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Wasting spring training AB's on Mike Moustakas was a cool time for everyone. Glad Getz and his bud got to hang out. Also, Getz choosing to retain Grifol despite 101 losses and well documented clubhouse issues for a team that was trying to contend might as well be a new hire. Edit: Grammar is hard sometimes.

What makes you think Cease wouldn't also be hell-bent on testing free agency? He is a Boras client after all.

This is the approach I'm warming up to. If you're gonna be bad, might as well be entertaining.

Can someone smarter than me rationalize this move as a way to maybe help players on the team that actually matter? Like, does this help Nastrini in that he gets more time to develop? Does this somehow help potential trade chips like Soroka and Fedde because it takes some pressure off of them to go deeper into games in order to save the bullpen?

If true, it’s pretty amusing to me that them trying to save face with moves like this would only make them look worse. It would mean that they actually believed the sad roster they patched together was going to be more competitive.

No-hitters are cool

Pedro stop wasting so much damn water

I think it’s more that no one else would take him vs why no one else would take him. Meaning you’re probably not gonna be able to flip him in July, which is one of the only important things about this season.

Truly the most bored person on the planet. Treating owing the team as a hobby that he has no interest in being better at. He could be doing so much other cool stuff right now with his time.

Hoping for 17+ but they'll find a way to screw that up.

Do you actually think so? I'm under the assumption he just doesn't care one way or the other.

This post is great

Lives rent free in some Sox fans’ heads indeed.

I get this is all just speculation, but am I wrong to think if no one wants to sign him, no one will want to trade for him at the deadline? And if you can’t flip him, I don’t see any reason to sign him.

Sorry, just another one Grampa Simpson gif-ing my way through As you were

New level of Luis unlocked? ?

He doesn’t look great, but “questioning” him is clearly not the same as declaring he is washed 10 minutes into his first start of the season. God damn I hate hot take culture.

IMO Grifol has plenty of guidance, but it’s all from TLR ? And with him seemingly being a bit of spineless kiss ass, I think he’s taking any TLR guidance as gospel instead of being his own manager. Just my tinfoil hat two cents.

Yes. Not sure why people are surprised by this. Most pbp announcers are incredibly generic.

Eh a big part of his job is to try making an obviously bad team sound interesting

I can't believe you made me look at that

Letting Pete Rose in later this year feels like the opposite of covering it up.

Well you see Jason Benetti was a real corny nerd and math is for nerds. Must rid the broadcast of anything with even an inkling of personality.

Someone needs to start a "Fire The Weather" thread.

Mostly agree, and I also think he has no concept of communicating with the fans through the media, so everything he says comes off as smug and arrogant. Pedro, The Great Communicator.