JoeC

Too soon. Or too late. You decide.

They just had a bad 7 months last year.

So that gives us what… 73 wins (~23 WAR total)? See? This team IS improving.

If your basic job qualification is to be able to talk out of both sides of your mouth, replacing one of those sides with food intake seems like a logical next step.

Barry / Berry?

Southeast Michigan has a "hum" about it right now, mostly from football, but also with the Red Wings looking competent, plus the Tigers looking to be on the rise.

Honestly, if they played it right and the Bears were to stay at Soldier Field, they could try to beef up the public transit on Roosevelt between the river and Soldier Field to maximize both accessibility to Soldier Field as well as the pre-game and post-game (and pre- / post-concert) dollars spent on those days, as well.

Hell no. Keep the tracks. Make them an outfield feature. Ball gets stuck under a rail tie? Ground rule double. Outfielder trips and falls on the rail? Should have known it was there. Deal with it. It's retro and cute, so all should be forgiven. Pump the river water in a jet into the crowd for home runs like the Kauffman fountains, but better.

They don't REALLY need to sell tickets with revenue sharing and broadcasting revenue. I say burn it all down. Strip it down to the studs and build from scratch. That is to say, if you can get appropriate value for Robert (it would have to be a MONSTER haul), I'd trade him in a heartbeat.

Just thought I'd highlight that without context.

Not just for injury prevention, but also for development of athleticism overall.

I agree 1,000% on early specialization.

Should. In reality, they'll have to pay at least a 7-figure salary for each, which means they won't do it.

What a horrible take. You're dead wrong on this.

Yeah, I'm hoping guys like Hill (LH RP) can be flipped, along with guys like Flexen (maybe he can eat innings). At least Getz seems to acknowledge the state of the team and isn't going for delusional signings of moderately-expensive-but-useful-but-not-useful-enough-to-make-any-sort-of-meaningful-difference-in-the-season-outcome types of guys that Hahn and KW seemed to be fond of.

Yeah, it's a lost season already anyways. Just sign guys who can occupy positions until prospects are ready and not rushed. Otherwise, find guys who can be flipped for value later. That's really about it. Phillips falls into the "guys who can occupy positions" category.

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.