Last post until winter meetings .Go Get Bauer he’s not only an incredible Pitcher

[Swiharts Ghost]

And would instantly volt this team to a title contender he’s a fantastic character who this team has missed the city is need of .I can’t tell you how much he would mean to a young staff he’s a guy I may even do a slight overpay on .TB 12 is gone let’s Bring in TB 21

[Thunder]

Bruh you're gonna come back here in a week. GTFO and stop making stupid threads

[Swiharts Ghost]

Bruh you're gonna come back here in a week. GTFO and stop making stupid threads

 

No .I won’t start another thread until December tough guy .

[Thunder]

No .I won’t start another thread until December tough guy .

 

There are literally 3 threads talking about Bauer right now. Why don't you join one instead of showing off your need for attention by starting one for every thought you have?

[Larry Cook]

Bauer has a multi million dollar arm and a ten cent head!

[notin]

Bauer has a multi million dollar arm and a ten cent head!

 

No he’s not. He’s actually one of the most dedicated players to improving through advanced metrics. (And possibly through cheating.)

[mvp 78]

No he’s not. He’s actually one of the most dedicated players to improving through advanced metrics. (And possibly through cheating.)

 

He’s smart, just a dickhead.

[notin]

He’s smart, just a dickhead.

 

Maybe, but if we’re going to use the “multi million dollar arm with a ten cent head” description on any free agent, Bauer is not the first guy on that list I think of.

 

Of course, the guy I’d apply that label to isn’t a pitcher. But he is a rifle-armed right fielder whose head might be overpriced at ten cents...

[notin]

I think the OP needs to make up his mind. Cora or Bauer?

 

Given how critical Bauer was about the Astros’ cheating scandal, it is possible bringing back Cora would be an obstacle to signing Bauer. And even if the Sox did sign both, safe bet Bauer is too public and upfront to keep his mouth shut about anything.

 

I could see signing both as a bad mix.

 

So.... Cora or Bauer?

[Bellhorn04]

Maybe, but if we’re going to use the “multi million dollar arm with a ten cent head” description on any free agent, Bauer is not the first guy on that list I think of.

 

Just Larry saying Larry things.

[mvp 78]

Maybe, but if we’re going to use the “multi million dollar arm with a ten cent head” description on any free agent, Bauer is not the first guy on that list I think of.

 

Of course, the guy I’d apply that label to isn’t a pitcher. But he is a rifle-armed right fielder whose head might be overpriced at ten cents...

 

Bryce Brentz?

[mvp 78]

I think the OP needs to make up his mind. Cora or Bauer?

 

Given how critical Bauer was about the Astros’ cheating scandal, it is possible bringing back Cora would be an obstacle to signing Bauer. And even if the Sox did sign both, safe bet Bauer is too public and upfront to keep his mouth shut about anything.

 

I could see signing both as a bad mix.

 

So.... Cora or Bauer?

 

You think there's a thought process to these posts?

[Bellhorn04]

So.... Cora or Bauer?

 

Most likely neither.

[mvp 78]

Most likely neither.

 

Cora is like 25% IMO.

 

Bauer is like 10%. It's just bad timing for the Sox and a guy like him. Plus, we have no idea what he's looking at for a contract. To me, it makes more sense to lock a guy up like Mookie than a starter like Bauer.

[notin]

You think there's a thought process to these posts?

 

No. That's why I am trying to force one...

[notin]

Cora is like 25% IMO.

 

Bauer is like 10%. It's just bad timing for the Sox and a guy like him. Plus, we have no idea what he's looking at for a contract. To me, it makes more sense to lock a guy up like Mookie than a starter like Bauer.

 

Something I was saying in December of 2015. Except I wasn't referring to Bauer...

[notin]

Bryce Brentz?

 

No aspect of Bryce Brentz' game is worth a million dollars.

 

Obviously I was referring to the Bubonic Puig, a guy who would be a great fit for the Sox but would also make all the sense in the world to pass on.

[mvp 78]

No. That's why I am trying to force one...

 

Barking up the wrong tree there. That one doesn't have any leaves and is in rough shape. May need to cut it down before the next hurricane season.

[mvp 78]

No aspect of Bryce Brentz' game is worth a million dollars.

 

Obviously I was referring to the Bubonic Puig, a guy who would be a great fit for the Sox but would also make all the sense in the world to pass on.

 

I was just trying to think of 10 cent head guys.

[mvp 78]

Puig opted out after getting COVID. My guess is that whatever deal he gets this year is much less than Atlanta's one year deal. I can't find out how much he signed for.

[notin]

I was just trying to think of 10 cent head guys.

 

So you're selling high on Brentz' head, too?

 

One thing about Brentz. Has any other player ever taken figurative language and turned in to the literal truth so explicitly as when Bryce shot himself in the foot?

[notin]

Puig opted out after getting COVID. My guess is that whatever deal he gets this year is much less than Atlanta's one year deal. I can't find out how much he signed for.

 

He struggled to get something palatable last off-season.

 

He represents the clear best potential bargain on the market from a Baseball Only standpoint. Emphasis on that last prepositional phrase...

[Bellhorn04]

Something I was saying in December of 2015. Except I wasn't referring to Bauer...

 

They did try to lock Mookie up at the price they were comfortable with, but it was nothing doing.

[notin]

They did try to lock Mookie up at the price they were comfortable with, but it was nothing doing.

 

That feels so unlike Dombrowski. The man signs 31yo Miguel Cabrera for 8 guaranteed years (with two options) for roughly $300 mill, but won't go above that number or years for Mookie in his mid-20s?

[Bellhorn04]

That feels so unlike Dombrowski. The man signs 31yo Miguel Cabrera for 8 guaranteed years (with two options) for roughly $300 mill, but won't go above that number or years for Mookie in his mid-20s?

 

I think it was ownership making the call.

[notin]

I think it was ownership making the call.

 

Maybe. But I would think they hired Dombrowski to do things his way and were completely aware of what "his way" was...

[Bellhorn04]

Maybe. But I would think they hired Dombrowski to do things his way and were completely aware of what "his way" was...

 

Agreed. But Mookie was a special situation.

[notin]

Agreed. But Mookie was a special situation.

 

Yes. That's been my point for several years!!

 

It really makes very little sense to value some of the players the way the Sox did - with Eovaldi being number 1 on that list - and not do the same for Mookie...

[mvp 78]

Maybe. But I would think they hired Dombrowski to do things his way and were completely aware of what "his way" was...

 

Extend injury prone pitchers at the expense of the rest of your payroll?

[Bellhorn04]

Yes. That's been my point for several years!!

 

It really makes very little sense to value some of the players the way the Sox did - with Eovaldi being number 1 on that list - and not do the same for Mookie...

 

My opinion, and I'm sticking to it, is that they just didn't want to give Mookie 12 years and 400 million, regardless of any other considerations.

 

Their risk analyzer spit it out.