Jack Parkman

Jerry sucks. Hahn sucks. They are not mutually exclusive.

Btw this is funny haha and not funny ridiculous.

Yeah, Moncada has already been guaranteed $100M Between his signing bonus and his extension so you can hardly say he's been screwed. If he bounces back and has 3 great years he'd hit the market again at 30. Everyone was so sure he'd bet on himself because he already had the $31.5M signing bonus but being a centimillionaire with the possibility to add more by age 24 is pretty appealing.

It is good for baseball because cheap owners can't hide the truth anymore. Either get with the program or GTFO.

They're purposely trolling the fanbase. They know exactly what they're doing.

The Sox front office has an incredible amount of contempt for the fanbase, its paying customers. They think we're fools and Jerry's 2nd place schtick is a troll job that he enjoys the hell out of.

I was giving examples of actual generational hitters and Madrigal was billed as having that type of upside coming out of Oregon St.

Delete, quoted the wrong person

I completely agree. He was probably going to need Tommy John regardless. The human body isnt made to throw a baseball 102 mph.

This. Crochet's floor was always a back end reliever. The issue is that the Sox never gave him the chance to prove whether or not he could be anything more. Given how quickly he snapped his UCL and that he was a college pick, he probably would have ended up in the bullpen anyway.

Crochet wasn't inexcusable if they actually handled him properly.

And we were sold that he could steal 25+ bases.

The scouting reports billed Madrigal as a generational hitter like Tony Gwynn Sr. or Rod Carew at the draft. That guy is ok to take at 4th overall. When he got to the minors and they started talking like he was a guarantee to hit only .280, then the bust radar went up. The issue is that the bats took him from 40 grade power with aluminum to 25 grade power with wood.

Yep. Water is wet, bears s%*# in the woods, etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gallo

They need the power and OBP.

Nice to see y'all came around on the Madrigal sucks train.

If payroll is being cut, ownership has already given up and the FO should act accordingly.

I'm fine with bringing the band back for 1 more year, but payroll being cut is unacceptable. They need to try this as one last shot, if it doesn't work then tear it down again. They should be spending money, not trading prospects. 2023 is the last chance for this core, IMO. Either they bounce back or they tear it down and try again.

Too much needs to go right.

Yes.

Same. I'm not shy about finding other ways to enjoy sports when my teams suck/have bad ownership though.