WhiteSox2023

I think I can guess who, but I may go back for fun anyways. 🤣

The Sox are too stupid to ever think of such an idea. Also, Jerry doesn’t care about promoting anything as long as he is still making money.

Let’s give outfield reps to a true 3B prospect so we can make sure to force the gloveless bust Vargas at 3B. Makes sense.

TJ surgery is not as big of a deal for hitters as it is for pitchers, and this kid was still raking through his injury. Also, the Sox are nowhere close to competing so it’s better that Keaschall would have had all of his service time left, while also letting the Sox choose when to start his clock. Vargas already had only 5 years of control when the Sox acquired him and that will be decreasing while the Sox are still terrible for who knows how long? Finally, the notion of not trading a pitcher that only has one more year of control within the division while your team will suck is absolutely moronic if true.

I just posted a tweet from a Twins beat reporter stating Minnesota’s offer for Fedde, which was better than Vargas. A 22-year old that was the Twins #4 prospect at the time. Not a guy whose service time had already started who had already shown he couldn’t hit or field with the Dodgers. The tweet is from August 1st, literally right after the trade deadline, and I remember seeing it when most of this site was pissed off about the garbage Fedde/Kopech return. Is this hindsight as well? It’s pretty funny you are trying to make this weak argument when we already have evidence that Getz has picked the wrong guy in a trade just earlier in the season. Does Dominic Fletcher over Jake McCarthy ring a bell? Is this enough common sense for you?

They have Community Relations, Media Relations, and Public Relations teams according to this link: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/team/front-office But Jerry probably still does what Jerry wants.

There is an “or” in the tweet. Dan Hayes also says in the video that the Sox wanted one of those three prospects, not all three. Asking for one of those three guys was probably a bit much but I would have gladly taken their #4 prospect back for Fedde in Keaschall.

Yep. I was being kind. I would say the majority of our starting lineup is bad bench players at their best. Sheets could be DFA right now and it wouldn’t matter at all. For some reason the Sox think he’s worth keeping around. All that “lefty power” that he doesn’t have I guess…

Exactly. I can’t believe this is even in question. Some posters tried to say that Trevor Rogers was more desirable than Fedde because he had an extra year of control over Fedde. An extra year of control over a bad #5 starter isn’t exactly a plus over simply taking the better starter. You think the Orioles wouldn’t rather have Fedde right now in their rotation rather than Rogers in AAA? And even if some posters still stubbornly believe that Norby wasn’t on the table for Fedde, I would also rather have prospect Luke Keaschall, healing from TJ surgery, right now over Vargas. Getz is a fool. People giving Getz the benefit of the doubt on his trade deadline is ridiculous. He has already proven he is a terrible assessor of talent — see the Bummer for a “big pile of crap trade” and choosing Dominic Fletcher over Jake McCarthy. The same Getz apologists will continue to blame Jerry when there were definitely moves that Getz could have made that would have improved the team. The Marlins absolutely destroyed what Getz did with Fedde/Kopech with their trades of Puk and Rogers. Both teams had similar trade assets but only the Marlins came away with a good return at the trade deadline.

Deflection. He felt he had to make some sort of statement because the media was asking. So he made sure to release this BS before his team sets the record for futility. Now he gets to avoid the media for when the team actually makes history and the cynicism about him as an owner is at full force. And I doubt Jerry listens to anyone, even his PR team. Jerry does what Jerry wants, which usually makes him look like a clown. But that’s what happens when you have a huge ego.

Sure, I would think and guess the same. It shouldn’t be tough to top -35 wins. But it won’t be much better.

There’s a reason the Dodgers were probably thrilled to give him up to get what they wanted — Edman and Kopech. They gave up junk and got what they needed. The pathetic thing is Vargas can’t even hit as well as Edman.

He’s a bench player that is starting, like most of the entire lineup.

I would reply, please don’t send any information. My recycling is already full for the week.

I like how JR made sure to release this statement before they officially set the record. Preemptive strike. So cowardly.

I couldn’t watch the game. Did he swing at any fastballs after they were clearly already in the catcher’s mitt? That’s my favorite Vargas move.

Won’t happen, but at least JR can choke on the worst record in baseball history soon.

I’m absolutely shocked that the Sox are having no luck fixing Vargas, considering how good they are at fixing swings. 🤣 Vargas is a bust and the Sox won’t be the team to fix him, even if he can be fixed.

Agreed. Man, that extra footage of Holmes/Bernstein mouthing to each other what happened makes it look even weaker, haha.

No apology from Bernstein. He never mentioned it. The Stoolie war is definitely on. I can’t imagine how they will try to filter and field calls today.

I agree, that part is childish. But so is getting offended by some guy calling you by your last name, which is in the name of his radio show (“Bernstein & Holmes”). I think Bernstein probably hates the fact that some blog site and its personalities could grow so popular in such a relatively short amount of time, while he had to build his radio career the old school way over years and years.

His second offseason of dumpster diving will be exciting to follow this winter.

Normally, I would agree but Getz is so bad that he managed to do the unimaginable. Almost every move he makes turns bad. We still have to wait to see what he does next offseason. Keep in mind that Crochet and/or Robert may not be on the team next season. They are going to be very bad and the sky’s the limit.

And the video clip of Holmes mouthing to Bernstein at their break, “what did he call you?” with Bernstein mouthing back “Bernstein” like a little whiny bastard is further proof that it’s just him being a little egotistical b****. How are Bernstein and Holmes ever going to be able to field callers now? The Stoolies are going to no doubt troll bomb every call at the direction of Portnoy. I don’t think Bernstein’s ego could ever allow for it but I would guess that he issues an apology to Barstool Eddie to kick off their show this morning.