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he has .2 fWAR. Kelenic, because he can actually play a position, has .6. There is no world where a smart team like Atlanta is considering playing sheets in the OF.

It's a bad omen that the guy here that might actually work for the Sox was convinced Kelenic was the next great MLB superstar. I think reasonable people saw right away he wasn't a real MLB CF defensively and his mental makeup is questionable at best. Breaking his foot his last year in Seattle in anger and then crying about it with the media was one of the more bizarre things I've seen in pro sports. Crying is fine, but just the way he was unable to control his emotions either time, huge red flag.

How is it 2024 and we're still doing this? I don't care if Kelenic sucks and is basically a 1 WAR player he can actually play a competent MLB corner OF and in a pinch can play CF. He allows you to actually field a balanced 26 man roster. Sheets is a 1B/DH that barely hits above league average. Those guys are just not that valuable. I saw someone compare him to Vogelbach but Sheets has never proven he can even put up the 126 wRC+ season Vogelbach had.

Jake Woodford is apparently a real player and not just something the player creator spit out for the press release.

Three of those guys aren't like the others. Lopez, Martin, Brebbia are 16 of that 25.5 million (roughly 2/3) and should never, ever have been brought in. The other four guys were decent bets to turn 10 cents into 20. Just didn't work out. Gotta separate decent process from the results.

Chris Getz is a perpetual motion machine. He can go through more s%*# than your average plumber.

We're going to struggle to win more than 45 games.

Julio heating up a bit. Pitching continues to be 99th percentile which does not seem sustainable but sometimes you get that all season like the 2005 Sox. FG projected win is only 84.7 (down from 87 preseason) but playoff odds are 60% thanks to how awful the division is.

You the man, bro.

That's about where I'm at. There's certain players like Beni, Vaughn, Eloy and Martin that just deserve the hardiest of boos. So of course do JR, Getz and Pedro -- but there are some players like Crochett worth cheering. In general, I won't bemoan any wins, but the losses don't affect me at all right now.

@Quin @cuban_sammiches an ai could probably run the sox better for cheaper at this point. hell, maybe JR could be sold on it. just tell him a datacenter is tax free.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. You had Sam Smith, who whatever you thought of him, was a powerhouse of a reporter and had serious connections in his heyday. Then KC, who while a mouthpiece, was you know, a long time beat guy. You probably went from Smith making like 200-300k a year to Poe making 40-60K. Peanuts for the Tribune company but that's what journalism pays these days. The real money is in doing the stupid "citizen journalist" thing and just collecting money from morons online.

Nothing against the writer, Julia Poe, but it's insane some of the people working what were formerly coveted, big time, career peak beats like being the Bulls' beat writer at the Tribune, as she's listed. She got her undergrad degree in journalism (not even J school grad) from USC in 2019 and 5 years later she's working a gig that in a previous generation would be reserved for someone with 20+ years experience and impeccable writing and reporting history.

Nastrini sucks. Another awful scouting adventure. Like he has nothing. He would be getting lit up in AA.

Yikes.

f*** that quitter.

Here's the situation and everybody in that clubhouse knows it: 1) The team sucks. When you look across the room or you step into the on deck circle you know the guys aren't likely to come through. That puts additional pressure on you. 2) The manager sucks. Everybody knows it. Players talk amongst themselves and will lash out at the manager eventually because they want to blame at least some of their performance on the bad manager. 3) Death spiral. Everybody gets paid to no need to cry but that's what it's like in the working environment for every single minute of every game. I'm sure it's looser before and after, but during the games nah, that s%*# is a death spiral and unless there is a serious talent infusion by July (ha) you're going to continue to threaten some historic records. In some ways setting the all time modern RD mark is even more embarrassing than just the losses.

this is a mildly racist and fatphobic joke but it was funny so I'll allow it.

he got kicked out for throwing the ball back? come the f*** on. how about a warning?

good job danny.

He's an incredible talent and it just makes the decision to rush him up as a reliever even dumber.

Garrett doesn't deserve these bums. Trade him.

just cancel the game.

Good luck. If you're signing our sloppy seconds you're probably a s%*# team.

that is a hawkism, but it is accurate for sure with Michael.