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I was surprised to see that pitchers have a 5.37 ERA when pitching to Grandal vs 3.60 ERA from last year. What changed here? No Rodon I guess? Thats a huge difference

The post we all needed.

Having 0 funds in our minors isnt helping either. Every team loses players to FA or injuries, but they have guys coming up that fill in nicely. Look at the Twins and Astros. See who replaced Correa, he has the best numbers in the league right now. With an above average farm we could have had 2 or 3 guys fill in on the cheap and make a big impact. Instead we send our future first baseman out to right field and hope he can catch the ball because theres no other option. All in all: Its not 1 thing, its multiple facets that all point to the FO.

They hired Duncan's son as head of analytics, a position he knew nothing about until the hiring. A buddy hire to quell the anger of the fanbase after seeing what the Indians, Rays, and less fortunate teams have been doing in their system. Hes working hard at it now, but has admitted he cant talk to TLR about anything analytics. Currently hes being tutored in statistics by a professor. Sounds silly doesnt it? Thats our organization. The FO is probably unaware of what you just wrote, and as long as they continue to fill Jerrys and their own pockets with money they dont care.

Take out his one bad appearance against the Rangers (5 earned runs) and hes having a good year, low 2 ERA

He just went away from his approach, which was a patient hitter ok with taking his walks. His swing% is about 10 to 15% higher this year. All this to say maybe his visions going, but like every hitter in this lineup hes chasing bad pitches.

JR doesnt care, hes a 90 year old money grubber. Its all he cares about and i wouldnt be surprised if he asks to be buried with it all.

I was one of those who hated the trade, i posted about it in the trade thread. I remember there being quite a few posters saying it was an overpay or felt off about it.

For this org to turn it around JR needs to croak or sell

who is going to be 100% into it in a laugher like this

score 10 and we win, its been done before!

Imagine if it was 7-6 right now.

Just imagine if TLR didnt punt the game and it was 7-5 right now.

Hes not a good gm, good enough reason to retire.

I have always been aware of this but seeing it written down just makes me want to puke. And people here still defend Hahn.

Back to AAA you go, oh wait theres 0 depth in this organization.

This could have been the game we needed. Down 6-0, looking like another laugher, and Vaughn comes in and pumps up the team and gets the crowd rocking. 7-5, full momentum on our side. What does TLR do? Brings in a player from AAA to come in and give up 4 runs. This organization is just so laughably bad I can't even believe it.

I dont have anything to back this up but a feeling of mine is that the FO is pushing for DK starts. Gotta justify that 18 million

Someone needs to ask TLR why they put Banks in down by 2, and why in the fuck they left him in to give up multiple runs.

Hope they are ok, cant believe how bad this team is at communicating in the field. No excuse for this clown fiesta bullshit

that was ball 4 by about 3 feet, but Vaughn being a disciple of Menechino reaches out to make contact.

how long until Menechino ruins Vaughn?

Death by Tyler Danish, fitting.

Its a 2 run game with the Sox getting momentum, so what does Tony do? He brings in Banks, a guy just recalled from AAA. Banks struggles and give up 3 hits, a walk, and 2 runs.

Great job Tony, leave Banks in there some more.