WestEddy

Hahn's last rebuild was a couple Cuban signings and two productive trades, really. In retrospect, we now know there were so many missteps. Through bad drafts, neglecting development, bad trades, rushing their prospects, putting first basemen in the outfield, cheaping out in free agency, it took 4 years and they still made the post season 2 years in a row at the end of that. I never understood the insistence that we were 6-10 years away from being competitive. This team looks like they're going to have a bottleneck with offensive prospects, like, as soon as Pereira comes off the IL. Last year's insane number of TJS's thinned out their pitching depth. I can't imagine what this organization will look like once International starts cooking.

Too busy ordering a Tony LaRussa city connect jersey.

What a fuggin' game.

What are they singing? It sounds like the chant they do at Atlanta.

Good job getting picked off on Gonzo's part. Gets Acuña a fresh 0-0 count in the next inning.

There's the Acuña we've been expecting.

In 2 plate appearances, I hope.

With the complaints that arise every time the Sox pluck an arm off of waivers, you'd think good teams like the Braves are always calling up a top 10 prospect for bullpen work. Not so. They all sort through the same garbage. Hell, the Sox are even too good to roster somebody like Rowdy Tellez.

Not for the 4+ years it takes to develop Lackey.

I don't know. I go on Fangraphs, look at 2025 leaders, sort on Catchers, and 4 players in the game caught 120 or more, highest being Realmuto at 132. Maybe these guys DH on their off days, but if I switch to shortstops, there's 21 players who played in at least 120 games at shortstop. Going back to 2021, nobody gets past 132 games at catcher, and it's only under 5-6 guys in the game even getting over 120.

You did say relevance. But I agree with you, they won't settle on Roch for the relationship, but there's a lot of groundwork that's already laid. As they scout and evaluate, while they haven't talked money with other kids, they probably did with Roch and his people and have knowledge and comfort in how they'll comport themselves in the process.

What has changed with Cholowsky to make any relationship with his family and agent completely non-relevant besides you just thinking that? Most prognosticators have Roch as one of if not the top prospect in this year's draft. Nobody is saying that because there's a relationship, Roch is a surefire first round pick regardless of any other evidence. But it is a factor in whom they choose, and a lot of groundwork in any discussions has already been established and is known.

I find these arguments the same as the "veterans don't make a difference on a team" ones. The evidence is usually just, "Well, I don't think they do." The established relationship wouldn't matter if Roch fundamentally changed as a draftable prospect over the last 2-3 years. He's only gotten better.

Well, he had mentioned multiple times that the assignment was to talk about the 80s, and how he'd much rather just call a baseball game.

All the travel ball paid off.

Here's some 80's for ya.

Oh, s%*#. Pay attention to the outs!!

Get em tomorrow

We got one. Colson wid the bad back.

Droth's talking to himself about B. Monty not hitting the cutoff man.

Screw these grizzled old vets Ant-man and Vargs. The kids (B. Monty, Gonzo) are going to win this.

That cheeky comment died on the floor. Steve doesn't support.

Nice. Stop. By. Gonzo.