feel like this is pretty in line with a lot of the criticisms we've had tbh. A bit surprised he said it publicly

shoulder and back for me

we're going to develop more Nolan McLeans and we're going to do so very strongly

hyperrational decision begets hyperrational decision begets a team that never peaks as a World Series contender

this trade makes a lot more sense if you consider the QO draft pick value potential, for example. And that's individually correct on value, except we know from last year's draft they aren't really going to do anything interesting no matter how many extra comp picks they get.

yes, he went by Art Vandelay

If Naylor is getting five years guys like Torres and Grisham should not even be thinking about accepting the QO and yet

“Off the top rope”

No team has acted like money is infinite and payroll simply doesn’t matter since the mid-George era Yankees, which predates things like “HDTV” and “regional sports networks” and “some of you being alive”

Since I think I’m getting subtweeted as an owner bootlick or whatever, it’s fine if you want to go “I like that guy, he’s my fave” and not care about any of this stuff. But if we want to be able to, you know, analyze baseball…