southsider2k5

This is a great post. This is definitely the most likely outcome, but it isn't a bad idea for a team looking to do everything they can to get future value into the system. The idea being if you bring in 3-4 Jake Eder's maybe you get one rotation starter out of the bunch, which is WAAAAAY more valuable than any Jake Burger's during disastrously bad years.

This winter was not the best example of that, especially for older players.

Criticizing the guys signing your check is never a great move if you want to stay there.

He seemed flustered while he was talking TBH. His talk of the prospects was extremely weak, with some really obvious things to talk about. He targeted a couple of the guys who have had success instead of the pile of ones who flat out busted. With all of the failed #1 picks, Shultz and Montgomery he targets?

I wear the less obvious Sox hats more often these days.

Which is also the perfect example of why AJ is working for Fox instead of an actual organization.

Can you imagine San Diego having to go back to their fans to say they had a seat at the table... with the Chicago White Sox???

That is all accurate.

Forget it, he's rolling.

I take it back, apparently the Sox outbid San Diego for Pham... Wow, WTF are we doing?

The Twins beat us to Kemp

There is no story on this. AJ is the only source. The Sox haven't said anything, and I am sure they won't. All of these "inside source" guys will probably be back soon with clever rewords of exactly what AJ just said they try to pass of as new information.

Or he puts up a .400 OPS like the rest of them...

No one except the Sox wanted him, and the Sox only took him at half of that number.

This is the truest statement of the whole thread.

Thinking a bit more about this question, the real point isn't embarrassment. It really goes to forcing enough embarrassment to actually force substantive change of the organization from top to bottom. If we don't achieve that level of embarrassment, this group will continue to fly under the radar with business as usual, pretendingthis was all a part of the plan. That's why I want this to burn. Let a new forest grow up in its ashes.

It is one thing to have a roster of guys with .600 and .700 OPS production. It is another when half the line up is in the .300s. I don't know if it is a collective slump or what, but this is literally as bad as it gets. Even bad MLB talent should get lucky more often than this

You are now playing 3 more players short.

Run along.

A bit dramatic, right?

So when do we find out about the Pedro extension?

No, Luis Robert is literally at home raking his yard. There can be no other logical explanation.