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I would definitely expect to notify the GM. Regarding wistleblowing when the GM does nothing that is kind of a risky move. If MLB does act here it might work but if mlb decides to put that under the rug you lose your job and maybe even end up black balled.

I think giants owners said a couple times they don't want a full tank rebuild.

I could see them bringing Mazara back at a discounted rate. He was terrible but if he can get back to 2017-19 level he is a decent albeit not spectacular platton player (105 wrc+against lefties) that could share RF with Engel. Not a premium solution but cheap

I would want to bring in some outside knowledge into the org. Not saying those guys are bad but I would for example get a driveline guy who has proven to be cutting edge. Milb pitching dev of the Sox wasn't terrible but it also wasn't super great either.

I hope it is not somebody out of the org.

The giants ballpark isn't all that pitcher friendly anymore, they moved in some fences and it played much more neutral this year. No launching pad but also not an extreme pitchers park anymore

Is that so? The 2016 cubs lost 15 out of 20 games from June 20 to July 9, including a 5 game losing streak from July 5 to July 9. They continued after that with a 21-6 streak, momentum doesn't exist.

Astros turned 0-3 into 2-3. Could get interesting again.

That is a bad Argumentation. I do believe Ricky was probably not the right guy but it is absurd to not give him credit for the wins but only blame him for the losses. It is true the Sox underperformed the last two weeks but they also played way above their heads the first 45 games unless you believe the Sox were like a 105 win team after being projected for 85 wins. You can't just say the first 45 games were the Sox new level and any deviation from that is on the manager. That being said of course it is always possible to get better. I guess we will see next year who is correct. If the Sox win more than 95 games than you can say that is their true talent level and Ricky was just holding them back.

I do agree he should have made a deal at the deadline but he made two great moves this off season that worked out very well. Dallas keuchel outperformed all expections with a sub 2 Era and Grandal despite his haters worked great too with a 117 wrc+ and 1.7 war (4.5 162 pace). Those were two great moves

Just for this year I definitely would agree, he took a sub 500 team and lead it to a 95 win pace. Those awards usually are given to the most improved team and definitely was the white Sox in 2020.

If he loses 3 WS and wins none I wouldn't call it a failure considering where the team came from. Obviously that would suck and you hope for at least a WS and hopefully 2 but if they lose a couple WS you couldn't blame Hahn imo

It was stupid by her but a sports superstar is held to a higher standard than a random girl with 150 followers. If a girl insulted Donald trump and he responded with " kill yourself fat ass b****" people wouldn't say "they both did wrong and he just paid it back so it is ok" but the politician would be blamed more (OK that is a bad example as it probably has happened, but let's assume a regular politician who is held to standards would do this?).

If it is la russa can we assume it is a pure Jerry decision and not a Hahn decision? I doubt hahn wants to fire Renteria for not understanding analytics and then hire a 76 year old...

I don't think there is steps to this. Almost no team wins multiple championships (only red Sox, Yankees and giants in the last 30 years) and you don't know which year of the window you are going to make it. See what happened to the supposed cubs dynasty. I'm not suggesting to shorten the window but is equally stupid to waste a year of the window while it is already open and the clock is already ticking. I'm not suggesting Hahn is doing that but really there is no step plan to a championship, all prospects except for Vaughn and Kopech are up and there is no next wave coming, those are the guys you build around. Guys like sheets and Rutherford are losing value every day and it makes no sense to keep them. I think those guys really need to be traded this offseason or at the deadline or their value drops to zero.

Yeah those contracts were really big, maybe it helps he is a lawyer in that regard. I agree about being gun shy trading the second line prospects. I'm not saying you should trade all depth but sometimes you have to trade depth for quality like the dodgers and rays do a lot. Maybe Hahn here really is a bit afraid to trade away another tatis. Imo the solution to this is easy: don't trade away the 17-20 year Olds but the guys who are 21+ or only 1 year away from rule 5 (and lower than 50 fv of course) . Those are the guys who are unlikely to make a big jump unless they are 50+ already and if you just keep them they often lose value. If you sell high on those guys after a good year in the minors (like Luis Gonzalez after 2018) you can maximize their value.

Yeah I'm sure the FO wanted to trade him but you can't go full tank in the first year of a new stadium or Fans would be really pissed. Since next year is really the first year the stadium is used (with fans) the rangers will at least pretend they compete next season to sell some tickets. I think they will really blow it up at the deadline and trade Gallo, Lynn and others since season tickets are sold at this point, that is if there are fans at all, if there are no fans they might blow it up earlier and sell in early may.

I think the real AFL might have been more players and games and thus higher cost for the conduction of the games under the bubble circumstances.

Do you think it is only between tlr and hinch now or are there still other candidates with a realistic shot?

Yeah mccannn will definitely sign for less per year, maybe something like 3/22 or so.

La russa actually was a pioneer in using data on field and very modern for his time. Also age doesn't mean you have to stop learning, Jerry Weinstein is like 77 and considered one of the most cutting edge catching coaches. However La russa hasn't managed in like 10 years so the question is how up to date is he and whether he is still willing to implement new stuff. I definitely would prefer a younger manager who has managed in the last 2 years.

Obviously you are not getting a young tor, but maybe a solid 3 with 1-2 years like Dylan bundy

I think the only big mistake was not trading for a SP this deadline. Yeah it was only year one but it still is about one sixt of the window and sometimes year one is the year, maybe they end up like the dodgers as a 3 time WS runner up. Not saying he should have traded Vaughn but he should have unloaded guys like basabe, Rutherford, sheets and adolfo who likely will lose all their value anyway soon.

Is there games or just simulated games and intrasquads?

To be fair bauer did reduce such incidents in the last year. He used to do this very often but really this was the first incident this season of that nature. He also has stopped posting political content mostly which was smart too.