Chick Mercedes

Baseball, between the lines is the POV

So the Sox got a year, the Cubs got one of greatest hitters of all time for a career. Sox didn’t need that though.

Sosa for Bell still gets my shorts in a bunch as well as the aforementioned deals. While every team has this type stuff in their annals, the Sox have perfected the art.

Dusty Balls. That’s definitely a contender for my next screen name.

I’m curious what he’s hitting, not just that he’s hitting. What adjustments did he make to the pitchers

There can be no desperation in 2025 for anything specific. All that matters is the long run big picture. Stock talent, any position. Don’t overthink it.

Kenny’s philosophy about paying great players was exact same as Jerry. As in, not gonna. Whatever one would want to say about Kenny’s capped ceiling design teams that makes you tingly, he was a fatally flawed entity.

I kind of think good franchises have farm systems. So there you go. Getz has the right idea even if a wrong execution . Fire him if you want to. Keep the outline.

While I have had issues with all the goings on, the old Kenny teams would always be gathering mediocre and shot veterans trying to salvage .500 baseball, with no farm system to speak of. So, this is way more better even though the post Kenny teams haven’t cut the mustard. Youth movement s keep hope (for upside) alive

I think it’s galactically stupid to mess with Meidroth. He’s earned the spot, or at least the right to keep it until he falters, and just bringing up a guy just because, that’s not a smart organization that is doing that.

Gotta believe access to funds also means control, effectively.

That’s funny. I wrote Oakland for some reason. Yeah. There must be some connection with Getz and an agent. Owes a favor? IDK.

Gotta stay ahead of Oakland

Right. We’re not looking for cover out here. Let’s shine a light on Jerry’s boys. Curse the Rockies!

In Sox world, a “Damn good player” is a major league player above replacement level.

So, do the Sox keep letting him steal bases, or do they put him in bubble wrap?

No issue other than his stuff tanking. MOG. I can’t believe that elbow soreness is not at least a partial impetus for the biomechanics work without a timeline to work with. A pitcher flying open with a delivery is usually a team’s pitching coach’s job to fix

Crochet was always a violent delivery guy iirc. The shoulder goes before the elbow usually. And it did. He is also on the list

If he already had the surgery, and presumably he had his delivery examined already, and the mechanics are still causing problems in the pros, does not inspire confidence in them finally working it out now. They talk like they already knew what his issue was, and we are still dealing with whatever inflammation this is causing

I mean, I don’t care what the MRI says. Listen to the elbow. Shut him down. Unless there is a physical therapist that can contradict my paranoia.

Pitchers should immediately schedule surgery right after the draft. Just get r done

The dreaded clean bill of elbow health

That’s the same WAR as his replacement so far LOL.

Vibes?