South Side Fireworks Man

Not necessarily in that order.

Burn. It. Down.

Don't know if it really made any impact at all or if it was just purely coincidental, but it seems like the whole vibe around this team took a nosedive around the time Tony LaRussa publicly shamed Yermin Mercedes for hitting a home run and then gave his blessing to having the Twins pitcher intentionally throw at him. Still the roster construction of this team sucks and the "young championship core" was grossly overrated.

Probably not, but get whatever you can. Same goes for Moncada, Grandal and Eloy.

Wherever you’re at, Jerry Reinsdorf, eat your heart out. I hope people realize what scum you are.

He was, several years ago.

Jake just may become serviceable enough on defense to earn a starting 3B job yet.

You are correct sir! The Sox future is bleak as long as Reinsdorf is their owner.

Every game this team plays is meaningless.

Wait until they flip that switch.

Need a DP.

It's never easy with this team.

Agree.

I hate when the Sox get a runner at 1B because I have to see Daryl Boston's face.

Burger is the only Sox player whose ABs I look forward to.

That Chris Sale trade sure sucked.

While their best hitter is batting 6th.

Hopefully they haven't stopped laughing.

Just wait for the Sox to "flip that switch!"

I feel the same way. When Moncada can play put Burger as primary DH, let him play 1B every now and then and if needed a spot start at 3B. Let Eloy play LF with Benitendi as his late inning defensive caddy. If he can stay healthy fine. If he gets hurt again, who cares anymore.

I'll leave it.

After living through the Hahn era, I long for the Kenny era. At least the offseasons and the trade deadlines were always interesting. And they did win a World Series.

Yeah, sometimes you have to "tear it down" to rebuild. But while you trade your veterans for young talent you should still try to play the game to win and try at least put a respectable team on the field giving max effort to win every game instead of intentionally tanking and having a fan base cheering on blown games. I hated that.

I was never a fan of "tanking" i.e. losing on purpose. I hope everyone that was cheering on the tank is enjoying the result of the tank now. Next time I hope the Sox have a competent GM in charge of rebuilding while the team is still trying their best to win every game anyway.

Jake may be a flawed player defensively, but I love Jake Burger. He's the only player on this team I would really feel bad to see traded. Everyone else can go (for a fair return of course) for all I care.