JoeC

Yes, except I would go back to when they were 6-2 after 8 games.

Well, they seemed pretty damn proud in April.

Look on the bright side - after this weekend they are much less likely to be a 100-loss team.

Putting on my "I'm an executive / organizational leader" hat here. Honestly if I'm JR, I sell. Second choice - give Hahn 2 years and full control over hiring and firing of coaches, staff, etc. I get the f out of the way with any firings (including old timers). If Hahn fails to deliver anything short of a 95-win season within 2 years, he's gone, and the place gets burned down to the studs. I fire Hahn knowing that he had a reasonable amount of time. If this "core" group of players is as good as Hahn says it is, I'd give him control and give him the authority to see his vision through. The Hahn apologists (myself included) have played the "he didn't get a chance to build around the core and round out the team / staff the way he wanted to, so of course he failed" card. Putting together the core of talent is the hardest part of a rebuild. If it's good, prove it. If it's bad, prove it.

Good. Congrats to the Guardians. I hope this hurts the soul of every single Sox player.

This post makes me want to have a “Jerry” reaction icon available.

Yeah, but all he should have to do is run slowly and slide carefully. Maybe give 60% effort so he doesn’t get more injured. after all, a fast guy running slowly is still faster than a slow guy running slowly. simple Sox logic.

Depends on the individual, I’m sure.

Does the NL have a different set of leagues or something? I’ve seen people complain about NL people like they wouldn’t know what to do or something.

Problem is, while I fundamentally agree, what good would it do to banish them to a place where they’re not going to have any sort of reinforcement of good habits? One problem is that players don’t get that sort of training in the minors, so what good does it really do other than to serve s as punitive punishment? It’s like telling someone they’re doing something wrong, but never telling them what is the right thing to do. Yeah, you hope they can figure it out, but it’s also on you for not showing some sort of direction.

That is honestly a good example of something we did well (a homegrown player!!!), albeit seemingly accidentally.

To me, it depends on what their flaws are as hitters. Are they able to work on those flaws in AAA? If so, then keep 'em down as long as they need to develop. If they have to be pulled up to the big leagues to work on those flaws, then bring 'em up. At some point all players will have their flaws. Whether those flaws will allow them to live up to anything resembling their potential is up to the scouts and player development staff to decide. To me, I almost always err on the side of "over-seasoning," provided that the coaches and player both buy in to a development plan.

Sox record overall: 76-74: .507 (82-win pace) Sox record with Leury in the starting lineup: 34-42: .447 (72-win pace) Sox record without Leury in the starting lineup: 42-32: .568 (92-win pace) Obviously it's "too easy to look at results."

It's an organizational failure to bring out the best in talent, both in the short term (through hustle, give-a-shittatude, mental focus) and in the long term (working on filling holes in games, developing things like pitch selection / lowering chase rates, etc.). The raw talent and potential are there, but, as the great philosopher Shaquille O'Neal once said, "'potential' is French for 'you ain't s%*# yet.'"

Raw talent with no refinement. Bad habits allowed to persist. Lack of leadership to tell players otherwise AND hold them accountable.

Not a slogan, but a metaphor: Swing = first 8 games of the season.

If TLR were around he’d be calling for one of them to get hit. I did notice Sox players watching from the dugout after the final out for a bit. I hope it fucking hurts.

Are those sprint speeds peak? Average? Averages at certain point(s) in a sprint (5 steps in, peak, and finish line)? Not that it matters for the point of the discussion, but just curious to know.

Tony’s boys WOULD quit, but they never learn.

You can tell even Benetti’s mailed in his optimism. ”Sox up next.” No mention of “we’ve got work to do” or any semblance of context within the game…. Because it stopped mattering last night.

It’s because Cleveland does things like develop players. Not only do they scout effectively, but they also know how to turn them into big league players.

Team just looks listless.

Fun fact: Connor McKnight is a real person (not just a radio robot)

I laughed audibly. Then cried, knowing that one such example got traded to the Sox and crashed / burned.

Seemingly off-topic for this thread, but this is my primary beef with the "call up Colas" movement. Just because someone puts up good numbers in AAA (or, in his case, AA), it doesn't mean that he doesn't have significant holes in his game that will keep him from being a serviceable big league player. Again, I hope Project Birmingham is designed to address things like this and give players more practice time to work on those holes in their games.