Jerksticks
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2 minutes ago, brijames1957 said:
I'm sorry but as long as RH is making these deals I will have no faith in them working out. He should have been fired after last season and for sure fired at the all star break. The fact he is still employed and making these deals tells you he will indeed be back next season.
Is what it is.
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18 minutes ago, wegner said:
Wasn't it Ken Williams who basically said having a top rated minor league system is no big deal and if he wanted to he could make trades tomorrow to have one?
To be clear, I don't condone this but if Hahn were to trade everyone of value on the major league roster....how highly ranked could he get the Sox minor league system? Top 15??
It would be #1 immediately.
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Hope he gets to 10 bWAR over his Sox career at this point. What a miss. 🤷
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2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
Unfortunately, not making moves is making moves, or at least dictating them. If they don’t make moves, Giolito walks as a FA, Kelly walks as a FA, Lopez walks as a FA, they don’t clear any money so their budget next offseason stays super tight, and they find no depth to help next years roster which they are absolutely desperate for. Not very active makes a ton of decisions for the winter right now - even worse than last offseason.
Reading this makes me feel like if you could go back in time to 2017 and lay out all the ways this rebuild could go, this is the absolute nightmare path I’d give almost no odds of happening.
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1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:
I like this a lot thank you
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1 minute ago, Quin said:
30 grade runner at shortstop sure is something
I’ve never seen a 30 grade anything. What’s a good comp? Was Nick Madrigal 30 grade power?
is Grandal a 30 grade runner?
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2 hours ago, NCsoxfan said:
Hahn = boiling frog syndrome
Yea! Just googled that. How perfect
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2 hours ago, NCsoxfan said:
TLR didn’t construct a flawed
The TLR experience destroyed all the hope, love and interest I had in this baseball team since about 1997.
im no longer a diehard. Rick Hahn being a terrible GM didn’t do that.
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2 hours ago, JoeC said:
It's simple.
Reinsdorf's job as an owner is to hire the right people, give them the resources to succeed, and give them the authority to make decisions on how to succeed.
He doesn't hire the right people, handcuffs them on resources (both big league and minor league resources), and undermines their authority by doing stupid s%*# like hiring TLR behind Hahn's back.
Now that I’ve had time to reflect I definitely think Rick must have called out JR about handcuffing him with big FAs and then JR basically spanked him and told him, “Guess what, TLR is now your manager.”
I don’t know why but I really can’t shake the feeling it was done as an insult to Rick.
Why he didn’t quit I can’t figure.
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Lol great thread. There’s no chance I watch any of this.
I think the only reason I check the box everyday is to see if a burger played and ripped. LuBob or Eloy going off doesn’t really excite me
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21 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said:
Cleaning up after my two dogs in the yard.
Scraping burnt food off a pan.
Cleaning the bathroom toilet the day after White Castles lunch and Taco Bell dinner
Reminds me we need a “Pics” section pinned at the top of Slam.
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3 minutes ago, Timmy U said:
Where the hell has this team been all year? They actually look good at the plate.
The only explanation is the pitcher is tipping or flat out doesn’t have it today.
Let’s not pretend the guys suddenly have approaches up there.
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41 minutes ago, The Beast said:
I don’t know. I can’t write off seasons that haven’t been played yet and offseason that haven’t happened yet.
Fair.
The only thing I think can work is they need to become the Rays in one major way: A guy gets to be 1.5-2 years from the end of his rookie deal, trade him no matter what.
Always restocking. No extensions. Keep them hungry and then trade them. No exceptions.
Then spend the 175M per year on major free agents. But they won’t do that.
i still can’t believe they canned Ricky and brought in TLR.
Gnight dudes.
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Crazy that we are a few months from the end of Giolito’s rookie contract.
Basically all the guys Hahn was praised for in those trades so long ago…it’s about to be 6 years, almost a billion dollars spent…and one first round exit.
Things can change but that’s what it looks like. Incredible whiff on the whole rebuild idea.
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7 hours ago, shago said:
OK, so who's responsible for the bad team? RICK FUCKIN HAHN.
Pedro? Who cares. What does arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic do?
Our philosophy is to blame. The guys just aren’t tough outs. That’s the whole problem They don’t play THE GAME.
Look for the pitch you want until you have 2 strikes. then shorten and foul off a bunch of pitches and put it in play.
These clowns chase anything close strikes 1 and 2 and then swing just as hard strike 3. So dumb.
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The Rays are just incredible. I don’t know how you can look at whatever the heck they’re doing and think you shouldn’t change your operation immediately.
This could be a world class franchise. Best name and logo out there
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I get less purist as I age. Seems backwards of typical old curmudgeonry.
Give me more fans excited about playoffs.
Give me a selection show where the top seeds pick their opponents with trash talking.
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8 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:
237/319/398. Now, that's not Elvis Andrus' line, that's Andrew Vaughn.
Yuck.
He had a pretty okay April, really bad May.
Hopefully he rips in June.
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32 minutes ago, FourEyesShottenhoffer said:
Hell yes stirring the pot
“You guys are bitches” needs to be the attitude against our division. It starts with Correa and the Twins. We’re going to dominate you this year. I like this guy
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2 hours ago, ron883 said:
What else can he say? His guys suck and he has no confidence in them?
For real, right?
Has there ever been a blaming coach? Like a guy who goes full priss and just tosses everybody under the bus lol.
Nobody comes to mind at first thought
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31 minutes ago, wegner said:
Well the Giants hit like 25 of them yesterday so that kind of skews the statistics.
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Kopech at 94-95 gives me the same concerns as Giolito at 92-93. Not sure if either of those can be more than average at best.
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Double or nothing on 109 wins
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You know if those guys are who we want them to be, that’s a 108-110 win lineup easy
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20 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:
Burger DH and Eloy RF is totally going to be a thing for a couple of weeks isn’t it?
That’s what I’m wondering. Eloy playing more RF and Burger getting ABs every game. At what point does that become a sign they are really high on Burger’s power/bat, so much so that Colas is pushed aside a bit?
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Giolito & Reynaldo to LAA. Update: Angels put on waivers
in Pale Hose Talk
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The real question is how many pages the Ohtani thread will be this offseason.