JUSTgottaBELIEVE

Ok, 2027 then. Got it. I’ll check back in with you in a couple years.

Serious question. When does @WestEddy start holding Getz accountable? If they’re still losing 100+ games in 2027 will you still be optimistic about all the organizational changes Getz made and want to give him more time?

When do we start reaping the rewards of said changes??

Don’t worry everyone, Chris Getz is fixing this

@WestEddy fake news

It does matter. Because one of the most important aspects of an mlb rebuild is flipping current assets for future assets that will be valuable when the team is, hopefully, competitive. The total number of games before the trade deadline in July is approximately 105. So 12 games in is close to 12% of that total. Not insignificant. If things don’t turn around within the next few weeks for these trade candidates, I wouldn’t expect much of anything in return in 3 months and that is no bueno.

It matters when your “big” trade chip is becoming untradeable. Would have been nice to see a few other vets turn in good/decent seasons too like Dejong, Banks, and Fedde did last season so they can be dealt for more than cash considerations but I don’t even see that happening. So now we’re counting on drafting and player development alone to dig out of this gaping hole? Good luck

Another month of this and he’s completely untradeable unless, like you said, they eat money to move him (and we know that’s not the Jerry way of doing business). The odds of him finishing the season in a Sox uniform and the team declining his 2026 option in 7 months are greater than 50% at this point imo.

Where’s all the dudes that said you have to hold on to him until the July trade deadline? I was being generous when I compared his value to Cody Bellinger. That was an insult to Bellinger certainly.

With each passing day, Robert’s eventual exit from the Sox looks more and more like Moncada’s. If he continues this play for another month or two, he’s untradeable. Forget surplus value, he won’t even be worth the $15M he’s being paid this season and certainly not the $20M option for next season.

5-5 with anything better than a historically bad offense

Why closer? He’s probably the best starter on this staff.

That’s kinda scary because what’s going to happen to the offense when they don’t?

I was at Disneyland last week and saw Sox hats more than any other team except LAD, NYY, and SDP. It was shocking. I didn’t see a single cubs hat (saw a couple shirts) and I think I saw maybe two (lol) angels hats.

Not really. I was fine with a rebuild but this is far far worse than that. They’re not even doing the rebuild part of it right. At least Hahn did that part well imo. He just screwed up free agent signings. I don’t even see Getz getting close to that step with the way things are going.

They should have signed Kim, Alonso, and Santander. Traded Robert, which I’ve been harping on for two years now, and signed a CF like Bader. Put together an actual competitive lineup instead of whatever this is. Who said I expected more than 54 wins? If I had to pick a number I’d say 45 wins but wouldn’t be at all surprised if they ended up with less wins than 2024. The lineup is atrocious and the bullpen is still highly suspect. This division sucks right now and if they made an honest effort in constructing an mlb lineup and signing a decent high leverage arm they’d be in the mix. It is what it is. As long as Jerry doesn’t care about winning ballgames, I don’t care much either. I’ve probably watched a total of 6 innings so far this season and don’t plan on attending games in person until they have a serious owner in place.

But the offense wouldn’t have benefitted from adding guys like Alonso and Santander lol. Good chance their record is 4-5 or 5-4 if they actually made a real effort to improve the offense in the offseason.

I noticed @WestEddy has been quiet lately. And he wonders why I was so pessimistic about this team in the offseason. Perhaps because this team is somehow worse than last year’s team, which is pretty hard to do even for an owner like Jerry and GM like Getz.

So many people here said keep him until the trade deadline. I was on the trade him for whatever you can get in the offseason train because I only saw his value diminishing the longer they held on to him. There’s at least a 50/50 chance he goes the way of Moncada. By that I mean finishes this season with the Sox and they decline to pick up his option for next season, getting nothing in return for him. He’s brutal at the plate now.

Sure? The longer they hold on to him the more I think he goes the way of Moncada.

That’s pretty generous. It looks worse to me, at least to start the season.

Joey Gallo while batting cleanup opening day lol

I agree with that but my point was that the valuation is on the decline with the way Jerry is operating it and if he continues down this path a $1.5B sale price is possible in a few years.

Forbes had the White Sox valuation at $2.05B last year and now the shareholders are valuing the franchise at around $1.8B? Seems to me the valuation is declining. As I said a couple months ago, it wouldn’t surprise me if the franchise value is around $1.5B by the time Jerry sells out..

I would have liked this signing for the Sox so that they don’t feel obligated to rush Montgomery and/or roster a bum like Amaya. Also, Dejong has flip potential as I wouldn’t mind another prospect like Jarold Rosado in return come July.