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That will be for the next owner to worry about lol

The Lester offer falls right in line with what the club was saying all along. The knew from the word go they would not be making the highest offer. They have said as much. They were not going to give a huge take it or leave it deal. Not how the ownership group works(Tex deal, which looks brilliant now btw). What they have probably done is give their best offer knowing already it was going to get shopped and now they wait and see if someone is willing to give so much more Lester decides to leave. Lets not for get Cliff Lee left money on the table from the Yanks to go back to the Phillies. Lester is going to face the same kind of choice. And I highly doubt their is any damage in their relationship between the two parties. Who is the last guy you remember getting a hug from the owner of the team? lol imo there was an understanding pre trade that the team still very much wanted to continue to negotiate in the off season but since 2014 was a bust and the best value they could get for the last 10-12 starts of Lesters season was to trade him. Basically told him go chase a pennant in Cali for a couple months and we will be in touch. I think their offer is gonna be 5 years with 2 options years at the end with a decent size buyout.Some thing like 5/110, 6th year option at 20M(10M buyout), 7th year at 20M(7.5M buyout). So it would be 5/130M, 6/137.5M, or 7/150M. All competitive offers to return to Boston.

I'd be happy if it only took 5 years.

I read that earlier and thought it was odd. I don't see the Braves dropping 120M+ on Lester. Maybe they have enough room if they trade J. Upton and get that team to take BJ too. But I doubt it.

My bad. Thought the last I read said otherwise. SO does that mean they can sign him now?

Everything I have read says 2B or 3B and scouts saying they don't see him being able to play SS. Who knows tho cause he is still so young. Get him with the right coach and it may happen. I'm hoping the US Gov't take its sweet ol time and he doesn't get declared a FA until the next signing period so they Sox have a shot at getting involved.

He also has the most violent mechanics of the group you mentioned. Have you actually watched him pitch? Yes he's good but his arm is likely to wind up 10 rows back of home plate eventually. He is one of the very few top P around the league I would want absolutely no part of based on delivery/motion. I'd throw up in my mouth is the Sox signed him. I have a couple Tigers fans friends and they were dancing around the dugout when news came out he turned down that big offer from Detroit. They wanted no part of him and felt they had been lucky to get out what they had of him. I'd love for the Yanks to give him a fat 7 year deal lol I think this is Boras just trying to drum up business by getting NY's name involved. A few stories have mentioned the odd quietness surrounding Scherzer's market. Boras falling flat on his face would be even better than NY signing Scherzer. But Boras usually finds some owner desperate enough to give him what he wants.

The Stanton deal is gonna be a good 6-7 year deal for the Marlins and he is gone, or it will be the biggest albatross ever. That is just stupid money for Russel Martin. Typical Toronto. Decide to spend money, but spend it foolishly. That is an interesting trade that came absolutely out of nowhere wow.

These kind of stories are ridiculous. What the reporter should have asked is why teams weren't trying to sift through the hype before? Were these organizations really letting media hype influence their decisions? Its very doubtful.

It's not that the idea isn't good it is just that Craig has health ? and Betts i have to assume it is not a viable position for him. There is an opening at 3B and from everything we have read the Sox are looking to fill it with an outside source. I would have to imagine with few spots open if the team felt Betts could man 3B and have him starting everyday than they wouldn't be looking elsewhere.

I don't think they deal Cueto, I think Latos is the more likely candidate imo.

Everyone thought TB would land a monster prospect package for Price, but they didn't. The price tags aren't always as high as the media sometimes pumps them up to be.

Speaking of Amaro jr, idk if it was here or another site I saw it but he may have the best nickname for a hated GM ever, ruin tomorrow jr lmao

I think it's more unlikely Stras gets traded this off season.

I agree that deal makes no sense at all.

There's and MLB off season thread for this type of thing

Padres are reportedly willing to listen on Andrew Cashner and TySon Ross. Not sure what it take to land them. Betts for Cashner be interesting although I'm not sure about Cashners injury history. He missed time with a sore elbow and sore shoulder last year.

I knew there would be an opt out. It's being reported it's after the 5th season. This whole deal makes a lot more sense. I bet Miami is betting on him being a good player and using that opt out(it seems like most of them do) and letting him walk a being able to say they gave him 300M and it wasn't enough and not be burned at the stake by the fan base. It's an absolute ideal contract for Stanton.

I think TB may be going into rebuild mode. You'd think if they were trying to compete they would have tried for a ML ready piece.

You guys, him saying Betts is a Prado type is a compliment. Prado is a good hitter who moves around where teams need him to play defensively and does a good job wherever he plays. How is this bad? You guys are jumpin jacko because he's not claiming Mookie is the 2nd coming of Christ. While most of us hope Betts ceiling goes higher than Prado's, but if he ends up as good but not better than Prado the Sox still have a very productive ball player.

This does pretty much kill his trade value. No ones sending top prospects and taking that deal on. I gotta think if he signs this deal there is an opt out clause somewhere around year 5 or 6. If the Marlins suck and winning becomes important enough he will still be able to land a big deal from a contending team and the Marlins will be off the hook for half the money. So in that scenario it would be more like 5/150M or 6/180 which seems much more reasonable.

Old habits die hard. It seems tho over the last couple years things seem to be softening a bit between the 2 nations. If I'm not mistaken,Americans can actually travel to Cuba now with just their passports and no special paperwork like there was needed in the past.

Cuba is the new offensive hot spot. They've produced a couple good P's, but it seems like it's more hitter's coming out of there.

lol

I agree it's insane. It's like these guys don't exist until they defect. I get that we are do not have the same resources as ML teams but in this day in age to have nothing on most of these guys is weird. The money they are talking for this kid is incredible. I mean he must be an absolute stud(like Piege and Soler but better) for a team to pay 100% penalty that will be 10's of millions of dollars. Ya I'm thinking Betts is in CF if he's in the starting line up. But I could see some scenarios having Betts in RF. Welcome back btw