Balta1701

Detroit has snuck into a wild card spot 1 game ahead of the Twins, so the odds of them needing every win and treating the last series like playoff games are high.

how exactly can you say that with certainty?

There’s this weird combination of treating his inner circle well and treating everyone else like peons in him that makes me extra ill about him. He could treat his staff better, he could show his customers more respect.

Considering that the other part of this experiment was turning at least one of those pitchers into a useful piece that contributes to the white Sox down the road…I’d say this seems most likely false.

We did it!!!!

At the very least, seeing so many callouts of his organization and of him personally has to sting.

I do not want them to win 4 straight. (I want 124 losses to finish behind the r 1916 Athletics in winning %)

Well something is new here.

The AL record for losses is 119 by the 03 Tigers and 2024 White Sox.

Naw, burying their heads in the ground fixes nothing. They need these callouts, it’s the only hope for things to change.

Domestic Violence enthusiast Chris Getz was not forced to take this job and only allows such things because he was so inexperienced that he took the job without knowing he had to establish ground rules.

Not really. The AL central is one of two divisions below .500 as a whole, and several teams are in the wild card race only because they have piled up wins against the below .500 teams (team?) in the division.

I spent like three years wanting Jake Peavy to shut up and I am ready to listen to this. Seriously, would never shut up.

Santander has been playing for the Orioles since 2017, worked his way up. He will be 30 next year. It’s possible he could have a qualifying offer attached to him that would limit his market if he declines it. His total career earnings are $25 million. if you are putting what, $20 million, $25 million a year for several years on the table? He will take the best money he can get and he will be happy enough about that.

But you just said he’s pitching better now. Which is it?

Dude you can’t quote large blocks of text that you don’t own without at least giving a link to The source. @Lip Man 1

What team will pay bigger money to a mostly DH in the last years of their career?

And when he gave up 5 home runs in 50 innings in August that was a symptom of them having overworked him in the first half. He’s fresher in September because they eased up on the accelerator.

I would have liked to see Crochet given more preemptive rest or extra days off early in the season, but especially the second half they’ve been quite responsible. Have him going every 6th day in April rather than rushing him back each turn would have been smart, you could have him a little fresher now.

Oh the environment is totally toxic, but bringing in Vetz was Getz’s plan last offseason. He spent the whole offseason trying to find leadership*, to find guys who “play the right way”, and look where it got the roster. Leadership and playing the right way can’t simply be imported. The guys who they bring in to be leaders are probably the ones who say “cmon man” when they step in an unusually shitty plane or however else they are mistreated. There’s a reason why so many veteran leaders keep calling out this organization on the record when they leave. You can’t just import white guys from other teams and think that now your organization is fixed. +leadership includes experience at punching women and children but managing to avoid suspension as that’s a must have skill.

Your probably not wrong, but Sizemore should seriously say no.

No offense to Sizemore, but he is simply not ready. He could be the next Joe Torre and still today he is not ready. Grady Sizemore was out of baseball for 6 years to raise his kids. This is an honorable and respectable choice. He took a minimum salary internship in 2023 to get back into the game. He has missed all the changes in training and scouting and coaching and data analysis over more than half a decade. He has missed a massive increase in how hard pitchers are throwing every pitch and how hitters have responded. He has maybe been a participant in 1 spring training since Robin Ventura. He is not ready to run a spring training and a regular season. In 2 years he might be, but he needs experience. Go be a bench coach or 3b coach for a couple years and we can talk, show me that he’s fully caught back up on the modern game and how things have changed since he played. This year can be a valuable experience on that road, but he isn’t ready. The team that might think about him is a team stuck in the 2000s who refuse to admit that the old strategies don’t work. This is unfortunately the White Sox to a letter. But I really hope that he is smart enough to understand that he isn’t ready - Domestic Violence Enthusiast Chris Getz wasn’t smart enough to understand this and the loss record is the result.

Well the White Sox have had such solid draft results and minor league hitter development that obviously this person is useful, we need the exact kind of results from minor league hitters that we are getting right now. Who could possibly find issue with the way the White Sox minor league hitters are performing? As soon as he gives an interview saying no one wants to win more than Reinsdorf we should promote him. Worked for the last guy.

If there is ANY move that is classic white Sox, it’s signing a DH in their 30s.