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The walks are just pathetic. Why not pitch Keller? He did well the other night. No use moving him to the rotation - he was just mediocre there. Maybe he'd be a good reliever.

We lose because of a walk and because they run the bases competently. Fire this coaching staff, please.

I think Getz' worst move was keeping this moron manger around. A quality manager who knows the game could help Getz in a number of ways.

I'm not impressed with Getz' moves thusfar. But he hasn't done any long-term damage. And making this major league team worse this season isn't that big of a deal, because it was a 55-60 win team to begin with. Hahn, on the other hand, inherited a team that was in the race the whole way and won 85+ games and immediately turned it into a 65ish win outfit. He then made a series of moves that did major long-term damage.

Well, ultimately it is. Hahn left this team in deplorable condition. On another matter, Pham knows that the Sox will move him to a contender in July if he hits decently.

It is unfortunate that a player like Sosa doesn't come to the majors fundamentally sound. This gives the Sox brass cover to not give him a decent opportunity to show if he can hit. That said, it shouldn't matter THIS season, when 2/3 of the team can't hit .200. Sox history also suggests that even if he did come in fundamentally sound, they still wouldn't give his offense much rope. And that's been a problem for a long time.

Why is he batting at all? Sheets has been raking this year

Thank You, Sir, may I have another.

Use AAA for finishing touches. Goofy league and a goofy team.

I was unclear. I was talking about Vaughn. They’re just gonna have to cut Benintendi at some point, but he still has 3 1/2+ years left.

I'm not up on the rules, but assuming he doesn't have to clear waivers, they should send him down and bring Colas up. it's ridiculous the way he's hitting.

But would it cost that much more to hire a base or bench coach from a winning organization than hiring one from the effing Royals.

No Ozzie. The "respect the game" stuff is what LaRussa was doing. Not a young players manager. Can't the Sox, for the first time 20 years, hire a manager like a normal team.

Just have to flush this one.

Was Pedro actually bunting in that situation?

Sure, if the owner has decided not to spend any money at all on free agents and the only way we can get good is to build entirely through the farm, we should trade LuBob. But if the young pitching continues to come around, and the owner is willing to spend the amounts that he was willing to spend when Hahn was in charge, we should keep Luis Robert and we should sign two or three quality free agents who are not relievers and try to win this thing in a couple of years.

Garcia has had 4 straight scoreless outings. I just don't see us getting much for Fredde. Lynn had a history and was still striking people out at high rates; I can see the Dodgers thinking they could get him squared away. Hahn did arguably his best work in with the Angels. He finally did a deal on OUR terms, taking advantage of the Angels eagerness to take one last big swing in the last days of Ohtani. I'm not sure that Getz will be that tactical; but I didn't think Hahn could be either.

As of now, I prefer to think of Getz as proactive, if only to help my sanity. And I gotta say, these young pitchers are looking pretty good. But we better match them up with some hitters, or we going to be in the shts for a long time.

Well, we almost won.

DFA that sunk cost and send another message.

Being on that Charlotte team is a penance. That operation is basket-case, second only to the major league operation. Send him to Birmingham so that he doesn't have the shi$$ness of the team weighting down his development.

Kopech threw 24 pitches. Why was he unavailable? If they are trying to turn him into a trade piece (which they should - he has the same control timetable as Cease did), they're doing a lousy job of it. They have about 2 months to prove that he's major league closer capable of handling high leverage situations and pitching multiple innings, then he needs to pitch. Save situations will be rare for this team. As of now, he's former top prospect with a lot of arm talent, who's been floundering for a couple of years in the majors.

In the words of Gunnery Sargent Hartman, "What was that? What the f.. was that?"

What were the Sox supposed to do with Palka after that season? Cut him? They never penciled him in for anything. And one day, we might get some fortune with one of these guys. Sometimes it does take a while. See Naylor, who sucked for 5 seasons before he got good.

The 2 was the anomaly. Usually, everybody gets an inning. He just doesn't manage to win the game. Not surprisingly, when he doesn't do his usual and lets Kopech pitch 2, the Sox win. "Oh those melons; if he's able; we're to have a feast, so nice." "One goes to the Abbot's table; all of us get each a slice." Robert Browning