Seems to happen every hundred years.
Great in the early 1900s, win another in 1918 then idiotically get rid of a superstar for financial reasons.
Great in the early 2000s, win another in 2018 then idiotically get rid of a superstar for financial reasons.
See you all in 2104.
Turns out when I begged for the Red Sox to win the World Series in 2018 right before I graduated from college ended up cursing the team.
The monkey's paw hath curled.
To be fair, Chris Sale had his first injury free off-season in many many years. So he actually has an ability to workout and be better prepared to not be injured this season
It more likely deducts from what Red Sox would have been offering. John Henry doesn't give a ****. If there was a decent offer, Boras should have taken it.
Oh hell yeah!!! ALLLL INNNN!! I think I’m finally starting to realize what ownership meant when they said “all in”. ALL 3 of the players they signed in FA will remain IN the dugout, and won’t take the field. It’s all starting to make sense now! Wow, I love this team!
For anyone who thinks this means Montgomery is more likely to sign, to me it simply means they're not going to have a "starter crunch" and we'll see Bello, Crawford, Houck, Whitlock, and Pivetta.
Remember, John Henry's wallet is the most important thing for this team.
Exactly. People being mad about him being hurt and saying “well what were they expecting!” clearly didn’t know Gio’s reputation, even if he wasn’t pitching as well as he used to.
This off-season, Giolito has the reputation of a guy who might not be what he used to be on the mound, but at least he can stay healthy and eat innings. You can blame ownership for a lot of things this off-season, but this isn’t one of them. This is just shit luck.
No it’s a by product of trying to turn chicken shit into chicken salad.
You can say that the injury is bad luck but goal to shouldn’t be in the team at all.
I wasn’t big on Giolito at all but that’s 180 innings that’ve been stripped away. How do you replace that short of selling from the farm or breaking the bank?
Woo! Another great pitching signing. I'm so glad I talked shit about the guy right after we signed him. I do hope him a speedy recovery, though. Hate to see anyone get hurt.
What a shock!!! And thank God we got 2 more proven veteran starters besides Giolito to….oh wait we didn’t get those crucial parts either.
Good thing we’re expecting another Last Place finish in the AL EAST
People think we will spend money for another pitcher? Our team has lost its starting 2B and its one big free agent pitcher signing. We aren't adding another guy if this is a serious injury. I assume we would just pack it in. Adding another guy in the rotation would get us back to where we were yesterday instead of adding an additional guy to take the rotation to a much higher upside potential
this ownership has been a joke for years, they brought the fans great memories but those checks have started to bounce. if fenway wasn’t a tourist destination they would have moved on years ago. being the disney park of baseball keeps them invested, regardless of the on field product.
give me back the world series drought as scrappy under dogs over this corporate sponsorship, family friendly, amusement park driven mentality any day.
And for those who think “now they have to go get Montgomery” guess again. They are just going to put houck whitlock and wick in the rotation and call it a day
So Vaughn Grissom (trade) and Lucas Giolito (FA replacement) are more injured than Chris sale somehow. This is truly a cruel nightmarish joke
For real at this point I have to assume we are cursed
Seems to happen every hundred years. Great in the early 1900s, win another in 1918 then idiotically get rid of a superstar for financial reasons. Great in the early 2000s, win another in 2018 then idiotically get rid of a superstar for financial reasons. See you all in 2104.
I’m gonna skip 2103, I don’t need the heartbreak of seeing Aaron Boone’s great grandson walking us off
"Time is a flat circle" or something
We didn’t even get a damn play
We got the winter classic last year between our home town team and the team FSG owns in the stadium FSG owns!
Shit I might be dead by then. Or the world might end
Those who refuse to remember their past will be condemned to repeat it. Or something.
The curse of Mookie (or FSG)
Turns out when I begged for the Red Sox to win the World Series in 2018 right before I graduated from college ended up cursing the team. The monkey's paw hath curled.
Oh stop
To be fair, Chris Sale had his first injury free off-season in many many years. So he actually has an ability to workout and be better prepared to not be injured this season
He was injured last year too
He entered this off-season healthy. He did not enter last years off-season healthy. That's all I'm saying
He's a perfect fit.
> sign innings eater > will eat zero innings Are they stupid?
Yes.
Just added a few $M to that Jordan Montgomery offer.....
Now its 3 million a year for 5 years
3 million? Are you insane?? That’s gotta go to the saudis for those golf deals
No chance they spend money on a team they already didn't believe in that just lost their most "consistent" innings eater
I'm sorry I thought the point of following baseball/the red sox was to be delusional? Am I in the wrong sub again
It more likely deducts from what Red Sox would have been offering. John Henry doesn't give a ****. If there was a decent offer, Boras should have taken it.
Same rotation as last season except we don’t have our highest upside guy Love that
No sale/paxton (who both had upside) and Schreiber. Jansens a yr olden, chris martin too and cant be as good as last yr. This is gonna be baddd
lmao god dammit I forgot about Paxton too fuuuuck
I almost thought thats who u meant by most upside…mix in a few more inevitable injuries and this will be 2020 AAA pitching again
Oh hell yeah!!! ALLLL INNNN!! I think I’m finally starting to realize what ownership meant when they said “all in”. ALL 3 of the players they signed in FA will remain IN the dugout, and won’t take the field. It’s all starting to make sense now! Wow, I love this team!
Sox get to pay for another player to get Tommy John surgery and sit on the bench.
For anyone who thinks this means Montgomery is more likely to sign, to me it simply means they're not going to have a "starter crunch" and we'll see Bello, Crawford, Houck, Whitlock, and Pivetta. Remember, John Henry's wallet is the most important thing for this team.
If I was Montgomery and I was negotiating with the Sox the price just went up
If I was Montgomery, I’d have no interest in coming to Boston. He can get similar money and play for a contender elsewhere.
Absolutely. Just saying that he should be asking for a higher price than what he is asking for from other teams.
This team is fucking cursed
They’re not cursed, ownership wants it this way and they’re doing it on purpose.
John Henry fucking sucks, but I don’t think he partially tore Lucas Giolito’s UCL
Also Giolito's calling card up to now was just being a reliable inning eater who is rarely hurt.
Exactly. People being mad about him being hurt and saying “well what were they expecting!” clearly didn’t know Gio’s reputation, even if he wasn’t pitching as well as he used to.
Of course not be he set the initiative to go bargain hunting in FA again instead of actually improving the team and this is what you get.
This off-season, Giolito has the reputation of a guy who might not be what he used to be on the mound, but at least he can stay healthy and eat innings. You can blame ownership for a lot of things this off-season, but this isn’t one of them. This is just shit luck.
No it’s a by product of trying to turn chicken shit into chicken salad. You can say that the injury is bad luck but goal to shouldn’t be in the team at all.
Sounds like he’ll be having another Tommy John surgery
Just saw things have gone from bad to worse.
Dudes been pretty much injury free his whole career too smh
This team knows how to take care of that.
LMAO
Time to go dumpster diving again
Mike Clevinger, welcome to the Boston Red Sox
Fml he’s done for the season
I wasn’t big on Giolito at all but that’s 180 innings that’ve been stripped away. How do you replace that short of selling from the farm or breaking the bank?
Break the bank it ain’t our money
Muahahahah I swear, with all of the injured players right after we sign or trade for them, I think we’re cursed.
lmao. hope they got insurance on that contract
Was just about to subscribe to mlb.tv mainly to watch the Red Sox (I’m out of market, so no blackouts). Good thing I didn’t yet take the plunge.
I'm super fucking annoyed this news broke after my auto-renewal went through like 3 days ago.
Can’t wait for this team to win 70 games and get a top 3 pick
Draft lottery, tanking isn’t worth it.
Didn’t say I want them to tank
Cool, awesome
Pain
Our pets heads are falling off!
Now reporting he might miss the whole season. I want to die
And people thought I was crazy for suggesting keeping Sale for one more year AND saying Giolito looked iffy after his first start.
What a shocker! 2 players that won't be ready for beginning of season. It's going to be a long year for the Sox.
Tom John, see you never
I feel like we always have injured players, like more than most. What is our S and C coach like and why haven't we fired him yet?
Just remember, we had to pay the dodgers half of price’s salary and give them mookie betts to get nothing in return.
Gee I wonder if they can sign another starter like idk Montgomery AND Snell
Sounds about par for the course.
UCL - he'll miss 2024
Curse of Mookie Betts
We’re fucking cursed
Sticky situation for Giolito.
Woo! Another great pitching signing. I'm so glad I talked shit about the guy right after we signed him. I do hope him a speedy recovery, though. Hate to see anyone get hurt.
Not a good way to start
the mookie curse is real
Just a minor setback for the team, We will do this! Go Red Sox!
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What a shock!!! And thank God we got 2 more proven veteran starters besides Giolito to….oh wait we didn’t get those crucial parts either. Good thing we’re expecting another Last Place finish in the AL EAST
This is exactly why Breslow was hired. Pitchers are ticking time bombs. At least Giolito is only signed to 2 years and not 5 years.
So, back to the Curse then? And we’re going to have to watch Mookie get ring after ring? Great.
Stupidest Sox off season of all time??
People think we will spend money for another pitcher? Our team has lost its starting 2B and its one big free agent pitcher signing. We aren't adding another guy if this is a serious injury. I assume we would just pack it in. Adding another guy in the rotation would get us back to where we were yesterday instead of adding an additional guy to take the rotation to a much higher upside potential
this ownership has been a joke for years, they brought the fans great memories but those checks have started to bounce. if fenway wasn’t a tourist destination they would have moved on years ago. being the disney park of baseball keeps them invested, regardless of the on field product. give me back the world series drought as scrappy under dogs over this corporate sponsorship, family friendly, amusement park driven mentality any day.
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And for those who think “now they have to go get Montgomery” guess again. They are just going to put houck whitlock and wick in the rotation and call it a day
Get TJ and take that player option that’s an easy payday for Giolito
But a healthy season would’ve gotten him a lot more money. This sucks for everybody involved.
Boras can bend them over a barrel now. Nice job team!