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I think Early is just a better pitcher right now and they should go with him.

I watched Moneyball a year or two ago and JH appears at the end. His scene has really stuck with me.

They gave Devers a long contract? I don't see it on the books anymore! Where'd it go! Oh, they got cold feet and dumped him the second they were able to because they are cheap. You can complain about a circle-jerk all you want but from the other side I see "well, JH got 4 rings and now he's running his business EFFECTIVELY and SAVING BIG BIG MONEY. You just don't know how it is in big business. I'm a big boy who sits in big business meetings and the last BOD meeting I was at..........." The vast majority of us on here are middle aged professional white dudes who come from similar backgrounds. The amount of CPA's that have posted daily on here could be counted on 3 hands. Most of us know what cash flow means. Some of us can do the direct and indirect method even! But we're fans. We want the team to win. Owning a baseball team should be a passion project, not a means to deliver corporate profits to stock holders. If you are cheering on the team saving money at the expense of the product on the field, stick your head in the toilet and flush! I still remember what it was like in the 80's and 90's and the "wait 'til next year." I don't want to go back there.

The team at the top of the league is doing both analytics and scouting. Very weird that the Sox are still kind of in the middle in the pack and cutting corners when they are 3rd in revenue. Hard to keep cheering for the "they saved money" line. The A's saved money for years and years and never won anything. Henry loved that model.

His ERA definitely outpaced the expectations, but it was weird that they dumped him so quickly when it looked like he was outpitching a few other guys on the active roster.

We used to do signature line bets around here. That was serious business!

It's easier to cope with the loss if you believe he didn't want to be here anymore.

And yet, the Sox have gutted their scouting and are leaning more and more on cheaper computer models. 🤔

They cycled down and haven't cycled up again. If the lack of consistent winning on the field looks great to you, enjoy. I'm not on board. The team was better off 03-19.

The Red Sox OWN NESN. The entire network's cash is under their roof. That NESN only passes through to them 100M is kind of laughable TBH. They could double or triple that if they wanted to.

They gave our ace pitcher and #1 prospect long contracts... Crochet: 6 year deal, they basically gave him 4 extra years after arbitration through age 31, is that a huge stretch Anthony: 8 year deal with club option for 9th year, gives them 3 additional years of control after ARB through age 30 That's not really stretching themselves. They are the most obvious "have to do" deals of all time. What is the aging 3b long term deal? I don't see it anywhere.

Clearly they should have given him an 8 year extension!

At least Newcomb had an MLB pedigree. These guys are a whole lot of AAA depth. Uninteresting group.

Early

Tolle isn't ready yet.

I'd rather be like the Dodgers or Yankees who somehow are competitive every year. 🤔

You want 5 prospects busting out at the same time, but the guys "you aren't crying about" won't be here to bust out because they've been traded. 🤗

JH won't pay market price for anyone. Why would he change his mind in 5 years when the money will be even higher than it is now?!?!?!?

This isn't true either. Have you seen how many prospects they've traded away since Breslow came aboard?

Now you are saying "it's our average spend" when yesterday it was "they spent more last season and went up to 7th highest" even though cash was still outside the top 10. I can say he's stingy because I saw him not want to sign Mookie Betts. I saw them not extend Xander early. I saw them extend Devers and then get gun shy and trade him once the contract kicked in. He used to allow the Sox to be a top 5 payroll team from 03-19. They are are no longer in that grouping and the results on the field have suffered for it. The Sox are a top 5 revenue earning team year in and year out. That hasn't changed. The only thing that has changed is what JH wants to spend. STINGY. 🧛‍♂️

Signing Buehler and Sandoval doesn't count as being aggressive to me. Signing a QO guy like Bregman and trading/extending Crochet does. I think a lot of us liked what they did LAST offseason. This offseason has left something to be desired. It's been ok so far, but they still have work to do.

Your analogy doesn't work at all. Sorry.