Jump to content

Reinsdorf releases statement to say he'll speak more later


Sleepy Harold

Recommended Posts

33 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Getz actually spent almost double that at $38.85 million on his acquisitions in the offseason, along with his additional signings early in the season.  See my post below for the breakdown.  He spent around $40 million dollars on mostly bums and only has Vargas to show for it.

 

The difference is over Fedde, yes?

Hard to call that wasted, based on his 2024 Sox fWAR and bWAR.

Wasted asset, of course, it certainly looks that way right now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

The difference is over Fedde, yes?

Hard to call that wasted, based on his 2024 Sox fWAR and bWAR.

Wasted asset, of course, it certainly looks that way right now.

Fedde’s value to the Sox was only what he could be traded for.  It’s just like having great closer on a terrible team.  Fedde was a trade asset and Getz threw it away by trading him for a bust in Vargas.  Getz’s best signing of his otherwise awful overall offseason turned into a guy that the Dodgers wanted to dump.  He traded a 5.3 WAR for a -0.6 WAR.  Simply embarrassing.

The best Vargas ever did with the Dodgers was last Spring Training when he had a broken pinkie finger and the Dodgers literally told him not to swing the bat so he ended up drawing a bunch of walks facing bum pitchers in ST.

If the Dodgers couldn’t fix Vargas’s bat, the Sox have no hope to.

Edited by WhiteSox2023
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Fedde’s value to the Sox was only what he could be traded for.  It’s just like having great closer on a terrible team.  Fedde was a trade asset and Getz threw it away by trading him for a bust in Vargas.  Getz’s best signing of his otherwise awful overall offseason turned into a guy that the Dodgers wanted to dump.  He traded a 5.3 WAR for a -0.6 WAR.  Simply embarrassing.

The best Vargas ever did with the Dodgers was last Spring Training when he had a broken pinkie finger and the Dodgers literally told him not to swing the bat so he ended up drawing a bunch of walks facing bum pitchers in ST.

If the Dodgers couldn’t fix Vargas’s bat, the Sox have no hope to.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/216308/

.889 career ops in MiLB is broken

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Sure, but that’s never the way JR does it.  He always has a GM/manager chosen before the end of the season.  He doesn’t care about the best candidate.

And now he says he's waiting. Isn't that a good thing? 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Getz actually spent almost double that at $38.85 million on his acquisitions in the offseason, along with his additional signings early in the season.  See my post below for the breakdown.  He spent around $40 million dollars on mostly bums and only has Vargas to show for it.

 

I tend to not quite count Fedde in that total since that signing seemed smart and very distinct from bringing in Martin Maldonado and expecting leadership to make a difference. Fedde was a gamble that could have trade value. Maldonado was to bring TWTW and make them winners.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

I tend to not quite count Fedde in that total since that signing seemed smart and very distinct from bringing in Martin Maldonado and expecting leadership to make a difference. Fedde was a gamble that could have trade value. Maldonado was to bring TWTW and make them winners.

And because Lee was just as bad as 2025 Maldonado and Vargas offensively last year.

Edited by caulfield12
Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

And because Lee was just as bad as 2025 Maldonado and Vargas offensively last year.

Lee was a young guy brought in to see if they could get something out of him while he had cheap control. He was not brought in by Domestic Violence Enthusiast Getz as one of his veterans for leadership program.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Lee was a young guy brought in to see if they could get something out of him while he had cheap control. He was not brought in by Domestic Violence Enthusiast Getz as one of his veterans for leadership program.

Unfortunately the best leader of all those vets was arguably Pillar...just not for the White Sox.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Unfortunately the best leader of all those vets was arguably Pillar...just not for the White Sox.

Did everyone see that article in the Sun Times a couple weeks ago on how the White Sox had bullpen pieces on their roster in ST that they let go and those guys have had pretty consistent success this year with other teams?

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Did everyone see that article in the Sun Times a couple weeks ago on how the White Sox had bullpen pieces on their roster in ST that they let go and those guys have had pretty consistent success this year with other teams?

Declan Cronin was definitely one.

Cubs' lefty Horn?

Justin Anderson, Joe Barlow, Jake Cousins, Chad Kuhl and Jake Woodford;

98% sure 3 of those guys caught on with other teams.

Duke Ellis and Romy.

Erick Hernandez will probably be an All Star.

Edited by caulfield12
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...