kitekrazy

what real prospects were those?

Getz will try to acquire him.

But they are good at development. They are not a habitual losing organization. Even Counsel was no loss.

He got that from Kenny

Hahn when as a asst. GM was sought by other organizations. His strength was contract negotiations.

by habit they do it anyway

How so? Seems like a really short sample size. He's no Theo. His greatest skill may be that JR listens to him.

the mental illness of trade frenzy. Trade players which we think will be of full value. This is what small market habitual losing organizations do. They are not the Brewers. Yet our crystal ball says Roch is a sure thing but we seem to forget this sport is also plagued with injuries. Sports are full of a "sure thing" but it doesn't always work that way. I love it when lower picks turn out. I always wondered what it is like to be a fan of a large market. We talk trades, they talk signings. We have a lot more in common with A's fans than Dodger's fans.

Isn't that often the case when they leave the organization? Somewhere guys that don't pan out can be backup players or be searching the waiver wire for the next Andrus. I get it if players aren't ready. The AFL is a really small sample size. You have A pitchers working on a single pitch. It's also a rehab environment. It bums me the 'great savior" Roch can't be there. Given his short sample size we fall into the foolishness of this being a predictable sport.

then it will trigger the mental illness of trade frenzy........funny how that happens and we forget the Getz is the GM..........trade problems and inherit new ones, just add more to the list of they get better after leaving the Sox I guess guys who have less than 2 years experience in MLB are a finished product.

You gotta have prospects that other teams want. Yet the real mystery is the Gonzales trade. He might have been a decent bargaining chip at the deadline.

A TJ surgery wipes out a pitcher for 2 seasons

The difference is Tampa is more consistent. Wil falls short in some ways but kids liked playing for him and was one game short of the ALCS. But Getz - no. He needs to focus on player development and his success not on one big trade.

Lets make every thread about Colson Montgomery.

they will have to stand in line with many other teams who might spend more.

Not even close to the Brewers. Look at guys who left and they still replace them.

We assume it's good for both sides. We think the other side is far more gullible. We use Jerry's yardstick of economics when it comes to starting pitchers. It's an over inflated market. I'm also tired of the constant of players getting better leaving the Sox. That is the deeper problem in the organization. Trading guys who are not good enough to start ends up searching the waiver wire because you also lost a bench player.

Always making the least predictable sport predictable and fixing the problems via trade frenzy. You trade to improve weakness not trying to distribute problems. There is an increase of wannabe kneejerk GMs. We forget this is a group of cost controlled kids. The Castillo trade is an example of trading a problem to inherit a problem.

I often wondered what it would be like of they didn't suffer from injuries.

was there never a time in baseball where teams didn't try to steal signs?

Post of the week

I don't want anyone tied to politics.

that's what overdrafting SS are for

it's basically comparing manure.

That argument exists in all sports. This is the result of expanded playoffs in sports. Some day we will see an 8-9 NFL team in the playoffs. Not long ago the Sox put 3(?) AL Central teams in the post season.