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Could be. They're just an echo chamber between the two and I take their stuff with a giant grain of salt, so could have the exact story backwards.

Northbrook Bob. Some twitter guy with like 400 followers that is quite confident he has all the sources. He's definitely been right on some stuff, but also stays generic enough that he could be full of s%*#. He also claims he's a CPA somehow affiliated with the Sox, and how the Sox allow that guy to spill the beans on twitter just seems....unlikely. Definitely a take it for what its wroth situation. Seems he at least hears some things, but he wasn't saying Grifol was the guy before it broke. He did however keep saying Espada was out and Ozzie wasn't the guy.

Yeah, that seems even more unlikely lol.

I thought the same thing, but then was like.....why? Would be awfully neat, but have a hard time understanding how that is possible unless he just hates Philly.

What is Grifol's opinion on outfield defense?

I like Cairo. Wouldn’t hate to see him get the 1B/3B job. Guess it does leave a tie to TLR tho, so also okay if he moves on.

Anyone have these pictures that keep getting mentioned handy? Would love to see.

I am pretty meh on this. Glad they didn't make a bonehead move, but I preferred at least 5 candidates to Grifol.

I take it you don't frequent Sox Twitter. But yes, I think the last dozen or so pages of Sox are hiring Ozzie comments could definitely be presented as freakouts. Not sure discussing our definitions of a figure of speech is material though.

I get it; still think the daily freak-outs when legitimately nothing has happened and grasping for every possible worst case scenario as if its a done deal is very par for the course for this fan base.

Of course it is!!!!

Orrrrrr.....like.....they're interviewing a ton of different options like they said they wanted to do and most fans said they SHOULD do, and they haven't been updating the media on every step of the process. To this point, the Sox have done absolutely nothing worth getting upset about. They certainly have it within them to f*** this up, but to this point, they haven't. I continue to not understand how some people think this process has been some sort of disaster. Sox cannot control what blowhards say on the radio, nor should they directly have to address it.

I am sure the Ozzie isn't seen as especially likely quote will get conveniently ignored by the large chunk of the fanbase that wants to be outraged at everything the Sox do.

Gotta be outraged about something at all times, didn’t you get the memo?

No argument from me. I don’t want Ozzie at all, nor do I think he’s legit candidate for much of anything.

As I just said, his ego currently has him doing post game shows and completely out of the dugout, so yeah…I think it’s possible. Mainly just spitballing tho.

He’s currently doing TV. If he wants to get back into managing, getting a job on a staff seems like a natural progression.

What if Ozzie is just on the staff? They would make a lot more sense than handing him the keys. They’re gonna have to fill this staff regardless and a former manager with fire isn’t a bad guy to have this group.

Yeah, that’s my point. The chatter is largely driven by chicken little Sox fans that love to assume the worst. There is very little meaningful chatter indicating Ozzie is anything but a tier 3 option.

That’s fair. I get the concern. But seems like half the fan base has already resigned to the fact it’s Ozzie when there is little reason to actually do so.

The Sox aren’t hiring Ozzie. So he had a sit down with Jerry and was granted an interview with Hanh, Getz and Haber. So what? Several other candidates have had actual 2nd interviews. Just relax; most Sox fans just revel in this negative narrative.

Ok. Just pointing out your observation was factually incorrect, by a fairly substantial margin.

I haven't heard Schildt's name in a couple weeks. Is this comment based on something?

Buxton has a career wRC+ of 106. Robert 122. Buxton didn't eclipse 100 until his 4th full season in the big leagues. Buxton didn't have a single season above Robert's career average 122 wRC+ until 2021, his 7th season in the big leagues. At this point in his career, Robert is measurably better offensive weapon than Buxton was Robert has the ability to play above average CF, though he certainly didn't in 21 and 22, and Buxton is probably one of the best CF on the planet. So that side of things I will give you.

A pay raise of a couple millions dollars a year might be a big reason why.