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Did you say the same thing about Konerko at the end?

And Crochet...

Otoh they might see Hahn as a pushover they can muscle out and quickly assume a quasi GM type of role within the first year as he shrinks away from assuming responsibility. That said, you can only blame managers so many times before YOU are the one common element in all the under performance becomes the answer.

If that's the case, why keep Hahn around? Will just continue to dig a bigger hole for the next GM.

Gurriel was terrible this year. Also aging.

There's always a Harold Ramirez type out there for nothing...Burger and Sheets aren't enticing enough. Heck, if you do your homework well, anyone could have had Oscar Gonzalez, who possesses more physical tools than Vaughn and Sheets combined.

Conversely, we will all be saying 2-3 years from now they had one last shot to turn the momentum around this offseason if they had embraced a bold outsider's perspective on a possible fix or retool on the fly. Hahn is likely to play it super conservatively so that his neck isn't sticking out very far...like a turtle.

Signalling a philosophy shift starting in 2024 with Anderson Cease Kopech so close to their expiration dates...and the lack of depth in the farm system, a rebuild seems all but inevitable. They ALSO really need to pinpoint a young catcher to build around, that's one position that is consistently overlooked.

Not with so many question marks surrounding Luis Robert and Yoan Moncada.

And the payroll will have to suffer since fans are no longer willing to trust this front office and buy into the product...unless they hit a home run with their managerial hire and new coaching staff. No more Boston, for example. So they have maybe 10-15% odds of pulling it off.

Surprised his own isn't there taking credit for 2008 Game 163 victory/coin flip call with Thome/Griffey at his side to protect him from criticism.

Would you sign Pollock for $8 million at age 34-35?

Wisconsin and Nebraska are more responsive than the Sox. Five P5 teams have already shown coaches the door less than halfway through the season. NW (or Indiana) might be next, and they're building an $800 million smaller, more intimate Ryan Field with 12000 fewer seats.

They better get this managerial hire right for a change.

All that'll get them is a 25-30% fall off in season ticket sales.

"All you really need to know about the Rays is that they have been slotted in the top 10 of MLB Pipeline’s farm system rankings for a record 12 consecutive years, and this is the sixth time in those 12 years that they are headed to the postseason. That is a really difficult trick to pull off for any franchise, let alone one with the revenue challenges the Rays face, relative to their AL East peers." Anthony Castrovince MLB.com

You know they're going with Davis Martin and half assing it again for depth...see VV type at best.

Coach Lisle

Looks a lot different with Rodon still around and Lynn’s normal season…I think he was the AL and maybe MLB leader in fWAR from 2018/19-2021. Whichever year he was great for Texas starting the string.

Marlins would laugh at that one…unless it’s Colas, Vera or Montgomery.

no no no no no and no

I was being kind. In FA, 15-20% feels about right. And not the big moves, but the almost completely under the radar ones…players literally anyone in baseball could have had. Over $8-10 million per year, disaster. Even Hendriks has barely been worth his deal, and a trade today would simply net 85-90% salary relief. Narvaez (Rule 5) McCann Rodon Cueto Andrus

Braves and Dodgers just luckier than others? Why have a GM or leaders at all? Let’s just allow AI’s and algorithm’s to make decisions and entirely divorce the human element entirely…that would still be much better than Rick Hahn’s roughly 25-30% career success rate.

Showalter/Bobby Valentine type. The problem is all the coaches were too soft with them. Like parenting, doesn't work well without one bad cop.

Dylan Cease is worth a LOT more than Clevinger who got CLE Quantrill Naylor O.Miller Hedges Reyes... Cease can hardly ever get past 5-6 innings. A great GM makes that kind of a fill out the roster with depth move if they're cornered by payroll constraints. The only other obvious cuts are Abreu for Vaughn, along with Graveman for Lopez. Or Hendriks for Lopez. Then Crochet/Bummer coming back equalizes that loss and then some.