Tnetennba Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Yas fell off a cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Grandal sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksnort Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Yaz, if you're not gonna hit or get on base, you at least have to carry your weight and catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Ruiz having a sneaky horrible time. ERA climbing towards 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:53 AM, ScooterMcGuire said: Yaz, if you're not gonna hit or get on base, you at least have to carry your weight and catch. Expand Why start now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:52 AM, Capn12 said: Our 74 million dollar catcher, ladies and gentlemen. Expand The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksnort Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 God I hope this team has an amazing 2nd half. Because right now they are what their record shows at the moment. Mediocre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:54 AM, Thad Bosley said: The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf. Expand Every day is a reminder that it’s hard to be worse than Rick Hahn when acquiring veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:54 AM, ScooterMcGuire said: God I hope this team has an amazing 2nd half. Because right now they are what their record shows at the moment. Mediocre. Expand Frankly we've bad downright bad. Only some sequencing luck has us at .500 instead of 5-6 under. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Lopez ditched the big curve altogether ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijames1957 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Why is this upcoming series with the Cubs only 2 games? Very unusual to have a Friday off day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:55 AM, fathom said: Every day is a reminder that it’s hard to be worse than Rick Hahn when acquiring veterans. Expand But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:54 AM, Thad Bosley said: The largest contract ever handed out by Jerry Reinsdorf. Expand Dumbest one too. Wish we would have addressed other needs and kept Mccann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 it's not fair to lopez that he wasn't given an opportunity to start this game. players see this shit. if dallas isn't gone tmr morning, something is deeply wrong in Chicago more than just some slumping bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:58 AM, Thad Bosley said: But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey. Expand Their payroll is plenty high enough to put together a much better roster than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:58 AM, Thad Bosley said: But if he’s pinched on budget by the owner, I don’t know, who’s to blame for acquiring the likes of Harrison this year, or Eaton last year, so on and so forth, when far better talent was available on the open market, but obviously more pricey. Expand This year they have the 7th highest payroll in baseball. 6M below the Red Sox in 6th. We know the budget was there for the Sox to go above that because they tried acquiring Manaea. This year, the issue is a resource allocation issue, not a lack of resources. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijames1957 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Well the crowd can get an early start home anyway. Way to go JR and RH. You could of had a sold out ballpark all Summer long if you had put together a competitive team. The fans were ready to come out in droves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:59 AM, chitownsportsfan said: it's not fair to lopez that he wasn't given an opportunity to start this game. players see this shit. if dallas isn't gone tmr morning, something is deeply wrong in Chicago more than just some slumping bats. Expand this was true last September and helped make the difference between getting HFA vs Houston and not. hopefully they've finally learned their lesson, at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 2:00 AM, maxjusttyped said: This year they have the 7th highest payroll in baseball. 6M below the Red Sox in 6th. We know the budget was there for the Sox to go above that because they tried acquiring Manaea. This year, the issue is a resource allocation issue, not a lack of resources. Expand It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 2:02 AM, fathom said: It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. Expand He gets credit for all of the good moves, but none of the bad. It's pretty remarkable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) On 5/27/2022 at 2:02 AM, fathom said: It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. Expand The owner not signing off on large contracts is also an issue. If Jerry won't allow Hahn to sign large contracts, then he spends where he can. Edited May 27, 2022 by Jack Parkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 2:02 AM, fathom said: It’s truly amazing how some people refuse to ever blame Hahn. Expand There have been way too many failed acquisitions over the years not to blame Hahn. But I don’t want to lose sight of the fact of what this owner, who has operated on a losing model long before Hahn came along, has inflicted on him to make his job harder than it should be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:58 AM, JoshPR said: Dumbest one too. Wish we would have addressed other needs and kept Mccann Expand Not trying to call you out, but I've seen other people say this, too. I don't think people who only follow the Sox realize how bad McCann has been since signing with the Mets. He is terrible. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/james-mccann/12859/stats?position=C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Let's go boys I know you got another 3 run inning in you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Plenty of blame for JR AND Hahn, to go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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