GreenSox

Nice outing by Cannon.

Thanks for the chuckle. It was so bad that I thought it was a sketch comedy show...until Lawrence Welk waltzed out.

I just looked up the stat on mlb.com. Which pitchers are #s 2, 3 and 4 in Pitches/inning? Cease, Lynn, Giolito Sox take it to a new level.

Starters' inefficiency, using c. 90 pitches to get through 5, isn't helping matters; it just necessitates more reliance on a questionable pen.

In retrospect, it probably would have been best to get stuck; now they're tied to an average outfielder for 5 seasons.

Good point. Jimmy Lambert - the pride of the 2016 draft and of the 2023 bullpen!

The Sox frontline team looks good on paper and should win if everything goes right. But roster construction (top heavy, singles hitters, poor defense, pitching dependent on the strikeout) and lack of depth makes them susceptible to variance.

Good luck in the surgery and in recovery, Matt (the pride of the Sox 2016 draft).

So did we.

No. It will mostly be a salary dump. And Hahn generally naps in July and it devolves into a give-away train (except for Quintana, whom he had peddled for 6 months).

Check my math on this, but if don't win any series', they will not even finish at .500.

To say otherwise, would be to disrespect Rick Hahn. That he won't even approach that is why he was hired.

As Rick has explained, no one feels worse about this than him. And if he didn't think that he could rectify it, he wouldn't be here.

He could dissuade Hahnber from rushing someone up and/or the use of another high draft pick for the bullpen.

Game 1 v Philly, 5 walks issued; none taken. It's in the blood throughout the organization.

On what he's looking for in a manager (10/3/22): “Ultimately we want someone who played a key part in a winning organization." This is not to suggest this debacle is this manager's fault (which it isn't).

"If it ever got to the point where I felt that I wasn’t the right person in my role, I’d step aside.” Hahn 10/3/22

That much of the core of the team, including Eloy, have gotten worse is a big reason they're in this mess. They could trade anyone on this roster as far as I'm concerned.

It's been going on for so many years and so persistently that's likely a result of organizational philosophy (as is the lack of walking on the offensive side, with 2021 a rare exception). Philosophy as in talent evaluation and selection, development, analytics (obsolete), etc.

No FA, no problem. Hahn and Haber will just emulate the Rays!

On the positive page, Cueto and McCann were excellent signings. I guess he gets credit for Rodon, but most of that should be offset on another ledger, in which he declined arb for him and essentially released him.

I prefer to think of it as shades of Altuve. Lord knows, we're due.

That's probably true. When they take their time, put in the effort and try, they are sometimes reasonably capable. But they usually don't.

5-8 0-3-1 in series. If this persists, they really would have an opportunity to retool. But they'll salary dump instead.

yes, a 3 year college player with little leverage. That after drafting a DH type in the first round.