JoeC

I think that's my point. We need to do more things like Cleveland and other similarly run orgs, but JR won't allow it, or Getz doesn't want to go that route (or both).

I am in the “wait and see” camp, but the bad moves are far outweighing the good. Anyone can see that. has he made positive changes? I hope so. I am giving Barfield the benefit of the doubt, and it seems like pitching has an actual development strategy. I also appreciate that they’re keeping Montgomery down to actually develop. That said, these positive changes are things that get us caught up to a Cleveland type of operation if we do it across the entire org, top to bottom. We have a LONG way to go, and I don’t think Getz (at least in this org) is going to be able to do enough to get out of the cellar.

By “the Sox might be able to take advantage of that,” I am beginning to suspect that he meant “the Sox can also slash their entire scouting budget to match the competition.”

There. Fixed it. Nobody will know now

Shows how much I am paying attention

Because I made you all have so much fun today by starting a game thread yesterday a day ahead of time, I am going to start the tomorrow game thread today, which will be yesterday tomorrow, but tomorrow of that.

I can't quote because ads are blocking the quote button @WestEddy, but I am annoyed that they waited basically an entire IL stint to "see if he heals," then play him because he's their only option after an in-game injury, then IL him anyways. It's not like they "waited a couple of days" here. And this is a pattern with this team for years. Whichever lane that puts me into in your mind, that's the lane I'm in, I guess.

Does this mean I have to start another game thread for tomorrow, tonight?

That bold part really does make this exchange asinine. That said, guys like Sosa could have filled in at SS in the meantime, no? It's just mind boggling that they keep doing this same "play short for basically the entire duration of an IL stint" thing, especially when they're calling guys up for 1 game at a time.

I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in the bylaws that if you give up homers to players like Lopez and Fletcher in the same game, you are now that team's property. Not sure which bag of drugs that was written in, but I'm pretty sure that's how it goes.

Is it that we're just noticing the moronic things that this org is doing more, or is that they're doing more of said moronic thing? The IL is 10 days. Wasn't he sitting out for over a week? IL him after a couple of days, and let his wrist figure out if it's gonna respond to treatment while on the IL. Not that any of this matters this year anyways.

“Fixed” in a skill way? or in an adoptable pet sort of way?

Any player who signs here is in it for the money, or because he can’t get a big league roster spot anywhere else (…which is basically to say, because of the money). Without any glimmer of hope for a brighter future like in 2018 or 2019, good luck.

Maybe the original (actual) Jake from State Farm. Hell - as an outsider (not in baseball at all), he’d be open to input from reputable sources, and not just JR’s “brain” “trust” (I feel like the two separate set of quotes is necessary here)

Not sure that 50% reduction would do much of anything at this point. Besides - the Sox get their attendance revenue subsidized by the state, so whether they draw 1,000 or 1,000,000, they don’t really care,

I hate that I love the Sox.

Pretty sure I saw somewhere that the A’s are playing good baseball. could be inflated because they played the Sox.

You mean, "then after that, do the other thing that Jerry doesn't know how to do"

Might as well enjoy the ride. This is actually getting fun.

Has it also been pointed out that it was an Eloy pop-up that somehow hurt the Sox, even after we traded him?

Nice to see the Sox finally getting some press that eluded them after winning a world series (checks notes) 20 years ago.

That, and it's his responsibility to call off the infielder. Gold Glover my ass.

100% on Beni there. That's veteran leadership there.

Ouch.

Other GMs have tried tanking (aka deliberately losing through intentionally BAD ML roster construction). Getz is managing to outdo all of them. Ever.