GreenSox

Let the Dave Stewart era begin!

The Guardians should just troll us and throw a lollipop up there for Leury.

Hahn trades Pilkington for the woeful Hernandez. Hernandez' replacement for the Guardians, Giminez, becomes an all star in his rookie year. And Pilkington, while not great, contributes to the Guardians. Hahn goes out and signs old free agents. Hahn is just outclassed.

With all of the college hitters Hostetler drafted, one would think we could have gotten a Kwan out of the deal.

Rays losing to Astros again. We'll be 5 back, with tiebreaker, if Astros win. After this series, they play 4 against Jays..... And we'll be as close to the Rays as we are to the Guardians, due to the tiebreakers.

No he isn't anything special. But if they aren't going to clean out the front office, we'll probably do worse.

Martin has similar numbers as Cueto and Quintana this year. Take the opportunity to fill a position with a minimum salary player, even if he's unheralded as a prospect. The FO has got move on from its obsolete "it's all about strikeouts" analytics (not that Cueto and Q are strikeout guys) and "proven veteran" nonsense. Trouble with moving Giolito is that they won't get much. Maybe trade Hendricks and Lopez; they seem to be at top value. Decent chance Giolito rebounds in his free-agency showcase year. No way should they trade Vaughn for 2 years of a starter.

First, the whole idea is to make the playoffs and hopefully win a WS. There is satisfaction and fun in making the playoffs. Also, if JR is going to replace the FO, he's just as likely to do it with a playoff or winning team, as not. See his history of his GMs. And the sure way to make things worse is for Hahn to feel (or perceive) some hard pressure and start making inane, short-term moves; that's much more likely if the Sox miss the playoffs. Make the playoffs.

Davis Martin would be excellent for a 5. It could be Martin for #4 and Vinny V for #5.......

Mariners play the Honor Roll of the bottom of the barrel: As, Royals, Rangers, As again and Tigers. But if they're gonna choke, all these teams can beat them.

I'll keep half an eye on Tampa; they have 4 against Toronto, 6 against Houston, 3 @ Guardians, and 3 @ Fenway. They're 7 ahead of us, but if they don't play well, a tank is a possibility with that schedule.

Well, I still think that we'll win the division if we sweep Cleveland. Kansas City is bad; but they are trying, so I could see them taking a couple of those 6. Of course I'm assuming we won't lose anymore to Detroit.

Or imagine the Sox had one that would hire a quality front office.

I'm worked up about Moncada because his contract is significantly worse (as is his play): he's c. $42 million guaranteed for the next 2 seasons. Eloy and Robert top out at around $15 mill per season. How did Moncada get that kind of deal compared to the 2 others> Plus these guys are all in their 20s. I'm expecting that Moncada's crash is the exception not the rule. Or maybe I'm hoping.

When you pay $9 Mill to Joe Kelly and $16 mill to Pollock, and consistently have a bottom tier farm and development system, I can't get worked up about it.

Moncada's hadn't worked out and was too high to begin with ("over ambitious"). Eloy and Robert aren't debilitating $ and aren't albatrosses; Eloy's a good hitter and Robert's been hurt this year. And then Sale, Quintana, Eaton.

And here is why the Sox didn't improve this season. 3, 4, 5 and 6 were all Front office moves since last season and all are disasters (well, I guess Diekman's been okay). And the other move was Harrison who's not good either. They got over-ambitious with Moncada, but most of their extensions of young players have worked out, so that's forgivable. Grandal is aging - but he gave the Sox some good play. I agree with the keep list; I'd trade the 2nd list, provided value is received. As for Andrus, fine as a bridge to Montgomery, but only if Anderson is traded or, say, moves to left field.

Oh they will. LaRussa will step down for health reasons, Menechino won't be back, and Hahn will wax blame and excuses to the writers and bloggers. Problem solved.

Well....now that you mention it.....

Let's hope it's not quite like it, because the return for Carlos Lee was a joke. The value was that it created payroll space to sign players they needed.

Except that he refuses to do anything about the cause of this mess: the dullard front office, especially the GM.

Certainly if the Sox do less than sweep the Guardians, then it's best that the Twins win as many as possible from Guardians. But, even if the Sox go 2-1 against the Guardians, we're still 3 out on the loss column, with no tiebreakers. And as for the Guardians "tough" series against the Rays, well, the worst-record wild card team gets to play the weakest opponent, the Central winner; losing that series isn't such a bad thing for the Rays. I just don't see the Sox winning this without a sweep. However, if Guardians win 3 or more against the Twins, the Twins are buried. And then the Sox get to face a demoralized Twins team for 6 games.

I can think of scenarios where it would be best if the Twins swept or went 4-1, or if the Guardians did the same, or even if they went 2/3 or 3/2; it just all swirls my mind. I think it comes down to is sweep the Guardians and the Sox will take the division; anything less and the Sox sit. One thing that would have helped, but it appears not to be, is for the Padres to have clinched a playoff spot prior to our series.

Sox need to sweep Cleveland too; and then 4/6 against Minny and I think that will get us both tiebreakers.

Yea, I see they moved Lynn up; that's even better; move the good ones up.