Chick Mercedes

Kind of tells you everything you needed to know about what this organization has been about, and the fix was in.

‘Paid off’ Rest easy brother

Kelenic knew.

A lot of things get said

I gotta believe Getz wanted to at least keep him up to the deadline, but Murakami shocked the world and Getz by signing. So down came the axe

It’s hard to blame Getz. This was clearly a mandate from above. Probably part of the price for green-lighting Murakami

Lets just say, Montgomery isn’t getting blocked

Probably better than the lesser Basabe

Jerry

Cash is a great player. Love that guy.

Sold lower now than they might have later, correct. There ought to be a good point to doing it now. Otherwise, don’t do it just to do it

As much as we talk building culture around here, baseball smart and defense should be a premium. Try and get something for Sosa and help our new manager establish a baseline of expectations for playing good baseball.

Correct 👍

That’s why I said talent is what makes it OK to be….whatever y’all are accusing Kelenic of being.

I’d say there’s been a lot of great teams with a lot of different personalities on them. A number of them aren’t the most conformist in the world, and certainly not Boy Scouts. Talent is what makes everything ok. If Kelenic was good, he’d just be considered quirky.

I thought he was a hard worker. He’s got some kind of emotional issue, which is not the same thing as “culture”. We have some people talking about him like he is Josh Donaldson.

Logical reasoning says he came to the Sox because they basically have him making the team already. I doubt it’s the Chicago of it all. Which I love don’t get me wrong.

You could just pretend he’s traded while he”s injured, and hitting .185 into June.

IIRC, wasn’t Kelenic good in AAA originally? His second go round he was lost even before he got back there. Just reading the tea leaves, and Kelenic choosing free agency over going down, and that the ST invite was written in, this guy fully expects to make the team. And who knows about starting. I bet there is an informal understanding that he has a spot that is his to lose in ST. In other words, he doesn’t have to destroy in Arizona, he just has to not be bad. Kelenic didn’t necessarily have to come to Chicago. But Chicago is where as Mr Fox says, the worst outfield in MLB may exist.

He definitely sees an opportunity to start here. DFAd but chose free agency. Could have gone where he wanted. “Invitation to camp” basically means an opportunity not to play himself off the team

He’s just another Jim Parque (now that he’s gone)

Already moved on to Kelenic 🥹

You know how easy it is to bribe the office cleaning lady to plant an amazon recording device yes?

Yes. Real life.