Moan4Yoan

So it was a bad move because it failed to assist his whale signing. That’s fine. But Hahn’s strategy and idea that Machado would be motivated by playing with family and friends over simply taking the highest guaranteed contract offer was flawed to begin with.

I don’t see how you can say this. Money is money and $9 million is a lot of it. The Indians won the trade. Non contenders make trades all the time. Just because neither team wins the division, you can’t judge who won a trade between them? Ridiculous. And what Caufield said is true, Alonso’s decline started in the second half of last season with the Indians so there were indicators that he would be bad. Also, how serviceable is a 1B/DH with a .738 OPS last year anyways? Definitely not starting DH material which is what Hahn did with him. Hahn got clowned in this deal. It’s okay to admit it and it’s not like it hasn’t happened before in a much worse fashion. Look no further than the Padres two new franchise players.

Exactly. Hahn freed up $9 million for the Indians and got a nice .576 OPS DH out of it, good for a -1 WAR. He basically paid $9 million to make the team worse.

They hire better staff to run their organization. Reinsdorf gives proven failures jobs for life.

What was it?

At least Eloy hit a monster bomb before this awful game ended.

The Sox have used 4 pitchers in this game: Nova: 5.92 ERA Osich: 5.33 ERA Fulmer: 6.14 ERA Ruiz: 6.86 ERA

I think his walk to strikeout rate will also be his undoing once his hot streak ends. This isn’t like Moncada struggling in his first full season and then becoming a stud. McCann becoming a stud at 29 after 4 full mediocre seasons of baseball just doesn’t seem likely to continue.

I don’t think Fulmer is gonna make it, guys.

Brutal.

Man, Collins just wants to walk every at bat.

Here’s another one of our amazing first round picks. ?

I think he will put up around a .750 OPS next year. He will still be a valuable catcher but not a stud like he is now. I am basing this on his majority of major league at bats.

And many of those draft picks at least made the majors.

First, we would have had to have a better minor league staff and front office to draft Trout over Jared Mitchell. ?

He will be long forgotten once this season is over. He makes sense on a contender as a fourth outfielder though.

I think the Sox will bring him back next year on a one year deal and he won’t put up these numbers again. Hence, he won’t sniff that kind of money.

Collins swings at the 2-0 pitch and whiffs. Shades of Josh Fields.

Dirty Sanchez popped that one.

Abreu auditioning for the DH position.

They were blaming it on being just how the game is nowadays. Is it possible the Sox are doing something wrong?

Pineda is McCann’s kryptonite.

Benetti and Stone making excuses for the injury train.

Yeah, that was bad. Up in the count 2-0, Collins should be looking to crush the next pitch. Seems like he’s always trying to draw a walk.

He has a WS ring. Yolmer dumps Gatorade on his head.