Look at Ray Ray Run

I've broken down the edge Epstein exploited in the past. Theo is a very smart guy, but he gets a lot of credit for other peoples work too. I think Theo's strongest ability is to surround himself with very smart people - which is one of the most important aspects of any form of management, and should not be discounted. That said, Theo used to exploit the draft better than any GM in baseball. Before the draft changes were made made - however many years that was ago I can't remember - Theo used to go over slot repeatedly. His exploitation of the old slotting system paired with his ++ talent evaluation on the offensive side of the ball, was a recipe for immense success. That said, he got a lot of credit in Boston for moves he didn't even make - they were made before him. Ortiz, Pedroia and Mookie though were three grand slams. Rizzo too, despite trading him. When you look at his Cub drafts, they've been better than the Sox sure, but outside of Bryant what star has there been? Almora is worse than Tim Anderson. Ian Happ is a huge TBD. Schwarber has been the most overhyped baseball player of the past 20 years - he's not very good. Javy Baez was found by a prior regime and Theo wanted to move him! The trade for Arrieta and Hendricks saved Theo. Theo has been with the Cubs for 7 years, he has ZERO pitchers to show for his 7 years. He had next to ZERO pitchers to show for his decade in Boston. Theo can't draft or develop pitching. If you look at Theo's 7 years of drafting for the Cubs, Kris Bryant is really the only feather in his cap.

I dont think any GM would take Perez over Albies, but that said... Perez contract was so bad that the royals were like... so, sal, we wanna give you a couple more bucks for what happened. Albies got destroyed. If the agent was worried he was going to lose his client.. well, then, he just guaranteed it with that shit deal. Shouldnt even be allowed. 9 years and 45 million. What a joke.

Yes but guys change out of necessity - they adjust when they need to adjust. If you want to see how someone adjusts to struggles they need to get to a level that forces that adjustment. Right now theres no need for him to cut down on his swing, shorten his path to the ball, and work counts because he can be the best player at his level without doing that. Robert should not spend much more time at WS. It's a waste of his development time. The pitch he hit a mile last night was such a bad pitch. He has a wRC+ over 300 lol. I'd like to see him work counts and at least draw a walk at a 7% clip but he doesnt even need to try to do that now since swinging is so much more valuable to him at that level.

Hes not going to develop plate discipline against a bunch of guys he can dominate physically. He's not gonna work at bats at a level where his ops is 2000.

Cuban league baseball is equivalent to A-ball, not AA. Low A at that. AA is a really tough place to hit in our organization. You already have the skill jump from high a to AA and then you're playing in a bunch of pitchers parks. Sox have a problem because Robert is wasting his time at A+ and needs to be at AA but the Sox have 3 outfielders there that desperately need reps too.

Those dollars won't tell us much in regards to their operating revenue though.

Yeah but selling more tickets would still be more profitable unless the sell amount is right above the cutoff for rent payments. All this would mean is its bad to be mediocre and fail... it's better to be really bad or really good. No agreement he signed has it that if he sells 3 million tickets he makes less than selling 1.4 million tickets.

Heard a story from an old Soybean trader who was a part of the White Sox purchase in 1981. The quote from him was about his frustrations with the team, as any fan would be but then: He explained that it was the greatest investment he had ever made because, "the White Sox never had lost money in a single year from the time he bought in 1981 through around 2009." That's just revenue too, he's not counting the fact that they were bought for nothing and are now worth 1.6 Billion.

Missing as much time as he has in his career hurts a lot when it comes to consistency. Especially when you're as secondary heavy as he is. Reps are really the only cure for this. If he puts in 200 innings this year his consistency should really improve. People, imo, should be incredibly optimistic when it comes to rodon. If he stays healthy (this is his #1 concern) he still has an elite ceiling. His evolution this year is beautiful to watch. He should always have been secondary heavy. His fastball can be below league average and he can still be a star as his slider continues to evolve. Look no further than Corey Kluber for evidence supporting this. Carlos slider is good enough for this. It's an 80 pitch. The fact he can change both plane and velocity with consistency with it is very promising. Its 3 pitches at this point.

Ron, you are my favorite poster. Glad to have you chime in here. Have a great Sunday, buddy!

Do you ever post without attacking people? Lighten up their Francis. I don't need your approval on what words to use in a post, pal. The next post you make that isnt attacking a post or poster will be your first. Edit: two posts in a week, both attacking me but not actually contributing to the thread. Good stuff. Glad to have you around.

Pal, yoan wasnt going to hit 450. 0-5s and 0-4s are just a part of the game. Move on to the next day and continue with what he's been doing. He'll be fine. If gio went 0-5 after a couple good games with an approach that was working he'd change hit batting stance. Theres nothing the league can do to adjust from you swinging at more strikes and less balls. That's just someone learning to use his good eye to his benefit.

Delmon Youngs problem was mental. I'm not sure I understand the Young comment - he was the #1 prospect in baseball for two years. His career was certainly a bust but is it because of some bath path they didnt know about before? Seems unlikely

Moncada has made the main adjustment he needed to make. He is more aggressive early in the count but hes swinging at more strikes and less balls than last year by a lot. Theres no new adjustment the league can make to that. Dont project your negativity on yoan just because Lucas blows. I've said it 100 times but when you change mechanics all the time, it becomes so difficult to repeat them and remain with them. After a couple more starts like yesterday Lucas will think he needs to tweak something again when in reality he just needs to stick with something.

This guy.

The umpire gives a pitcher who hadn't thrown a strike in 10 pitches the benefit of the doubt on a pitch 4 inches inside. Unbelievable.

A 4 FIP with 8k per 9 is much better and fine as well. The final third of his season he got significantly better.

He said he got considerably better and you say nope, then proceed to cite his year long stat instead or his improvement.

August he had a 4 FIP, and September he had a 2.74 FIP in about 65 total innings. He was very good down the stretch. Hes k rate also jumped up to 8 and then 9.55 the final two months. He never looked that good in Washington and it was following a change. He needs to find that again.

Yes, his 5 ERA while walking more per nine, and giving up more than a hit an inning looked much better than last year - especially the last two months, in which he was very good. No chance. It's been two starts this year. Relax.

Why didnt he bring the bullpen in later!!!!

Maybe he wants him to learn to pitch through a rough outing and with his worst stuff? Who knows.

Lol my goodness.

But but.... I was told that navarez had been fixed by the brilliant analytic team of the mariners??

Ok. The culture of users definitely went underground - used to be much more open - but people aren't dumb. Agree to disagree but I can say that pretty confidently. Obviously an estimation though.