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Good to see Zavala hitting. Would be nice if he can ascend. Gonna be interesting to see who plays OF in W-S. Read somewhere that in at least one game it was Wolkow, Montogomery, Zavala. Sox have 5 legit OF prospects (including Saucke and McLain). All 5 of them should start the year at W-S. I am not high on Saucke (or Veras, obviously) but three of the other 4 could move quickly. Personally, I'd give Wolkow another half season at Kanny, and rotate McLain, Zavala, and Montgomery through all the outfield spots, but I'm not on the back fields, so who knows?

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  On 3/22/2025 at 2:03 PM, Timmy U said:

Good to see Zavala hitting. Would be nice if he can ascend. Gonna be interesting to see who plays OF in W-S. Read somewhere that in at least one game it was Wolkow, Montogomery, Zavala. Sox have 5 legit OF prospects (including Saucke and McLain). All 5 of them should start the year at W-S. I am not high on Saucke (or Veras, obviously) but three of the other 4 could move quickly. Personally, I'd give Wolkow another half season at Kanny, and rotate McLain, Zavala, and Montgomery through all the outfield spots, but I'm not on the back fields, so who knows?

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They do have some interesting ones. At least they are all better than average defenders as well.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 2:03 PM, Timmy U said:

Good to see Zavala hitting. Would be nice if he can ascend. Gonna be interesting to see who plays OF in W-S. Read somewhere that in at least one game it was Wolkow, Montogomery, Zavala. Sox have 5 legit OF prospects (including Saucke and McLain). All 5 of them should start the year at W-S. I am not high on Saucke (or Veras, obviously) but three of the other 4 could move quickly. Personally, I'd give Wolkow another half season at Kanny, and rotate McLain, Zavala, and Montgomery through all the outfield spots, but I'm not on the back fields, so who knows?

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100% agree.  Wolkow only has half a season in Low A, he should start the year in Kanny and work on his pitch recognition & swing decisions.  If he does well, promote him around middle of the season whenever Braden likely get the bump to AA.  Ending the season as a 19 year old in High A would be a hell of an accomplishment for him.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 4:51 PM, Chicago White Sox said:

100% agree.  Wolkow only has half a season in Low A, he should start the year in Kanny and work on his pitch recognition & swing decisions.  If he does well, promote him around middle of the season whenever Braden likely get the bump to AA.  Ending the season as a 19 year old in High A would be a hell of an accomplishment for him.

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Yeah High A placement is way too aggressive for someone with his K/contact issues.

Let him build his confidence up one step at a time.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:18 PM, ptatc said:

Rebuild II is in its second year. 

Patience grasshopper.

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No, Rebuild II is now starting its third year.

Hahn definitely kickstarted the second rebuild in 2023 by trading Lopez, Giolito, Lynn, Kelly, Graveman, Middleton, and Burger.  Getz was the assistant GM and probably had some input regarding those trades.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:26 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

No, Rebuild II is now starting its third year.

Hahn definitely kickstarted the second rebuild in 2023 by trading Lopez, Giolito, Lynn, Kelly, Graveman, Middleton, and Burger.  Getz was the assistant GM and probably had some input regarding those trades.

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I would define it differently. I would define it when the new guy took over and started making the decisions. Regardless of what Hahn did it wasn't Getz’s plan.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:35 PM, ptatc said:

I would define it differently. I would define it when the new guy took over and started making the decisions. Regardless of what Hahn did it wasn't Getz’s plan.

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The owner let the existing regime, which included Getz, make all the trades at the 2023 deadline while knowing he was going to fire both Kenny and Hahn and promote Getz from assistant GM to GM.  Remember, Reinsdorf said he didn’t even interview anyone else but Getz for the GM job.

It was most definitely the start of the second rebuild.  Afterall, they traded away 7 players that made up 27% of the 26-man roster!

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:42 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

The owner let the existing regime, which included Getz, make all the trades at the 2023 deadline while knowing he was going to fire both Kenny and Hahn and promote Getz from assistant GM to GM.  It was most definitely the start of second rebuild.  They traded away 7 players that made up 27% of the roster!

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By that logic, if those trades are bad you blame Getz for them? Mike Shirley as he was in the organization too? He probably had as much input as Getz.

I look at the person who is responsible for the plan and whether he executes it or not.

He gets 4-5 years to make a team his way. If it doesn't work, he gets the walking papers.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:48 PM, ptatc said:

By that logic, if those trades are bad you blame Getz for them? Mike Shirley as he was in the organization too? He probably had as much input as Getz.

I look at the person who is responsible for the plan and whether he executes it or not.

He gets 4-5 years to make a team his way. If it doesn't work, he gets the walking papers.

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Getz was the director of player development (from 2017 to 2020) and the assistant GM (starting in 2021) before Hahn and Kenny were fired and he became the full GM in 2023.  Of course he bears some responsibility for the farm system and roster, unless he was sitting around doing nothing in his roles and just collecting a paycheck.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:48 PM, ptatc said:

By that logic, if those trades are bad you blame Getz for them? Mike Shirley as he was in the organization too? He probably had as much input as Getz.

I look at the person who is responsible for the plan and whether he executes it or not.

He gets 4-5 years to make a team his way. If it doesn't work, he gets the walking papers.

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At the rate things are going and with Ishbia now looking on...it's probably closer to 3 to 3 1/2 years.

Five years at JR's current age just sounds too slow developing to wait out.

Plus the stadium issue is at least somewhat tied to the Sox being at least competitive as an organization.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:52 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

Getz was the director of player development (from 2017 to 2020) and the assistant GM (starting in 2021) before Hahn and Kenny were fired.  Of course he bears some responsibility, unless he was sitting around doing nothing in his roles and just collecting a paycheck.

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From the reports on how Hahn and Williams ran it, they may not have included him. Shirley was the director of amateur scouting and had a say on who they traded for.

Regardless, it wasn't his plan nor his execution. I know you don't like him or the organization as a whole and think he should have won the world series last year.

I for one, will watch what he does and give him a chance to execute his plan.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:57 PM, ptatc said:

From the reports on how Hahn and Williams ran it, they may not have included him. Shirley was the director of amateur scouting and had a say on who they traded for.

Regardless, it wasn't his plan nor his execution. I know you don't like him or the organization as a whole and think he should have won the world series last year.

I for one, will watch what he does and give him a chance to execute his plan.

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Uhhh, no.  I’m not a meth head.  Getz can’t even manage a .500 season and instead set the record for futility.  You said these same things about Hahn during the first rebuild and of course he failed before finally getting fired.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:58 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

Uhhh, no.  I’m not a meth head.  Getz can’t even manage a .500 season and instead set the record for futility.  You said these same things about Hahn during the first rebuild and of course he failed before finally getting fired.

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Correct. Hahn had his chance, had a short lived successful run. It ultimately failed and he was rightly fired. Same thing applies to Getz. Everyone gets a chance. If it doesn't work they get fired. It's the way of sports.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 11:26 PM, WhiteSox2023 said:

No, Rebuild II is now starting its third year.

Hahn definitely kickstarted the second rebuild in 2023 by trading Lopez, Giolito, Lynn, Kelly, Graveman, Middleton, and Burger.  Getz was the assistant GM and probably had some input regarding those trades.

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They did not go into 2023 thinking they were going to rebuild. Hahn thought the manager was going to fix their .500 record the year before. They signed Benintendi. 

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  On 3/23/2025 at 12:08 AM, PaleAleSox said:

They did not go into 2023 thinking they were going to rebuild. Hahn thought the manager was going to fix their .500 record the year before. They signed Benintendi. 

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Except nobody on this board thought the years on that contract were appropriate.  Nearly everyone wanted three years or no AB signing at all. 

But it's somehow now even more appropriate the biggest signing in team history would be the most inconsequential or under the radar in the overall scheme of MLB.

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