Nardiwashere

Grifol is a moron and he's not going to be around after this year. If Getz signs Grifol to an extension, I'll join you guys in the outrage. Wasting precious spring training at bats to a guy (that didn't make the team!) they hoped would maybe take a roster spot away from another guy people wanted to DFA instead of Jose Rodriguez was a horrible thing. I agree. I hope the organization can overcome that in the coming years.

lol... sad

Lol the contract guy? Who gives a f***?

No. I am saying the vast majority of people who are crying are not doing so because they have reservations about Gene Watson..... And out of the people that do fall into that group? I'm willing to bet most of it doesn't go beyond a superficial "Watson = KC = bad." Do you think the average (or even most die hard) fan can tell you much about Gene Watson's scouting ability or any details about his ability to do the job he has? Go outside the ballpark and ask 100 people who Gene Watson and see what the responses are.

Ok. forgot about him. I'm sure the over the top complaining surrounding the organization and Getz is based on the director of player personnel hire. Sox fans are a sophisticated bunch.

The Royals thing is fun to joke about and all but its kind of overblown. Who has Getz signed/hired besides some stopgaps like Nicky Lopez and Tim Hill? Everyone was convinced we'd get Salvador Perez and Whit Merrifield. That didn't happen. Everyone was certain that Dayton Moore was coming. That didn't happen. Getz was buddies with Bannister from his days in KC. So what? Bannister worked for Boston and SF and did good things. Should they not have brought him on board because they had a KC connection? Am I missing any super important signing/hiring that was given to a KC person longterm? Anyone who gets a job is going to hire people they previously worked with. Its how the world works.

"He's just a continuation of the previous regime" As if the team had hired Josh Barfield to run the whole thing, people would magically be content. hahaha no way.

I think it is that simple. The guy turned over an incredible % of the roster in one offseason. His top assistants in the front office are all from outside the organization. He has clearly been operating differently than the previous guys. People just like to b****. We don't know if he'll end up being any good at his job... but so far it doesn't seem like a change in name only.

A significant portion of the fanbase has just been pouting for the last 10 months. The rebuild failed. It sucks. They are bad now. Get over it.

I didn't like them hiring Getz at the time and wished they did a more extensive search and interview process. That being said, its unfair to him to simplify it like this. He obviously is doing things differently than the last regime. If the system wasn't developing enough players while he was the farm director, that could fall on him. It also could fall on the guys picking the players. It also could fall on his bosses not listening to him in terms of promotions/demotions etc. Its hard to tell from our point of view. "Getz was director of player development, therefore every move he makes is bad,.. even when its an insignificant move like DFAing a fringe prospect that he failed to develop in his prior capacity as farm director" sounds like a nonsense take to me.

When they play in Sacramento, will they be called the Oakland Athletics? Sacramento Athletics? Vegas Athletics?

If they can't develop and all their guys suck, why the handwringing about dropping one of those guys?

On Soxtalk, Mena is somehow simultaneously a future stud who will haunt us and also an example of the organization's failures to develop talent.

Just because a contract looks good for a team a couple years after it is signed, doesn't mean it was a hometown discount.

I figured NBC Sports would just go away and Stadium Network would get the rights to the same games and take its place on all the same cable carriers and streaming services. I would imagine you could get the same/similar carriage fees and the teams wouldn't have to split with Comcast/NBC.

I guess it depends on how good he is and what type of returns are possible. Obviously, I'd take very little back in terms of players if it meant we could clear most of his $ and roster spot. He doesn't really line up with the new window. If we are getting an actual prospect, I'd be ok with eating a decent amount too.

I'd love for them to extend Crochet. I'd also like to see a guy like Soroka get an extension if he pitches well. In the future, your rotation could be Crochet, Fedde, Soroka, and whoever is good out of Nastrini, Eder, Thorpe, Cannon, Bush, Iriarte, and eventually Schultz. At some point, you're going to have to lock guys in for 2025-26 and beyond. If there's a market, the guys I'd trade are Kopech, Clevinger, any reliever not named Jordan Leasure, Eloy, Moncada, Benitendi, Vaughn.

Why would today be the bullpen day rather than yesterday? I'd think Soroka would be more able to pitch on a 4 man rotation schedule than Crochet. What am I missing?

Keep in mind this offseason was not like a normal offseason. The two best SPs on the market didn't sign until Spring Training was well underway. It is is possible no one wanted him. It's also possible he was asking for too much and teams moved on and made other signings and he ended up accepting the Sox offer. Michael Lorenzen doesn't have any crazy red flags, right? Did no one want him?

I get it... but if one is taking such a strong stance in support victims of abuse, its very bizarre that they lose their principles or make an exception based on how good the team or the player is. What's the winning percentage that makes domestic abuse tolerable? To me, that's more gross.

I don't remember this being an allegation. I thought she said they got into a fight and he got angry and threw a bottle of dip spit and it got on the baby. Obviously very bad, but it is much different than deliberately taking a lit cigarette and stamping it out on a baby. That's like psychotic s%*#.

I get someone being upset/not liking him due to the allegations. At the same time, I feel like the reactions to him are very extreme. Someone like Aroldis Chapman had more concrete allegations and when the Cubs had him, it was all "Well, sometimes athletes are unsavory characters. Theo wants to win" type vibes. I don't know what Clevinger did or didn't do. I do know that they had him around the team for a season. I find it hard to believe that they'd bring him back if it was as black and white as people on the outside act. I don't personally like the guy but get some innings out of him, hope he's good. Trade him for a piece if he does well. Can't help but think that a lot of the people saying they aren't fans anymore or they want the team to move are being a little performative.

A player has to explain what they feel. A trainer isn't a mind reader. If they say they feel ok and its a lie, what is the trainer supposed to do?

So what does this look like? He pitches half a year until he gets to 100ish innings and then gets shut down? Gaps in between starts? Does 100 IP sound right? If so, whats the target for next year?

I have YouTubeTV and they removed MLB network from their channel lineup a year or so ago. ESPN stopped doing daily Baseball Tonight a while back. I'm looking for a highlight show to watch as I go to bed. Anyone know of an option on another channel/streaming service/youtube? I know MLB does like youtube recaps but from what I see, its just random clips thrown together with no context or anything. Without any host or graphics, its just plays strung together and I can't follow what's happening. I can't believe out of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News, ESPN+, FSN, Stadium, FanDuelTV, CBS/Paramount, Warners/Turner, NBC Universal etc. there isn't one traditional highlight show available for MLB. ESPN and Fox is all NFL offseason talk and idiots sitting around tables yelling at each other about nonsense. Has baseball become that niche?