FYI..." important white people like Manfred" is a racist-sounding statement. I'm sure it was not your intention to come off in that manner. If someone on this forum said important black people like Obama...this forum would explode.
People getting fired is not cancel culture ?. Rosenthal will be just fine, this is bogus as hell and Manfred is a b**** but Rosenthal did not get cancelled. He still works for the athletic. He will still work for Fox as far as I know.
A 30 year old late bloomer whose last 2 seasons were 1.5 and .5 WAR. Yea, but let's send Crochet, one of our best young pitchers, as a starter package. That's the way the way winning organizations do it.
Peddle for Peddle. Kimbrel at most, and I wouldn't even do that.
Probably true, but for an extra million or two . . .
I usually believe most organizations need just a couple changes to fix themselves. In this case blow it up and start over. Everything seems to be aligned to just clear the building.
I just got on here and saw someone tagged me asking if I have heard anything. I didn't read the thread and have no idea if I even responded to the original question, but... no. I'll ask around on the CBA negotiations next week though
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I joined in March of 2004 after moving from PA to Indy. I had cable internet for the first time, knew no one in a new city so I spent plenty of time in the game threads. Now I mostly lurk but still check the site almost daily.
I'll continue to bang this drum--every style of offense a coach might want to run requires a good offensive line. If you look at the best offenses in the NFL they all have the best offensive lines. This is why I think getting rid of Pace is even more important than getting rid of Nagy because Pace has proven that he doesn't get it when it comes to the importance of the O-line.
THIS!
Get Conforto. Keep Crochet and Vaughn. See where the chips fall on 2B thereafter. Grab Villar or Owings off the scrap head as utility player to work with Leury at 2B.
It's really that simple.
I may be in the minority, but while I also want some the names mentioned here in a trade (MeNeil, Marte, Lux, etc), I'd be fine with them rolling out Leury/Romy/cheap veteran signing at 2B in the 9-spot IF it meant they went all in and signed Conforto to fill RF. There is no longer any big 2B worth signing (not a fan of the Story fit) and I'd rather keep our young players.
Not filling RF AND 2B would be terrible.
I'm with you on this train. I think some of these guys who say there are rumblings he's got a good chance to stay are just guessing not gonna lie. If Nagy truly hasn't been told he's gone then they're both definitely gone Monday. fingers crossed!
guarantee Manfred is the type to surround himself with yesmen sycophants who never give him the smallest push back on any decision he makes, people like that are spineless cowards
Continuing to subtract valuable long-term pieces from the big league roster to (theoretically) make the 2022 team better is a great way to just shorten your window. If Kimbrel and prospects with non 2022 ETA's aren't enough to get a deal done (it probably isn't), then the Sox should look elsewhere.