southsider2k5

I do pretend to understand that if we wanted cheap mediocre relievers we could just as easily spend non-prospect resources on them in the free agent market instead of giving up on what we supposedly do so well instead. Are you going to pretend that our trades aren't flat out contradicting what our chorus line of press is saying about how great we do at this very activity? Why is the only way we can find any relievers by trading for them with the very pitching prospects we are supposed to be so good at developing?

So we have too much pitching, and not enough pitching, all at the same time. Folks we have Schroedingers bullpen.

I can't help but note that for a system that has such faith in its player development and specifically pitching development, they sure are trading off a lot of young pitchers to get middle aged and very limited ceiling middle aged pitchers to replace them. If this is supposed to be the lodestar of Sox player development, why are we sending future out for guys we should be able to easily replicate in our system? I mean even if we were getting hitters for them, it might be something, but old middle relievers? Make it make sense for me.

A quick search shows the lowest career BABIP against is Phil Niekro at .251 with his HOF knuckleball

He came to the Sox and regressed. HARD. This supposedly new and liberated development team, with the baseball people in charge is sure having problems producing productive baseball players in anything other than something called "process". The whole "revamped" swing thing sounds an awful lot like "best shape of his life" and "healthy by Spring Training" to me.

This is expert trolling. Bravo.

This was about 12 names light. Sigh.

Need Caulfields take here.

I mean he's not dead yet, but those are some pretty major red flags between performance and attitude.

Nah, everything is fine. Sox player development will fix him, just like they always do.

This from the guy making morality judgments of those who feel they don't owe Jerry Reinsdorf a dime.

Nothing entertains me more than the people who do nothing but complain about this place, yet has to be here every day to correct people... almost as if needing to influence public opinion.

You are exactly what you rant against.

As opposed to anyone who disagrees with you being in a "misery coven". So much better.

If he was ready for the level at 19, then his performance is important. The only way his age being an excuse matters is if he wasn't ready and played there anyway

So he was rushed?

It was always light and rushed. This just makes it worse, even though pretty much everyone was already mad about getting a middle reliever instead of a prospect... and this is why.

Lucas Giolito on line 1.

His name, mostly.

If you think a "good" SS couldn’t get a job for more than what he just signed for, you are on your own supply.

Too late, house bet.

So this is you lying? Cool.

Do you literally not remember anything you say?

Sure, that's it. Mr They Tell me Things, and They are Awesome.

That's a fancy way of saying he can't play SS anymore. If he could still play SS, he would be. I would think that was obvious.