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The fact Correa failed two different physicals and had to accept significantly less money and years makes me wonder how bad his injury concerns are. That’s almost unheard of.

Passan: Trevor Story underwent UCL surgery with an internal brace on his right elbow -- in other words, modified Tommy John surgery with a quicker return date. Generally speaking, players miss four to six months following the surgery. So he is going to miss regular season time it sounds like…

Passan: BREAKING: Shortstop Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins are finalizing a six-year, $200 million contract, sources tell ESPN. The deal has a vesting option that can max out at $270 million. It is pending physical

If you want an idea of how bad sex crimes are often handled, just read Felipe Vazquez Wikipedia page, check out everything he did, everything he admitted too and try justifying how he only got 2-4 years in prison. He is a literal rapist pedophile with child porn all over his computer.

There is a lot more out there, but that gist of just those two woman’s stories, pictures and the idiots own comments should give you a general idea of why he for the suspension and why the Dodgers don’t want him, despite the fact he’s an ace level pitcher

Prosecuting sex crimes is extremely difficult, even with proof. Bauer beat the s*** out of a woman and tried saying it was “consensual” then once the disturbing pictures came out of the woman, Bauer admitted he hit her but “didn’t mean to hit her that hard” or “that many times”. She’s one of only three, and Bauer has been involved in three of these type of incidents, including one where he choked out a girl and raped her while she was unconscious and there is text proof of him telling people he did it. “Then in April, the Post reported another Ohio woman's claim that Bauer also choked her unconscious and sodomized her without her consent during his time with Cleveland's minor league affiliate in Columbus, Ohio. She also shared screenshots of text messages with the Post purportedly showing Bauer telling her, "I want to f*** you while you are completely unconscious."” “ “I didn’t feel like I hit you that hard, you know?” Bauer said. The call was 28 minutes long and Bauer admitted to hitting the woman but not realizing how hard he was hitting her or that she was unconscious at during their sexual encounter. Bauer expressed remorse during the call and asked her if he could do anything for her. An independent arbitrator reinstated Trevor Bauer but he was promptly released by the Dodgers.”

How is replacing JD with Justin Turner “nobody”? JD wasn’t very good last season and Turner wouldn’t have to do much to replace his production. We aren’t losing prime JD, we’re losing 2022 JD.

He might not be a “rapist” technically, but he is a serial sexual predator and scum human.

I honestly think the biggest factor this season is going to be health of the rotation, obviously any team could say this, but I think it’s especially true with this rotations injury history/ages.

It’s definitely a debatable topic, but it worked out for Astros

I know why the Astros did the trade. I was just defending Vazquez, who I think we all know isn’t actually a backup, he is clearly a top 30 catcher and a starter in this league. Maldonado is just one of those weird cases where stat wise he looks bad, but pitchers and teammates love him and he does a phenomenal job of calling games, framing, defense and etc. don’t even think Astros care if he hit at all.

Changing starting catchers near the end of the season is tough, especially when Maldonado is one of the most well respected game callers and defensive catchers in the league. Everywhere he has gone, pitchers have loved him. It’s one of those things where the stats don’t tell the whole story.

I think it has more to do with how much the Astros staff respects and loves working with Maldonado than it has to do with anything Vazquez himself did.

I don’t disagree with the way the case was handled and with what you are saying. The woman definitely didn’t help herself or the case by for some reason agreeing to meet with Bauer a second time. However, Bauer many times has either commented or tweeted basically admitting guilt and what he did. He literally made comments about not realizing “how hard he hit her” or “how many times he hit her” or “I thought she was conscious”. He might be “innocent” in the eyes of the law, but everyone knows what he did. He didn’t get that suspension and the dodgers aren’t letting him walk if they truly thought he was innocent.

The bar is also low. The Red Sox weren’t good in 2022, I don’t think they’ll be great or anything but hoping for a competitive team and outdoing 2022 isn’t crazy. On paper the rotation and bullpen should be better, the lineup should be about the same, if not better. I fully expect Devers to have a better season, Story to stay more healthy and a Kike bounce back and for more 1B production. I don’t think any of those expectations are crazy. Is this a playoff team? I doubt it, I don’t think the rotation can stay healthy. Is this team a team that can be competitive and we won’t feel like torture watching? I think they can be

I worked with a guy who pulled his dick out in front of a 16 year old girl, and sent texts literally trying to convince a teenage boy to rape a girl and when he wouldn’t do it, the guy asked for the address so he could “finish the job”. He didn’t get arrested and the cops didn’t do anything.. This guy got another job, and just got arrested for sexually assaulting a girl at his new job. Some people don’t deserve second chances, even if “innocent” in the criminal justice system. Aren’t Deshaun Watson, Aroldis Chapman, OJ Simpson and Miles Bridges “innocent”?

I have no idea how Ozuna keeps getting more chances…

In the cases of guys like the aforementioned Vazquez, Russell and Roberto Osuna, a lot of times teams do make the right decision and not give these guys another chance. Hopefully the same happens with Bauer

Felipe Vazquez is an absolutely disgusting individual. I hope he rots in prison.

Exactly. Pham and Bauer aren’t even comparable “issues”.

In Phams case, it’s not nearly as bad as the two other things being discussed. It was a fantasy football argument that escalated. It is what it is. That is a case of getting a second chance that I think is deserved. In McGuires case, I think it was done to get rid of Diekmans contract, and again, neither of these things are comparable to Bauer. Signing Bauer after what he did and with the Dodgers agreeing to pay him 20+ million to go away, says a lot. It shouldn’t be done and I doubt Red Sox do it.

Sure, in pro sports guys get second and third chances they really shouldn’t, Deshaun Watson is the perfect example. He got traded for three first round picks and received most guaranteed money in NFL history. It was also done by a franchise known to be moronic in the Cleveland Browns, by an owner considered a scum bag. That doesn’t mean Bauer deserves a second chance even though it won’t surprise me if he gets one unfortunately. However, I don’t want that chance to be in Boston. I also don’t think the acquisition of Pham had ANYTHING to do with Betts. Betts was traded almost three years ago now, and Pham was acquired to be a platoon outfielder last trade deadline. Those two things aren’t linked Mcguire trade was more about getting rid of Diekman than it was getting Mcguire. Mcguire is a backup catcher, that’s it. I don’t think these guys off the field issues have anything to do with why Bloom acquired them. He wasn’t actively scouting people with off the field issues and trying to get them cheap.. and If he was why would his targets be platoon outfielders and a backup catcher?

As much as I’ve criticized Bloom: I don’t think his thought process for acquiring Pham and Mcguire was “hey, this guy got into a fight over fantasy football, his value must be low” and “this guy jerked off in public, I bet I can snag him cheap”.

This comparison makes no sense. I don’t want to defend McGuire but it was a victimless crime and he’s not even that good. He’s been a backup catcher his whole career and him masturbating didn’t hinder or advance his career. Trevor Bauers situation completely hindered his career. He beat and raped an unconscious women and received multiple years of suspension and what he did is so heinous that dodgers are willing to eat his contract to have him play for another team (if he plays again).

As someone who worked with a sexual predator “who was good at his job”, I don’t want this guy anywhere near the Red Sox. Having someone like Trevor Bauer around kills morale and the way he defended what he did to that women by saying “I didn’t hit her that hard” and “I didn’t hit her that many times” is disgusting. I don’t care if he pitches like prime Pedro, he is not the guy I want to root for. I hope he never pitches another game. Or better yet, I hope he signs with Yankees and has worst year of his life, gets rocked in every stadium similar to Deshaun Watson for Browns, and gets called a rapist, gets cheap shot by opposing players, and has to deal with trash being thrown at him and deal with all the chants of “no means no” “you’re a rapist” and everything Deshaun has dealt with this season while he’s struggled