Tony

These are very good posts, shouldn't be available on a free site lol

This was the most common reply when Nightengale first had the report that the Sox were considering interviewing LaRussa for the job…..just saying.

Hand up, I have never heard of Paul Blackburn.

Man, I have zero idea what they are doing over there

It's a complicated issue. I will always want the team I root for to go for BPA, at all times, in the MLB Draft. Different for other sports, but I never believe in drafting for a need with MLB. So if the Sox thought he was BPA, I'm for it. It becomes more complicated when you don't have faith in the structure of the White Sox and their development plan. If there is an argument to be made that they are more successful with college bats than a high school arm, I can see taking a player that fits that profile more to try and hedge your bet, so to speak.

Good or bad?

They all do, but Carl Crawford just turned 40. He retired 2016, Holliday retired in 2018, which is just as crazy.

CARL CRAWFORD HAS A KID THAT'S ABLE TO BE DRAFTED?!?! WTF

Dylan deserves to go, but Liam is very deserving as well. Dude has lived up the contract thus far.

How about not picking up the Kimbrel option (meaning they wouldn’t have to spend the 11.5 on Pollock) not signing Vince Velazquez or Joe Kelly, offering and/or brining back Rodon, and still signing Cueto? Finding a RF that actually knows how to play RF and is somewhat productive? Not giving Leury a 3 year deal when there wasn’t a market for him? Signing FA’s isn’t the only way to acquire talent. The team won 93 games last season. They are on pace for 79 wins this year. Sorry you’re surprised your thread praising Rick for his offseason isn’t being met with bouquets of roses.

Finished it last night, what an awesome show. Didn’t totally get what “the cans” and what Michael was doing, but aside from that, great first season.

This is sad. Who fucking cares? The Sox are supposed to be in the middle of their World Series window and they’ve struggled to stay at .500 and we are nearing the end of July. Why are we grading Rick Hahn for his offseason? How about we grade him on the team he’s build in 2022? What grade do you give that?

I’m sorry, I know it’s “just money” but if you know that in two years he’s an FA and he’s going to cost your franchise AT least 500 million in order to keep his services for the rest of his career, the cost to acquire him shouldn’t be that great. The Nationals are in an absolutely terrible spot and that franchise is a mess and needs a total rebuild. Soto isn’t really “helping” them the next few years. Yes, he had tremendous value to other teams, the White Sox very much included, but because of his earth shattering contract requests, I can’t fully get on board with a team shipping out a incredible trade package as well. The only way the Nats have ant leverage is if other GM’s act foolish, which seems to always take place.

Finally some big W’s from this team. Keep them coming.

To be clear, we don't think that about EVERYONE. We for sure think it about you, just not everyone. That's an unfair shot, and I won't stand for it.

He has a shtick to keep up with. No matter what happens, for guys like @wrathofhahn, once he believes it, NOTHING will change his mind. Logic and facts be damned.

This is an absolute crock of shit. You have zero read on the situation. Zero.

Sox need a large attitude adjustment. They have been playing dead baseball all year.

You mean chewed out by his own manager for showing up the Twins, right?

Love it. Sox need a spark like that.

I guess I can walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. Not everything has to be the biggest deal in the world. You can disagree with how things are being handled but also not be as cut and dry and say "THIS IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD." I don't think anyone has done that here. Yes, there are bigger issues to be upset about. But who is keeping track of this made up list? You can only think X amount of things are wrong, and when the list fills up, you just will overlook other issues? I just think you're being stubborn for no reason.

This sort of opens up pandora's box though. Ok, they're meeting MLB requirements. They're also meeting MLB requirements by fielding a roster of 26 MLB players, but as fans, we expect more than what they are giving us. We expect the organization to do better. Just because a league sets a bare minimum, we shouldn't accept that amount of effort. Value in minor league players has risen SIGNIFICANTLY over the last 10-15 years. A great majority of them don't have value, but the most important ones hold a tremendous amount. And they seemingly haven't adjusted housing situations enough to go in line with that value. And again, I'm not going to fault any fan for wanting a little more than the bare minimum from the team they root for.

Haven't read the entire thread so not sure if someone else has mentioned this, but consider for a second that Colson Montgomery, someone playing Kannapolis currently, probably is in the Top 3 most valuable assets the Sox could trade in the entire organization. Cease, Robert and Anderson would be the only ones with possibly more value. And that's with the Sox having one of, if not the worst farm systems in baseball and supposedly a World Series-ready roster. For a team with a good farm system, those players might make up spots 1-2-3 of a most valuable list. Maybe they should be treated just a tad better than they currently are, given how much value they have to the organization?

That's pretty incredible, for all the wrong reasons.