Baseball Gal

Is this team less likeable than 2016? I'm not sure yet. At least Sale, Quintana, Eaton and Abreu had actual talent that translated at the MLB level.

This is probably the worst team since 2013 but it remains to be seen if they lose 100 games.

I think they need to completely turn over the 26 man roster ASAP, returns be damned.

DFA Clevinger's ass. I'd rather watch Davis Martin get lit up than that POS.

I could get behind this. Wait for Moncada and Eloy's contracts to expire, decline option. I think they might be able to salary dump Eloy for no return. There might be a team out there that thinks they can get him to hit the ball in the air.

Detroit, Cleveland and Minnesota have signed 9 figure contracts. The Sox haven't Also Detroit before Mike Illitch died had a lot fewer constraints.

@Y2Jimmy0 said in another thread that Jerry has a mandate that they're not allowed to draft HS players in the top 10.

Any velo reports on Pallette?

Did you see what Jimmy said? There's a mandate for no HS players in the top 10.

If taking Madrigal and Vaughn was because Jerry said so and not because they were the best players on their board, then this team is more fucked than I thought. There truly might be no hope until new ownership.

Accurate

Craig Kimbrel is bad at baseball Nick Madrigal is bad at baseball /thread

If Cease is closer to the 2021 version than the 2022 one this team has zero redeeming qualities.

le sigh

They have crossed into fun bad territory. This is comedy. How are they going blow the game today?

Idk how Kopech's secondary stuff went from great out of the bullpen to non-existent as a starter.

I don't see any way out other than rebuilding again because Robert/Moncada only became solid players and not stars, Giolito/Lynn/Anderson peaked early and aren't the same and Cease peaked when Giolito/Lynn/Anderson already fell off. Also Eloy was injured and has otherwise disappointed because he can't hit the ball in the air. Vaughn either is still figuring it out or it might be too late for him. Kopech's secondary stuff might not be good enough to start. Robert is a solid piece and Vaughn might be, but they really don't have anyone long-term besides them and we all know Cease is getting paid by someone other than the Sox. There's really no reason to keep Vaughn and Robert around to build around. Nobody is arguing that Hahn et al should get to do it, but they’re losing way too many players to FA to realistically compete anymore. This year was pretty much their last chance and they look to be falling flat on their faces.