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I wonder how much improved play among stalled prospects (Wenceel Perez comes to mind) could reflect on new hires or whether that is just an age thing.

Self-preservation on the part of Al?

I don't want Tarik Skubal tearing anything lol

Hinch moving upstairs and Lombard managing makes a lot of sense. And even giving Avila some sort of big new job title without much statutory power. But I have no faith in Pizza Jr having the stones for that kinda move

I just think, whatever they do, they have to be careful with some of the hires they made last offseason. Avila has been awful and deserves to lose his job, but that doesn't mean that Garko, Rivas, etc. need to be cleaned out. And, given that those folks have been on the job for six months or so and implementing their program, the last thing you want to do is clear them out and start from scratch. The old hands? They need to go, agreed.

Not sure I want that lol

Sitting in 95 watching that burning bag of horse**** would put the whole "worst day at the ballpark is still better than an average day" thing to the test

If they do fire Al (I know, they probably wont), they need to figure out a way to do it while keeping some of the people they brought in during the offseason from other organizations (notably the Dodgers). Perhaps even look to the Dodgers for his replacement to bring continuity. But I don't trust that will happen, so why bother speculating lol

Garko hasn't been with the team for more than 6 months.

They've had plenty of embarrassing results this year, but getting your ass kicked and needing to use three position players takes the cake. Whatever it's about, it's probably about time

Going all Fuhrerbunker, looks like

And Tucker! 3 GD position players

There's one member of the local media speaking out

They're worried about access, like all media. Although there was a bit of a subtle tone change speaking to the lack of offense in AJ's presser after the Toronto series.

Can we skip ahead to the part where Dan and Jim go against corporate?

So, do they let Miggy pitch the 8th?

Who here wants to keep Al?

I've been about as patient as anyone here has been, but yeah, this team is going nowhere fast.

I don't know if they had always been planning on having him on or what, but it strikes me as the kind of thing that gets scheduled to distract from the product on the field. Great guy, knows his stuff.... but it says a lot about the broadcast.

Dan and Jim talking through the options to shake things up... Again, it takes a commitment to DFA someone already on the roster. Not gonna happen.

I put on Dan and Jim.... not worth having them on in the background to watch lol

You can't say GD on the air....

Nothing against the guy because he truly is a genius and knows his shit, but when Tom House is the highlight of your broadcast, the product just sucks.

One difference between this season and last season is there were more "shock and awe" options in terms of roster management. Bringing up Jake Rogers and Eric Haase was an easy choice when the alternatives were Wilson Ramos and Grayson Greiner. Or bringing up Hill or Cameron when the alternative is JaCoby Jones. When you look at this roster, there aren't many options besides shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic with the guys on the 40 man (particularly the outifelders) or DFA'ing a veteran in order to clear space. And I don't see Robbie being DFA'd to give ABs to someone in AAA, for better or worse.

I would add, this is worth a read on the Seth Rich situation: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1104511732/fox-news-seth-rich-murder The world would be better off without Fox News and it's compadres