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My Take: - Hahn hired Steverson and in typical white sox thought, they figured bringing in 1 guy from oakland and just giving him plenty of room to operate but no resources he'd turn the org into a walk machine Hahn wanted. - Steverson tried to build an organizational approach to hitting and building out more selectivity, but most of our farm systems were run as independent fiefdoms where playing time was all they offered. This took a while to set up. - Virtually our entire minors was wiped clean and restocked in 2017 onward. - During that time of 2017-2019, I feel like you did hear more pressure for players like Jimenez and Robert to up their walk rates while in minors. - The sox version now of trying to have a scouting and pd team in sync is hostetler drafting lots of unathletic college seniors with great K:BB ratios. - The players start to make majors, and Steverson has great success turning a walk-minded player like Moncada to find his groove. Anderson wins batting crown. - But the crown jewel coming up is Robert, and he had many periods where it looked like he had never seen a baseball at bat per at bat. Meanwhile in AAA their hitting coach made great strides in improving his contact rate. I'm sure around the same time Hahn's crack team of analysts were like "oh it's K-rate that matters, not walk rate! Check out this model that just shows the 2017 houston astros getting lower k rate guys!" and they fired steverson and went with Menechino. - I swear from 2020 onward in the minors it was like power + contact was all that mattered, There was zero progress being made in walk rates. That's why Montgomery sticks out like a sore thumb, it was just seemingly a case of a player willing himself through this trash org. I wrote this mainly because I think this is a nice case of showing how hahn thinks he is doing baseball but does it really poorly. Even as he does an outside hire, he basically expects them to be a "Great Man" who fixes org. Then when he tries to do "synergy org" with scouting and player dev, they do it in the most obvious and embarrassing way possible. Then they abandon it, then again. Not even sure there is one now. But it is crazy. Look at the stats for our AA affiliate vs Tampas. For players with at least 100 PAs, the Montgomery Biscuits have 7 players over .340 obp. The Birmingham barons have 3. And our max is .350 and theirs has like .430.

Also ridiculous that they didn't make their Vuc decision prior to the trade deadline then. He should have either been shipped out or extended at that point.

I don’t think they are able to operate with anything but a MLE. I guess they could have Toronto S&T him but we really only have this zombie Portland first rounder

Very likely worse

Who is excited to see what Karnisovas won’t do tonight?

The sox just use waivers like "hey I remember this guy from the BA handbook 5 years ago" and that's it.

You have said yourself that you think it may really be the end of hahn. I'd rather another group have the budget of the 70th overall pick than Hahn's talent evaluation this year.

I waxed poetically about Remillard when he made it to AAA but man is it hilarious that grifol just falls in love with his grindiness. Impossible for sox not to be like this.

Hahn can't.

shoulder inflammation. 15 days.

I actually don't really want them to sell. Hahn is terrible at it. We are extremely likely to get a Q.O. for Giolito. And it's more fun for me that jerry pays players salaries than players are traded for s%*# returns to save money.

I think my bet would be that at the end of the year the winner of the ALC ends up with a normal, respectable record. 88 wins or so. probably CLE finding some otherworldly pitching, hotter hitting, and a weak ass division to beat up on. Like usual. I think it's highly unlikely we send a division winner with only 81-83 wins.

I don't think a S&T will be there for Vuc. The only thing mildly interesting will be the improbable event that they trade lavine and return Portland's #3. Probably then should just re-sign vuc, Stretch + waive lonzo. I think you then it depends on salary whether you could re-sign Coby.

Well I can imagine that. I really can't handle listening to bob after he compared TLR missing spring training for a DUI court appearance to David Ross missing spring training with the flu.

Hahn gonna go all out and trade TA, Giolito ...but trade for bullpen.

One thing he should do though is not put out terrible lineups.

Ah forgot this is his 11th season.

what would be the funniest record to mark Hahn's 10th season with? 63-99 taking us from 2013 to 2023?

I like the white arm sleeve.

I would take getting into the world series and losing like the phillies did. But anyway love how Hahn can be "realistic" in judging what his players can accomplish but has never been realistic about what the trash front office he has overseen for a decade can accomplish. The exciting thing for hahn is he can save his father Jerry some money. He certainly won't bring in talent that will help us do s%*#.

Pedro latest Sox employee to only allow for honesty when addressing the fans that pay their salary. KW, Hahn, Ricky, Tony, and now Pedro. At least Cairo wasn’t a coward. Poor guy.

After three “baseball players” in Vaughn, Madrigal, and Fulmer failed as top picks, I wonder if I’ll still have to hear guys denigrated as “just an athlete, KW guy”.

Good luck Popeye. May this team not ruin you. Guessing Grifol will bat him lead off.

Well last year the fans were trying to will that team to be competitive and they were just as listless. They deserve this years atmosphere.

Just lose a lot of respect for a player when the clear clubhouse leader leaves, you are a top player and have been around for the longest, and do nothing to lead the team all while blaming others and praising yourself. He's a good shortstop, possibly at the start of a long-term decline. One of many reasons I would have traded him in offseason.