Superstar Lamar

That's a hatchet job by von showen. The two facts are unrelated and he has to know how it will be read by putting them next to each other. The biggest of Bennetti supporters would admit he has an unusual (not normal) personality. The truth of the story is right there very early. He left for more money and greater flexibility than the sox offered. That truth just wasn't sufficiently sensational.

what has grandal done that he doesn't deserve this same fate?

Vaughn looks like the kind of person you see after your car breaks down on a lonely country road in the middle of the night.

hopefully add 20 SB this year as well

Anyone know anything about Justin Jirschele's management style?

It's much easier for me to just not care

Abreu was not the leader nor as respected by the younger cubans as we were told

Moncada seems like the kind of guy who will get himself into the best playing shape for his possible contract year...or maybe he'll be satisfied with his money and eat Twinkies all off season

Anderson is just a lost soul right now. I think he needs is some time away from everything. I also don't think his skills fell off a cliff at age 30. Go to Aaron Rogers' sensory depravation house and consult with the elders.

We are back to the Palka and Delmonico days

Didn't notice at first but Quero continues the pipeline to cuba

The Tatis trade alone would have been enough for him to be fired by some organizations

thinking about it a little more, weren't we promised during the last rebuild that the money saved during those times would be banked to sign players like Lucas when he became expensive?

If he really cared about winning, he would have foregone his typical budgetary discipline and spent wildly this off season while he had an open window. People can call if whatever they want, this doesn't look like a team poised to compete next year.

I don't wish it on him but at 87 you cannot make long term plans.

I feel like a chump for liking this team since Reinsdorf began his ownership. I was just a child but even back then it didn't sit well with me when they lost Harry. 42 years later and I'm still stuck liking the team but hating the organization

He would have signed if the Sox had made an offer he couldn't refuse. His mantra every year was that he knew his market value, which didn't change even after a down year.

Thanks for the memories, Lucas. I hope the Angels dugout has something interesting in the dugout as you stare into it from the mound in the middle of the sixth inning of every start

I hear you and I wouldn't be surprised if Gio wins a Cy Young in that time frame. The Sox have actually developed a pretty good stable of MLB starters...that are pitching for other organizations.

Giolito was looking to go back to the west coast from the time he got here. He was never going to be a sox for life type. We got some good and inexpensive years from him. I'd be shocked if he doesn't sign with a california team or the yankees in the off season. He's always had an eye on his next career

for f's sake

He's only not winning if you use team wins and losses as a metric. I think he and his partners believe they are winning

this is getting interesting

Tim was told he wasn't starting today and so, prepared himself mentally not to play at all