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Hired by a moron GM whom was hired by a terrible owner. Nothing improves until JR is gone.

Nope. Just more… “HISTORY!!!”

Updated game thread title… “8/4 - Streak Ends Never”

I thought he had trade value?!? Why is he still here?

Based on their offseason, Getz did tank with his pathetic signings and cut payroll a lot. Why should the Sox be rewarded for trying to be bad?

I like how JR/Getz are too short-sighted to realize that they aren’t competing next year anyways, but also that taking away a good prospect or two from the Twins would also hurt them in the long run more so than anything Fedde does next year. Idiots.

I doubt it even gets to that. My guess is that they will cancel SoxFest due to some bogus excuse to avoid facing the music.

Grifol is the end of the season fall guy to detract from both JR and Getz’s failures, just as Hahn and Kenny were the fall guys for last season.

Those players were all known to be terrible when they were acquired, outside of Brebbia and Clevinger. It’s a fool’s errand to go dumpster diving and expect all of those bums to put up a good year. The Sox have been employing this dumpster diving strategy for years and it pretty much never works out and ends up in wasting millions of dollars. Yes, one true star player has a greater likelihood of putting up 4 to 5 WAR than that collection of bums.

Fire this clown if he wouldn’t trade Fedde to the Twins who would be there for only one more season. Getz thinks the Sox will be competitive next year? ?

The Twins prospect (Luke Keaschall) is 21 and definitely fit the Sox timeline much better than 24 year old Vargas with 5 years of control.

Yep, that is the kicker. If it isn’t some stupid rule invoked by Jerry like you say, it means Getz thinks they will be competitive next year, lol! If there is any truth to the Twins offer for Fedde, choosing Vargas over a young prospect like Luke Keaschall who can play 2B and CF with a full six years of control is a deplorable decision.

Crochet just threw 4 innings and 77 pitches and gave up only 1 run against the Twins yesterday. A contending team with a big division lead could likely have managed his innings/pitches better than the Sox and get him to pitch in the playoffs. Teams knew about his innings count, yet were still interested. Crochet then made his demand for an extension to pitch in the postseason six days before the trade deadline. That is what truly turned teams off. You did not know about Crochet’s extension demand when you made your claim that he would not be traded, three weeks before the trade deadline. You predicted he wouldn’t be traded without the very news/update that caused him not to be traded. The end. ? ?

I present to you greg, the most bi-polar poster of all time… https://www.soxtalk.com/forums/topic/119449-thorpe-to-il-with-flexor-strain/?do=findComment&comment=4632372

“Not.”

Why are you worried about Crochet being worthless to the already worthless 27-86 White Sox? At this point, the Sox winning or losing games isn’t important because their season was already over months ago. Do you not think Crochet will be tradable in the offseason? Because the key for the Sox is keeping him healthy, not winning a meaningless game so greg can go to bed with a smile on his face.

It has only been 2 innings but I do remember people saying this would happen. Meanwhile, the Sox ruin offensive prospects.

You gotta love how the owner of two sports teams could be so smart and so clueless at the same time. JR sure wanted and expected his two teams to gain a ton of value. Afterall, that’s why he invested in both teams. But he failed to understand that the stars of his teams were the reason anyone went to see them. But he still doesn’t think a star player deserves $25 million dollars a year. What a paradoxical moron of an owner.

And two of the pitchers he mentioned barely threw 90 MPH.

LOL, “babying” of Crochet’s arm? Have you followed either Crochet’s career or the Sox at all for the last few years? The Sox have done the exact opposite of “babying” Crochet’s arm this year. Crochet is at 118 innings pitched on the season. In the previous 4 years, he only pitched a combined total of 73 innings in the majors.

29 is old for most RB’s.

On pace for a 39-123 record.

A dude that can just fucking hit. Exactly the type of player the Sox need. Not a freaking “athletic” dude that can’t get on base, which was the previous strategy of drafting.

Jeebus. WTF. Thanks for informing us.

Can we still not judge Getz as a GM because it’s all Hahn and JR’s fault? The dude burned $24 million in a fire pit on garbage players this past offseason. Had he spent that money more wisely, I’m sure he wouldn’t be staring at the worst record in MLB history in his near future.