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There are rumors out there about Bauer's integrity as well, including using illegal substances to get extra spin on his pitches. I am curious about why people think Bauer might not sign if one of these guys gets brought in?

To also be clear here, no one asked him that question. He made a statement on RR, and then took questions. No one asked him about his responsibility for these things.

The surgery was expected, and was mentioned as something needed when he returned.

I gotta think that the Sox aren't going to go out and bring in a guy who is known for not cooperating with the front office.

Also feel bad for the poster who has been patiently waiting for him GM interview. Doesn't look like is going to get his chance again.

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To be clear, he said he called multiple players with this news today, and that he only got through to TA. He also kind of didn't answer the part about if he talked to players before the decision was made.

I mentioned Hahn's comments in the press conference thread, but it really seemed like they were looking at an internal candidate, and it sure felt like he was setting up Matt Zaleski to be the guy.

If we have gotten to this point, and Hinch really is a candidate, I promise you that Dallas was a part of the process.

A question was asked if Ricky could be reassigned within the organization. No specific mention of what the roll might have been/be, but Hahn pretty much said the only thing they talked about was the managerial position, so I don't see any chance of it happening now.

Eh, I won't let a one game sample over run what he did the last two years. He went from an afterthought of an MiLB signing to one of the key and most important set up guys the team had.

Someone said Raul Ibanez, which is an interesting name, and someone who would fit the profile of being with winning franchises and still active in the playoffs.

Evan Marshall is an untalked about story from the last couple of years.

With the incentives that MLB put out there for the players to not get in trouble for this, I feel the same way. Doesn't mean he wasn't a part of things, but this was definitely engineered for the players to not pay for anything.

With that post coming before RH laid out what he is looking for, I would say that is pretty clear that the new information precludes guys like that at this time. Maybe one moves up onto a spot like bench coach, but they really seem happy with what Getz is feeding them through the minors.

For the record here, RH said in his presser that Cooper was here 19 years. The next longest PC has been in their job since 2011. 25 of 30 MLB teams have changed PCs in the last 3 years.

The speculation around Maraza has been there from day one, even though Nomar said that was not what he had, people still believe it is.

It means the team knows this is their window and they were not going to waste time on people who they felt didn't fit the window. The rest of that mess is pointless.

burn this thread to the ground. Thanks RH for ending any speculation on this.

He even had some positive impacts on the team this year when you look at how many rookie relievers we were able to use in having a great pen this season.

Hahn also mentioned it could be someone on a staff that is still playing in the playoffs.

It seems like this should have been obvious.

Fully agree here. And didn't even wait for a new manager for it to happen.

I can't believe you still have hurt feelings over needing to be told that posting the word poop over and over and over and over again isn't something people want to see on a message board.

It could well mean that the starting pitching is good enough to put him in that roll, which would be incredible.