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Might be out of necessity . However he did hit .500 last year against the Orioles both at home and on the road going 13/26. Orioles might be the only team he did this against since he was so bad against most any team on the road. In the ultra small 4 game sample at home this year he is 2/6 with 3 walks .333 BA .556 OBP. He also had a .908 OPS at home last year. The starting pitcher is RH so there's that too. Hoping for his 1st HR of the year and maybe a walk or another hit also and that his defense isn't too costly.

Sox 3 for 12 with RISP Orioles 1 for 14 and hit and ran into 4 DP.

That was Colassal !

People always say that but never say how predictable it was until after the fact. Put your ass on the line and predict what will happen ahead of time.

The fan base continues to clamor for Free Agents when we know damn well the Sox shop in the vintage or refurbished section . If you happen to suggest youth a lot of the fans moan about playing too many rookies or that they might not be ranked. Funny thing is most of those fans have been clinging to the concept of the "window" still being cracked open. The gems are out there but the fans respond with "he sucks" or "never heard of him". If you're going to shop for youth or gems you have to find the guys who can play defense ,have some speed or power and their paths to the majors are either blocked or took a circuitous route and find guys who seem to have made changes that enhanced their previous lower draft value to a higher plane. You also need the development people to actually know what they are doing. I'm highly dubious of that last part when you can't seem to get very many to elevate the ball or the take a power hitter and try to make him a singles hitter. I'd rather stress the importance of thinking baseball things such as plate discipline knowing what pitches to expect in certain counts, a 2 strike approach rather than a 2 strike approach on every pitch.Take more pitches and know your strengths instead of trying to create new strengths that take away from your natural strengths. Someone like Kelenic was a perfect example of a failed high draft pick who was still young who might've been out there for a reduced price.

I think there would be plenty of GM's with more money lost because those big deals often don't give you a high yield over the course of a long contract. But the point is often to get high yield in the early years and middle years of those mega deals and accept the losses on the back end. Hahn doesn't do big money deals so he might not lose as much money but he also isn't getting high yield early ROI to offset the back end losses in his multiyear deals. In other words the Sox sign guys to less years and less money because his FA signings are either older or not top end type players thus making early high yield ROI hit and miss and it often has been miss and the end of deal ROI turns sours. As the article stated it's youth that gives you a return on investment when they are payed low and produce. But when you also can't draft and develop or trade it away there's nothing left to give you positive results. Tampa Bay has been the master at this. Reinsdorf on the other hand has never realized that youth (scouting,drafting,developing) is the lifeblood of any franchise instead of paying MOR prices with diminishing returns again and again. 2005 was a year where all the small investments paid off big for a lot of guys who had mediocre careers but for one year a lot them had really good years. It's basically why the team is always mired in mediocrity. You get what you pay for and when you don't invest in potential .

Or he keeps using him so he will be DFA'd SHould be mission accomplished soon.

Benintendi didnt play that real well.

4D chess. just making sure the bad pitchers don't stick around by pitching them. Sacrificing today's loses for tomorrows wins .

You working in NY ? You're the only one in the thread who thinks he saw his toe hit the base at some point. Stone and Benneti didn't see it either.

Bullshit !

Overturn it !!

LOL close

Stay hot La Pantera.

Might be just trying different guys in high precious situations and whoever fails that's on the bubble gets DFA'd . Not like there's much in the minors though to replace them.

0-2 and you groove one SMH

Plenty of game left. Baltimore will make it interesting as will the BP.

Grandal looked at 1 st pitch down the middle. Understandable after the walk. 2nd pitch changeup also right down the middle fouled it back.

Oriole Manager tried to pull a Grifol and leave Wells inlke Grifol left Clveinger in. Didn't work as well. Eloy !

Elvis read that hit really nice. 2-0

Gotta be a local pizza place with chairs that's better

Eloy back

4 WHO references. I like it ! Who Are You, The Kids Are Alright, I Can't Explain, and My Generation. 5 since you were picking up on the Won't be Fooled Again comment.

Major injuries and surgeries counting on the 1st year back isn't advisable for certain parts of the body. Robert didn't look as good last year in the OF, some due to a bout with dizziness. This year he looks much better, faster. Can't really count on Crochet for much of anything not only because of TJS but his whole future may be clouded if he chooses to continue as a starting pitcher. By the time he builds up his arm to where he can become an effective SP he might have 2 years left on his Sox contract and be pitching as a starter for the 1st time in MLB on an arm that may not be built to be a SP. He should just stay a reliever and focus on his health and earning his money that way.

That was my thinking this off season when I advocated trying to acquire some young rookie OF's. But mostly everyone here didn't like that idea. The team needed to get younger , faster , better, more power. LH defensively and cheaper in the OF so that's where I started. The money used on Beni could've been used to try and sign a pitcher for multiple years given the Gio, Lynn and Clevinger situations and the dearth of pitching in the next free agent class. But very few agreed or wanted untested, slightly older or unranked rookies. It was a mini retool and not necessarily geared at competing this year unless those rookies performed but would 've looked better for the future and freed up money for other areas. Still hoping the Sox can turn it around this year but with the recent spate of injuries things are looking grim for at least as long as it takes for those players to get healthy without other pieces also getting injured and the pitching to somehow get better. I'll give it to into June and see if Crochet becomes a reliever again or if they are going to rehab him in the minors as a starter. Hard to count on Hendriks to become his old self. He could take a while to get back up to speed. I liked the Beni signing just because it was a LH batter but as stated, I preferred getting younger, faster, LH and more power.