chitownsportsfan

I'm with you there. I'm more concerned about the story that indicated Rickie gave them additional "chill time" after the A's series (and how they responded like a wet noodle in KC) but as for the losing streak itself it doesn't bother me as the team's depth has been devastated by injuries and this is the quality of club they have right now in this stage of the rebuild.

Sadly the last time they tried to "flip that switch" it resulted in Shark and a bunch of losing. Let's fucking hope the MLB scouting has improved. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that Yonder and Jay were brought in as Manny concierges and not purely for on-field reasons. Which, is absolutely mind blowing and beyond dumpster fire level of a fail but whatever we covered the insanity of the "Friends and Family" plan pretty well this off season that ground is well sowed.

Yes, having the color guy arguing with fans on twitter what could possibly go wrong.

Finally a voice of reason. Who even knows what the other side of the CBA will look like. With Eloy it made sense for various reasons for both sides. That's not at all the case here with Robert.

Domingo Santana has cooled quite a bit which helps Jose's value. They need to deal him and if he really wants he can return at a discount in the offseason.

well...no.

humble request wasn't sure where to ask: can the mods merge more threads? It's out of hand and leads to parallel discussions.

He's a FA at the of the year. He can thank Curtis Flood for the chance to put his money where his mouth is. Although he's talkin' out both sides of his mouth at the moment. He sounds like a guy going through a bad breakup honestly. He can't decide if he loves the bish or she's holding him back.

Part of me hopes Robert puts up a 10 WAR season just so I can read all the salty tears of butthurt Cardinals fans for all time on Twitter. What a fucking beast. Jesus. He might make Eloy play 2nd fiddle in that OF in Chicago.

Not sure what was cryptic about it I gotta duck out of this thread before I get a timeout @SS2K style.

Look past your nose Jose might be the most over-rated player in recent Sox history. Mercy.

Only a small minded individual feels threatened by advanced metrics and change. Perhaps that indicates the root of your issue more than "peanut brain".

He's talking like a guy that knows the end is near and that he's not going to be making 16 million a year anymore.

Here's something for your peanut brain to consider: 317 290 293 265 273 which way is that list trending? That's his batting average, a not very advanced stat.

I'm talking from a fan's perspective, obviously. As a fan I appreciate that he's impatient to win, we all are. On the other hand, as a fan I also see a guy in steep decline who should probably already be traded and replaced by a younger option. He's part of the problem currently is what I'm saying. He's been worth negative fWAR since May.

On one hand he's right. On the other hand he's sitting on .7 fWAR and has an OBP below 310. He without sin cast the first stone.

So glad Rick gave them a relaxed schedule coming out of the Athletics series it really did wonders. I'm tired of having a moronic baby sitter as a manager. Joe Girardi is tanned rested and ready.

Why the fuck he was in CF the other night instead of Cordell we'll never know. His late call on that ball cost eloy a couple weeks and could have cost him much more.

Hopefully Eloy and Tim are both back around August 1st or sooner.

With nerve damage you don't mess around which is probably why they flew him back ASAP. Seems a mild case today however. Hopefully he's back in 10 days.

I told you guys last night it was a stinger of some sort. You could tell by how he was flexing his hand.

stinger.

why did it take someone so long to get out to him? come on.

great. what a clown show.