Quin

That's why I've got him in my "things look good" portion, despite his overall hitting not looking the best so far this year.

You could understand taking a swing on Soroka. Sticking with him 100 roster moves later? Eh. Flexen was a lol from the start.

Oscar wins the SSS hitting. Also this: DeLoach.mp4

"kool"

Ah, I misunderstood. My bad.

If $15M/year is an anchor, Chris Getz has less chutzpah than Rick Hahn

If the Orioles want to give up a package headlined by Holliday and Kjerstad,where does Chris Getz sign? Eaton equivalent would be something headlined by Miller and Painter. (This is obviously going off the very scientific Top 100 rankings)

I know he's young, toolsy and on an aggressive assignment in W-S, but if we're targeting the Zavala's of the world, make that the 4th piece.

Edit: Nevermind, I see you in there.

But in all seriousness: I've always had a soft spot for Jose for several reasons - the fact that the Sox signed "The Best Hitter You've Never Heard Of," the fact that he was a steady bat most of his career, he was always a good soldier, acting like role model for younger dudes, diffusing fights like when Karinchak hit him in the head, and because I got to interview him once and he came across as the most genuine dude - even despite my extremely limited Spanish (Minnie's eldest son worked with my dad, he was our translator). So it sucks to see how hard he's fallen off. I know retiring numbers is rarified air, but he was an MVP and he's all over the Sox record books despite coming over at an older age. For the traditional stats: 3rd in homers (behind Frank and Paulie), 5th in RBIs (Frank, Paulie, Appling, Baines) and 10th in runs. For advanced stats, he's 12 in fWAR - hurt by defense of course. Fourth in Offensive WAR behind Frank, Eddie Collins, and Minnie.

Lord, I see what you have done for others.

I mean, of course I care. We all do for various reasons cause the Sox have been such big parts of our lives. I'm visiting going to my first Sox game in Chicago (I've seen them at Citi Field and I'm going to semi-count Dash games on Coney Island) for the first time in 8 years when I visit the city in August despite them being hysterically bad cause I miss the stadium. I would have been with you if this were a new GM from a different org, but if KW and Hahn were vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles, Getz is vanilla ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and has assembled a historically bad team - that takes effort. Even at the absolute worst of the last rebuild, they weren't this bad. It's a new coat of paint on the same building. I don't even hate JR as a person because I think he's a decent person (based on employee loyalty, charities, what, etc.), just an absolute s%*# sports owner. To quote GWB: Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me twice, can't get fooled again.

Remember when they attached Tatis to get SD to eat more of Shields' deal? Good times.

The problem is that it's very, very easy to see a light at the end of this tunnel: They have an ace (Crochet), mega-tool star CF (Robert), starting catcher (Lee) and their top prospect is a power-hitting lefty shortstop (Montgomery). That's basically the four hardest spots to fill. Honorable mention: Vaughn may be coming alive? June could also be an aberration, but 1B offense is down this year. Then they have absurd depth building at SP: Thorpe, Schultz, Cannon, Nastrini (yeah, he's having a rough time), Iriarte, Bush, Eder, Adams, Taylor, Pallette, Keener, Gowens, Batista and Carela. That's not even counting Burke or Martin. Bryan Ramos has made his debut. Quero is turning it around. Wolkow is all-tooled up. Baldwin is on fire. Gonzalez has turned it around this year. I'm going to personally throw Colas in there because his approach seems different this year. I also acknowledge that Fletcher could always revert to his prior career numbers. The Sox look like they'll get something nice at #5. So, on paper, that all looks fantastic. Especially that pitching depth. But... They once had an ace on a Hall of Fame track (Sale), a top #2 (Quintana), cornerstone 1B (Abreu), top SS prospect (Anderson) and RF putting up amazing numbers (Eaton). That core failed miserably. Outside of Thorpe, Cannon and Nastrini (all very fresh rookies), all of that depth is in the minors. They can still bust. Giolito and Kopech were both #1 SP prospects in baseball (or Kopech was at least #1 RHP). They failed Lopez as a starter. Cease and Rodon were in house. Much like last time, the relief depth isn't inspiring. Hahn spent that wad of cash after acquiring or drafting so many young relief prospects and they all busted. I assume some of the starters would be converted or traded off. They had a position core oozing talent after the last sell-off — so why would a new one, developed by the same guy as last time — turn out any differently? Burke looked good last year and is cratering. Ellis has reached the majors, but he needs a hit tool to stick. Terrell Tatum is hitting poorly. Zach DeLoach is meh. As we've seen, high draft picks aren't guaranteed. Most importantly: Jerry didn't spend the fucking money on two superstars that were falling into their lap. Getz is gonna convince him otherwise? Last go around I'd have been super optimistic, but this team has beaten the optimism out of me.

Who knew that the blazing speed of Gavin Sheets would win the day?

That...worked?

I play the fool.

Ugh why didn't I place a bet

Wait, is Pedro challenging even though Lee didn't even try to mime like he was hit?

Unrelated but these jerseys are hysterical. They're green vs. blue text bubbles

Omg Benintendi

I'm sorry, we need to see DeLoach's amazing defensive prowess some more.

Please let June Vaughn be real

Bro make Korey Lee the manager