JoeC

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I like how there's the "I can assure you it won't be the top of the market" line thrown in there. Like he has a choice from either the ownership side (like JR will spend the money) or from the player side (like any "top of the market" player would want to come here)

Grindy Glue sounds like something I don’t want to Google.

...and thus they will likely be paid a premium.

Half wondering if they're doing that to see if anyone is paying attention.

I still have an account, but I uninstalled "x" when I saw this seemingly random app on my phone that I didn't recognize, like it had been loaded without my consent. Only later did I realize that Twitter had been re-branded.

Poor guy.

@Green Line - this organization deserves the negativity. Shattering the record is the only way to have a hope, besides immediate death to the owner, of making a meaningful and sustained change to the way that the team is run, which is literally the only way we can get out of this owner-mandated misery. Given those two choices, I want the record. Otherwise, cheering for this team to win right now is to cheer for this team to continue to be run "Jerry's way" until he dies. But please tell me again how I need to behave.

People should enjoy watching sports however they want.

I said we're the TLR Emoji. Not TLR. The Emoji unfortunately has to be accountable for its own actions, at least more so than the actual person.

This season, we are all the TLR emoji.

I mean, you could make the case that they traded for "dibs" on these guys, I suppose. But yes - they could have picked up guys like Lopez and Soroka, probably for less money than they ultimately paid.

The problem is that hiring the right staff around him is nice, but at the end of the day, those guys are all there to: 1. Help Getz get the right players - through drafting, FA signings, and trades 2. Help Getz develop those players into becoming the best players they can be So far, while I will give Getz more time in his current role for (2), his track record on (1) so far is atrocious.. If he can't figure out how to improve on (1), he'll never succeed in producing a winning team. Say what you will about the expectations of the 2024 season - if we had a GM who did all of the things Chris Getz seemingly does right (hire competent staff) AND who didn't suck at signing / trading for players, we'd be a good 10~20 games better than we are. Horrendous, but not the literal worst team ever.

Yep. Thus those two schools. The character would have been such a mediocre hire by any other standards, but he would have been “fast tracked” and given the benefit of the doubt by both of those institutional connections.

I love this - like they FINALLY found that can of cranberry sauce they swore they bought last Thanksgiving and got in some huge argument over who forgot to buy what. Or like it’s Milton stuck down in Storage B. Seriously, we need to make a show called “The Front Office” about the 2022~ 2024 (and counting) Sox. The main characters are: 1. The receptionist who’s been loyal to JR for 30 years 2. A ticket sales rep who went to Michigan business school as an undergrad and flunked out of ND business school to work for the Sox, only to find out what a s%*# show it is 3. A data analyst who interned with the Astros, didn’t get offered a contract upon graduation, then was “poached” by the inept front office who didn’t realize his plan was to publish videos on YouTube to expose the dark secrets of a dysfunctional and toxic baseball front office

Bummer was bad with the Sox. His specialty was coming in as a lefty and walking the first hitter (typically a lefty). That said, he had trade value, because his peripherals were really good usually. Should we have expected a king’s ransom for him? No. Should we have gotten more for him? Yes.

The comments to the new social media posts, on x, have been almost universally positive. The social media users have reacted positively to the social media posts, even while acknowledging the fact that the team is historically awful. How is that a bad thing?

The AL Central has 4 teams over .500 (out of 5). The division is a combined 39 games under .500.

This thread aged like a fine wine

Dumb decisions can prevent that one win.

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

We had a Leury homer. What more did you want?

I'd hope so. His trading (and player acquisitions in general) still leave a lot to be desired.

With this org, it's 100% believable.

I love that nobody's realized that this is yesterday's game thread.