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And they were also down to 3 starters by the playoff series against Oakland — Giolito, Keuchel, and Dunning. Hard to believe they would’ve made the playoffs if it was a full 162 game season.

Agreed on not drafting a bat with their first pick. I think they were nervous about which bat to take so they went with what they feel confident in developing — a hard throwing lefty starter, especially with Crochet likely on his way out soon. They keep delaying the inevitable of building pretty much an entire lineup outside of maybe Montgomery and Quero. It’s difficult to see how they are going to fill seven other spots anytime soon.

And he hasn’t hit since his rookie season, in the majors or minors. Also, we already have a sub-.800 OPS DH that hits nothing but ground balls and people can’t wait until he is gone. Now we want another one? I guess at least Walker would be cheap…

We already did that with Atlanta in the Bummer trade.

AJ isn’t stupid enough to work for JR considering he has a nice gig right now. Who would want to take a job in which you are immediately set up for failure?

Yep. The Dodgers could likely acquire Edman rather easily without needing a third team to get involved, so I assume they would be getting additional player(s) back from the Sox as well.

Per James Fegan in the comments section of this article…

I didn’t check it. I just heard Schriffen say it today as well.

Does he also hit 73% ground balls like our bust?

Trying to solve their RF hole yet again with a guy who is far from a guarantee to do so. DeLoach, Fletcher, and now Walker…

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$747k (24) Service Time (01/2024): 0.149 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2030

Here’s the source article and blurb… https://soxmachine.com/2024/07/pregame-notes-another-game-obligated-to-be-played-by-league-rules/

Going after a big time sell low candidate. Does anyone think the Sox could fix his swing if the Cardinals couldn’t? https://redbirdrants.com/posts/the-cardinals-must-stop-tinkering-with-jordan-walker-s-swing-01j3n4ep4k3w

True, per Nightengale… And even if Nightengale is wrong, your point remains — Mena was a top ten Sox prospect and could’ve been traded for someone that was actually good, i.e., not Dominic Fletcher.

To be fair, I did say worst owner in “sports”. I wonder if @ptatc would agree with worst owner in “baseball”? If the Sox set the record for worst record in a 162 game season this year, I think we will have our official answer.

Sure didn’t.

Where did I indicate that I don’t understand that? I still think Getz is a bad GM regardless of any limitations from JR.

This has been discussed over and over. The rebuild failed when Jerry hired TLR and refused to spend on top free agents. If the Hahn and Kenny regime was so successful over the years, they wouldn’t have been fired and still be without MLB jobs right now. That tells it all. But I don’t really want to rehash the failure of the prior rebuild in a thread about Benintendi’s contract so this will be my last post on the topic.

Maybe connected or maybe Getz himself? ?

Those were good seasons, but were ultimately doomed by Jerry hiring his buddy as manager and refusing to go all out in free agency. Ultimately, the Sox failures can always be traced back to one guy.

This season sure is proving me wrong…

I agree with you, but Jerry is still gonna Jerry. When you have the worst owner in sports, expecting doom and gloom is the status quo.

Jerry already had Getz cut a ton of payroll this past offseason, which led to this historic disaster of a season in which they may set the record for futility. Why would this be such a ridiculous thought?

Exactly. I would also add that they would either not spend the $50 million saved anyways, or waste most of it on yet another collection of crappy veterans like each and every offseason.

I don’t think people realize that the “pitching prospect” the Cubs traded, Hunter Bigge, is 26. They traded 25 year old Morel, a man without a glove/position for a 25 year old All-Star 3B with 4 more years of control. It was an excellent trade by the Cubs. They aren’t going anywhere this season but it was a good trade for the years to come. They had been playing Madrigal at 3B quite a bit the last couple years. ?