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Taylor predictable K against that pitcher. Mariners best road record in baseball.

So the 2 HRs in a week not withstanding.. you do know Elko hit one 101 too and hasn't K'd ?

Williamson 2 hits with a combined exit velocity of about 85.

Who has been this game ? Some hard hits balls weren't finding open fields .

Lol chill.

Gas can

I posted thought the starting pitching had a chance to be a strength when a lot of people were worried that losing Crochet and Fedde was a sure "they will be worse than last year" verdict.

The NFL would've overturned it 😋

He s 22 and a smart hitter.He won't be slappy for long.

Are you losing sleep over those guys ?

I love that tag by Rojas. Let the ball travel into the runner. He caught it on Taveras' back. You don't lose precious micro seconds catching it then moving your arm/hand to the runner. Same thing applies on plays at the plate . Catch it as close to the plate or runner as possible.

Sox are 19th with hard hit in baseball. 40.2%

My 1st thought was you were speaking French " la story". Then launch angle showed up 2nd 😋

I think he wanted to make sure to keep Polanco from thinking about taking 2nd. That one by Elko almost drifted out like I was suggesting earlier.

A bit of hard luck for Martin, a chopper ,a bloop and 1 legit single.

Martin no hitter woo !!

Blowing out to right. Seems like that could help our 9 hitter.

123 for Martin in the 1st , K & 2 GO .

None of those other guys got it back after leaving so far. Maybe it was just their injuries permanently damaged their abilities . Not sure what to think about Anderson. His whole life spiraled down and he had a lot to do with that. Strange to draw a conclusion that the blame lies with the organization just because multiple players failed approximately the same time. They all had multiple difficulties . Do you think in other organizations they wouldn't have self destructed ? Maybe they just couldn't handle being rich and famous or their body's and minds betrayed them. Wouldn't be the 1st time egos and/ or injuries ruined once promising careers.

Eww 2 MLB players for 1 minor leaguer ? Aren't you supposed to get more minor league players for MLB players ? You must consider the recent hot streaks of Vargas and Cannon to be mirages and the minors league hot streak of Shaw to mean he's better than both Sox players combined.

He probably will but once Robert is gone so is $20M next year and whatever remains of his $15M this year. It's looking more and more like Robert won't be gone by Memorial Day Mr. Nightingale . At the rate he's going he's turning into another Vaughn but there's no way in hell JR would pick up that $20M option. Robert's going to be a salary dump. Maybe next year the same will apply to Benintendi. He'll be the last guaranteed contract on the books that isn't near minimum wage . Does anyone out there think Jerry hasn't been planning for the strike for a few years ? JR must be slipping . He actually let Hahn sign him through 2027 but he didn't make that mistake after Benintendi.

Why do you keep thinking I'm saying he's doing a good job? I just made a post that said I'm not going to die on a hill saying he's doing a good job. He's not. He can't. It's not really possible for him to do a good job. I don't know how that message is being lost somehow . But by limiting the amount of money he spends JR is probably limiting the damage he can do . We saw how when Hahn went for mid level cost free agents it turned disastrous most of the time . Old vets who have had better careers than Tauchman or Slater like JD Martinez cost more but apparently no one was willing to meet his price at 36 yrs old. Should the Sox have signed him ? He's done some good things that's all I can say. He's surrounded himself with people he thinks can help with player development and infrastructure. Hes trying to empower the people in the organization so he's not the sole decision maker. No GM can be an expert in all the areas that a GM deals with. He may not be an expert in any area but he's been trying to assemble people who are. That doesn't mean they can polish many turds to make them turn around their careers. You can't make a living counting on that to happen especially when JR doesn't really want it to happen . The rebuild fizzled at just the right time for JR. He could now cut the budget put money into building up the area around the UC and estate plan selling of the Sox and avoid paying hardly any (1) guaranteed contracts during the looming labor strike. That's probably a main reason why sustained success under Reinsdorf was never possible in his 80s, or ever for that matter but multiplied when he got older. It was too close to the end of his life to invest big money and too close to another strike. He didn't want all that debt to be his legacy to his son's. He wants the sale of the Sox to be as lucrative as possible for them. If the Vargas turnaround is real how many times have we heard that if the Dodgers couldn't do how can the Sox ? It might just be a Vaughn type hot streak but at least it's encouraging that Biomechanics and Fuller are part of a solution even if it's just a hot streak and pitchers find another way to get him out. Adjust readjust that separates the good from the bad hitters.

No they don't make everyone around them better . They just push the bottom people off the MLB roster. You could still have 10 other people who suck or a bunch of injuries and win 65 games. And they cost money Jerry wasn't going to pay for. Do you honestly think Getz could've signed 5 players for $10M each ? Or even 1 $10M player ? If that $10M guy is the closer he pitches less than any other pitcher on the roster because there's not a lot of games to close and maybe you get a good prospect at the TDL . Or maybe he's not exactly the best closer around for only $10M and he flops.

And I'm just not going to blame a puppet hired to be bad or with no GMing experience. I don't care who you are . You will not succeed under those circumstances. It's like asking a firemen to put out a roaring 5 story building fire to extinguish it with a garden hose and 5 foot ladder.

Exactly and I've brought that up too. It's Jerry making sure the Sox are sold after his death with nothing on the books, no long term debt . For the strike no guaranteed contracts to pay. He'll lose less money during the strike than anyone. Again I talk about it being a rebuild but I have also call it JR estate planning. This is the cheapest of the cheap Reinsdorf.