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Man this team blows

I liked the Grandal signing. Now, can't wait until he's gone.

Scholtens looking not so crisp.

Little Caesar's is trash, but its still better than most frozen pizzas and it's cheaper too.

Can't remember if I tried Vito & Nicks frozen or not. Don't remember ever seeing it. Grew up in Oak Lawn though so we would go to the one on Pulaski a lot.

Home Run Inn is the king of frozen pizzas and no one else is close. So glad I can still get it in Florida.

I dug into his splits a bit, wondering if he's unlocked something. And the answer is... maybe? He basically hasn't walked since the all-star break - his batting average has gone up by 49 points in H2 vs H1, but his OBP is DOWN 7 points. That seems hard to do. SLG up by 19 points. Over the last month, though, he's at .299/.322/.460, which is fine. .313/.327/.542 over the last 2 weeks. If he gets that OBP up he'll be a nice low-mid .800s OPS guy, which I think will put him over 2 WAR as a first baseman over a full season. He's probably never going to be more than mid-high 4s SLG, though, unless he earns more power through being more selective or through a swing improvement. I doubt the Sox can do either.

Detroit pizza is so damn good. The main reason I give tavern style the victory is that Detroit style is a "mood" kinda thing. Can't eat it all the time because it's so dense and cheesy - like deep dish & stuffed. Detroit style is also my favorite style to make. Got a special pan for it and everything.

Shaw's got to make it a little interesting I guess

Walks, bad luck and bad defense used to do him in. Now he's getting hammered like the rest of our staff.

Damn it why does Yoan need to be intriguing again NOW

Good I jinxed him

Lyles's ERA has been over 6 all year and we STILL can't hit him.

Combo of 1 and 3. Also stuff regression, especially Cease.

Santos is an idiot

This might be the worst pitching staff I’ve ever seen

Cease used to throw tons of pitches but he was never hit that hard. Now he's getting hammered even by bad teams.

That's my hope. It's also why I think he's been so dodgy around details publicly. No sense in overplaying your hand. We'll see how things go in the offseason, though.

They're definitely rebuilding. A team that loses 100 games is going through a rebuild. There's gonna be a ton of roster and personnel turnover in the next couple years. Getz is either as delusional as Jerry is, or he's walking a very thin line.

Most of what Getz has been saying indicates they don't expect to compete next year.

Lots of walks, too. Our kinda guy!

Been addressing it all year with no change. I don't buy it was all on Kenny and Rick - even if it was, they're gone now. Do more than talk.

Well, at least we know it isn't JUST Sox coaching causing their players to be broken... spreading the plague around the league!

This team is unwatchable

Either the Sox offense has given up for the season, or they have the literal worst scouting and preparation in the league.