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Yeah, an ownership and FO problem. Ruth was ownership slamming the breaks on the franchise. The franchise didn't get gassed up again until '67 really. The 40's was by accident/luck TBH.

Just make Bernardino the low leverage Campbell guy and go easy on him.

With Mookie and Ruth, I think it was more than just the players. They were symptoms of a bigger rot. It was about ownership going in a non-competitive direction for Ruth over a few decades. They had been a storied franchise with the most WS titles of any club and then just punted every season for years. Prior to 1967, they were only respectable from 38-51. With Mookie, the ownership was coming off 4 WS titles in 16 years. Ownership had been very successful, but believed it could move the payroll in a new direction. After years of success, it was like having the rug pulled out from under you. If the Sox found immediate success, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad, but the 2020 season was delayed and terrible. Sox played well in 2021 and I believe there was less talk about Mookie. However, after all the contracts expired in '22 and the Sox didn't buy any new contracts except for Masataka Yoshida, a move generally panned across the league, many fans were rightly concerned. Seems like Mookie was the hinge point. It wasn't about Mookie per se, but about the direction ownership took the team: inexperienced CBOs, smaller payrolls, mediocre MLB seasons while the franchise waits for prospects to mature. This just isn't the Boston Red Sox of 2003-2018. Will it work? We don't know yet.

It's clearly time for a Campbell DFA. They need Bernardino back even though it'll be a 85% lefty pen.

1.75 WHIP in August for Whitlock. Just feels like the bullpen needs an extra guy out there. Maybe Slaten gets back soon and becomes that guy? Maybe it's someone else? Maybe it's a hole that isn't fixed and we wish it was acquired at the deadline? IDK.

Seems like other people have moved on and aren't worried about the Giants? 🤔

I understand the criticism of Campbell for today's game, but I think Weissert needs to be able to lock it down. Sox need to be able to have more than one high leverage arm in the bullpen. If it's only Chapman back there, they are really screwed come playoff time.

I trust the Sox drafting at 33 now in '25 more than I would have back in the Lou Gorman days, that's for sure.

Just wild that you're obsessed with the Giants for some reason? I guess they really miss Jordan Hicks!

I liked the pitching only and felt it would keep them in the discussion for a while (Eovaldi/deGrom). I said IF the bats got hot, they could make a run. Semien is a guy who plays like dogdoo for months and then goes nuclear. Adolis Garcia has a very similar profile. Just those two guys heating up would do wonders for that team and we've seen it in the past. They've been awful/mediocre this year. I said that if those guys got hot, they could make a run. They weren't going to make a run if those two guys were going to still have wRC+s in the 80's. I don't trust Adolis or Semien to be good or bad. They are rollercoaster players. Just a weird profile and hard to predict. It's why I didn't want Semien signed here when he was a FA.

If Dobbins doesn't get hurt, maybe the trade isn't bothering some people as much as it is?

Looking at a draft position and saying "well, only a certain % of guys from that pick got a certain WAR" is wild to me. Phillips may never make the bigs. Maybe he has a few great MiLB seasons and the Sox spin him in a trade? After that, why would the Sox care about his future potential? Also, we already know the draft is complete guesswork. There's no guarantee on any of these guys, including Witherspoon.

He's been really bad, so if someone claims him, I'm not sure it's a move that comes back to bite the Red Sox.

Breslow didn't make the trade as a one for one for Rodriguez. It was for the value of the whole package: Rodriguez, John Holobetz ('24 5th rounder) and the pick that turned into Marcus Phillips ('25 pick #33 overall). Was it a great move in a year that the Sox are trying to get into the playoffs? Remains to be seen!

You love calling me out, but at least find the post and quote me exactly. That's NOT what I said.

SFG ERA pre-trade: 3.30 SFG ERA post-trade: 4.29 How could Rafael Devers do this?

He believe he can accept an assignment to AAA or request his release. I was under the assumption that MLB still had the waiver trade system, because I'm old. As of 2019, players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers after the Trade Deadline, but trades aren't permitted after that date. With regards to newly acquired players, the Aug. 31 postseason roster deadline remains in effect.

I don't remember, but he posted on his IG and he's currently at JetBlue throwing 100. 🔥

Oh, not enough time before I leave for me to research that one! ⏲️🪪

Better than Meidroth too. 😎

I wouldn't claim him. I'd let him pass through waivers and work out a deal with WSH. Not paying the full price tag.

941 OPS right now for WOO. 1135 OPS in August. I don't believe his glove is ready at 1b yet from what people have said.

I agree. Keith Law has Arias ranked as #8 in all of MiLB. Some scouts just REALLY love him.

He was an 850 OPS guy over a full season. If he can get over this injury and back to 100%, he could get back there at some point. I don't think many of us saw '23 as a highwater mark.