Potential Crochet Trade discussion Thread

[almagest]

On 11/18/2024 at 2:04 PM, DirtySox said:

Compare that to someone like Whitesox2023 whose posts consist of "Lol Getz Sucks!" or "Coulda had Keaschall!" Dude could be replaced with a bot or a soundboard and no one could tell the difference.

Be careful, I hear if you say the "K-word" three times that summons him

[WhiteSox2023]

35 minutes ago, almagest said:

Be careful, I hear if you say the "K-word" three times that summons him

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

[almagest]

3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

Oh no I was wrong! It only takes one!

[southsider2k5]

59 minutes ago, almagest said:

The hope I have is that Getz is bringing what appear to be talented people here to help rectify the awful position player development record the Sox have. They may be better off going for a large quantity of lower level promise instead of top 100 guys on the cusp, especially because those top 100 guys just aren't available it seems, unless they're in free fall like Vargas. Hopefully the Sox learn from that mistake.

It's what we all have to hope for.  Essentially we  have to hope that the replacement for himself that Getz hired/s is light years better at development than he was.

[almagest]

11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

It's what we all have to hope for.  Essentially we  have to hope that the replacement for himself that Getz hired/s is light years better at development than he was.

I guess we'll find out how much of that was Getz's incompetence, and how much was Hahn's. Hopefully it was more of the latter than the former - I'm encouraged by the hires Getz has made, and he seems to be getting buy-in from some good people. This is still the White Sox, though.

[Lip Man 1]

2 hours ago, almagest said:

I guess we'll find out how much of that was Getz's incompetence, and how much was Hahn's. Hopefully it was more of the latter than the former - I'm encouraged by the hires Getz has made, and he seems to be getting buy-in from some good people. This is still the White Sox, though.

True and JR is still the owner, the ultimate wild card. 

[tray]

On 11/6/2024 at 8:09 AM, Highland said:

On the surface, this doesn't make sense: Trading a great talent with little guarantee the team will get a good value in return. There is nothing like a rebuild. How did that last one go?

The WSox could have a decent rotation with current staff including Crochet, Canon, Thorpe et. al.. Add possible future starters Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith and that rotation (and the entire team) takes another step toward competing with the best teams. Yes, WSox need some hitters/position players so add them through FA ...but don't rob from Peter to pay Paul so to speak. Spend some damn money on FA instead of trying to go on the cheap by trying to outsmart other teams with trades and "developing" prospects while we watch another painful rebuild. Fvk that.

[Fielder Jones]

4 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

passssss the lotrimin on the left hand side

[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, tray said:

The WSox could have a decent rotation with current staff including Crochet, Canon, Thorpe et. al.. Add possible future starters Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith and that rotation (and the entire team) takes another step toward competing with the best teams. Yes, WSox need some hitters/position players so add them through FA ...but don't rob from Peter to pay Paul so to speak. Spend some damn money on FA instead of trying to go on the cheap by trying to outsmart other teams with trades and "developing" prospects while we watch another painful rebuild. Fvk that.

I think the rotation can still be good but they are definitely going to rob from Peter [Crochet] to pay Paul [position player prospects].  But Schultz, Smith, Thorpe, Taylor, Cannon, and others can still be a solid rotation.

But unless Getz knocks the Crochet trade out of the park, some young guys step up, and the Sox nail their drafts going forward, I still don’t see where they are going to come up with the lineup.  Jerry isn’t going to spend in free agency.

Edited 20 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[WestEddy]

5 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

Isn't the "itch on your left side" a euphemism for "Michael A. Taylor could be signed really cheap and flipped for a haul"?

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

Isn't the "itch on your left side" a euphemism for "Michael A. Taylor could be signed really cheap and flipped for a haul"?

I never said Taylor could be flipped for a haul.  I said that I thought there were better fliers to take a chance on than some of the players Getz acquired last offseason.  I also wanted Getz to go after Joey Bart and Victor Robles during the season when they were made available via DFA, but he passed.

However, I do remember when @greg775, yes @greg775, owned you last Spring Training.  See the screenshot evidence below.

Game, set, match, old chap…  😘

Edited 19 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[greg775]

Thanks White Sox 2023. I feel so many times nobody credits me for credible posts and I was right there on that one. That's why I didn't buy mlb.com. Amazing how people won't give credit and you did. Thank u! The post you cited should put as the first member of the Soxtalk.com Posters Hall of Fame!

Go Bro Rice in the Prep Bowl playoffs if indeed they are in them.

Edited 16 hours ago by greg775

[Snopek]

So anyway…

This is both funny and kind of interesting: https://bsky.app/profile/fangraphs.com/post/3lbf7ohlxo52p

Wonder if we’ll see any “we trieds” leaked after Crochet is traded.

[WestEddy]

11 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I never said Taylor could be flipped for a haul.  I said that I thought there were better fliers to take a chance on than some of the players Getz acquired last offseason.  I also wanted Getz to go after Joey Bart and Victor Robles during the season when they were made available via DFA, but he passed.

However, I do remember when @greg775, yes @greg775, owned you last Spring Training.  See the screenshot evidence below.

Game, set, match, old chap…  😘

 

Wow, I feel so "owned". LOL. 

[JoeC]

17 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

I hate to ask, but stage left?

[Kyyle23]

20 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Wow, I feel so "owned". LOL. 

I mean in this context you very much should.  Greg gave his honest opinion and you criticized him for it and every one of your points backfired spectacularly.  You were a jerk to him and he was 100 percent right

[southsider2k5]

6 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

I mean in this context you very much should.  Greg gave his honest opinion and you criticized him for it and every one of your points backfired spectacularly.  You were a jerk to him and he was 100 percent right

And it’s greg!  We are talking about a troll Cub fan here 

[Tony]

30 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Wow, I feel so "owned". LOL. 

That would be the appropriate feeling in this case

[Bob Sacamano]

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

And it’s greg!  We are talking about a troll Cub fan here 

Wait, Greg's not a Royals fan?

[PaleAleSox]

Can a foodie make up a rumor or something for the love of god.

[WhiteSox2023]

7 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Can a foodie make up a rumor or something for the love of god.

Do they still exist?  I thought they were all outed as fake insiders.

[southsider2k5]

11 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Wait, Greg's not a Royals fan?

Well nothing replaces the Lawrence Kansas Applebees...

[WestEddy]

38 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

I mean in this context you very much should.  Greg gave his honest opinion and you criticized him for it and every one of your points backfired spectacularly.  You were a jerk to him and he was 100 percent right

Crazy. I gave my honest opinion and was criticized for it. One man's ceiling is another man's floor. 

[WestEddy]

41 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

I mean in this context you very much should.  Greg gave his honest opinion and you criticized him for it and every one of your points backfired spectacularly.  You were a jerk to him and he was 100 percent right

...And the strangest part is that WS2023 left out all of Greg's predictions that Robert, Yoan and Eloy would be out 11 games into the season, and that Benintendi and Vaughn would OPS .400 for 3 months. Oh wait....

Dude was dealt 17 cards before he caught his inside straight. 

[Kyyle23]

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

...And the strangest part is that WS2023 left out all of Greg's predictions that Robert, Yoan and Eloy would be out 11 games into the season, and that Benintendi and Vaughn would OPS .400 for 3 months. Oh wait....

Dude was dealt 17 cards before he caught his inside straight. 

This isn’t your honest opinion.  This is you getting in your feels, just like you did for the entirety of last season, and telling everyone that the s%*# team on the field was better than we said.   I criticize Greg a lot for coming into discussions and not providing depth to his points but he actually did here(and was RIGHT LMAO) and you couldn’t take it.  It was a prediction and you acted like he kicked your dog lol