WestEddy

And they're not an 82 win team regardless of how many betting lines you look up. Betting lines represent the point at which they can get impulsive losers to empty their pockets, thinking they're the smartest people in the world.

Grifol used to complain that he had to use FO data for positioning. The Brewers were in the NLCS last year. They scored one run in each game. LA pitching was just too much. However, they've been there. They are composed and are constantly making their own luck. Yes, "at some point", the Sox' record will say what they are. That doesn't happen after 3 games against the team that just had the best record in the game last year.

Yes, Colson, Mune, Meidroth are all AAAA players. Good job.

Somebody just said above - no, they're not that great a team on paper, but they find ways to win. The first two games were insane the way everybody was getting a hit, then stealing bases. Every time I checked in on the game today, they had a guy on 2nd.

They are tied for the best record in the game. Prove me wrong.

At least they're still 0-0 in one run losses.

No, the smartest people on the planet chose 77 wins for this team. Look it up.

Yeah, every team looks bad when getting swept by the best team in the NL.

That was a name, when taken 26+ years ago, felt "futuristic". Now, it's like, "we're of this century". An enterprising young web developer might start parking on every trade.com - 22ndCenturyPlumbing.com, 22ndCenturyGutters.com

15 people picked 75+ in the poll. Some in the media and blogistan picked 75+, also.

This take was certainly .... a choice.

Well, they put runs on the board, manufactured and multi-run HRs. Kay settled in. This bullpen will be better than last year's. Just a bad stretch to open the year. Pereira and Monty wake up. The Marlins swept the Rockies, so maybe they'll be cocky tomorrow.

Ha! Twins sign John Brebbia.

I'm concerned every run this year's come on HRs. I need someone to beat out a hit, get bunted to 2nd, steal 3rd, then score on a sac fly.

Or, hear me out on this, the Sox might just extend another star coming into his prime like they have always done. Historically, that's been the result.

His game audio's bad because it's coming from the future.

LOL. Now Andrew Vaughn is a perennial All-Star? Give me a break.

If you don't have the ability to watch the trajectory of a rebuilding team and set your own expectations, I'm not sure why you need me to do that for you.

Why do I have to give you a timetable? We all watch and read the same things. You proclaim regularly that JR has "thrown in the towel" and is no longer interested in winning. So then, you expect every single game to be a blow-out victory for the Sox and are screaming when it isn't. That doesn't line up. Getz's first full season set the loss record. The team improved by 19 games in his 2nd. The team definitely looks better on paper than what broke camp last year, and there are 3-4 top prospects poised to make this team in the 2nd half. A bunch of people here are saying the Sox won't have a winning season until 2030, and nobody pushes back on that. Looks like Getz is well ahead of that curve.

It's almost like you're not on a comment board where this is discussed every day. The Astros got 6 losing seasons before this current dynasty. You guys were calling for Getz's head the day he got the job.

No, two games against the team with the best record in the game last year is not encouraging. I don't watch a guy overthrow a base and think the owner made him do that. It's a 162 game season. You've been a fan for 93 years, so I'd think you'd understand it's a long season, and no team is as good as they look on a winning streak, and they're not as bad as they look in a slump.

And I have said that Hahn didn't do a good job, but I thought he was hamstrung by KW's philosophies. It's silly to ignore the players they extended for what they thought was a run of dominance. They all collapsed, and there was nothing in the minors. Ignoring inconvenient facts doesn't make your point.

Pereira has played two games. They're playing against the team with the best 2025 record. I can see these guys pressing. We get to stop saying they're in a rebuild when they're no longer in a rebuild. Acuña, Pereira, Baldwin, Peters, Kelenic - they're all young talent that need reps.

They extended Robert, Moncada, Anderson and Jimenez. Locking up young talent sure doesn't look like "throwing in the towel". They didn't have any Plan Bs. Too often, plan A was crossing their fingers and hoping Avasail Garcia finally figured it out.

He certainly relied on his front office and signed a bunch of top prospects to contracts to keep them around a while. KW was not a big believer in building out the minor league system. JR's at fault for keeping KW/Hahn on for that long. I believe the work Getz is doing is a night/day difference.