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3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

34 years old.  I’m sure his best year is ahead of him.  I’d rather play the younger bums that Getz acquired last year and Colas.  Being a Sox fan is depressing…

I found it funny how Getz today said they need to acquire a RF after all the resources they’ve put into Colas, Fletcher and Deloach

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4 minutes ago, fathom said:

I found it funny how Getz today said they need to acquire a RF after all the resources they’ve put into Colas, Fletcher and Deloach

What's a GM supposed to do? I mean, he had a pretty terrible minor league development guy... himself

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32 minutes ago, fathom said:

I found it funny how Getz today said they need to acquire a RF after all the resources they’ve put into Colas, Fletcher and Deloach

Even if mediocre vets like Slater and Tauchman have good first halves, you aren’t getting back much of anything for them.  These aren’t true one year “flip” candidates.  Flip candidates are guys who have been good in the past and had a down year.  These are cheap vets that were never really good players.  Instead of signing these two scrubs, sign Austin Hays to a one year deal and see what he can do.  Hays is a flip candidate.

Giving the younger outfielders that you mentioned above those at bats is worth more than the lottery tickets you are going to get back for Slater and Tauchman, if you even get anything for them at all.

What the hell is Getz’s game plan here?  Does he even have a strategy?

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6 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Does this make a Robert trade more likely? He played some CF for the Cubs last two seasons.

I doubt it’s any indication.  The Sox have never been a team that cares much about outfield defense.  They could’ve just thrown Fletcher in CF, had they thought they were close to a Robert trade.

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4 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I doubt it’s any indication.  The Sox have never been a team that cares about outfield defense.  They could’ve just thrown Fletcher in CF, had they thought they were close to a Robert trade.

I think Robert is long gone, and Benintendi might be also

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3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I doubt it’s any indication.  The Sox have never been a team that cares about outfield defense.  They could’ve just thrown Fletcher in CF already, had they thought they were close to a Robert trade.

Maybe. But they’re clearly adding vets to the OF for a reason. Benintendi, Tauchman, Slater. Excluding Robert, those three are for sure on the MLB roster. Recently gave Cal Mitchell a NRI. Fletcher and Julks still exist. I’m not saying it’s great but they certainly didn't have anywhere near this type of OF depth going into the 2024 season.

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6 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Maybe. But they’re clearly adding vets to the OF for a reason. Benintendi, Tauchman, Slater. Excluding Robert, those three are for sure on the MLB roster. Recently gave Cal Mitchell a NRI. Fletcher and Julks still exist. I’m not saying it’s great but they certainly didn't have anywhere near this type of OF depth going into the 2024 season.

A collection of bad outfielders isn’t outfield depth.  Most teams wouldn’t want any of these guys getting any playing time.

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3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Bad outfield depth isn’t depth.  Most teams wouldn’t want any of these guys getting any playing time.

Tauchman led off for the cubs a decent amount last season. He’s not a guy that a contending team would want starting everyday but he’d certainly get ABs on a number of good teams. 

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