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Yup. At least they have a good track record of acquiring injured players who bounce back quickly...

Weird trade for the O’s. Is Rogers even an upgrade for them?

Bloss, Loperfido and someone named Will Wagner going back to Toronto. The Fedde deal continues to get worse. https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1818094797078614020?s=46&t=OnuOXQYd74Oi_dnfHwalAA

Personally, I’ve heard way too many past quotes from Hahn that go something like “We were waiting for the market to present itself” or whatever as a reason for not being aggressive/missing opportunities. And as a Sox fan, I’m programmed to assume history will repeat itself and/or expect the worst.

It’s at least a little funny to me that Thorpe and Kyle Hendricks got lit up on the same night.

If the Sox really want to win, buy 2,027 good players

Actually surprised the Mariners are buyers. I think they're toast. Good on them for trying though.

The way for Getz to really impress me is if he somehow snuck Grifol into a trade.

But…they’re not winning. If you need the team to be good in order to avoid attention on how you call a game, then you’re probably not that good at your job.

Dang. I love me some Gene Honda.

Wrong outfielder Dombrowski

Welcome to the Losers Club, Yankees. We all float down here ?

If his value is actually being gauged based on three game increments, yeah, he ain’t getting moved. That’s so dumb.

Holy f***. It’s three appearances over seven days in a five month long season. A promising young pitcher experiencing something like this mid season is not the worst thing in the world. See if he can bounce back. See if the pitching staff can help him through it. It’s a great test for all of them, and not exactly super high stakes.

Even though I fully agree that Fedde > Eflin, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few teams that preferred Eflin for whatever reason. As caulfield says, that's really the only thing that matters. Exclamation Point!

This is where I'm at. At some point you have to start turning around the bad reputation there seems to be across the league. Rushing a player back from a serious injury because there's potential for an extremely marginal return, only to have him reinjure himself, does not help the look for an already questionable organization.

Is he actually moping or is it just part of an introverted personality? To be clear, I’m not actually asking you. It’s a rhetorical question. Why? Because there’s no way for you to know that answer.

I'd like Schriffen to: 1) Read the room a little bit. No, this does not mean he needs to sounds like a mopey Soxtalk poster. It means show a little more awareness about the team in a larger context. I understand part of his job is to sell the team, but when you're laying it on that thick it makes it hard for fans to connect with you and becomes a completely unrelatable experience. 2) Make the broadcasts less one-sided. Stop treating every opposing player and team like nameless faceless bad guys. Baseball is fun! Whoever the Sox opponent is probably has some interesting things going on in their season. The league is full of great players. Sometimes it's good to acknowledge those things instead of sharing yet another note about how Vaughn says he's seeing the ball better.

What? It’s been 5 starts, 4 of which have come against some of the league’s worst offenses. Don’t get me wrong, Thorpe has looked solid. It’s encouraging. But let’s give the kid some time before we pencil in his stats for the next few years.

Hell yeah. Good for him. Also lol at making your MLB debut vs the Dodgers.

I imagine this doesn’t take them out of the Fedde sweepstakes. They need another SP.

Absolutely. It was more of a response to the “downright refusal to pay players past their rookie contracts” line.

The rebuild has now officially taken flight

They’ve recently extended TA, Moncada, Eloy and Robert, so they are willing. Jerry just refuses to do it for starting pitchers.