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It doesn’t appear a relative setback year is incoming

He can’t behaving Justin LeBron getting all draft puffy. Baang.

He looked like Kelly Leak

He’s really slowed his delivery way down

Monty’s catch looked like he had a little better angle on it. The Cholowsky catch was more “over the shoulder” perhaps. Both awesome of course

The Sox probably need his personality more than other teams might. He’ll have a Sox premium to him.

At least one of these other prospects will put on a show this season and provide the Sox with some leverage. Speaking of that, everyone is talking about Emerson, but the physical projection of Lombard is crazy.

I think he’s gotta cop to it if the Sox are struggling. The perception of incompetence will fester. If they win, nobody cares. But it’s in his file now for reference in case something else weird happens. He should cop to it and provide a real explanation and allow fans to relate to him on a human level at least tha would be likeable, which leans into his best qualities

As Lt. Daniel Kaffee said, “I want the TRUTH!”

He thought Acuna was a switch hitter. Everyone has to make their peace with that, or don’t. But lets start with the truth.

I can’t take the attitude that it’s hard. ‘It would be hard for any of us’. None of us are tasked with doing a million dollar job doing the task. It’s hard. Earn the money. I don’t even think it’s that hard to have a basic description of all the players in your system, in your head. Many of us on a fan level already know the top 30 on that level.

Fair. But addendum to my “final” take, Getz compounded the concern by making a joke out of it. That was a poor response. I guess that’s a defense mechanism without thinking it through. But if he wanted to put people at ease, he should’ve been more serious and reassuring that the potential issue is over. Fans want to know if this guy is on top of things. Of none of that matters to him, then he’s going to be fine. But the suspicion will linger. Put it to bed Chris.

It’s not just a verbal slip. It’s a case where the GM doesn’t know his people. The people that put together the scouting reports failed him. Or Getz failed to learn enough about the players involved. This is not a nothing burger. It’s also not a deal breaker. But we have to know if this problem is fixed. Making a joke about it is not the way.

I’m going to fall into the following final take. Namely, did Getz make the trade based on doing poor homework, and bad information? Based on acquiring a switch hitter? We have a serious problem to fix then. He’s got to fix the pipeline. At least he now knows the information pipeline is faulty. Conversely, if the trade would have been done anyway, it’s still problematic. But it’s OK if Getz found a problem to fix without damaging the production.

I wouldn’t think so. I suppose at the end of the day it depends on the bottom line. It was just revealed that Getz is a big picture, organization direction guy, doesn’t get down in the weeds. Responsible for all his department directors to be on top of the details. Yet there he was, in front of the cameras all over the podcasts and media shows talking as if he intimately knows the players. He doesn’t. Can he work that way? Sure I guess. Depends on how well he has staffed his baseball organization. He’s got to get back into his office and stay behind his desk

I totally get that. He is responsible for knowing exactly what he is trading for, one way or another. You simply can’t be wrong on this level of wrong, and and still be competent in your job, can you? Maybe you can. Maybe he is only a figurehead boss. But the team wins, and he generally has everything pointed in the right direction. OTOH if you saw that Everybody Loves Raymond episode where Robert is dating the perfect new woman in every department. Perfect. But he comes to her apartment and finds out she eats flies, and worships frogs. He’s got to let her go.

I get his position as a GM may or may not include scouting, if that’s how he wants to do his job (without scouting). But I wish he was grinding like that. Be that as it may, someone told Getz Acuna was a switch hitter. And that is the guy that might have to be taken out for a ride to the woods with the fellas

Are we sure Getz was talking baseball?

The sun will rise over the ruins, like a reassuring gesture. There will be no witnesses. And the solar system will be better.

Getz to himself: ‘This nice lil’ switch hitter is available in the deal? I am killing Stearns on this transaction!’ 😎🤣🤩

This is a bad one. If he made the deal based on this, then it’s stupid. But it’s mostly just a bad look because most people view the deal as acceptable as is. Unfortunately, feeds into a negative perception of him in some circles. Yet I am fairly satisfied with the job he’s doing even including this snafoo. But ownership has to check him out, maybe see a doctor.

Unless I’m wrong, I believe we are technically certain.

That’s the idea. Nobody’s getting blocked on this team.

RochTalk is sufficient

Right now I’m more interested in what the Sox are spending on infrastructure and scouting etc. from what I understand, departments have expanded in size. How they are doing relative to the league I don’t know. But that was encouraging in the moment of reading. Building the pipeline has always been the biggest problem imo.