Baseball Gal

His template for success is Giolito with the Sox in 2023

Interested to see if the changeup plays at all against MLB hitters. Will imagine the opposing gameplans will be to sit fastball and only swing at that.

If Bob speaks about the Sox, it's probably true. They're probably not getting the offers they're looking for.

Accurate.

Lance Lynn sucked last year. The fact that both guys even made the majors from that trade is a win.

I think he might have a chance if his stuff plays up in the pen but he has nowhere near the control necessary to be a starter.

Nastrini has zero idea where anything is going. You thought Kopech was bad, try Nastrini.

Seconded.

Damn, Eder was making a lot of progress. This sucks.

I was not listening but omfg if he really did that

What Crochet is doing this year is what I envisioned when they drafted him. Just pure filth.

Getz is going to have the same constraints as Hahn did. Nothing over $75M guaranteed.

They also had the luxury of drafting highly in consecutive seasons and they already had a good farm and had been bad for a while by then. Same with the 2013 Astros. That rebuild started in 2009 and it took them until 2015 to win 85 games. Those teams had more to work with when they were horrible.

Great post.

I think thinking they can get to fewer than 85 losses by 2027 is delusional. That's at least a 30 win improvement from now. Just to get to 85 losses. Also anyone rebuilding realizes this is a 5-6 year job. They move Robert and Crochet and they need to fill literally every position on the 26 man roster. They have NOTHING right now. Even if they keep Robert/Crochet they still need to fill 8/9 of the lineup and 4/5 of a rotation, not to mention the entire bullpen.

Do you think they have any shot of competing between now and 2027? They're not going to supplement Robert/Crochet either.

Y'all are taking the wrong lesson from the failed 2016-17 rebuild. They are competitive faster trading Robert and Crochet than keeping them.

Yeah this season is so bad that you almost have to fire Getz and Grifol for optics.

This is exactly what the guy I'm arguing with is advocating. It's so unrealistic pie in the sky la la land stuff.

I know.

I was just arguing with someone on a different Sox board who said the Sox should be able to win 81 games in 2025. They must be smoking some good s%*# lol.

Iriarte has been struggling recently after his hot start. Hopefully he can right the ship soon.

Best we can hope for under JR is a rando one year division title and a quick playoff exit.