southsider2k5

The Sox, as they stand today, are the least talented organization from top to bottom in MLB. Full stop. All of these fantasies of some how accumulating enough talent into the system in the next 2 to 3 years to make Crochet and Robert matter, knowing full well we won't spend in Latin America, the high end free agent market, and the inability to get a top 10 pick next year is just absurd. You have to get talent from somewhere and with all of the doors the Sox artificially close, the trade market is about it. The Sox need to make up 50 games in 2 years, otherwise we lose Crochet for nothing without a playoff chance. That's just insane.

No deal.

I was enjoying him being basically ignored, but I will also accept this answer.

Wouldn't we all...

Crochet for Holiday, let's get crazy.

If we are looking for player coaches who can't hit, might as well make it someone beloved by the players. Maybe he can get through to the walking wounded.

Oh I have owned you for years.

No need to stay up tonight. Thanks guys!

Hell I would sell it to the commies

The entire pregame show is questioning why Leasure was sent down and saying he should have been allowed to work through his slump

Getz has the over on roster moves.

Only took you ten years of you saying it for it to happen.

He's gone

I mean if someone is willing to pony up today, drive him to the airport. But if you don't you have some time to get into that window.

As bad as Abreu has been, he is still 120 OPS points better than Moldy.

The arms they have added through trades, plus a guy like Grant Taylor sure helps.

Eh, there is no need to hurry into a deal. Learn a lesson from Rick Hahn who sold quickly when he got the offers he wanted for Sale and Eaton, but waiting until the ante was upped for Jose Quintana. Patience young padawin.

Also this is obviously all Ron's fault because he quit making his annual "Jose Abreu sucks" thread, and he never knew when to start hitting again.

And scouting And coaching And managing And GMing And player development

I am sad to see this for Jose, but glad he did get paid. He's just a great dude. I will always be a fan.

We have 3.5 years on Robert. I am 100% OK with waiting out a minimal offer.

I could argue that the Sox made a strategic mistake by not holding on to Cease a bit longer, and I did at the time.

By that logic we don't know anything about Robert either. We do know that Cease is back to his old self, and that is what teams were holding back prospects because of.