Yup. The Sox added Price because they wanted to get under the cap. They didn't need to. He ended up opting out of 2020 anyway and the Sox would have reset.
@DanBFox1287
Easier to list the players who haven’t gone on the IL or missed time than those who have
Jarren Duran
Connor Wong
Reese Mcguire
Cedanne Rafaela
It’s just a joke at this point
1. Rusney was on the books, but didn't play a role at all in the 2018 championship.
2. The Nate deal after the fact has no relation to the championship that was already won. If they went to the WS in 21, it would have put a nicer shine to Nate's deal. Otherwise, it's one very good year and not much else IMO.
3. I thought Scherzer was a better signing than Lester at the time. He was a much better signing than the confusing double 3b signing of Pablo and Hanley that made zero sense at all. Bloom really fumbled the bag after 2013.
If someone showed up in a time machine and said "you can sign this Price contract, but only the first 4 years will be ok. However, you will get a ring." I'm sure everyone signs up for it.
He's had a 619 OPS since 2021 in the Postseason, but the bigger issue has been their starting rotation, especially last season when they got bounced early.
@KyleAGlaser
MLB announces Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been placed on the permanently ineligible list for violating the league’s sports betting rules.
A’s RHP Michael Kelly, Padres LHP Jay Groome, Phillies INF Jose Rodriguez and Diamondbacks LHP Andrew Saalfrank banned for one year
DD was a good drafter though. He got us Casas.
@ChrisCotillo
Former Red Sox first-round pick Jay Groome given a one-year suspension for betting on baseball (no games he played in) while a minor leaguer with the Sox in 2020 and 2021.
I was going to run some splits and gamelogs for Cooper, but FanGraphs no longer wants to run on my computer. Anyone else have this issue? Is it the ads?
If they were good enough, it should be goal. If they are at .500 in late July, there's no reason to delude themselves as it will only hurt in future years.