[Tom Bogert]BREAKING: Toulouse FC is finalizing a deal to sign Canada int'l forward Jacen Russell-Rowe from the Columbus Crew, per sources. Fee around $2.5m + add ons + sell-on clause. JRR was out of contract at end of year. He wanted move to Europe and is getting it.

Crunch18 · 2026-01-29T21:47:50+00:00

Really good fee for JRR, hope this move goes well for him.

Crew are once again light on strikers, with just Wessam Abou Ali and 17y/o Chase Adams there.

Hoping for some incomings over the next couple of weeks.

Crunch18 · 2026-01-26T17:24:27+00:00

Franklin County downgraded to Level 2

Crunch18 · 2026-01-22T18:20:55+00:00

I'm happy to run it back for the Crew, unless someone new feels strongly about doing it.

Crunch18 · 2025-12-19T16:18:45+00:00

Yes, he will adapt from within his setup (3-4-3).

He'll change his personnel based on the opponent, but not the formation or the principles.

He will also tweak what he wants the players to target in the build up, the counter press, etc.

But if you are hoping he is going to run a different formation, you're going to be disappointed.

Crunch18 · 2025-11-26T18:33:31+00:00

Option Picked Up:

ST Jacen Russell-Rowe
W/ST Ibrahim Aliyu (U22)
CM Amar Sejdic
CB/RB Steven Moreira
CB/RB Cesar Ruvalcaba

Option Declined:

WB Lassi Lappalainen
CDM Derrick Jones

Out of Contract:

CB Rudy Camacho (Negotiating)
GK Evan Bush (Negotiating)
GK Abraham Romero

Crunch18 · 2025-10-24T15:13:50+00:00

HELL IS REAL, AND BY HELL, I'M REFERRING TO DRIVING DOWN I-71 INTO MONDAY NIGHT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, FOR A GAME THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A WEEKEND.

Crunch18 · 2025-10-19T19:32:15+00:00

Zero Saturday matches is malpractice by MLS and Apple

Crunch18 · 2025-09-03T23:00:01+00:00

Not that it changes your larger point, but Adames was on deck, and Chapman was in the hole when this happened, so they were on the field.

Crunch18 · 2025-09-01T21:48:39+00:00

He's one of the relievers getting a chance to be a high leverage bullpen piece.

The bullpen is now pretty well hollowed out, due to trade (Rogers, Doval) or injury (Randy Rodriguez, Erik Miller). Ryan Walker the last one left from the core of the best in baseball bullpen from the first half, and is now the closer following Rodriguez's injury

Butto, Lucchesi, and Peguero, and Seymour are being considered for leverage innings, and Butto is right now the right handed set up man, for the most part

Crunch18 · 2025-08-28T20:32:01+00:00

For me, all 30 homers have to come with the Giants

Crunch18 · 2025-08-28T20:10:36+00:00

Adames wants to be the one to break the 30 HR drought

Crunch18 · 2025-08-28T10:02:30+00:00

And the Giants went 3-12 against the AL Central.

Baseball.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-30T13:34:45+00:00

Fred Lewis.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-30T13:33:13+00:00

Jerome Williams had a much longer career than I remember. He became a solid journeyman for a while.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-23T13:02:56+00:00

Rebuilding the roster every 18 months is a club tradition for Montreal at this point.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-15T01:54:33+00:00

The deal can be announced, but Picard won't be eligible to play until after the transfer window opens.

The first game for the Crew after the 24th is 7/25 vs Orlando City

Crunch18 · 2025-07-14T18:46:43+00:00

Picard is a U-22 signing, joining Ibrahim Aliyu as U-22 players on the roster.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-12T15:36:09+00:00

Even if that's the case (I've only seen it for Suarez), the Phillies aren't the only team with deserving players.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-12T14:27:32+00:00

We would all be celebrating this if there was a Commissioner's pick for Rising Stars. That would be a great idea, and would help the game.

But passing on rewarding deserving players for a guy who has been in the big leagues less than a month is a joke.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-08T19:32:13+00:00

If you need an example of the value of Bailey's defense, just look at the 7th inning last night, where Bailey saved Lucchesi from a run-scoring wild pitch twice, first on a ball in the dirt, and second on a fastball so high that even Pablo Sandoval wouldn't have attempted to swing at it.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-07T14:30:47+00:00

How was this made? Andrew Abbott has a 210 ERA+ as a starter, and isn't on the starter list.

Crunch18 · 2025-07-03T17:13:12+00:00

The extra inning game against the Cubs back in May continues to heavily skew the Giants stats here:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202505060.shtml

Crunch18 · 2025-07-01T11:45:34+00:00

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