WhiteSox2023

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.

One of Getz’s two good offseason acquisitions, along with Fedde. Better than nothing, even though the trade return for them was meh. DeJong ensuring himself another contract and gig for next year is impressive.

I’m tripping balls looking at caufield’s post. Anyone else think Quero should be ranked higher than Montgomery at this point? .400 OBP as a catcher that hits for average and power?

Yes!!! I got ripped for saying the Sox should claim the guy since he was DFA a couple times and sucked in the minors this year. But I guess he won’t cost a 40-man roster spot now. Either way, he was pretty good before this year and is still somewhat young. He’s actually 8 months younger than Zach DeLoach. Worth a try.

No, he does. However, he still ends up outperforming Eloy and Moncada with his bat.

The problem is that Eloy and Moncada continue to get reinjured. Moncada is still out. Eloy came back but hasn’t put up numbers as good as Burger’s since 2022. He also hasn’t hit a home run since May 14th — either an issue with his groundball swing or nagging injuries? Not sure, but the Sox did bring him back too early and you could tell he was still hobbled by his hammy.

I think someone may have mentioned it already, but Burger was dealing with a nagging strained left oblique injury since April 15th that was probably the main cause for his slumping bat. https://www.mlb.com/news/jake-burger-has-left-oblique-injury

Yep, great point. I think they keep Burger now because he turned it around. But like the Marlins and Rays always have to do, I sure wouldn’t be surprised to see them deal him within the next two years. They will try to sell high on him with 2+ years of control left.

Why wouldn’t it be a bad thing? Serious question.

Only 3 of the 9 players the Marlins traded seem to fit what you said and I think they chose those 3 guys for a reason. A fourth outfielder that they won’t miss because he’s not good, along with two relievers that they sold high on, knowing that relievers had a ton of value for this year’s trade deadline, yet are fickle performers from year to year. Those guys aren’t exactly the same as an .800 OPS, 35 HR power hitter earning peanuts for the next 4 years. That kind of power is tough to come by for a low payroll team like the Marlins. They obviously can’t easily afford to sign a player with that type of power on the free agent market.