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I don't think anybody could get more out of those 2. I'm not sure who to blame, but they're both among the most unlikable athletes I can remember.

At this point, I would fire Grifol out of pure boredom. Do something.

2.3 WAR for $11MM is among the Sox best signings in history. ? It's sad, but true.

2 months ago this kid was a failed starter turned reliever with no value

I think we should just commend the Sox for turning Crochet into great trade value. f*** Jerry, but kudos to the organization for turning the 11th pick into the most valuable trade piece in 2024.

Luckily I don't post my thought for validation. Love the site; don't give a s%*# if people agree with me.

Any franchise would be absolute fools to pay him huge money after 2 months of production. The Sox would be even bigger fools to do it while starting a rebuild. Crochet is lightning in a bottle. Get the value while you can.

Shut up. Adults are talking.

They didn't rush him. They gave him the opportunity to enter the majors early and then turned him into a front of the rotation starter. Yeah Jerry sucks, but using every Sox move as an opportunity to disparage every member of the Sox is so fucking tired. The Sox actually have tons of competent people working under a shitting owner. Don't devalue them. f*** that.

There's never been a scenario where an MLB team turned a reliever into a starter and doubled his innings? Wtf? Of course it affects his "career" innings. He was drafted 3 years ago.

Duh

The White Sox gave him the opportunity to showcase his value by allowing him to start.

The Sox certainly aren't pushing him. They're limiting his innings and gave him the opportunity to start when most organizations would have kept him in the pen. This is bullshit, man.

Let's remember that 4 months ago crochet was an afterthought with zero value. The White Sox gave him every opportunity to improve his own earning potential. For him to sabotage the organization is backhanded af. f*** him.

I'm generally very much pro worker, but f*** Garrett Crochet for doing this. It's insulting to every pitcher who came before him.

Maybe prime Scherzer or Verlander could have pulled this stunt, but not 4 months of good Garrett Crochet.

And his employer's won't give a s%*# about his independent doctor's opinion. This is about about MLB owners relinquishing leverage. Crochet isn't that powerful.

I don't think Crochet should be forced to pitch to injury, but if he actually tries to use an extension to leverage his trade value, he's done. MLB is bigger than Garrett Crochet. The league will destroy him before they give that much leverage to players.

If the pitcher announces that he won't pitch past a certain point if traded, MLB will murder him. This isn't hypothetical. Crochet's team is laying a sign and trade ultimatum. This isn't the NBA. MLB will crush him.

And MLB can respond by blackballing him. We've already seen MLB collude on Boras clients and Bauer over the last couple years. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners used Crochet as an example. He's playing a dangerous game.

We're working under the assumption that Crochet will refuse to pitch without a contract extension. If traded, he has input, but not the final say.

The team employs the physicians, not the player.

Obviously. However, that doesn't give him the latitude to break his contractual obligations to his employer. I have the risk of being hit by a car on my way to work, that doesn't preclude me from my employer's demand that I come back to the office.

You're trying to quantify the likelihood of injury. Good luck with that.

I can't imagine shitting on Dylan Cease of Drew Thorpe just to win Internet points.