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  1. mvp 78
    I think it depends on what the pricetag is TBH. We're getting near the end of FA and he's still available. Is he now a 15M guy? 3/45? Two years at 3b and DH the final year?
  2. mvp 78
    I think if the Sox got Bregman on the Cubs deal, we would have been fine with it. At least we'd know where the lineup kinda stands.
  3. mvp 78
    Honestly, I don't believe the Betts story has changed all that much. The only thing that we ever heard later on was "we offered him 300M" and "no they did not."
  4. mvp 78
    July 31 would have been fine.
  5. mvp 78
    Pass. He got his translator put in jail. I'm not taking the fall for him.
  6. mvp 78
    What are the Betts changes exactly?
  7. mvp 78
    That's where he plays now and their taxes are pretty high, so his contract ultimately is impacted by CA law.
  8. mvp 78
    Agreed. I also agree that we can't just blame "Breslow." If you're mad, just blame the FO as a whole. It's too hard to parse out who made what decision with all the cooks in the kitchen.
  9. mvp 78
    With CA, I believe he's getting taxed the 2M now, but will move out of state once the big payments kick in. At that point, he won't be taxed at the higher CA tax rate unless the law is changed. (It failed the last time a SF Giants fan tried to push it through https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240sjr14 ) He's getting enough endorsement $$$ so he's not exactly hurting for cash in the meatime.
  10. mvp 78
    Bloom got grief not for bidding against himself on Masa, but picking the wrong player. Nobody else in the league was even in the conversation on the guy. All the unnamed scouts at the time laughed at the deal. We were hopeful they were wrong. They weren't.
  11. mvp 78
    I wonder if the Sox and Cubs offered the same amount, if he still went to the Cubs because of the no trade stipulation. Would he take a certain amount less AND a no trade clause? IDK. It was reported that he wanted this to be his last contract and that it was important that he didn't have to disrupt his family again.
  12. mvp 78
    1. CBT flexibility 2. To get to a known AAV that fit the Red Sox internal model 3. They wanted him enough to take the offer that was presented, no more apparently One story I heard, I guess Boras did try to up the negotiations last year and go back to the Sox with another offer that was higher that didn't exist or something. When Boras went back to them this year after the Cubs offer, the Sox believed they were bidding against themselves again and weren't willing to budge. We don't know how flatfooted the Sox were by the Cubs signing Bregman. I'd say "at least somewhat."
  13. mvp 78
    He was offered 491M the first year and 1M the next 9 as notin's example suggested? That was my question, not whatever you're answering.
  14. mvp 78
    With the jackpot, the payments are different. If you take the payout, it's less cash. If you take the payments, you get more cash. It's also a completely different argument as many lottery winners should probably NOT take the lump sum as they are likely to screw up early on and lose the vast majority of it. However, if they were to take yearly payments, they could still rely on a known income stream. If they were more sophisticated investors and weren't average joes, it would be certainly a different discussion.
  15. mvp 78
    What we ARE talking about is the CUBS offered MORE NPV to Bregman than the SOX. That's what is reported. The SOX reportedly DEFERRED a ton of money decades out to lower that NPV beyond what Bregman wanted. The CUBS DEFFERED LESS. The SOX didn't offer MORE money later on, so that example doesn't matter.
  16. mvp 78
    Was he offered the former?
  17. mvp 78
    We didn't see much of Mayer's arm, but what we did was close to Baty's.
  18. mvp 78
    No.
  19. mvp 78
    It's the only truth we have right now. Dismissing it right now doesn't make sense unless there are other reports that suggest it may not be the truth (and not simply message board conjecture).
  20. mvp 78
    But what if I don't like that reporting because it doesn't agree with my argument?
  21. mvp 78
    Thought you had something there, huh.
  22. mvp 78
    I didn't see ANY numbers shown except 1, 2 and 3 TBH.
  23. mvp 78
    The 3rd? That doesn't feel right.
  24. mvp 78
    It'd be interesting to see how regular season OBP/HR stats played into W/L in the playoffs rather than SSS playoff numbers.
  25. mvp 78
    Feel free to read up on net present value and disagree with its importance if you like. I guarantee that Boras is explaining to each of his clients why they should take contracts with higher NPV's.
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