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We let this man create his own offseason program that was featured on his instagram with lots and lots of eyewash and eating from what we could tell. The rudderless ship allowed him to regress and a very promising prospect is now broken and another team will fix him.
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The one problem with the internet in general is the abstraction that takes place where we are anonymous entities that interact with other anonymous entities. It sometimes removes the humanity of it all. We forget that these usernames are people with lives, loves, hopes, dreams, families and real world issues. I never met Alex in person but interacted with him on here. He was a good poster and seemed like a generally good human being. I am so sorry for the loss to his family, loved ones and his friends. It seems like he impacted and inspired those around him. That is the hallmark of a good man. God Bless him and may he receive external peace.
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1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:
I'm way more surprised by the strike throwing than the velo spike. He was a disaster last year. A lot of teams weren't at his first game. They're running in there now.
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Poles has to go. He has missed so many times on high draft picks. Too many projects. Too many guys on the OL t hat remind him of Poles as a player.
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6 minutes ago, chw42 said:
Boston loves trading for tall lefties that throw weird, don't they?
Pretty good return. This is the kind of value we should have gotten for Cease.Well we know Hagan Smith and Noah Schultz's future then. Oh I see you are about to make some money that isnt going to work out for Jerry, well let me change the color of your sox.
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4 minutes ago, nrockway said:
maybe Quero is a first baseman. I think it's interesting that they hire this catching guy from the Brewers and then the return is another catcher.
all catcher team.
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30 minutes ago, Tony said:
Silvy was on the radio today saying he’s heard that Poles was told when he was hired he would be reporting straight to ownership, and he wasn’t happy when Warren was brought in.
He went on to say while he hasn’t heard anything about his future, he wouldn’t be surprised after the season, if they end with 4 wins, there is a “mutual” parting of ways.
And honestly, the more you think about it, I don’t know how it makes sense for Poles to come back. You’re going to have a new HC/Staff, and we’ll be on Year 4 of Poles, and his record is…not impressive. If they suck again next season, there is almost no way you can bring him back..so now Poles hired that new coach, now Poles is gone, new GM comes in and doesn’t have his coach or his roster…and the cycle of suck continues.
If they replace Poles, it will take a bit for Warren and the "search" committee to hire his replacement. After Bill Polian tells them who to hire we will be left with the left overs. Rinse and Repeat, the bears bear everytime.
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Tony Larussa is the glue for this. The same Dave Stewart that allowed TLR to hire a vet to be their analytics guy and traded Shelby Miller for Dansby Swanson? That guy. Stewart would move this franchise to Nashville in a heartbeat. Tony is basically Thanos.
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This approach to hitting in the offseason is not going to get it going.
Plus the slappy foxy boxing is probably not enough for explosive movements.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=849011016183367
Dude got paid is will return to form just in time for his free agent year. Then he will turn it on. This is a tale as old as time.
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With this fucked up owner he might just hire the janitor because he liked the way he smiled at him. I expect Grady to get the job just be cause thats how we do things here.
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Well this would of been good to have ahead of this years draft. We seem to gauge our drafts at times on the 40 man and the MLB roster. We selected Smith in part to replace Crochet sooner than later in the rotation. All things being equal a high level bat that might of been drafted say a slot later would of been a better fit if we hang on to Crochet. Our offense is the largest issue and the only way to fix that in the short term is to unload talent that can get multiple high level players for a cost controlled high level player such as Crochet. So if we sign him its great for the pitching staff but not so good for the offense. I have zero faith that we will sign anyone of consequence in free agency. And really, who of consequence in free agency is signing here for less than overpay and we know Jerry doesnt do that. So we might be in baseball hell for a few years with a great pitching staff only to waste that time with a horrific offense.
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Eventually this asshole is going to take his permanent dirt nap. f*** this guy.
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Next up Jerry hires this guy from the Natural just like their owner did trying to tank the team.
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The only thing that will fix this franchise is when that guy is listed in an obit in the local papers just like Dollar Bill Wirtz. IMHO He is a horrible owner. The only thing going for me is that he isnt immortal. Eventually father time will clean up this mess and hopefully the next owner isnt this guy.
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27 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:
Who are the candidates to take over the position full time then? I saw Morosi say Gibbons and Fetter. Obviously Schumaker. Anyone else in contention?
My guess is that Sizemore gets the gig fulltime in the offseason. Any sign of life, look he did great. If they still suck, well lets give him next year. JR loves his low cost first time hires. More nickels in his pocket.
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32 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:
This is what kills me. If you want to be cheap, that's fine. There are routes to success on that path. Tampa has done a great job there, as had Cleveland. WTF are we doing?
JR is a new level of cheap. Tampa and Cleveland dont spend on the roster, but they invest in development, analytics, drafting and the international free agency. They take raw talented players and get the best out of them.
Its not that JR doesn't spend money. He doesn't spend it anywhere. They have the smallest analytics department in the MLB. We dont have a large amateur and professional scouting organization. Its still the good old boys network there. Ancient ideas. The GMs are focused on short term returns. We let the guy we fired shortly after the draft make the first pick, he picked someone who was probably not the best player available but someone who would be able to fill the MLB roster quickly. The current GM probably picked Hagen because they figured Crochet was on his way out. Our free agency is filled with mediocre B level players that we sometimes have to overpay to be here. So if you go to Walmart and buy a 100 dollars worth of Chef Boy R Dee, yes you spent a 100 dollars but that doesnt immediately turn that Chef into a 100 dollar steak because you spent the same. Sure you have more meals, but its not a quality meal. Its just numbers. We dont have a pipeline to fill the ball club at this point. We hire low cost managers. Everyone is wasting their time looking for a replacement, Sizemore is it. JR loves his low cost first time guys. TLR is probably whispering in his ear and Getz is doing whatever TLR says is a good idea.
During the "window" we spent oddly. No superstar. Just an assembly of parts, lots of relievers. The owner then imposed his will and put his buddy in charge and then closed the wallet up. Then he stripped this thing to the studs and now is going to anchor attendance before he is going to spend. Sorry you didnt spend to get a superstar to push us over the top or spend wisely the last time. We are not going to be tricked again. I can wait him out, time is on my side.
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21 minutes ago, Green Line said:
They killed Soxfest 2 years ago. Can't yell at Soxfest if there is no Soxfest.
If only Tony were calling the shots, things wouldn't be this dire.
Tony did a bang up job in his last few stops building teams. Tony is a shadow of the man he used to be.
And Soxfest is back./
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In the end, JR is not parting ways with any monies. Grifol will survive the year, probably survive the offseason ( got to have someone for fans to yell at at Soxfest ), then they can fire him around the ASB next year. Tony is most likely calling the shots.
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20 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:
Do you REALLY think Chris Getz currently has any say on Pedro Grifol?
Snickers in the background.
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2 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
The one positive with that is if JR would wake up and hire a real GM, and let him sign him or trade him. But that won't happen.
The real GM is JR's buddy and is Getz's sounding board. He wont get fired. The only thing that will ever happen while JR is alive is that another puppet will be put out to be the face of the team while TLR pulls the strings.
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2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:
We didn’t trade for Edman and then flip him. Thats not how this worked.
https://x.com/JohnDenton555/status/1818034898139234523
They tried to go 1-1 and the Cards raised the ante.
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Feede for Edman as the first trade thoughts tells me that TLR is pulling the strings.
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Just now, Dick Allen said:
Fedde is on pace for a 4.0 fWAR at $7.5 million this year and next. And the Sox get nothing to be halfway excited about.
fWAR? Whats the mans batting average. David Eckstein never worried about his fWAR?
Ishbia taking control by 2029?
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Hopefully sooner than later.