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Tanking is fine if you know how to do it. There is no direction likely to work under an incompetent FO

I say again, Jerry isn't stupid. He is a liar

Well said. And Im not sure Getz is supposed to be accomplishing something better than status quo. But if he actually undershot the status quo historically as a miscalculation, bring it on. The star of the franchise is actually a milkshake.

I don’t have an answer for that, but status quo seems insane. We’re looking at the richest contract in franchise history in left field as illustrative of massive dysfunction of a moribund franchise. Just let it burn. Nothing’s going to happen positively either way. At least more people will point at Jerry Reinsdorf as a clown. At least people will look at his stadium proposal as a joke. At least he can’t relax in his suite if the team is a laughing stock that North America has never seen before. If Jerry is uncomfortable, that is worth something to me, because I’m pretty god damn uncomfortable.

Enthusiastically, unashamedly.

My prescription for this team to heal is to have the worst season in the history of sports in 2024

I’m actually rooting for this outcome. Something, anything it takes to set Jerry Reinsdorf on fire. Figuratively I guess, lol. The great thing about what happened to the Bears is that local and national media went after Nagy with torches and pitchforks at Halas hall. Not that Nagy wasn’t a scapegoat, because he was. But it took an angry mob to force wholesale change. It may not be possible to get wholesale change because in this case, While Reinsdorf is actually the problem, he is ownership also. But there literally needs to be an angry media and fanbase mob after this guy like the city has never seen before.

Even he isn’t that stupid. He’s just a liar.

This franchise keeps on not having a long term (minor league talent) sustainability project like the top tier teams have. I suspect even after this debacle, whatever talent is infused into the system to recover will be left to languish just like the current build was. And here we are, faced with an effort to rationalize our long term support of the Sox while the owner smokes his cigars and watches bemused as he has for decades.

Seriously hope he gets hot enough to trade. He won’t be a part of this team’s future by the time they get good. If they get good

Don't you threaten us

RBI Leaders in MLB: 1. Jake Burger, MIA, 15 1. Teoscar Hernandez, LAD, 15 1. Spencer Steer, CIN, 15 4. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., ARI, 14 5. Anthony Santander, BAL, 13 5. Jake Cronenworth, SDP, 13 5. Adolis Garcia, TEX, 13 5. Marcell Ozuna, ATL, 13

Fans always blame coaches, manager, training staff when they have got place to go. Like Zack Mayo.

If you're suddenly motivated, you wasted your career. Bum

Too bad the Sox hadn't moved from him and a lot of guys on 2 years ago. Should be able to recognize lame horses. A good organization would have identified lost causes, found ways to clean house, and had options. But key being, "good oreganization". As soon as I heard covid being bandied about as an excuse, it seemed clear the Sox have poisoned the fanbase with a lack of inertia

I hate to admit it. But Tony looks better as time goes on. But that doesn’t mean he looks good.

Ah, the perils of doing a rebuild on the fly, or keeping one guy while rebuilding around him for no apparent reason. Was it Jerry that said they still wanted to win this year? That would’ve been stupid to say or strive for given the program and circumstances.

Spontaneously?

The Sox are a very static team. Or were. They acquired a group of players with one vision, and basically stopped adding to it. Or adjusting along the way plus or minus. Ride or die. Anybither team would have moved on from Eloy long ago, or would have a backup plan up and running. Not that they’re trying to win this year. But last year they were. Cease obviously signaling they finally got it through their thick heads to clean house. But they should have been hip deep in a new build before this season

Eloy’s gonna be valuable ?

So, when they get one more guy they’re gonna trade Rodriguez for Cash. Love that Cash guy, he gets around

Until the Sox actually build a roster of accomplishment, if something looks dumb, I will assume it is

Presumably, Philly has the same requirements.

If Philly would rather have him than their own cash, there’s no reason the Sox shouldn’t feel the same about keeping him. 22 years old, how many 22 year olds are still in the Sox system that are complete garbage. At least the guy actually has a few tools

How about the Sox stop trying to get bargain contracts, and pay these guys when they prove something first? The idea hasn’t exactly worked.