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The person mostly responsible for Jacob Gonzalez is no longer in the org. I’d bet on the pick having significantly more upside than that.

Reinsdorf is lazy. That doesn’t really have any bearing on what happens now though. It is what it is. Agreed Right but there’s nothing we can do about it. Hopefully he hires other guys like Brian Bannister For sure. It’s a tiny sample though. We have no idea yet.

I’m glad that there are more outside hires coming. It’s a huge positive. Chris Getz didn’t hire himself. I’d personally prefer to be optimistic about this plan instead of just bitching and moaning over things I can’t control every day. Maybe that’s just me though.

Development models are a big issue though. You can’t be super conservative with your minor league pitchers and then expect them to go 6 innings in the majors. Offense is bad though because pitchers are awesome now. Unless pitchers somehow get worse, hitters will continue to struggle.

He was drafted low because he was hurt and came back as a senior. Was like 23 already on draft day.

He’d be nuts to give a timeline. It just depends. They’ll be awful in 2025. Could they be fun in 2026? It’s possible depending on prospect performances. They could start spending in 2027. Getz would be crazy to lay out a timeline. Theo Epstein never did.

Mully and Haugh did fine. My only issue was not asking about potential changes to international scouting and offensive infrastructure

You’re right. Drew Thorpe sucks. Chris Getz got fleeced. The Sox are fucked and we should all stop paying attention. Hey now I fit right in.

I think the amateur scouting is fine. I’m expecting a new international director this offseason

I’m not losing objectivity. Cool post though.

Fair point. I just think writing off Drew Thorpe is stupid. I need to take a break from this hellscape I think.

Very overrated. He wasn’t ranked everywhere either.

I’m not deferring my opinion to anyone. He might be a #4 starter. I don’t think you understand what ceiling means though.

Nope. It’s too early to make a determination on either guy. I’ll trust Brian Bannister on Drew Thorpe rather than giving up after 41 big league innings or whatever it’s been.

I don’t think it makes sense to spend yet anyway. They should spend on stopgaps, flippable veterans and relievers to trade at the deadline. The Sox will be awful again in 2025. There’s no reason to spend a bunch of money to win 70 games when you can just win 60 games instead. They’ll be in contention for the #1 pick in 2026 draft. Should be pretty obvious now.

Yeah he was definitely on board. He also recognized that it was a terrible hire and wanted to fire him much sooner than he was able to.

No it’s not. They dumped all the Pedro guys. I think Katz will be safe with Bannister in tow going forward. Well that’s a Jerry decision. I think Getz would’ve launched Grifol awhile ago. Do you disagree with all the prospect publications who had him as a top 50 prospect in baseball?

Yeah I just don’t think they were ever paying slot value for a 1B

Of course there are. Guys like Proft aren’t interested in potential solutions or identifying the issues though.

It is though. He’s a bad faith actor of the highest order. Exactly

I don’t disagree with this. I like some of the additions to the system though. They need to totally revamp hitting side. Quero has had a great year. He’s mashing in AAA.

I mean I think Vargas, Perez and Bonemer do have big upside. Guys you’re referring to just aren’t available on trade market in most cases.

No. But the things Proft said are much more offensive than someone saying they’d bang his mother. That’s like a 7th grade level dig. I hear it weekly.

And somehow there’s 15 pages on it

Do you think Spiegel and Riordan made up the story?