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That says something about his character, I hope

Saying the Sox don’t have a legit fan base is off base. And obviously there is outrage. Look at the attendance numbers. What else do you want people to do?

If Smith 8.5, 2.5 and 2 for the HS, you have 13 already.

They have a plan?

Wooooooof

If we ran the Crochet experiment with 100 pitchers who had the same injury history/innings base, how many make it to the break with 100 innings and healthy 1? 5? I am taking my winnings and going home.

Iriarte so far 4IP 0H 0R 0ER 1bb 6K HBP. 3 of the outs are swinging bunts. He has looked pretty dominant.

Nastrini has to be the most disappointing prospect of the year so far. Dude just sucks now.

Just chiming in that shoulder impingements fucking suck.

If I’m Getz and Dodgers are serious about Crochet I’m asking for something like…. Pages De Paula Rushing Doubt they do it but I don’t love how we line up with them anyways.

KC do not have the pieces to get Crochet and/or Robert. Their system is terrible

Don’t summon him

But…they’re not winning. If you need the team to be good in order to avoid attention on how you call a game, then you’re probably not that good at your job.

Just like you also have a choice to not read and respond to a thread that you know is critical of an announcer that you think is fine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

$80,000 over for a guy with 30 power probably? I find that shocking. I expect him to hit in the lower levels, then we'll see.

Schriffen keeps talking about how many close games the White Sox have been in, but in this series have been outscored 13-2. Maybe the Sox can sign more players other teams don't want.

I’m watching Ozzie going off on the team, I’m still upset the way he left the Sox but right now I would bring him back to manage the rest of the year, the players are mailing it in showing absolutely no emotion and maybe Ozzie would light a fire with these guys.

No one in the entire organization is doing their job, this franchise is as dysfunctional as it gets.

Game 100 tonight…it’s really amazing he hasn’t been fired. Reinsdorf should be so ashamed of how he’s let this organization implode.

Tanner Stanks

Schultz didn’t appear to have his dominant stuff, but he still went 4 scoreless.

Sox have to have had the worst major league scouts. So many wrong decisions on players who were already in the majors. It’s why almost every free agent acquisition implodes.

He looks like a solid back of the rotation SP to me.

Nothing…he is an absolute abomination of a player.

Baldwin playing 2 games in a row? And Grifol is letting him?! Of course I have to watch this s%*# team again tonight. Thanks Grifol.

This is it for me. I’m cashing in my winnings asap. I’m totally good with moving Crochet for the right offer.

Meh. Interest is a good sign, but I don't love how the Dodgers prospects matchup.

Too bad for Leasure. I hope he heals up. I bet there's a bit of bullpen churn after the deadline. Coffey, AHT, Adler, and Cousin are all possibilities if they trade Kopech, Brebbia, etc.

I don't work for the Dodgers. So you don't have to treat my words like the Dodger organization came to your house and said what I did. 1) The Dodgers have a small bunch of starting pitchers who aren't 9-inning endurance monsters. So their fan base probably understands stacking the roster with great pitchers who will pitch two months, or two innings at a time. 2) Putting down the batting order once at the beginning of the game isn't "meaningless". Those 6-9 outs are just as valuable early as they are late. 3) Being an opener on a 5 day schedule isn't "being a reliever". And I did mention ramping him back up for the playoffs to a 5-inning starter. 4) If you think that the Dodgers worrying about next year is hilarious, you must piss yourself laughing every time you consider that Ohtani and Yamamoto are signed to multi-year contracts. 5) "Every move should be about winning now" is a silly, meaningless mantra. There are about 4-5 levels of minor leagues that teams invest heavily in that have nothing to do with "winning now". I'll wait until you catch your breath from laughing. So, therefore, picking up a player that is controllable beyond the current season is seen as added value. Giggle yourself silly, now. 6) I'm guessing that a team that has been in the postseason the last 11 seasons will be able to "help themselves from injuring their players" in the last week of the playoffs. And if Crochet is properly ramped up, there's probably no real problem with him throwing an inning in game 7 of the World Series.

Skenes is absolutely the exception though. In this draft alone there are multiple instances: Andrew Dutkanych, Gage Jump and Thatcher Hurd all turned down millions out of HS. So did Arkansas 2B Peyton Stovall. If someone is offering you millions to play baseball, take it in the vast majority of cases.

can you imagine how insufferable he'd be if the sox were actually .500? We'd be hearing how JR is as pure as the driven snow.

Schriffen is god awful. Winning or losing, I think he would still be terrible.

Nope they don’t, you’d have to grab a young piece of the big league roster to go with their prospects in a deal.

Was it Len and Beckham yesterday on TV? It wasn't a great broadcast but boy it was nice to see Len filling dead air late with actual stats analysis rather than just hearing Schriffen doing his ah shucks here come the Sox (not really) routine with Stone.

Lol at Royals being a fit for Crochet/Robert. That farm is awful. They don’t have the prospects to fetch Fedde. Think along the lines of Tommy Pham for KC.

I will say this year I've enjoyed Len and DJ on the radio broadcast more than ever. I've said it before, but the only people watching this Sox team are the sick fucks that actually have a decent knowledge of the team. You can show excitement but don't lie to us about what we are watching. He keeps saying things that don't pass the smell test. And the broadcast isn't the place for your personal retribution. You have no credibility to start with coming from the outside - maybe try to the build it up first.

I kind of think it may be frustrated but in the long view I’d imagine baseball would rather more go to college programs. For one, they’ve become great at developing their talent. The players aren’t forced to go there, and some are getting good cash to stay. I think of someone like Skenes, and find it hard to believe he’d be in majors right now if he went out of high school. He’d probably have only topped 40 innings last year in this absurd holding back of pitchers.

There are only a few teams that can afford either and they’re all in the hunt now

It should be to maintain the government allowed monopoly. To protect the workers. To justify the many tax breaks they receive from local and state governments.

AAA and AA managers the only reasons for a "strategic" shift now, or possessing requisite leadership capabilities...

That's pretty fucking cool.

A guy like Cease or Quintana? Sure bet on their health. Crochet? Not me.

We shouldn't have to make that choice. A major league team should be able to hire a good play-by-play man. As for me, it isn't hate. I just don't want anyone insulting my intelligence.

Lip Man is just disgruntled because he thinks in his mind that he should have gotten the job because he claims to announce games. For who, or what it doesn't matter he's gonna hate because the baseball on the south side has been so bad that he has to pick apart an announcer in his first year with a new team. Who the f cares, if the Sox were winning we wouldn't be talking about the announcing booth.

I will say I am not a fan of the premise that only the bad teams seem to be under pressure. San Diego and Baltimore have to be feeling the pressure of their divisions and their past failures.

still can't believe our GM is Chris Getz, seriously WHAT THE f***

Barring health is a big if with his innings already. It's taking a big chance.

I don't know what everyone's complaining about. I like the broadcast team tonight just fine.

Now do Benintendi and Eloy