Yas fell off a cliff

Grandal sucks.  

Yaz, if you're not gonna hit or get on base, you at least have to carry your weight and catch. 

Ruiz having a sneaky horrible time. ERA climbing towards 6

Just now, ScooterMcGuire said:

Yaz, if you're not gonna hit or get on base, you at least have to carry your weight and catch. 

Why start now 

1 minute ago, Capn12 said:

Our 74 million dollar catcher, ladies and gentlemen.

The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf.   

God I hope this team has an amazing 2nd half. Because right now they are what their record shows at the moment. Mediocre.

Just now, Thad Bosley said:

The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf.   

Every day is a reminder that it’s hard to be worse than Rick Hahn when acquiring veterans.

Just now, ScooterMcGuire said:

God I hope this team has an amazing 2nd half. Because right now they are what their record shows at the moment. Mediocre.

Frankly we've bad downright bad. Only some sequencing luck has us at .500 instead of 5-6 under.

Lopez ditched the big curve altogether ?

Why is this upcoming series with the Cubs only 2 games? Very unusual to have a Friday off day. 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Every day is a reminder that it’s hard to be worse than Rick Hahn when acquiring veterans.

But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey.

3 minutes ago, Thad Bosley said:

The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf.   

Dumbest one too. Wish we would have addressed other needs and kept Mccann

it's not fair to lopez that he wasn't given an opportunity to start this game. players see this shit. if dallas isn't gone tmr morning, something is deeply wrong in Chicago more than just some slumping bats.

1 minute ago, Thad Bosley said:

But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey.

Their payroll is plenty high enough to put together a much better roster than this.

1 minute ago, Thad Bosley said:

But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey.

This year they have the 7th highest payroll in baseball. 6M below the Red Sox in 6th. We know the budget was there for the Sox to go above that because they tried acquiring Manaea. This year, the issue is a resource allocation issue, not a lack of resources.

Well the crowd can get an early start home anyway. 

Way to go JR and RH. You could of had a sold out ballpark all Summer long if you had put together a competitive team. The fans were ready to come out in droves. 

2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

it's not fair to lopez that he wasn't given an opportunity to start this game. players see this shit. if dallas isn't gone tmr morning, something is deeply wrong in Chicago more than just some slumping bats.

this was true last September and helped make the difference between getting HFA vs Houston and not. hopefully they've finally learned their lesson, at least

1 minute ago, maxjusttyped said:

This year they have the 7th highest payroll in baseball. 6M below the Red Sox in 6th. We know the budget was there for the Sox to go above that because they tried acquiring Manaea. This year, the issue is a resource allocation issue, not a lack of resources.

It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. 

He gets credit for all of the good moves, but none of the bad. It's pretty remarkable.

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. 

The owner not signing off on large contracts is also an issue. If Jerry won't allow Hahn to sign large contracts, then he spends where he can. 

Edited May 27, 20223 yr by Jack Parkman

1 minute ago, fathom said:

It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. 

There have been way too many failed acquisitions over the years not to blame Hahn.  But I don’t want to lose sight of the fact of what this owner, who has operated on a losing model long before Hahn came along, has inflicted on him to make his job harder than it should be.  

5 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

Dumbest one too. Wish we would have addressed other needs and kept Mccann

Not trying to call you out, but I've seen other people say this, too. I don't think people who only follow the Sox realize how bad McCann has been since signing with the Mets. He is terrible.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/james-mccann/12859/stats?position=C

Let's go boys I know you got another 3 run inning in you !

Plenty of blame for JR AND Hahn, to go around.