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Still waiting for the day the Sox land people you don’t have to hold your nose to regard seriously as an exiting add. That’ll be the dayayay that I die.

Old retreads is what we do in these parts

Don’t worry, Katz will fix his control problems right up with his golf gadget thingy.

I don’t believe he has ever been a player that didn’t have his body prepared. The prep work focus he put into his fielding could have been questionable in some way. Because he has shown the ability to respond when it got way out of hand when pressed. Sadly he just might have become a physical availability risk as he moves through his physical prime now. By the way, the offseason workout videos are worth about an all day pass on the CTA with $5

Folks are doing their best to prop up a flawed team. That’s understandable, but It’s desperation. Find another way without stabbing yourselves in the face.

well, the Sox do also have their FRP too, that 6'9 pitcher FWIW. I don't know, they gotta clean up this first base catcher DH roster monstrosity FFS

I will submit to you, that good baseball culture has little to do with aligned ethnicity with the manager. Otherwise it would be impossible to look across MLB and explain how outcomes have been possible. If this was the case for the Sox, then we have some bad players that need to be launched imo. But we Will agree to disagree.

I’m guessing there was a collaborative realization of the divide with the fans, and that needs to be addressed. Pedro had the staged phone call with Eloy, but the lunch stuff was likely his own interpretation of how he wants to roll at this issue. And it may be perfectly natural for him to be out there in the streets with the fans like this. They can patch up the relationship, but I’m at the end of the day, the old man has left too many scars over the years on us to ever forget. There is a perception that JR has arrogantly thrown the last 2 seasons down the toilet. That’s the dark cloud that Pedro has to work under. Which he may be well suited for.

wRC+ and wOBA I like, and I wonder how sacrificing power at 3B is sustainable if a team continues to struggle. Be that as it may, yeah walks. Pedro will be setting the energy example personally. That does seem to be the exact overall theme the team needs. They did show a different level of play when they realized the season was slipping away for sure. And then fell off a cliff when the math got impossible. Focus is a lot.

Well that would be closer to the reason, yes. I am sure the player has to be self-motivated to play at his best however. Surely he must be embarrassed at his output, and at some point he will or won’t get tired of leaving something in the clubhouse if that’s what he’s doing. What his issues are, are a mystery. Covid? Expectations appear to be too high.

Communication is important, but I don’t believe that the non Latinos had any problems understanding what Ozzie wanted when he was here. Quite frankly I don’t understand a good portion of what Ozzie is saying on TV, but I get exactly what he is saying. The point is, players might get an extra bit of joy playing for a manger they like, but the Latino part of the equation will wear off before spring training ends. If they like him, like playing for him, they’ll keep liking him no matter his ethnicity.

People seem to want to assume that Moncada is going to revert to playing the way he did a number of years ago because Pedro speaks Spanish to him. Eloy is gonna stop crashing into Robert or something. Or Abreu will do something even more awesome. Or they have a championship roster, but just were failed by the manager. Or that Spanish speaking players aren't motivated by non Latino managers,. Tony failed because he let the players do whatever they wanted, and they weren't expected to hit the cutoff man. And the players themselves failed for whatever reasons. Probably overrrated. It may surprise this discussion, but MLB is filled with Latinos excelling under non Latino leadership.

I never said it wasn't "good". 'The hell?

That you think the Sox understand its employees is such an odd take. I certainly never said it was bad to understand employees, that was an odd read, That you think the Sox needed Spanish to play good baseball, and that the Sox made the hire based on Spamish would be a sad statement on the actual quality of these players. Spanish will have nothing to to with Pedro Grifol's success (or failure)

I don’t know man. If people think the Sox need a guy that can speak Spanish to them before they play their best baseball, do people realize how much of an insult that is to the baseball character of the Sox?

Pedro with a friend. Pedro has a sandwhich.

But record number asses kicked

Mully: The new guy wants to kick your ass, not preserve his hamstrings

It’s great, but what do the analytics say about playing big lumbering outfielders, and signing mediocre utility guys to long term deals in lieu of real position players? This team has to answer to basic common sense first way before analytics. I have confidence and hope they will now. Well, mostly hope. I would get a ton more satisfaction if Hahn was as sharp as Pedro, and would indicate so. Pedro needs tools to employ. Newsflash to the Sox FO. YOU ARE NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD. Get that delusional crap outta here and get to work building.

Eloy’s only problem has been crashing into objects and people.

We should all start talking like this. Pedro met a puppy Pedro ate french fries Pedro made a sandwich Pedro has a neighbor

They are platoon outfielders only in the weird little Sox universe