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Bellinger is repeating what everyone in LA is already stating. The LA City Council wrote a damn letter to the MLB demanding the WS trophy be presented to them. You may not like him talking about the Astros, but Bellinger, Turner and many other Dodgers are going to continue to go after the Astros for some time. I believe the LA fans want them to do so.

They already have a fully formed team with marketable stars. People will like Mookie for sure, but I think Bellinger will always be the top dog.

I hope he doesn't have to play against SD at any point. Career killer.

I don't like that equation then. I think that up to a point, it may make sense, but it should be represent actual market value. At some point, it's no longer $ for $, there are diminishing returns. If it had any basis in reality, Mike Trout would be paid 70M AAV.

And that's just the tip, baby.

But nobody is spending $60M AAV on a player. I think the theory behind it is faulty.

I'm pretty sure super famous and rich Mick Jagger could envision that.

I don't understand why he was less involved in 2019. How was it different than 2016-2018? Mookie was still playing next to him. Did Mookie get better?

If Henry keeps on following in the footsteps of "Mini-Mike," this franchise is doomed.

Truthfully, aside from backing our own arguments, how much importance does that $ value really have? Was Mookie really worth $60M one year? Isn't he really just worth what someone is willing to pay?

As the great philosopher once said "catch your dreams before they slip away." This is in regards to having one of the greatest players in MLB leave because the Sox ownership couldn't watch the hen house.

I think it's a dumb idea, but not a bad look. The Red Sox having to go that way for marketing shows to me that there is a legitimate concern about the popularity of the Sox going forward.

Not a chance.

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Weird flex from you.

Gross

Bench player at best.

Because of Mookie or the cheating of previous years?

Of course. Need to stay as far under the CBT as possible.

They win 110 games in the regular season.

If it wasn't for Kinsler, they sweep the WS.

If it's Chavis for Myers and Quantril, that's a good deal IMO.

I've seen it reported differently elsewhere. I've seen where If SD and BOS split 50%, that each has about 7M against lux tax. Though the extension Myers signed in Jan. 2017 calls for him to be paid $61 million ($20 million each season plus a $1 million buyout) through 2022, he’ll cost significantly less against the competitive balance tax threshold. Because Myers -- whose total deal was worth $83 million over six years -- has a backloaded deal, the CBT hit (which is based on average annual value) will be just $13.83 million in each season. If the Sox took on half -- say, $30 million -- of Myers’ remaining salary, they’d take a CBT hit of less than $4 million in each of the next three years. The math is complicated, but that number comes from the money that would be sent from San Diego to Boston being equally spread over the remaining three years, lowering the CBT hit in each season. That scenario would be palatable for the Red Sox 2020, with their projected payroll then estimated to still be less than $200 million. https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/02/red-sox-trade-rumors-boston-still-discussing-wil-myers-with-padres-also-interested-in-young-pitchers-report.html Someone needs to teach a class on CBT math.

Maybe Bloom wants to use them as trade chips? Maybe he just likes Myers better? Maybe he is going to use Myers in the OF and move one of our OF assets? Maybe he moves JD and Myers is DH?

Why should I? Nobody else around here does. Weird that I have to be held to a different standard.