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Rick deserves flack for his shortcomings undoubtedly - the draft still hasnt shown anything for him yet and his FA signings have not been great. But... let's talk about Rick's trades and the risks he took trusting his team with the talent they still saw. Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease for Quintana. Could he have possibly gotten a better package? If Eloy continues to grow and Cease is even a back end guy this is a steal assuming Eloy is the player he has shown he can be. I'd say no. Eloy a franchise offensive talent and cease just needs to be good enough to start for this to be a huge win. The Chris Sale trade will never be lopsided. Sale is too good for that but if he netted a 4-5+ WAR 3rd baseman for 6 years and a 3 starter (which is conservative) with a 2-3 WAR in Kopech then both sides win and Hahn looks sharp for him moving that talent into his window. The Adam Eaton trade. This could be an all-timer. If Lopez finds consistency or dunning bounces back, adding onto the fact that giolito alone would more than enough, this turns into an all time trade win. Giolito was trending downward but the arm talent was there. The Sox love the term arm talent in their organization. They maximized this one and now need to find that potion with reynaldo We can hate on Hahn and we can claim he had great assets but plenty of guys have traded away great assets for nothing. It looks like Hahn has traded his assets for the exact right pieces. Kudos. Go Sox.

Thru and thru. Some great tweets in his past.

Just in case people forget. 22/23 year old kids can be inconsistent and should be judged more so on their best showings when they outweigh the bad ones. He should be having and working through his remaining struggles at the big league level.

First time through. Scouting report shows heavy change. Mix up the report first time through and show them something else, mix in change lightly 2nd time through and then change/fb heavy 3rd time through after you changed their thought process with sliders and fastballs early.

Theres not a bad seat in house. I have sat in the front row to the side of the visitors on deck circle for 60 bucks a ticket. You can sit in the outfield for $15. It is cheaper to go to a Sox game on a lot of nights than the movie.

I use my dtv now in 3 locations I believe.

I use DirectvNow but when they are on WGN you dont get the game. Dtv now has some great deals and discounts and is a better streaming service than the others out there right now imo. Honestly though - reddit.com/r/mlbstreams if you want to stream and not pay.

People have been asking me all week if I can get them reasonably priced tickets for Sunday (Fathers Day). I had to buy my wife and MIL tickets to join us on Sunday and for the first time in as long as I can remember I had to pay over $110 per ticket and when I asked my guy about just giving me 2 extra, the only thing he could do is upper deck tickets. It's a good thing, even though itll be a lot of yankee fans too.

I think if you go back and look at ratings, this number was much closer together before the recent demise of the Sox and escalation of the Cubs. I imagine this will grow closer together, again, as the Sox continue to improve.

This is good and nice to see.

Yes, but sadly in the financial world the people whom it does apply to have an inordinate amount of power and wealth regardless of results. The definition of success in big business has evolved so much in the past two decades - nearly all of the evolutions and changes have come at the expense of the vast majority of the working class. I will do much more work at my job today than I am likely to do in 10 years when my salary is 250% greater. That structure is broken in my opinion and I'll save the remainder of those thoughts to remain on topic.

With his speed and hit profile, a normalized league average BABIP would be very surprising. He profiles with his speed and hit spread to be on the high end of BABIP outcomes.

The participation trophy knock always cracks me up because it was actually the boomers who wouldnt stop crying that their kids didnt get a reward that created that culture. 10 year old kids were not demanding trophies. That said, the boomer generation also has had no issues giving absurdly big bonuses to countless executives who have driven companies into the ground... my favorite thing in my finance life is hearing the excuses for giving out these massive bonuses to executives at companies who are hemorrhaging money and cutting labor. Its comical and so widespread it hurts. That said, I agree with you that generalizations are poor and people should be judged individually. I just think the "millenials or lazy or privileged" cliche is absolutely absurd.

It's the message board culture - you are much more likely to respond to a post you disagree with than one you agree with... why? Because it's pointless to reiterate someone elses point immediately after they presented it. On the other hand, discussions and knowledge gains tend to stem from disagreements. People feel more driven to respond to something they dont agree with. Theres nothing wrong with it, but its why it happens. People would rather tell you why they disagree or are upset with something than the opposite.

They're paid to produce and give max effort, not to win. There is a massive difference.

Players would likely never make the excuse you listed as they are some of the most competitive people on the planet. No player says yeah, we suck but we're not even trying to win! Dont confuse front office goals or plans with players goals and plans.

You love Houston, and I understand why, but then you make the point that screwing over agents and players isnt a good long term plan. That is houstons issue, imo. They treat people soley as assets and openly admit that.

A lot of pressure on Kop and Cease - I'm fearful the Sox may leave Hansen in a relief role. Missing out on Manny and Bryce could actually be a blessing in disguise IF the Sox use that money on pitching to supplement their ++ offensive future. The Sox need to prove that they'll spend the money first though obviously... before we can say the above and believe it. They should to out and give 190 million dollars to gerrit cole.

I was confused how that wasnt around 500 feet. It was longer than Thomes black out game homer by like 40 feet. To clear that back drop has to 460 given the height of it.

Ding ding. Players eat like shit because they're paid like shit... and they're kids. The elite players already have access to nutritionist and dietitians - Robert certainly does. Hes a kid though and being able to eat whatever you want is almost part of that age group and development. It's not very important at 22 but becomes important for staying healthy and etc as you enter your late and early 30s.

Guys, how about baseball worries about paying minor leaguers a living wage before we worry about catering food to them year round? I like where your heads at, but starting with the basics (like a competitive wage) should be the main priority.

High school pitching is, by far, the riskiest asset available in the MLB draft. FG had a publically available value on each prospect and high school pitchers have a horribly high bust rate.

Have the Nats broadcast on and their booth thought it was just a mistake and he meant ball ha.

And Juan Minaya, Viera, and Aaron Bummer would say they think too much... When the run disparity is as extreme as it is between MLB and the IL and PCL this year, all that matters is league runs. The best pitcher in the IL has an ERA of 3. The best pitcher in the MLB is under 2. The amount of runs scored in the league tells you how hard it is to prevent runs there. Good for Covey and Fulmer for being better there.

Well, from a run prevention stand point it absolutely is. Maybe I have not defined my point well, and that's my fault, but it's harder to prevent runs in the IL and PCL this year than it is to prevent runs in the MLB. There are, overall, a lot more runs scored per game in those leagues. That means that ERA's in general are much higher, also meaning that allowing fewer runs is more difficult.