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DD and JH are big boys. They know how to take care of their money. Smaller so-called value contracts like Pablo’s, Hanley’s, Rusney’s and Porcello’s returned very little for about $350 million which could have paid for Scherzer and Lester. Big contracts are not necessarily bad and smaller ones can be terrible.
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Never advocated for a 7/$210 million contract. Don’t put words in my mouth or tell me how you think I should have answered. It was a false binary choice presented by Kimmi that was meant to divert the discussion. That is why I answered the way I did. There are other avenues than a 7 year $210 million contract — which JD will not get. Every premise in your original post calling out people for advocating for a $210 million contract while criticizing the FO for bad contracts was completely erroneous. You should just own up to that.
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There are other avenues than a 7/$210 million contract.
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it is not an either or situation. That is why I didn’t answer it. It is a false choice. We need a bat, and DD will have to do what it takes to get one. If he doesn’t want to pay 7/$210 million, then go another route. If they think 7/$210 million is a good deal, we don’t know their finances. I trust that they will not be fools with their money. But again, status quo in a window period with a cliff outside of that window is an irrational strategy.
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I don't think anyone here has advocated for a 7 year contract, certainly not anyone who is complaining about the contracts weighing us down. So, the premise of your post is not correct.
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Hopefully, he is working the phone.
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Not getting a big bat is not acceptable. Status quo in a window period is irrational.
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Moon, thanks for the fake out. LOL!! I thought the headline was about JD.
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Now that we are agreed upon with regard to strategy, we need to get DD to implement it. LOL!
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it isn’t often that a Brooklyn-ite makes fun of someone’s accent. LOL!
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It is a country made up of defeated loyalists to the crown, defeated French, draft dodgers and other assorted losers that can’t get American citizenship or access to our borders. edit: in the inevitable case that this will offend the humorless, I just want to go on record that I was kidding. I have nothing against Canada or Canadians despite their annoying accent.
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Status quo in a window period is not a rational approach, even if it means a bad contract.
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As I said, it is not impossible, but it is just an unrealistic hope.
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LOL! And cliff believers would not be acting rationally if they would want to go with the status quo in 2018. I won’t put words in Moon’s mouth, but I think he is opposed to going with the status quo strategy.
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They don’t have close to the same talent level. My post was in response to your post that it would not be unrealistic to believe that Bogey will have a better year than Machado. The chances of that happening are so remote as to render it unrealistic.
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I agree. Status quo is irrational when we are facing an impending cliff. If you have a window, you do your best to win during the window. JD would only cost money.
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Sign JD. Put him in LF and move Benintendi to RF and trade Bradley for Machado. That would be a potent offense.
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Nothing is a given, but it is not realistic. Bogaerts has never outperformed Machado offensively. Last season, the batting WAR was 3.5 for Machado and 2.2 for Bogey.
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A bad year from Machado blows away a good year from Bogaerts. It is not impossible that Bogaerts would have a better season than Machado, but it is extremely unlikely and unrealistic. And I am not convinced that there is very much potential for increased performance with our current crew. We have hole at 2B for the first 2 months of the season. That is a huge problem. Vasquez is likely to take a step back. I would expect a slight step back from Moreland, slight improvements from Bogaerts and Betts. I expect about the same performance from Bradley. The wild cards are Devers and Benintendi. Are these guys ready to break out, or has the league adjusted to them? I am not seeing enough room for improvement as a squad. The Yankees added a wrecking ball and they were already better than our offense.
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I was just basing my opinion based on skills.
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It has been reported that the Dodgers offered the Red Sox Puig for Bradley and the Red Sox declined. IMO, that is a close call.
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Everyone wants a good deal. If all sides are competently represented there is equilibrium and a true market is established.
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Agents are a necessary evil. Otherwise, the players would be completely unarmed in negotiations. They are barely capable of making their own travel plans. Most cannot deal with financial issues.
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When the exchange extends beyond a few posts, people (me included) need to be reminded of our policy.
