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Because we need one, I guess? Hopefully Crochet can keep up any modicum of his performance. Losing is funny but not fun.

Press conferences.

Probably the only way to fire Grifol this year is to have Getz pull double duty and also be the midseason replacement

This offense strikes fear into pitchers. unfortunately it’s our own pitchers

Who's the "they" in this statement?

With the Robert injury, does this mean we're 30 now?

Must be bad if they didn't even wait the customary 5 days before sending him to the IL.

This needs to become a banner

Can we put a ballot measure out there that, for 30% of the cost of a stadium, we'd waive the capital gains tax on the next Sox sale? Then watch Jerry cash in, tax-free, to someone rich AND (hopefully) competent?

I meant before the 8-spot.

It’s good enough to stick right there with the Royals, and, after all, isn’t that the benchmark of any well-functioning organization?

I don’t like laughing at injuries, but seriously?

Please. Let's not get carried away. Our team has 11. Jake only has 10. To paraphrase Jim Carr in Slap Shot, "we don't want to make this any harder for them than it already is."

I was opposed to the hire, but I am willing to see how things shake out for a couple of years

...but there ARE guys. I'm sure there are more if you look at 2015 ~ 2016 draft classes as well (who presumably would have made up a good portion of the farm system when he took over in 2017). The point is that, even if we assume that Getz was competent as a director of player development, the system he oversaw and for which he was responsible for the output consistently failed to produce quality major league players, outside of the "can't miss" prospects who are talented enough anyways and the occasional long reliever / middle reliever. You don't need to turn an entire draft class into everyday major league players, but when the best you've produced is Cody Heuer, that's not a sign of a quality farm system. I would think that generally, to be promoted, most organizations would want you to... you know... excel at your previous job. Is it a symptom of the organization as a whole? Absolutely yes. And that's not a good thing. I will also go on the record as saying that I like the individual moves Getz has made, generally. I hate the Clevinger signing, but other than that, I generally don't mind what he's done, and I want to give him a chance as a GM. I just don't see how anyone can look at this system over the past several years and say "yep - they aren't failing as an organization."

Do later picks count? Just from 2017, there are several picks from later than the 10th round who have made "noticeable impact." AJ's point is that the Sox have taken blue-chip guys and turned them into, at best, what was expected of them. They haven't taken any "take a flyer on this kid" guys and turned them into anything more than utility guys / mid-bullpen arms in quite some time.

RE: Getz and his track record for developing players, I'll let someone else who (presumably) isn't on SoxTalk make my statement:

Alternate headline: Potent Charlotte offense nets 11 on vaunted Norfolk pitching staff, outscores Kjerstad 11-10.

Still on a 2-day undefeated streak!

Byron Buxton nearly run over by a sprinting sausage yesterday in Milwaukee. The "Reverse Randall Simon" would have been a quite unfortunate method of injury for the injury-plagued Buxton: https://www.mlb.com/brewers/video/sausage-race-look-out-byron

Also known as "having trust issues." As in "I overtrusted that fart." At least it wasn't to start an overtime in the NHL playoffs:

It absolutely is another indictment on this organization.

Yep - aware of all of that. I guess my question is if other teams saw on-field red flags, not just off-field red flags... but I suppose that doesn't matter at this point, really.

Yeah, not saying his off-field issues aren't a thing. Just wondering what other red flags there are, or if it's 100% about the off-field issues / abuse allegations.

Who will play in more games? Bryan Shaw or (Eloy + Moncada)?