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The Orioles are a much much smarter and better org than the Sox. It’s like night and day. How many years of bad defense in LF, injuries, and months on the IL did it take the Sox to realize Eloy was a DH?

I don’t agree on Robert. The time to trade him was last year’s trade deadline, but that is using some hindsight. He still has time to go off at the start of next season… hopefully. I agree that Crochet should have been traded, even with his extension demand that didn’t help things. Now, with Crochet apparently hitting the wall at 120 innings, it might scare off some teams next offseason, but some team will still bite on him.

True, what a dumbass. He could have been traded to a contender like the Dodgers, and they probably would’ve given him the extension he wanted if he didn’t demand one. Afterall, they gave one to Mr. Glass-Now.

Yay, let’s further kill Crochet’s trade value for the offseason!

LOL, it is a bit weird. It’s like sitting at a circular table and facing away from the speaker.

You’re right. I edited it.

Looks like Crochet has hit the wall. Sox should put an end to his season.

f*** off, Getz. Go hide somewhere you ?.

You still don’t give one of the absolute worst hitters in baseball the most at bats.

I think I’d rather have our manager starting in RF. ?

So this is the same guy who would mercilessly rip Sox fans on Twitter that dared to question the team over the past few years?

This kid hit the cover off the ball, even with elbow issues? Makes me want him even more, and the TJ surgery just ensures that he matches the Sox timeline to competitiveness better, since next year and likely more seasons will be a losing effort. If Vargas even pans out, how many years of control will the Sox have left on him by the time they are able to surround him without enough talent for the team to win?

David Eckstein, 1 through 9.

Never, as long as those shakes keep bringing in da moneys!

Maybe we can give Getz more credit once he trades the rest of his flip candidates… Brebbia Flexen Lopez Sheets Oops…

I knew Getz had three children. I just didn’t know one of them posted in this message board.

Just ask Martin.

Getz is a genius for not trading within the division!

Of course, but that isn’t the point. See my above post.

Why is it irrelevant? Yes, the Sox would have still been bad this season… that’s obvious. But it shows that Getz may have questionable player assessment skills. He sure didn’t seem to think Maldonado was done, while the Astros knew it all too well.

Zavala was worth -0.4 bWAR this year and his salary was $756,700. Maldonado was worth -1.3 bWAR and Getz gave him a guaranteed $4.5 million. The Astros knew Maldonado was done. Getz didn’t. It was a bad signing.

And it turned out to be a pointless trade because Julks is a soon-to-be 29 year old outfielder with a .670 OPS that prevented Colas from getting any at bats. Further, what good does a player like Vargas do for this team when he can’t play a position and has 5 years of control left, rather than 6 like a prospect that the Sox would have control over when they want to call him up? Even if Vargas pans out, the Sox probably won’t be competitive until the end of his control. With where this team is at, they should almost always be taking the promising prospect over a guy whose arbitration clock has already started. Also, please provide some commentary on the Dominic Fletcher trade as well. Finally, no one thinks Seby Zavala is any good. The point was that Getz could have kept him at a minimum salary rather than waste $4.5 million dollars on the corpse of Maldonado, whom everyone knew was absolutely done.

No, of course not. But you are the one who has posted this snarky comment in two separate threads now so I’m not sure what you are complaining about here…

Isn’t it surprising that posters on a Sox message board aren’t happy with the Sox ownership and front office when the team is on the verge of setting the record for being historically bad? I guess some people are fine with the Sox being the laughingstock of baseball. Low expectations…