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No our plan is to hire him as pitching coach because this is how we find pitching coaches

Bulls are likely gonna be not good / middling, but I'm gonna root for them anyway. Hopefully a developing Coby (he is still young after all) and Carter can help organize things.

Is this some luminary observation that spending money is a bad move?

Go Dbacks.

Anyway, Mad Dog has to retire now.

Gonna leave it on the line with Jake Cave?

I mean, a half billion is Harper/Machado. If fictional Reinsdorf is busting open they add Wheeler as well but who knows.

Spend money, hire Bochy

I wouldn't worry about this until/if Saudi Arabia gets involved. A former Sox farmhand was the 1-1 pick after maxing out at AA (really Winston-Salem), no doubt in part due to his Indian ancestry. Courtney Hawkins was obliterating Indy Ball. The NBP humbled him. I doubt this league gets big, young talent for a long time.

If you want to feel a little better, go check out the zone that @Autumn Dreamin posted from his last AFL start, where he had 4 Ks in 2.1 innings pitched. It will then make you really upset that the zones AD posted were called walks.

There were video clips of some of them holding jerseys, so they'll probably make at least token appearances. I'm ready for the Courtney Hawkins blast off of a 50-year-old roided up Bartolo Colon. He then strikes out every other single at-bat.

Well, this will be a fun follow. Former Sox farmhand Karan Patel was taken 1-1 for the Mumbai Cobras: Andre Rienzo got drafted: Courtney Hawkins: ADA: Then a slew of former major leaguers: Not in the above:

I mean, Sox gear is just fashionable, OK?

Stares in Yermin Mercedes

Boo

October Abreu is a monster.

Chuck Garfein may as well have been captain of the USS Hanser Alberto

lol

Gio to work with Katz. Possible bundle with ReyLo. Eric Hosmer for leadership.

I mean, these guys were all blue-chips: Moncada, Robert, Eloy, Kopech, Cease Gio was a blue-chip whose shine was wearing off. He needed to go outside the org to Katz to get help. Then ReyLo had some buzz. Vaughn has plenty of hype as polished hitter. Then non-blue chips who just fucking languished in the org, but had various levels of industry hype: Rutherford, Clarkin, Basabe Alec Hansen's rise and fall may as well have been developmental malpractice. Getting nothing out of Adolfo was embarrassing. And then we have success stories in Jake Burger and Gavin Sheets, who Getz didn't bring along to the alternate site in 2020. Burger was eventually added in mid-August, but only after putting in his own work in a collegiate league. Sheets had to learn how to play the outfield (as well as he can) on his own. @Eminor3rd put it best that players enter the Sox org with certain strengths and weaknesses and they don't ever change or develop. And if Chris Getz doesn't share any blame cause the nErDs were overriding him, then he's a prick who has just been sitting there and collecting checks for 7 years.

They've also done a poor job of developing blue-chips, if we're being honest.

Outside of Hahn's trades for prospects + signing Robert, the farm system has remained ranked towards the bottom of the league during Getz's entire tenure with the team. Sure, he can't be blamed for it in 2017. However, in 2023, you need to start showing results to put on your resume. Unless you work for Jerry Reinsdorf.

Rick Hahn was right about one thing: Ball go far, team go far. As for the personnel making the ball go far...well.

Edited the title since we've long since left Luis Reyes behind.

The thing is, I would have still taken her over Getz.