TaylorStSox

Come on. Ramos is a better prospect than Colas and Sosa. He'll get the Vaughn treatment, then everyone will cry that he was given too long of a leash.

The biggest question isn't whether they make the ALCS, it's whether they win the ALCS.

Maybe I wrote it poorly. I thought it was pretty obvious I was saying I think he's going to be a star, but due to his velocity, it's safer to predict he'll be a 4 or 5.

Pretty easily .500 by June.

I will go out on a limb and say that Thorpe is going to be a star. I've watched all the footage I can find on him and his ability to miss bats while throwing 91 is the most intriguing thing I've seen out of a prospect in a long time. Odds are that he's a 4 or a 5, but I think his change is so devastating that it won't matter.

I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm giving my opinion. That's the only point of a sports message board. None of our opinions actually matter and none of our opinions are valued by anybody who does matter.

Why didn't anybody listen to a random nobody like me posting on a tiny message board? I don't know, Caulfield. I told you to start making sense.

They might want him to work on a specific part of his game that won't improve while he's overwhelmed at this level.

The Cease trade looks pretty amazing so far. Other than that, these are all really minor moves. We have no MLB assets.

Marcus Semien.

Just focus on trying to make sense for once.

I don't think you're wrong, but the majority of these moves are completely inconsequential. If he traded Montgomery for some serviceable MLB players so that we could win 60 games, then I would be irate. These other moves really don't matter.

From what you heard? I respect your opinion man, but you're a message board poster.

The Sox obviously value velocity less than other teams. Pitchers routinely lose a couple MPH when we acquire them. You care about velocity more than anyone in this site. That's why it makes no sense for you to cry about Mena.

Adults are talking. Go stalk some Padres.

You're the one that talks about nothing but velocity, not me.

Yeah, teams really wanted a LH reliever with a 6.9 era over 59 innings. I'm sure Getz phone was ringing off the hook.

Panicking would he calling up Schultz, Montgomery and Thorpe and then trading Robert DFA'ing Horn is not panicking. Besides, if you're going to panic, starting 3-22 seems like a decent time to start

Mena is a RH that throws 92 and has inconsistent command. Of all the people on here that shouldn't care about trading a kid that doesn't throw hard, it should be you.

He turned a bad farm system into a top 10 system while trading 1 real asset - Cease. I don't think he's done a good job. I also realize he has very little to work with.

The Braves trade wasn't interesting? We traded them Aaron fucking Bummer. What did you expect?

What prospects did he DFA? Bailey Horn isn't even top 30 in our farm.

Yeah, so he can be blamed for rushing prospects. That makes sense. It would be criminal to introduce your solid prospects into this s%*# show. He could keep Colas and Sosa up, but it's pretty clear there's something wrong with Colas' attitude and Sosa screams AAAA. Either way, it's doubtful they're difference makers.

You have to fill a roster.

He inherited a historically bad major league team with a bad farm system, a historically cheap owner and 2 valuable assets - Cease and Robert. What's he supposed to do?