continuing to play him out of position in RF will further destroy his WAR.

Definitely. Top 100 MLB prospect? Questionable.

For those of you who don’t even know our best player’s last name, I suggest you…

I see Sheets’ numbers are falling back down rapidly, as expected.

Once again, why is Ortega getting playing time?

If Lopez’s hot streak goes on a little bit longer, he may threaten to hit a .550 OPS.

DeJong breaks up the shutout with one of his random homers!

Well, I don’t think we should leave out the highest salaried player from the trade, and arguably the worst. I have no idea what the other offers for Bummer were, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility that another team was offering prospect(s). He is also pitching better as of late.

Mentioning history is a hateful comment?

Lopez is earning $4.3 million. Soroka is earning $3 million. Shuster is earning $740,000. Shewmake is earning $740,000. That’s a total of $8.8 million in bad money cuz they are all terrible. Try again. More players is not always better, especially when it is more BAD players.

He still knocks in runs with his glove.

Great idea. Vaughn can make his money being added to the RestoreHair.com billboard roster of Urlacher and Ryne Sandberg. God knows he isn’t going to make much more money in baseball.

Instead, you’ll get to see Soroka and Shuster give up many more runs and Shewmake not score any.

Amazing offseason of improving that defense, Getz.

This makes zero sense though. Lopez had one good season with the bat in 2021, that is all. Only the Sox would be stupid enough to view Lopez as a starter. It’s embarrassing. And does he truly move the needle at all on the fan base, just because he is from Naperville? You have to still be a good player for fans to care about you, which Lopez is not.

Sheets has already come back to earth in the last week or so. We will have to see where he is by the end of the season but I wouldn’t at all be surprised if he is a non-tender candidate by the end of the year.