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Honestly, I think he just has no interest in playing for this shitty team.

Not gonna lie, I feel sick to my stomach watching him celebrate with the Padres.

Dude is cooking 7/13 - 6 IP 1 hit 7/20 - 7 IP 1 hit 7/25 - 8 IP 0 hits in progress

Completely disagree, but I guess were about to find out.

This is a little differernt of a situation though. Im sure there is a limit he has for the amount of innings he was to pitch this season. If he gets to that cap, you're basically asking him to compromise his health for the benefit of only the team.

Crochet has plenty of leverage, if he says hes not pitching in the post season the team that trades for him can't make him.

It absolutely kills negotiations because I can't imagine a scenario where a team wants to trade for him and sign him to whatever extension hes looking for in the next few days. There's way too much risk in that for another team who as of right now knows nothing at all about him. And if you believe what has been reported, the Sox already tried to talk extension with him and it went nowhere immediately which tells me his ask is probably not realistic.

Who the hell is going to agree to sign him to an extension in the next 5 days lol? Its crazy.

If this trade deadline is just Fedde and then a bunch of garbage nothing trades, talk about making a shitty season even worse.

If Crochet is saying hes not pitching in the playoffs unless he gets a contract extension I think you can pretty much forget about trading him until the off-season.

Man, I am all in on getting Justin Crawford. I would need another piece with Abel but that seems pretty fair to me and am hopeful its true.

The absolute worst decision that was made was JR saying he couldn't afford to lose time. Hell, I would be way more accepting of a 120 loss season had he tore this thing down to the studs and had a very thorough search for an entire new baseball operation. Instead, what is happening right now is what he said he was avoiding with the hiring of Getz.

This is the most frustrating part. Grifol should have been fired when this team started 3-22. Its completely unacceptable. There is no benefit what so ever to keeping him through the end of the season, however, there was at least a chance this team could have been slightly better with a change in leadership. This team was going to be bad regardless, but if you could have given yourself a chance to not be the worst team in baseball history, they should have had enough pride to try and avoid that. Instead, they are content with this disaster.

That's because they're 3-14 in July and haven't won a game since the 10th

Yeah what an absolutely terrible tier list.

They should do a lot of things, you're a fan of a team that has never signed someone to a contract greater than $75 million I wouldn't be getting attached to any superstar players that put on this uniform.

2023: 38 HR's - 80 RBIS - 27 Solo HR's, from a guy that is batting 3rd for 100+ games. Oof. 2024: 11 HR's - 23 RBIS - He has 6 solo HR's and 5 2-Run HRs. There has never been more than 1 person on base for any HR he has hit this season. I would say you are correct sir.

I would agree, if this team was looking at a 72-90 type season. This team is not even close to being a 70 win team, they won't meet a price to extend Crochet, and they wont be competitive while they control him. The only logical outcome is to trade him.

You're right, everything looks good now. I guess we can close the book on this.

His pro career started in 2020. Were in 2024. That's not a ringing endorsement for his durability.

No way, Fedde needs to go in the next few days period. His value will never be higher than now.

As much as this team sucks, I’ve missed being able to just put the game on

Hey man don't knock Subway, you're literally the one selecting the sandwhich if its not good that's on you.

Damn I feel like I saw that post a year ago, I remember that though.

I would be perfectly fine with that return.