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Was hoping for a Basallo/Beavers based return, this is a nice alternative, perhaps better?

31 years old and playing in AA when you haven't played since HS, had 51 RBIs in 127 games, hit .252 in the Arizona fall league, he wasn't the embarrassment the media would have had you believe in my opinion. I think if he never quit baseball there's a better than zero chance he spends at least a couple seasons in the bigs, but at 31 even if he kept at it full time I doubt he ever spends any time in the bigs other than a publicity stunt. IIRC he really struggled with breaking balls, which one could understand even for probably the greatest team sport athlete to ever live.

Yeah that would limited it, but I still hate it. Forcing a manager to sit on his hands until after the implosion occurs. The beauty of baseball is/was there was no clock, the defense holds the ball, hitting is hard, strategy matters, amongst many other things. This is just forcing more offense into the league in a most egregious and ham handed way, there's got to be a more subtle solution.

This might be the worst idea I've ever heard. Imagine a rookie making his MLB debut and getting lit up and just having to take it up the ass for 6 innings because Manfred refuses to stop f*cking with the baseballs and has zero concern for the health of the pitchers in his league. Imagine being a paying fan at a game having to watch that bullsh!t. Excuse the blue language, I might hate Manfred as much as JR and this idea is anti-competitive and angers me to my core.

Yeah, that would be truly the bottom, I don't even want to think about it.

Man, I've been trying to remain positive with this franchise at least in the sense of "how could it get any worse?" "it's always darkest before the dawn" type mindset. This is truly the bottom and least hopeful I've been in my 40 years on this planet. Now to the point of apathy, which is quite sad. Ugh.

Yeah not good, not good at all.

Do we have any indication on if it's hip flexor, forearm flexor? Forearm injuries are often a precursor to TJS.

well this clears things up

Only 44 more games until he qualifies for managerial records, Sox should fire him that night and he will be the all time leader in worst win % in baseball history. Would be difficult to believe he would ever get another job to unburden himself of such an honor. Edit, I was mistaken, the Sox would have to go 9 and 44 the rest of the way for Pedro to drop below Doc Prothro to have the worst winning % of all time.

Did I just manifest this?!?!

Probably right, I just see a hard path to improving the team by trading away a 25 year old that might be a top 5 pitcher in the sport for a couple guys under the age of 20 struggling in A ball. If the return wasn't there you walk away until it is, you're not obligated to give the guy away just because your current squad is abysmal.

Maybe in all of the 4 majors.

I plan on pouring myself 2 or 3 fingers of fine scotch the evening this assclown is fired. What an unbelievable leader of men, I can't imagine why the majority of the organization seems to be going through the motions.

Outside of the Orioles who seem to be done, there was really no logical partner for me. I need a top 20 guy back if I'm trading Crochet, he's too good and has too much potential. Unless Boston wants to try to make a run and hand over some combination of a Mayer/Anthony headliner plus lower level guys, I'm fine keeping Crochet.

Did you also hit the pipe and forget you already posted this an hour ago?

The Dodgers farm system is the best in the game? News to everyone in baseball including the Dodgers.

Is "Smith" Noah Schultz?

I wouldn't say zero, Sox might have to add Fedde in to get a return like that. Baltimore have more young studs on the IF than they have positions to play, something has to give there for Baltimore. Oh, is this guy one of the O's fan infiltrators?

I agree unless it's Basallo with a co-headliner of Mayo. Quero/Basallo splitting time at DH/C/1B would be just fine with me. I don't love how the Dodgers match up for Crochet, we need high end bats back for him.

Just when I thought I was out for the year, they pull me back in.

Other guys remember to pull out.

Yep, hope he keeps it up!

This, he went from a Baseball Savant +8 run value in '21 vs 4 seamers to a -9 in '22. There were signs the age was catching up.

I got a lot of grief on here for claiming AV could put up similar numbers for (essentially) free and letting Jose walk was the right move. I'll pat myself on the back even though AV ain't what I thought he would be.