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The question mark with Cruz is whether he was just a product of PEDs. The old Cruz would have hit a lot of bombs in the bandbox in Baltimore. Off the PEDs, he may not have much pop.

Is it the players screwing themselves of their agents misjudging their market? I think it is the agents.

Maybe this pinstripezac was an imposter.

The way he was behaving and stalking me from thread to thread I suspected that Dutchy had returned under cover of being a Yankee fan.

Crrying over a pointlless argument to another thread is a no-no, rookie.

If they decide the Lester is too rich for their blood, I hope that they convey that to Farrell early on, and Farrell rides him like a horse for 250 innings.

I think that ownership is hoping that another team signs him. It seems like his teammates like him and want him back. The Red Sox have publicly said that they would like to have him back, but I have not read about any offer by the Sox other than the QO. In the beginning they said they were waiting to see if they would match his other offers. It seems that he has no reasonable offers on the table. Camps are open. If they truly wanted him they would make him an offer. I think they will be relieved if he signs elsewhere. It will be face-saving to the players and fans if he leaves for a nice contract. If the FO was counting on the Mets being that team, they are sadly mistaken. They spent their budget. In the end Drew's price may come so low that the Yanks will jump in and they will have the starting SS and CFer from our championship team. That would be bizarre.

He's been underpaid in recent years. I'd say say that 2 years $30 million would make everyone happy.

Has Johan started throwing yet?

You are a rookie here. You have no merit, and you are progressing to being a negative as a contributor. In short, buzz off.

LOL!! I am not here to answer your argumentative questions -- neither of which is about sports. I am here to tell you what I think. I could care less what a person of your limited intelectual capacity thinks about anything.

You are quickly becoming my favorite Yankee fan on this forum. I have lived my whole life in NY -- more than 30 years in NYC. Your posts renmind me so much of the mindless ravings that I grew up hearing from Yankee fans. Based on the level of your discourse I am assuming that you are about 14 years old, so you would not have seen the 2000 world series that you are crowing about. But then againAn most Yankee fans are only capable of grade school discussion. You might be 40 or 50. In this regard, Yankee fans are ageless.

Yes, as I puff out my chest.

They are Yankee fans. They deserve to have their chops busted. Do you have a problem with that? Also, it really doesn't matter. What was pinstripezac when they won in 2000-- two years old? I hope he enjoys those memories.

Well of course MLB, ESPN and NESN are the official arbiters and experts relating to calendars.

Pink hats? I don't even know how that term would be applicable to any of the members on TalkSox.

Yes, counting is advanced mathematics.

Shame on people who can't count.

Bells, you are right. I have acknowledged that there are circumstances where this would make sense. Money can't buy you time if you or a loved one is dying. If we don't know enough to call it a dumb decision, we don't know enough to conclude that it isn't stupid. People do make dumb financial decisions every day. Do we know enough to conclude that this isn't foolishness? I don't think so. If it is foolishness, I can't get to the point of calling it classy. Like you said, we don't know enough to come to a conclusion either way.

I think you are jumping to some conclusions, but if he is depressed, he may not be thinking clearly. If he couldn't function due to depression, the team would DL him and he would get paid.

I have no problem with it. I am glad that I don't have to watch him pitch again for the Sox. Just because I am happy that he is gone doesn't lead me to the conclusion that this is not a dumb decision. Good for the Sox. Dumb by Dempster. That's just my opinion.

As an athlete, he has a very limited window of high earning years. If one of us takes some time off from work, it is no big deal, because we can come back and get a similar job and we will be working to age 65. No one is going to offer Dempster similar money and after a year off, he will find it very difficult at his age to catch on with any team. Professional athletes are different, but people are blinded by the dollars thinking that he has enough for the rest of his life. Maybe he does. Maybe he doesn't. We don't know how his money has been invested. His ex is going to get a big chunk of what he has earned. Caring for his special needs daughter will be increasingly expensive as time goes on. He is young and could have another failed marriage further depleting his funds. He is squandering the biggest financial asset that he will ever have in his life-- a year of a high earning athletic career. To me that is dumb. That is my opinion. I believe in maximizing assets at all time. This is the opposite of maximizing an asset. He is squandering it. I hope that neither he nor a family member is ill or dying. I hope he is just dumb.

Hey, it is just my opinion. I am not trying to convince anyone, but many seem very upset that I think the guy is a jackass. We don't know his circumstances, and if one of his loved ones is sick and dying, money can't buy you time. Maybe he has an offer to be a broadcaster or other business opportunity. Almost anything other than those situations can be worked around to fulfill his contract and earn the $12 million. From a business perspective, it is my opinion that this is a stupid move. Caveat emptor. The Red Sox made a bad deal. No one held a gun to their heads. Dempster's agent would have got him a bigger contract for 2013 if the deal was going to be a on year contract. As the years go up, the yearly amount goes down to mitigate factors like under performance due to age and injury. IMO this guy is not a very smart businessman. I am sorry that bothers you, but I stand by that. IMO, he pretty much showed that he wasn't too smart when he took it upon himself to make a pointless point by throwing at ARod last season.

I read about that. The child will need special care and attention her entire life which will probably quite expensive. $12 million could have helped his daughters cause and that of others who suffer from the syndrome.

Still trying to convince me? Not too many walk away during the biggest paying years of their career --- just the jackasses or all time greats that don't want to ruin their legacies. No one is going to confuse Dumbster with an all time great.