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What about the GM who traded Mena for Dominic Fletcher instead of the better outfielder offered by the Dbacks in Jake McCarthy, and who could only get back Vargas as a headliner in return for Fedde and Kopech?

“A Chris Getz Production ©”

Elias Díaz is turning 34 in November, is owed the remainder of his $6 million dollar salary for this year, and he’s a free agent after this season. He makes zero sense for the Sox to claim, although the Rockies would surely appreciate it. Some contender will grab him. Joey Bart was the 27 year old catcher the Sox should have acquired when the Giants DFA him back on March 31st. He is now at an .858 OPS.

Yep. The Mariners have already signed Robles to an extension, and it looks like a nice frugal contract. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/mariners-victor-robles-agree-to-extension.html

My guess is based on Barfield’s advice, due to him being the director of player development for the Diamondbacks for the past four years, and an extra year of player control. McCarthy and Fletcher are only a month apart in age but McCarthy will be a free agent in 2029 and Fletcher will be a free agent in 2030. Because you are correct, McCarthy had the better track record. He was a better hitter in the minors than Fletcher and had already put up a good two-thirds of a season in 2022 (.769 OPS in 354 PA). Meanwhile, Fletcher had a good year last season, but only in a small sample size (.791 OPS in 102 PA). Thus far, it looks like a poor recommendation by Barfield and a bad final decision by Getz. It seems like Getz chose the bigger question mark based on Barfield’s advice, and to also gain an extra year of control on the outfielder they were receiving. As of tonight, McCarthy is hitting .311 / .383 / .457 / .840 with 17 stolen bases. He’s currently worth 2.7 fWAR. Yikes…

Yes, per Bob Nightengale:

Wow, what a name. ”Jaxon is jelkin out on that mound today…”

Sure, I’ll probably be at almost every game. Funny you mentioned the baseball field. It is under renovation right now. Here’s what it is going to look like when it is finished. They changed the direction of the diamond. As you remember, home plate used to be in the left corner, near the side street and entrance to the parking lot. They had to shrink down the main parking lot a bit but there is always still a lot of parking at Mother McAuley, as you can see beyond what is now right field. I think the football team is going to be really good and better than the Varsity teams of the last two years. This will be the first Varsity team that Coach Q recruited as incoming Freshmen from when he was first hired. They are young (many Junior starters on Varsity) but I think the players are more talented than last year’s team. CJ Gray was a run-first QB but has worked hard on developing his passing game the last couple years. They have some really good offensive players in WR Darrion Clinton, along with the Green brothers, RB Jaylin and WR Jovan Green. They added a big WR in 6’4” Jimmie Maxson. Also, some beasts in King Liggins and Christian Pierce on defense, and added a Sophomore in big boy DT Brayden Parks to Varsity. Coach Q went to Temple and coached at a couple high schools in Texas and California. He is a tough coach and busts all of their asses but the players like and respect him.

Almost another HR, lol.

Schriffen: “Isn’t it amazing how quickly a game can change?” No John, not when you’re a White Sox fan.

Bwahahahahahaaa…

His glove does look better than advertised but he now has the below career line in 463 plate appearances. .190 / .287 / .346 / .633

I like how he traded a prospect for Bailey Horn and had to ultimately dump Horn for cash, but meanwhile he got stuck with Leone all season. Terrible evaluator and terrible at roster management.

This is for @greg775 and any other Brother Rice High School alumni/fans. Here is my 6’3”, 280 pound, 16 year old son and starting Right Guard for the Brother Rice Varsity football team. He can be a clown sometimes, like here…

A broken clock is right more often than Grifol was with his challenges.

Yep, and when Stone Pony isn’t being a dick to and trolling his partner, he is being the ultimate company man. As big of a homer Hawk was, he would still get upset about stupid plays and call out dumb baseball. The Legend hasn’t called out a team since the 2004 Cubs. He learned to fall in line after losing that gig for his comments and has become the ultimate company man with the Sox under Jerry.

I was just kidding, since I remember how big of a fan fathom was of Maldonado.

Wow. The same guy that is hitting .241 with a .603 OPS and that no other team wanted to trade for as a backup utility infielder at the deadline? Even had the Sox picked up the rest of his $4.3 million dollar contract, which they probably would have for even a flier Single A prospect or 27 year old AAA baller, no one wanted him. Schriffen is a gas bag.

Maldonado? Joking…

I don’t think they are comparable talents at all. Robert is about on par with Mike Cameron as a hitter. Soto is on a HoF trajectory as a hitter. Robert’s career line: .267 / .317 / .485 / .802 Soto’s career line: .287 / .423 / .537 / .960

Stone Pony is such a flake. He blamed the team’s suckitude for contemplating retirement but is coming back anyways to milk Jerry’s teat for another year. Watch The Legend go right back to saying how much promise this young team will have for next year. ? ?

Yep. Burger is already 2 for 2 tonight against the Phillies. He’s up to a .255 AVG and .783 OPS. At least Getz can’t be blamed for the Burger trade, as it was supposedly all Kenny’s idea. However, Getz could have improved this team in the short and longer term had he traded for Jake McCarthy instead of Dominic Fletcher, and acquired both Victor Robles and Joey Bart, which would have cost barely anything. But Getz refused to give up on Maldonado early, when every Sox fan watching knew he was done. That’s three good starting position players that Getz could have acquired in-season for next to nothing, and this putrid season was the exact time to do it.

Wow, I didn’t hear about this. I’m not a fan but he must be doing something right. He keeps getting promotions. Imagine if they move Shane Riordan from producer to full-time host?

“Younger Nicky Lopez’s you say? Done! Jerry will be pleased…”

Nah, we need position players closer to 20 than 30.