OK, I'll take a stab..."could spend some time with the major league club during the season." I fully understand that the word "could" could very well mean that he could not. That said, I've often questioned the effectiveness of Pete Fatse and here's why. The Sox finished 11th in runs score this past season and 9th in '22. Overall that's not too shabby and surely better pitching to go along with that should have had the team in a better position to contend or at the very least finish higher in the standings. However if memory serves, those two seasons saw an offense that would seemingly average 9-10 runs per game for a week and a half and totally disappear for the next two and a half. Every team slumps, but those teams slumped as a unit for long stretches, multiple times each year. Had the offense not disappeared for those long periods and had those runs been a bit more evenly distributed I think the team may have fared better in the standings. Again I know that all teams slump, but these past two seasons have been feast followed by extreme famine. I wonder if Fatse should be looking over his shoulder.
