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Oh my God that Caruso layup

Don't let Pedro see this.

While I joked with the Shaq meme, Rick Hahn once said we were mired in mediocrity and needed to hit home runs. Getz has to produce results or this is just fluff. And he has to do it on an accelerated timeline, because he was gifted a GM job on the premise that he doesn't need time to turn things around.

So Gio and ReyLo are going to the Mets.

I look forward to Colson Montgomery being chewed out for an error. For all the s%*# they got, it feels like Robin and Ricky were the only two managers in recent memory that were chill with rookies. The big, big exceptions for Ozzie being Jenks and Beckham.

Look at everything through the lens of "Pedro hates rookies"

Oh, for sure. The Jerry MO, that I expect Getz to continue until shown otherwise, is to catch lightning in a bottle.

Montgomery was the "if they're truly gonna do something" signing that I felt I might as well add. You could also do plenty of those deals (sans Montgomery) as 1 year deals, just bump the pay up. Part of it is my low confidence in prospects hitting with this organization + the fact that tanking won't make a lot of sense since they very likely won't be able to draft in the top 10 in 2025.

Yeah, I can't stress how much I expect a "we're waiting for Colson, Ramos and company to lead us to our next contention window" message, so I pretty much built Stop Gap: The Team Did you miss the part where I wrote "wild card at best"

Please God, I've never wanted anything more.

I wonder if Alex Caruso can get some sort of Jerry special Bulls/Sox contract

The absolute chaos that would release upon this board.

Alright, I'm gonna try and do this with the "We're Not in a Rebuild Mode and Jerry supposedly spends money on a Suicide Squad" Using Spotrac estimates Total rotation for a team that sniffs that wild card at best: $162.2 Rotation = $57.6 Cease - $8.3 million Jordan Montgomery - $80 million / 4 years (might get 5 years from another team so eh?) Giolito - 2 years, $25 million. Opt-out after one year. Flaherty - 2 years, $25 million. Opt-out after one year. Kopech - $4.3 million Bullpen - $15.8 M CL: ReyLo (Can't break him and Gio up) - $18 million / 3 years SU: Bummer - $5.5 million SU: Santos - $770,000 MR: Garcia - $770,000 MR: Leasure MP: Patino - $770,000 LR: Toussaint - $1.2 million Lineup (in no particular order): $85.8 1B - Vaughn - $4.1M 2B - Merrifield - $30M / 3 years - did higher than spotrac, because he's getting a former Royal bump He'll bounce around 2B and the OF, with Grifol calling him a "perfect utility starter" like TLR did Leury SS - Sosa - Pre-Arb 3B - Moncada - $24.8M - lol LF - Benintendi - $17.1M CF - Robert - $12.5M RF - Adam Duvall - $15M / 2 years - slightly higher cause he had a good year and it just feels like a Sox signing C - Victor Caratini - $10M / 2 years DH - Eloy - $13.8M Bench: 1.5M This would probably change based on, for example, Colson getting called up. But I expect hell to start the season. C - Lee - Pre-Arb 1B/"OF" - Sheets - Pre-Arb IF - Hypothetically Romy - $770,000 OF - Haseley - $770,000 AAA depth of note that may start the season in AAA or will be there pretty soon: $1.5M SP/RP: Crochet - $770,000 SP: Burke - Building arm strength in games with Crochet SP: Nastrini SP: Martin SP: Thompson SP: Mena SP: Scholtens - I know I listed 6-7 guys but idk they'll figure it out RP: Peralta RP: Ramsey RP: Banks - $770,000 C : Quero C : Hackenberg C : Perez 2B: Rodriguez SS: Montgomery 3B: Ramos RF: Colas (Grifol is not letting him on the OD roster)

Spotrac's projected salary is $115,123,285 If it's truly "not a rebuild," they could sign enough guys to put together a reclamation project squad that might fight for a wild card while waiting for the Montgomery and crew crop. They more than likely won't.

But please, please don't rush him.

Dear lord

Yes, my point is that he very much earned the contract and it wasn't potential. Especially when you look at the going rate for All-Star shortstops. He was dirt cheap.

I mean, that would be rushing those guys, which is what happened what Vaughn.

Idk man MLB ran the ad, not me

Everyone's personal feelings aside, TA had national commercials and MLB kept running his baseball zen ad (the field of dreams moment) all the time. He was obviously marketable. Also shushing the Yankees crowd is all-time hilarious.

Please remember that Getz was hired because we are not in a rebuild and anyone else would take a year to evaluate things.

Oh yeah, TA's only role this year would have been place holder and I don't think we'd have gotten All-Star TA. But I won't be shocked if he randomly becomes good again now that he's left the Sox.

The man was a two time All-Star and former batting champion on a cheap deal. How is that paid on potential??? Edit: I'm talking about his previous seasons, not his upcoming season.

I fully expect TA to be an All-Star now with another team this year because that's how our fortunes work.