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The real question is has he been allowed to do what he wants with the team and rules. Like every other aspect we discussed here, no one makes the decisions in isolation.

The financial approach will never change. JR is set on staying under the luxury tax. He doesn't like the league of "he who has the most money wins." He's repeatedly said that is the issue with baseball. No competitive, cost controlled balance.

This makes sense. All the other stuff around it will be the interesting part.

What's there to spin. Player wanted to leave early. FO said no. Player complained and another player took offense to the complaining of wanting to leave team. All was handled in house until someone leaked it to the media.

He's not wrong here though. Probably a better way to confront Grandal though.

Sounds like they've gone too far the other way.

I agree. But they need to come up with the rules then. Do they outlaw facial hair and have a strict dress code? Does everyone have the exact same drills and stretching requirements or is it individualized?

I agree. Its where you draw the line that is difficult to figure out. It's somewhere between Not having facial hair and not sleeping in the pen. But again if they were winning no one would care. So what level of the rules make a winning team?

This is a good point. How much is personal development and how much is situational development. I could see the Sox philosophy in the low minors but you would think by the time they hit AA, that should start to change.

He's right. No one was complaining about his 2 years ago when they one 90 games. Does not having facial hair make you a better player? Or do all players need to be accountable for themselves? Or is it somewhere in the middle? I know in higher education this is a significant struggle right now. Are they adults or do we treat them like Kindergarten and have rules for everything.

Looking at the ACL stats, I see Krogman as a LHP. Wasn't there an OF that was Krogman. Did he switch to pitching?

A short time ago everyone loved his attitude he brought to the game.

I stand corrected. I missed all of the posts praising the FO anf their work.

To each his own.

Yes. But for different reasons. I think they had a good plan with the rebuild. Acquired talented players and the the plan started out promising with playoff appearances and 90 win seasons. The reason these past 2 seasons are so hard is that everyone including most experts thought they were young and talented and ready to start a good run. Then for whatever reason it fell apart. Not sure what they could have done different but they are responsible for everything in the end so it's time to go. You don't seem to want to give them positive credit for anything.

You are correct that we will agree to disagree. You are making far too many biased assumptions for my liking

Can't argue the point other than that since they are here, they need to make the decisions.

Correct. Which means they consult and work with each other everyday, especially during the trade deadline. While Hahn has final say, doesn't mean he doesn't work with KW and many others. Hahn had to talk to the scout who saw the players form the Miami organization as well looking at other players since Ng was targeting Burger.. No decisions are made without input from many others. Full decision making authority does not mean he doesn't consult with many others in the organization before making the decision.

People just don't seem to realize that no one does all of the work by themselves in any organization. It's just too much. They all work together with the GM having the final say. He consults KW on nearly all deals. When it was crunch time she called the person she knows the best. KW did not make this trade without working with Hahn.

That does happen. The latest stats I've seen is that 85% return to prior level of performance. We're getting better with them using PRP and Stem cells and now the internal augmentation. However, not everyone fully returns regardless of what we do.

This is a good example of how the data can be skewed due to a season timeframe. He was ready long before 19 months. But according to the data he didn't return to the MLB until then.

A couple of months isn't that much for rehab especially considering it will be skewed for those who have it towards the end of a season and essentially miss nearly two years.

Here's one where the average return for MLB pitchers is just under 16 months for 36 pitchers. Really good a analysis of pitch movement and spin rates post surgery too. fury-et-al-2021-return-to-performance-after-ulnar-collateral-ligament-reconstruction-in-major-league-baseball-pitchers.pdf

12-14 months is not very aggressive. It's pretty typical. He should be throwing by 9-10 months. retrieve.pdf Here is a good systematic review. They say the typical range is 6.5 to 16 months. The 6.5 is when they use an internal augmentation device. Not sure they would do that in this case though.

He's been living with the partially torn ligament for years. It has going to happen eventually.