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No shit.

Well, agree, but get ready. Kopech is Sale 2.0 in mind and body. We can only hope Kopech never suffers a broken foot in spring training while..."helping a friend move" or something.

I mean, it totally will. Like at the Acuna situation. Baseball is stupid and Kopech is a symptom.

Sox fans are bored. That is my takeaway from this thread. Shame about service time rules.

it's in his head and I don't blame him. Never seen a season long screw job like this. It's probably about the difference in 50 OPS points.

One of the most important aspects a hitting coach brings is Gravitas, with a big G. I have a hard time seeing these guys like Moncada or even Avi really listening to Todd because Todd is a nobody really. I'd rather bring in someone like Thome that can look these kids in the face and say "600 HR", listen up.

I'm done with the "calm presence" types. It's not working. Ventura let Eaton and Sale walk all over him and whatever "calming influence" Renteria is supposed to bring obviously isn't working for these kids either. I don't think a manager contributes much to development but if Rickie can't get these young latin kids ready to play (or any of them really) he needs to go. Way too many bad ABs this 2nd half, but with Moncada and Yolmer especially.

At this point he needs to clear his head and start again next year. Sadly, TA is having an awful 2nd half as well at the dish. Those guys have gone from a potential 8-10 WAR middle infield to looking like 2-3 WAR types at best the last couple months. I'm ready to move on from Todd as well.

tom tango is an emotional teenager? thanks, this might be my best ever comment here, in my own head at least.

yea for noobs.

will TA and Moncada finish above an OPS of 700? Sigh.

Let me save the mods some time over the next 6-8 years:

when's the last time they had guys worth giving half a shit about it with tho?

It looked like a post for his new GF, who is apparently even more IG famous then the one he just broke up with.

man that icon is older than I am.

Sox need more good players. Later for all that other stuff. I'm with ozzie on that one. Horse shit players and teams lose games and seasons. Baseball is about 10 guys on any given night doing their own thing to help the club, as far as "leadership" exists it's a base hit or walk down 1 leading off the 9th. That said, we talked about that podcast when he was drafted, it certainly sounds like the Sox got a player.

+1

this thread is awesome guys, some really amazing posts.

I'm approaching Robin esque levels of loathing with Ricky.

I can't even look at the box scores on days I don't watch anymore. it's so bad. only guys I care about are lopez, moncada, TA, GIO and Yolmer. For the most part, that has been a pile of shit. I'm doubting if TA was smart to try and become a completely different hitter. He's going to finish with a lower OBP than his rookie year despite increasing his walk rate massively. There was really not much wrong with 290/310/440 or whatever. If he's going to be a 230-250 hitter meh.

nice, glad there is no real backup ss on the roster. what a shit sandwich this summer has been.

Fair enough. If Hahn fucks this up and the team sucks in 2021 shit can him. I got no great love for the guy. But he deserves, based on what he's done the last two years, to see it out imo.

You're ascribing an awful lot of things to Hahn that were almost certainly out of his control @Balta1701. It's not even clear that Hahn was the loudest voice in the FO until sometime around 2015. It's impossible to untangle the end of KW's tenure with the beginning of Hahn's. All that said, anybody that raid my post yesterday wrt to Eloy knows where I stand on "trust the process" right now. I'm trusting, but I also need to verify. Right now that verification is seeing a guy with an 215wRC+ (lulwut?) in AAA come up and later for worries about 7 years from now in a new CBA.

cool

are you seriously fucking suggesting they keep him down the first two weeks of next year for SUPER FUCKING 2 REASONS??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? WHEN THE CBA IS UP FOR NEGOTIATION in 2021? stay strong when the org is slapping me in the fucking face over some trifle? I'll slap the fuck org back and not pay any attention or spend any money until playoffs then.