The way Ynoa, Fulmer, even Kahnle are handled, it's no wonder they don't perform well. Maybe go a week between appearances? Ynoa looked pretty decent today. I dunno.

James Shields to Matt Albers...it's really just a slap in the face at this point. Last time I pay my $ for MLB.tv to watch this team for at least a few years. They need to earn my trust that they are capable of putting together a winning team before I pay another penny going to the organization. Because I honestly don't believe anybody at the top of this organization is capable of doing so at this point.

 

I think it's a great opportunity to look for a new allegiance since nothing will change in this organization. It's like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. How many times is it going to take to finally not kick the football. Unfortunately the local team out here sucks too.

 

Sox scouting department may be the worst in MLB, they continually suck year after year. When they said Avi was a 5 tool player that was enough for me.

 

The development isn't any better. I wonder how he would turn out if he was a Tiger.

 

I'd like to see what the Sox scouting reports said re his 10 run debacle in Seattle. I mean Rick Hahn did have his scouts actually watching him pitch, didn't he?

Another Hahn effort that sets the organization back....and he overpaid, as always, even if Shields pitched okay.

 

JR has eaten the following Rick Hahn contracts: Latos, Keppinger, Rollins, Bonifacio and now it will have to be Shields. He also at KW's Danks contract. Hard to criticize JR. But it's also hard to see how he doesn't address the mess his VP and GM have created.

 

I wonder if JR did that as well. What we see in both GMs is a lightning in a bottle approach. That point to JR having a hand in this.

 

At this rate Shields is going to LOSE 20 games this year. Great pickup Rick!

 

And how about that Albers and Kahnle combo? Sox traded a kid who looks like he's got a real chance for that stiff Kahnle who throws 100, problem is he can't find the plate.

 

Mark

 

The second coming of Tony Pena and Mike McDougal.

 

Abreu's son was at the game today, and it was the first time Abreu saw him since the winter when he was back in Cuba. That was the first time he saw him in 3 years. 3 hits today, has been hot lately. Maybe a reason for his decline this season.

 

It is possible for players to have an off year.

 

At this rate Shields is going to LOSE 20 games this year. Great pickup Rick!

 

And how about that Albers and Kahnle combo? Sox traded a kid who looks like he's got a real chance for that stiff Kahnle who throws 100, problem is he can't find the plate.

 

Mark

 

But as many on this forum will tell you, if you take away Shields bad starts he's a decent middle of the rotation arm.

But as many on this forum will tell you, if you take away Shields bad starts he's a decent middle of the rotation arm.

 

That's like saying Albers is a decent arm out of the pen.

 

That's like saying Albers is a decent arm out of the pen.

 

I had literally had all his defenders in the Shields thread over a month ago telling me how if you take away his bad starts he has something like a 3.00 ERA.

 

I said Latos and Gonzalez are better than Shields when the trade was made which made it a pointless trade.