Red Sox Preparing Offer To Free Agent Corbin Burnes

13 hours ago, Randy Red Sox said:

This thread was started on Dec 11th and now on Jan 19th still no extension for Crochet.  Does anyone actually believe John [ Ebenezer] Henry will actually approve the cost of what it will take to extend Crochet??  If you do I have property to sell you................

Where's your property located? 

12 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I fully believe we extend him, but probably just for 1 year more, or opt out after 3rd year with us.

A one year extension would really be weird.

9 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

A one year extension would really be weird.

A one year extension would really be weird bad.

1 minute ago, Old Red said:

I look for an extension sometime during ST. Most likely with an opt-out, and won’t be for as long as most people would like. No extension in ST won’t be a good look.

It makes more sense to get a look at him in ST. I'm not sure it being done by Feb 1 is the end goal here. I think they'll keep working at it whether we hear about it or not. The Bello and Rafaela extensions appeared out of nowhere. I think that's what will happen with this too. They may be negotiating and it's just not reported. 

I'd be flabbergasted if they traded all those prospects for only 2 years of Crochet. 

3 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Most likely more than only two years, but I have no faith that the Red Sox will offer Crochet enough where there isn’t an opt-out involved.

Yup, he'll want injury protection (long term deal), but the ability to opt out if he turns into one of the best starters in the game. 

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Ocean view, in Arizona.

Pass.

2 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

But our window!!!

Still isn't even a peephole yet...

Just wait, they'll sneak up on you this year!