JoeC

100 losses vs. 102 losses. Or something of that order.

At least it's an improvement over the parade of "no glove, no bat" guys.

Yeah I personally don’t give a s%*#, and I don’t think anyone I know is going to feel compelled to update their jersey wardrobe to perfectly match Nike’s latest jersey style.

Ding ding. Hill might bring value as a lefthanded bullpen piece, but other than that, their jobs are to literally pitch innings until minor actual prospects are ready without ruining their development.

If any topic deserves a poll, it’s this one.

I hope this mystery lefty is Toru Tsujimoto, son of Tokyo Katanas legend Taro Taujimoto.

Tanking is one part of a rebuild. During the rebuild, the Astros also re-organized their entire drafting and development philosophy throughout the organization. They drafted, developed, and eventually played (at the big league level) according to a strategy backed by the stats, supplemented by coaching. The Sox's strategy was to acquire highly ranked prospects and just hope they figured it out. They didn't implement any sort of cohesive development strategy beyond letting players try to figure it out by themselves along the climb up the ladder.

Lucha Libre night?

Under Hahn, I would cynically state that this is just another move to try to negotiate a lower price to KC. With Getz, I think you're right.

Wondering if she's just a fan of the name (which is close enough to a brand of musical instrument) and colors (black and white)

Sox should hold onto Eloy. The downside of holding on is that you've sunk money (which the Sox have room to spare at this point) into an asset that returns you peanuts. The upside of holding onto him is that you could get actual legitimate prospects in return. To me, the downside is basically equivalent to trading him now. The upside of trading him now is what - you save money? That money isn't going to be spent on anything meaningful probably anyways, unless you can buy prospects (international bonus pool notwithstanding).

He could be the defensive upgrade at 1B we've been waiting for.

Basically agree with both of what you're saying, with one being more optimistic than the other. If you're Getz, you're trying to maximize raw value that you have. The only thing that should give you pause is if you end up with multiple guys slated to be at one position / level, and they have no flexibility in their positions. If you're in a position to compete in 2025 by some grace of God, you have chips to trade. Right now, the Sox have what has to be near the bottom of the barrel in MLB talent (reflected in wins and losses), top-end minor league talent (reflected in prospect rankings), minor league depth, and, as a sum of all of that, trade capital. We have none of that, and Getz's first job is to build up trade capital.

In related news, the Sox have confirmed that they are in negotiations with wfmt to be their new radio affiliate.

You win by scoring more runs than the other guys. If you do that by winning 1-0 or 10-9, it doesn't matter. That said, get bats in return as headliners and develop the pitchers you get as secondary pieces.

I think the point is that we're waiting for other teams to sort out their needs.

Past? This isn’t our past yet.

To see if we can goad Benetti into calling him "Nicky Two Strikes" from the Tigers' booth?

I wish I could hate this post.

I bet Jerry would have been willing to match 10 years / $2MM per year.

I'd be OK with this plan as well. The big question is... is this the actual plan?

Also, depending on the PTBNL, not a bad pickup for cheap. so far I like Getz’s individual moves, but I’m not entirely convinced of the direction (or lack thereof).

The first thing I thought when I saw the posts about his elite framing was “…so when do robot umps take that away?”

They're popular, but this takes them to a different level, IMO.

For a team like the Dodgers, the extra revenue they can make from Japan now will be huge. Already a very popular team there. Having Otani (basically a national treasure right now with his own dedicated news updates daily on all channels) on the team now will just add to it. No idea if it will offset the massive cost of the contract, but it's still worth noting that $700M for the Dodgers is more likely to be offset by Japanese revenue than $700M for the Blue Jays of Cubs, for example.