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Yeah, as a former Hahn apologist it's ridiculous to hear it get repeated. The man had two skills (in my opinion), which was teardowns and extending young players. But he couldn't develop players, sign good free agents, or trade for veterans without devastating the farm system in some stupid manner.

Yes, this excuse was used for Rick Hahn and the general response was that if it was so bad, he could just have not taken the job. GMs with tighter leashes were able to build rosters that weren't on track to be the worst team in major league history.

As someone who loves Duke Ellis, it'd be insane to have him skip AAA for anything short of having him as an emergency bench guy. The team needs to let all of their prospects go up through the normal cycles.

Can't make Chris Getz's premiere free agent hitter sit out games, can we?

I still like Jake Burger and now the thread has made me sad. Go back to eviscerating Maldonado!

Yes, someone else said the pun!

Love that Stone is like "this is why the Sox were enamored with him." I wonder who was enamored with him Steve. Say it.

And Korey Lee is undeniably our best catcher right now.

I am glad I asked!

Kevin Pillar is unironically our best outfielder.

Wasn't his third start on short rest or something insane because they didn't have a fifth starter?

Like everything else with this org, they had no actual plan on how to do this.

"Crochet overcomes Laz Diaz" is funny. Unfortunately he did not overcome Willie Castro.

Bad defense and throwing a reliever-turned-starter right into the fire, who would have figured?

He didn't have enough power to dictate coaches, stop judging him. He still doesn't, for some reason, despite being the sole decision maker.

Dunn is easily the best hitter in this lineup. And he did have that All-Star season!

Lol Jimmy Rollins really did come in and go "perhaps a child taking grounders when we need to work on things is a waste of time" and it unleashed Armageddon

To pile on: It seemed like Lenyn always had to figure out each minor league level himself. It was a pattern. He'd struggle hard when first promoted, then go on tears. Is it any shock that the one level that that doesn't work at is the major league level?

Legitimately wondering if any organization (other than the Royals) would hire Getz for any role.

Dude's brain is shot. Give him a phantom IL trip to try and mentally reset.

For anyone wondering, this is why I didn't like taking a 29-year-old reliever as part of the return for the 28-year-old ace.

We're unstoppable now.

Holliday, Kjerstad, and believe it or not, Corbin Burnes