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Sox need someone with the patience to develop young players.

That’s a ton. Getz can’t cut a deal? Do the other GMs just think he’s a dupe and won’t offer anything?

Pedro explained the situation: "Unless there's something that's really, really, really close to being executed, you don't compromise a major-league game for something that's not really close."

Sox #1 and #2 hole hitters: 7 Ks in 10 PAs. Brooks Baldwin, after spending his first week under .100 in BA and OPS, quickly has an OPS of .568. That's ahead of "The Pillar's" .558 and closing in on Nicky Lopez' righteous .582.

Add Vaughn to the list. Gracious.

Eloy, Sheets, and a few others need to be DFAd come Wednesday. And Pedro has this great ability to give the most relief appearances to the worst pitchers. He's just so dim.

A lot of Baty squat from the Mets fans on X. He and his .607 OPS is the kind of failed prospect the Sox need to stay far away from. Jordan Walker is another one - DH only hasn't hit since 2022.

Crochet shouldn’t start tomorrow either.

So what does this say about Fedde’s value? His numbers aren’t that dissimilar, although his salary is. Fedde’s WAR is certainly better.

Was there a reason why he was pulled? Or did Pedro just decide to rest him.

yea but they have to pay inheritance tax on anything above, what, $13 mill? And that tax rate is a lot higher than the long term capital gains rate.

Yes, it was senseless to acquire them and not play them. I don't trust anything out of Charlotte. That place needs a makeover. Certainly can trust any statistic; maybe they can watch/scout the players and make judgments that way. I'd rather them move the players onto the major league club straight from AA.

And 7 years later, Tommy Kahnle is still on the Yankees... And on a side note, a couple of rule 5 eligible A ball players rounded out that trade. Hahn was such a putz.

Will some team please give us their #10 prospect for Pham?

Eder had been stalling with the Marlins when the Sox acquired him. You really have to be careful with the prospects: when they start heading south it's often a hard irredeemable drop. I'm hoping the Montgomery situation really is lingering back issues, and not just has talent hitting a wall.

While that's true, he didn't give up a lot to get Fletcher, De Loach or Julks. (oh I guess Mena could be something). But then again, why trade for them if you won't play them? These guys were all as major league ready as they were ever going to be. Heck Julks is on the main roster and Grifol refuses to play him. And as far as I can tell Charlotte is like some black hole that just sucks in players; does anyone ever actually improve by playing there? And are they going to continue with the Benitendi dog and pony show for the next 3 seasons? I don't care about the 25% chance that he hits .750 OPS somewhere else. He's not doing that here. DFA him (and a lot of others).

This guy for the Mariners hits corners all night and throws a 95 mph heater. He'll make mincemeat of the Sox hitters, unless he gets bored. When Thorpe is on, he hits corners and is tough to hit. But hen the heater is 91mph, there's no room for error as said above.

The organization is a debacle because of bad drafts and a lazy international effort; Eloy, Andeson and Moncada turning to crap overnight; and Hahnber's outrageous misuse of what were a lot of free agent dollars. There were other wastes such as squandering 1/2 of Crochet's service time so Hahnber could ram him into the bullpen, optioning Kimbrel over Rodon, and others. This wasn't Getz. Getz did a lousy job putting this team together this year: Maladando, Nicky Lopez - I mean, come on. That's just not a serious effort. He made several misjudgments in the bullpen. But in the end, it's not debilitating because with better moves this team would have won, what, 60 games maybe? None of this set the team back much (unlike many of Hahn's moves). And big part of why this team is historically bad instead of just bad is the raging incompetent Pedro Grifol (handpicked by Hahn). Now his job is to fix this mess that he inherited. He's got to get moving. He can start by making great trades the next few days (kicking the can is not the answer) and just cutting bait of the known stiffs and bring up the guys who have been hanging out a long while in AAA ( Julks, DeLoach, Colas, Sosa may not be the answer, but play them and let them prove it first).

If Crochet gets hurt, he has nothing. His request should not be a surprise. Sox should have been on top of this. But heck, even now they won't give him an extra days rest (it's ridiculous to throw Fedde/Crochet Saturday and Sunday). The Braves treated Sale and Lopez much more gingerly than the Sox have treated Crochet.

It tells me that we may need to reset our expectations. At least I know I need to reset mine. He’s not as good as Robert, but he’s not that far off either, at least by his WAR. Tampa did avoid some pitfalls such as rule five eligible A ball players.

Are the Sox actually pitching Fedde and Crochet this weekend; not even a bullpen game to give an extra day of rest? Crochet making demands isn't good (although sometimes Jon Heyman's information is about as accurate as if it came from Paul Heyman). You're up Fedde and I guess Kopech (who has been pitching well).

3 1-run losses to the Rangers. I trust there will be several DFAs in a week.

Yeah, New York too with Rice.

He hits lefties OK and some contenders are really bad at first base. He would be a platoon. Wouldn’t get much for him. Doesn’t matter. Those guys just need to go.

I agree with you. Fletcher just may have needed a little time and a reset. And we’re also spinning our wheels with sheets, Eloy and really Vaughn, although I do think they’ll move Vaughn before Tuesday.