JoeC

Sorry - when I said “wrong time,” i meant between the first and last pitches.

Agreed. There's a pretty bold, thick line (not a fine line) between being optimistic and delusional at this point. Schriff is way past that line.

We’re just catching these guys at the wrong time.

He has all the credibility of the North Korean state media at this point.

To paraphrase Lloyd and Harry… pick him up!!

Yeah, i see that / hear that now. either way, would honestly be a good signing IMO.

If he did call the Mets the "worst f'ing team," he should have no problem coming to the Sox, then.

Montoyo at least seemed to make an impression on Luis Robert.

$15M is paying for Benny, whom I consider quite the anchor.

It's illogical, but it's there.

I feel like if there's something there, somehow Getz would be fired by JR for questioning Pedro. No logic or reasoning. Just thinking of maximum WTFness.

Sure, it's his job to be the hype man, but at what point are you undermining your own credibility by acting like the North Korean state media?

The metaphor I prefer is that we treat the minors like a warehouse instead of a factory.

Yeah that's 100% on the hiring manager or hiring organization.

In my mind, the 2 fastest options for a turnaround for this team are: 1) embarrassment through a LOT of losing. 2) death of a human being (JR). I will openly root for (1), given those choices.

Sadly, he isn't getting the other thing done either

…and people don’t think there’s anything to do in the neighborhood!

Keep him away from this coaching staff at least.

Ozzie would be a good midseason replacement. If you had a promising core and needed someone to come in and kick some ass, you hire Ozzie.

Who was using Pedro’s favorite stall?

I am happy to have been wrong on Crochet. I figured he’d be a 3-innings-then-cough-up-a-big-4th-or-5th-inning-thus-leading-to-a-5.something-ERA-but-with-“upside”-so-we-hold-onto-hope-for-him kind of guy, based on his complete lack of track record as a starter, injury rehab and usage, etc. Glad I have been wrong so far

They’d find a way to have Crochet all warmed up, then call the game, thus burning his turn in the rotation for 3 days or so

Why not both? We aren't going to sign high end players who will command multiple top-100 prospects at the deadline. No such player would want to sign here right now. So why not sign guys who are reclamation projects like Fedde, Grossman, etc., who can bring some lottery tickets in return? The only "significant" trade pieces are basically the ones we've already got/had like Cease and Robert.

I feel like the MLB Umpire's union should have to call the club.

To be fair, I don't think the Sox counted on anyone having to round 3rd base .