Could Getz Have an Actual Master Plan?

[Tnetennba]

Holy s%*# we need actual baseball to talk about...

[WestEddy]

46 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yet none of those players were actually around for the WS team.  Cameron had been traded for Konerko six freaking years earlier.  Lee was traded for Scottie Pods in the offseason.  It was just a series of moves that all panned out for one season.  There was no rebuild.  If there was a rebuild, the team shouldn’t have fallen apart after just one more season.

If there was a rebuild, the team shouldn't have fallen apart? LOL. Do you even know what you're talking about? They didn't "fall apart after just one more season". That team had a down season in 2007, then won the Central again in 2008. You seem to think that "competing" means winning multiple championships in a row. 

[Tony]

39 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

As Kenny called it when they moved Lee for Pods, it was a reshuffle. Their offense, while incredibly powerful was stagnant. They changed the build up of the team and it worked. 

I won't stand for the shade being thrown at the '05 sox. That was no fluke and those guys were dudes and that team was built beautifully.

This has been a debate for basically the last decade, but I think the argument is a fairly simple one. 

The 2005 White Sox were an absolute force and absolutely deserved to win the World Series based on their play. 

However, coming into the 2005 season, there were not waves of predictions they were a World Series caliber team, from fans or media members. 
 

- A 31 year old Jermaine Dye doubled his WAR from 2004

- Podsednik had a 1.7 WAR in 2005, up from 0.6 in 2004 (He played in 25 more games in 2004!)

- From 2002-2004, Konerko put up a 3.8 WAR total. In 2004 he had a 4 WAR season. 

- Two guys who I consider some of the most important guys in 2005, Politte and Cotts, came out of absolute NO WHERE and both had WARs over 2 as RPs. 

I could go on. There were a few guys that actually had somewhat down years from where they were before (Rowand, Frank obviously) but generally speaking, a lot had to come together from some unexpected places for 2005 to be as memorable as it was. That is often the case for World Series teams, but as history unfortunately showed us, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007 weren’t playoff teams. It was a magical season, but the key word there is “season.” It lasted a year.