So Coppy gets dinged for not saving money to sign a prospect that no one knew would post (and still may not) this international period. #Enschefflogic
So Coppy gets dinged for not saving money to sign a prospect that no one knew would post (and still may not) this international period. #Enschefflogic
Hahn gets serious props for extending those guys when he did at the values he did. No question there, and they turned into great assets. I have yet to be amazed by his transactions or personnel decisions.
Honestly, I think Hahn is a victim of baseball personally. He had talent to be better, but the results never materialized. Rodon/Sale/Q is a solid 1,2,3.. for whatever reason nothing worked for that team and they were smart enough to rebuild when they did. However, I am happier with Coppy and his decisions at this point.
Betcha the White Sox don't make rebuilding mistakes equivalent to the Markakis signing, watering down Kimbrel's value by attaching BJ to him, watering down Simmons' value by insisting they get a MLB SS in return, trading young assets for Olivera, and then compounding the mistake by trading for Kemp.
I guarantee they don't water down the value of their most valuable assets to clear payroll to acquire MLB guys they don't need like Coppy did. That is where Coppy failed in this rebuild, and now we can watch Hahn avoid the same mistakes and maximize the prospects they get in return for their MLB assets.
I bet they also never get a gift from Dave Stewart to cover up for any shortcomings of their rebuild.
Braves1976 (03-02-2017)
You sure are basing your love of the White Sox rebuild on a whole lot of bets and assumptions.
Using your logic, though, is every single major league piece they keep and spend money on keeping them from maximizing the value of the rebuild? So any international talent that doesn't sign with them, or any draft pick they fail to acquire, or any trade they don't make, means Hahn is a mediocre GM and the rebuild is simply plugging along like any other would. This is a video game, where there is no context and there are no negative repercussions, correct?
By the way, the White Sox are the leaders for Robert if he moves into the next signing period, but it's been said they will also consider blowing past their pool in this period to sign him as well. So please tell me, if they are contemplating blowing past their pool after the fact for one guy (someone who is certainly a top international talent but not some kind of generational star), then how is their decision not to go ahead and blow past it in July not a mistake?
1. You've never told me the signature you want me to change it to. I always live up to my bets so you can stop worrying.
2. The season hasn't started yet
3. Typical you to not address the actual issue brought up
Will they trade for one at this point? Likely not, but I'm not changing my signature until I have to... why would I?
Ask and you shall receive Enscheff... you had a chance to give me the signature you wanted, but I think I'll stick with the one I just made.
So sounds like he's about to be declared eligible. Astros, Reds, Cards all having private workouts with him. Pads, White Sox and Athletics are also expected to have workouts. Doesn't even sound like we have any interest him. This is a mistake. We should go hard after this guy. We have ZERO elite outfield talent anywhere close.