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Question for you on the Fletcher situation. Would you prefer Getz: A) Acknowledge the trade was a mistake by burying Fletcher on the depth chart and playing the vets instead B) Give Fletcher more at bats/time (BTW I know the correct answer is “C) None of the above because both of those options suck” but that’s too easy)

Eh, I get what you’re saying, but I think bs is bs regardless of the outcome.

We’re typically cynical about anything the FO says or does, so I’m not sure why we suddenly took the bolded at face value. In other words, why interpret that as anything other than them blowing smoke up our asses?

Sure, because that’s not something that can actually be proven. Likewise, there’s no evidence that they expected to be competitive either.

For me, rebuilding is all about going for upside that aligns with your timeline of competing. Robert very much does not fit that timeline and therefore he’s of less use to the Sox than what they can get in return for him.

Random New Yorkers wanna get it on celebrating the 20th anniversary.

Getz is doing the minor league depth thing that always eluded Hahn, but has struggled to field a major league team. You know, if you combined Hahn and Getz, you might just have yourself a slightly below average GM.

As long as it’s not at the expense of anyone interesting, I selfishly want Gallo to make the team so I can see him bat .105 with 25 HR and 27 RBI.

Nothing like a 27 yr old going into his 5th season trying to prove himself.

Hahn read the room too much, Getz doesn't read the room at all.

Pretty wild that Rendon's 52 games played in the Covid year is almost his most games played in a season with the Angels.

Alternatively, Dominic Fletcher is Dominic Fletcher, but the prospect they get back for Taylor at the deadline can be anything. He can even be a Dominic Fletcher.

Sosa, Vargas, Ramos, Baldwin, Meidroth, Fletcher, DeLoach. I get that these guys don't all fall into the same "prospect" category and aren't necessarily on the same timeline. I also get that the majority of them are unlikely to amount to major leaguers. But if you're not willing to invest in them a bit and let them take their lumps in a season like this one, then it seems like you aren't ever going to do that. And I fully acknowledge that you need some veterans on a rebuilding team, but just like last year, this year's roster is shaping up to be curiously old for a rebuilding team. Why? To what end? I'm not necessarily advocating for any of them to be handed a job. I'm all for some spring training competition. What I'm concerned about is that some of the younger guys will make the opening day roster but be given sporadic starts, which doesn't exactly set them up for success.

If they prioritize giving at bats to veterans instead of the younger guys in the name of a marginal improvement in the W/L column, I'd say that is stunting the rebuild. I understand it's just an "If" at this point, but I think it's a real possibility.

I agree that they’re trying to thread that needle, but the offseason moves don’t exactly scream “at least we’ll definitely be better than last year.” Basically they’ve put themselves in a position to potentially both stunt the rebuild AND be just as bad as last year. Which is an almost more impressive threading of the needle. Bravo.

Always what you like to see on a rebuilding team.

Lol Bulls. Down 63-22 with 3 min left in the first half.

Hey, improvement! No expectations + no results > Expectations + no results

Yeah I still don’t get the Drury thing.

I see multiple DH’s in that lineup and Ramos isn’t one of them. It’ll be interesting to see how Venable mixes and matches things.

BREAKING: The Dodgers sign McCovey Cove and the Robert Clemente Bridge, both of which will be inserted into the already excellent Dodger Stadium backdrop before Opening Day.

Bickering requires a second person.

Had to test the hypothesis one last time.

I just wanna give a shout out to the “HOT!” tag that shows up on some threads for helping identify which ones currently have bickering, and thus which ones to avoid.

The more Bulls thing would be that 3 of those 10 will end up decent and they’ll trade 1 of them and keep the other 2 so they can be just good enough to continue playing the Hawks in the play-in game forever.