Series Wrapup - This why we want to be them

[Texsox]

The pitching continues to be better than most years. But we leave more people behind than the CTA. 

[Lip Man 1]

Jeff Torborg called me yesterday afternoon and we talked for about an hour. One of the things he was wondering was why would the Sox want to emulate the Royals and bring in all of their people since they aren't a good organization.

I told him I have no idea, it doesn't make any sense. You want to copy someone? Copy the Yankees, Braves, Cardinals, Tampa, Dodgers...organizations that know how to win.

Hire those front office staffs, scouts, medical, training staffs et al. 

 

[soxfan49]

I'm sure every fan base of every shitty team ever says this at this juncture, but how is this team going to win 60 games yet alone 70? They are atrocious

[Paulie4Pres]

19 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:

I'm sure every fan base of every shitty team ever says this at this juncture, but how is this team going to win 60 games yet alone 70? They are atrocious

It is simple. They aren’t... The pitching will probably not hold up, and regress. Especially once Crochet hits a wall. And there's just no hope for the offense at all. It's the worst lineup I have ever seen.

[nrockway]

8 minutes ago, Paulie4Pres said:

It is simple. They aren’t... The pitching will probably not hold up, and regress. Especially once Crochet hits a wall. And there's just no hope for the offense at all. It's the worst lineup I have ever seen.

on the other hand, the top of the order is actually worse than I figured it would be and stands to eventually even out. Like, Vaughn and Eloy are bad, but not .400 OPS bad. really need Oscar on the major league team, the worst possible outcome of his bat is still better than what 90% of this lineup can produce. even if this team is going to lose 120 games, I'd much rather watch Sosa and Colas and the like struggle rather than a bunch of bums who shouldn't be in the MLB anymore. 

[Lip Man 1]

1 hour ago, nrockway said:

on the other hand, the top of the order is actually worse than I figured it would be and stands to eventually even out. Like, Vaughn and Eloy are bad, but not .400 OPS bad. really need Oscar on the major league team, the worst possible outcome of his bat is still better than what 90% of this lineup can produce. even if this team is going to lose 120 games, I'd much rather watch Sosa and Colas and the like struggle rather than a bunch of bums who shouldn't be in the MLB anymore. 

I agree but would Getz be willing to admit so early in his tenure that he and his staff made a number of major miscalculations? Which also cost JR more wasted money?

I can't see that right now. His ego may not be as big as JR's, Williams and Hahn's was but he's got one and to make radical changes now, regardless of how bad it is getting admits a major screw up. That's hard for people to admit to themselves that they blew it. 

[CWSpalehoseCWS]

4 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Jeff Torborg called me yesterday afternoon and we talked for about an hour. One of the things he was wondering was why would the Sox want to emulate the Royals and bring in all of their people since they aren't a good organization.

I told him I have no idea, it doesn't make any sense. You want to copy someone? Copy the Yankees, Braves, Cardinals, Tampa, Dodgers...organizations that know how to win.

Hire those front office staffs, scouts, medical, training staffs et al. 

 

The funny thing is... we rant how terrible the Royals organization is, yet they've been more successful than the Sox have since 2005. It's shocking how bad the Sox organization has been.

[Texsox]

8 hours ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:

The funny thing is... we rant how terrible the Royals organization is, yet they've been more successful than the Sox have since 2005. It's shocking how bad the Sox organization has been.

Yep, baby steps. Can't go from the worse to the Yankees in one giant leap.