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LOl I'm in a Bangles concert video on youtube at a HS gym in Pasadena from almost 13 yrs ago. Well the back of my head is constantly in the way of the person taking the video behind me .

Good Catholic kid from the Southwest side. I'm much older but had classmates who went to St. Rita while me and other Classmates went to Quigley South on 79th and Western which ironically now is a part of St. Rita. Hustle and talent got him to where he is now. Probably will make a good coach some day.

The Moncada situation is kind of like the Bellinger situation. Bellinger was even better than Moncada. Bellinger was a 4th round pick so he didn't come with the hype or expectations of Moncada. His 1st 3 years his fWar was 3.9, (ROY) 3.8 and the MVP yr was 7.7 in 2019. 2020 Covid shortened season 1.6. His downfall can probably be linked to a couple dislocated right shoulders diving for ground balls playing 1st base and celebrating a HR and his subsequent shoulder surgery after the 2020 season. His fWar 2021 (-1.0) and 2022 (1.3) seasons . Dodgers total investment The Dodgers paid him $1.8M for his 1st 3 seasons .After that he was $11.5 M in 2020, $16.1M in 2021 and $17M in 2022. Total investment $46.325M. The Dodgers did not extend him . His higher salaries were due to arbitration. He is now 27 yrs old and likely to be non tendered. Moncada: Let's start with his salary . $31.5M signing bonus by the Red Sox who then had to pay 100% Tax making their outlay $63M. 2017 $535K, 2018 $555K, 2019 $575K at which was his breakout season w/ 5.5 fWAR. Early March 2020 The Sox signed Moncada to a 5 yr. extension worth $70M with a team option for 2025 . That $70M includes the 2025 buyout. Between his signing bonus with the Red Sox and his extension with the White Sox Yoan will have collected $103.165M guaranteed . $71.165M from the White Sox. 4 months after signing the extension Moncada got Covid. Was Hahn to blame for signing a player to an extension in the middle of a pandemic ? Did they know Yoan's personal life and did that personal life lead to getting Covid ? Is Covid to blame for his downfall ? Is it lifestyle ? Effort? or more injuries ? He seems to be hitting well from the RH side this year when he's always been better LH. Is the oblique still hampering his LH swing.? That injury happened in the last game of Spring Training so quite a while ago. He's also been hampered by quad and hamstring problems and seems very good at fouling pitches off himself. So the Sox have invested quite a bit more in Moncada than the Dodgers have in Bellinger and the Sox can only Hope Moncada can rebound because they can't non tender him. Bellinger also has more fWar in his career , both are 27 and both have had injuries and struggles at the plate either because of them or the usual other baseball reasons for hitters losing it.

Oh I agree , a mulligan by JR is always a consideration . I just didn't bring up the TLR influence because Hahn got his name on the GM door and TLR got Manager on his door. Just remember my post was responding to a zero per cent chance of Hahn being fired so I disagreed with that even if there's only a 5 % chance , that still isn't 0% . So anything you say about a chance of retaining Hahn means I'd also have to agree mathematically.

Just need 4 in the 9th to tie !

Colas final line in 7 games with Charlotte now that the season is over there. .387 .424 .645 1.069

I'll miss Colas in the off season ?

Are we looking at 8 in a row with tonight's loss ?

Ladies and Gents the Diekman-Kelly Show !

Sheets and Pollock were the only ones with good OPS in the last week.

Once Eloy and Andrus cooled off so did the Sox

4 runs !!

4 !!!!

He hasn't been the same since The Fridge got a TD in the '85 Superbowl and he didn't.

Usually when Yo fouls one off his body he K's so lets see.

Obie making Sox look like Barney Fife .

ABreu snake bit 1st 2 AB's. Eloy smacked one hard too just now but nada once more.

It worked Moncada with the double high off the RF wall !

Lynn giving up many hits but limiting the damage. Twins can't quite get the big inning. Twins fans watching and saying same old Twins. Sox fans see a 0 on the scoreboard and say same old Sox.

He won't. He's a shill for Hahn and the Sox. He'll blame injuries, down years and TLR if him being out for 2023 is correct. The only way to take Merkin seriously is to find out how the organization is thinking by reading between the lines. If he pumps something or someone up. He's probably parroting Hahn.

Oh I don't know about the 0 chance of Hahn being fired. JR opened up the checkbook and Hahn cost JR ticket revenue during the season and playoff revenue . I think JR wanted to win but he still hasn't realized the infrastructure has to be very strong before you start pouring money into the player payroll . I don't know how much hiring from good organizations costs. If you start with the people paid the least like scouts , coaches and then people with skills in analytics and biomechanics then move into the front office or hire a top GM to oversee the hiring of those people how much more would that cost JR per season than what it's costing him now $5-10M ? Then JR has to let the guys like Paddy do their jobs and compete like most of MLB does by going after top 16 yr old talent. JR's got no one to blame but himself but Hahn cost him money in the way he butchered the team construct. That's not to say you are wrong. Maybe JR knows he's tough to work for because he handcuffs his FO people with the limitations he's puts on everything to save money.

And how long has it been since the Sox needed more LH position players? Then throw in when MLB started talking about banning the shift and the Players Assoc. showed they were in favor of it back in early March 2022 , that should've put an extra bee in Hahn's bonnet about acquiring more LHH . Who was in favor of adding LHH at the Trade deadline ? ME . Like all the time making posts about it. Hahn did nothing when he had time before the season started to get more LHH but instead he gets RHH , aging AJ Pollock when the Dodgers are loaded with LHH youth in the minors. And people still defend that trade. And then doubled down on doing nothing about it at the AS break this year. The rules changes are NEVER brought up to condemn Hahn but it should be added to the list.

Bless you for you unbridled passion for even trying to figure out how the off season unfolds. As fans we have to expect the worst and think that the window is closed no matter how bad the division is. It's been apparent since the 2021 AS game. I know many key players especially Eloy and Robert have barely played and Robert's ability to fly in the OF and on the bases may have been affected forever by his injury in 2021. Didn't his sprint speed take hit this season ? The Sox are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They might as well bring Colas up to start the season. I see no reason to think this team will be competing in 2028 so why worry about service time with him ? I wanted him up this season not only to get some time facing MLB pitching but also to get used to the OF at G Rate. Those things matter instead of a rookie doing it on the fly in May and watching him go through growing pains in the OF and hitting. Doing it this year might've given him an edge going into next year and why punt the beginning of the year doing the same thing again ? All wins matter and he can help win games a lot of different ways. It would've been easier to evaluate him this year if he was brought up to be available for the playoffs this year.

Nah sometimes things need explaining in depth especially when the ineptitude runs so deep. You could've brought up way more about how Int'l signings are or were handled like trading away your Int'l money or not investing in16 yr olds or trading Tatis Jr. because they didn't realize what they had and didn't value middle of the field players like SD and other teams had started doing. And that's just one area. Look how well Houston did with their draft choices and Int'l signees especially recently with their starting pitching. They kept working on the minor leagues while the Sox neglected it badly. Houston signed Altuve for $15,000 after turning him away a couple of times because of his size . The Story goes the scout saw how persistent and dedicated he was. His parents wanted more money but Altuve said, when he was 16 mind you , "No all I need is a chance."

Right ? It's called personal pride. You dig deep and realize if you quit how does that affect the rest of your career. That being said it's easy to say they quit because they played poorly when the chips were on the table. But really it's not any different than its been since last years AS break. Pretty much the same potentially good players got hurt for a long time just as they did last year. They are who they have been for almost 1.5 season now. On top of that the FO made them much worse . All the guys they were counting on for a "window" had career years before most thought the window was starting except for Cease and Vaughn. Yet I still keep hearing how talented they are. They aren't. Sheets slays at home but can't play the OF or hit on the road. Mocada is a very good fielder but hasn't really hit since 2019. Vaughn can hit but he's been playing a position he can't play. Giolito lost his stuff. Grandal got old fast along with the injuries. The whole team got even older faster than Grandal. People on here were saying Kopech replaces Rodon. Sounded like FO talk to me . Take one of the best in baseball and replace him with a guy starting for the 1st time in MLB. Sound thinking. Don't get a draft choice for Rodon, trust the FO judgement, he'll get hurt again. How did that work out ? Hang on to Kimbrel he'll be easy to trade . Uh huh. Dealing with the Dodgers with all their talent in the minors and Hahn got Pollock ? Looked good on paper, a 3 WAR OF, but damn Hahn supplement the team and get some LH youth once in a while instead of aging expensive veterans with an extra year. You've made getting swindled an art form.