WhiteSox2023

Apparently… https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/garrett-crochet-hoping-to-stay-in-rotation-desires-extension-before-pitching-in-october.html

That is absolutely horrific. Getz didn’t deserve his job initially, or to keep it now. Like I’ve said, most GM’s would have to actually intentionally try to build a team worse than this one, and they would likely fail at failing as hard as Getz did.

Wow, so when you initially said that chances were slim that Crochet would be traded, you also knew that this Crochet news would leak today that he is demanding an extension to pitch into the postseason from the team that acquires him? Cuz that will be the reason he isn’t traded. This news is what changed things, not your thoughts from a couple weeks ago. I still think he is gone.

Ahmed’s competition is probably Little Nicky, not DeJong. They would dump Ahmed to improve to DeJong, especially because it wouldn’t cost much.

Yep, obviously they know who butters their bread. AJP DGAF.

Sounds like he wants to stay a starter but is using the fact that the postseason would throw him over an innings limit to force an extension from any team that wants to trade for him. Obviously, this isn’t going to increase his value. If true, it can only hurt it.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Sports/white-sox-pitcher-garrett-crochet-start-extension-traded/story?id=112283792

I just saw that he is actually having a pretty good season and couldn’t believe it.

Agreed. Grifol should be fired but won’t until the end of the season. Sheets should be DFA right after the deadline if he isn’t traded for some used jockstraps. Colas should be getting all of his at bats.

Talk about talking out of your ass. I have not seen one person say Robert should be extended right now when he has 3 years left on his deal after this season, and no one thinks he is deserving of $35 million a year.

Eleven in a row ... Egads.

The Sox have slowed down on attaining the shutout record, but I wonder where they are at in the most pathetic 1 and 2 run games?

Anytime Kopech has a scoreless outing, it is a positive. Keep lowering that ERA up to the deadline.

And then Getz pays a scientist to clone him 8 more times to fulfill JR’s wet dream of a lineup.

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Cease missed a no hitter by one out with the White Sox two years ago against the Twins. https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-cease-near-no-hitter-against-twins This was just the Padres second no hitter in franchise history. It is sort of a big deal.

Comparing ERAs between one starter with only 38.2 innings pitched and another starter with 131 innings pitched doesn’t seem like the greatest comparison. One mediocre to bad start could shoot up Thorpe’s ERA through the roof. Also, don’t look at their respective K/9. Hopefully, Thorpe improves his over time. Until then, only Cease can be considered a true ace.

Since you last called out Cease for his high ERA, he has dropped it from 4.24 to 3.50 in only four starts. Crazy.

I would only be annoyed if the Padres could trade Cease now for more than what the Sox got back, which may or may not be true. But I know Cease wouldn’t be this good with Getz’s awful offseason built defense playing behind him. Thorpe also helps.

That’s was a big inning. Barely threw any pitches. Through 8 innings and now at 103 pitches. ERA down to 3.53.

He’s at 95 pitches and needs to get through 2 more innings. His ERA is down to 3.56.

The tweet from Heyman is, “Garrett Crochet plan with White Sox is to pitch normal workload as starter until end of regular season.” However, we already know that this isn’t true, as the Sox have already begun to limit his innings/pitch count.

Yep, and the early extension will provide him with a security blanket in case he does get injured.

That’s how you interpreted that tweet? I read it as Crochet acknowledging that he does have an innings limit but will attempt to extend his innings pitched as a starter into the playoffs if some team pays up for him to do so and risk injury. He’s simply trying to leverage the situation to force a team that trades for him to show him the money. There is still no guarantee that he won’t be worn out with dead arm by then.