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  1. User Name
    When the farm does good, it's legendary, when it sucks, it's unlucky. Lol.
  2. User Name
    Really? That's your conclusion?
  3. User Name
    Saying Ells can't throw because nobody taught him is a load of bull. Some guys just have weak arms.
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    The Sox have 32 million in cap space according Alex Speier's calculations. Unless the Sox can get Ellsbury on a reasonable deal, no they don't.
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    Per MLBTR
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    Thank you. This is what i'm trying to get at.
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    I'm not talking about age, or preference for player A or B. I am talking merely payroll impact here. You are both inserting a secondary argument here.
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    You clearly misunderstood what i just said. I am presenting a scenario where Ellsbury signs a 6-year deal and Beltran signs a 3-year deal, and i am using what i believe is the lowest possible AAV Ellsbury will get.
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    Except that you can't look at it like that, because not only will Ellsbury be on payroll three more years, he will be on the roster three more years. It's definitely not the same impact.
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    Let's say Beltran signs for 3/45 and Ellsbury signs for 6/100. Explain how Ellsbury costs "3-5 million more".
  11. User Name
    Ellsbury for 3-5 million more? Are you serious mark? Beltran will be lucky if he pulls in half the total contract ellsbury gets.
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    Not mine. Scout's. My opinion, like everybody else's on this board, matters very little, since we are neither FO members nor scouts.
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    Beltran is not a good fit on the Sox imo. Too old and bound to get overpaid. That said, he would make sense on a short deal if he were to take one to come to the Sox.
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    Probably not. But there's a realistic chance someone goes 6/120 for him with the justification that it's less money than Jayson Werth got for a better, younger player. That's probably too rich for the Sox' blood.
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    But that doesn't guarantee them big money or years. Boras got Jackson a good deal, that's the reality of it.
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    This would be valid if Jacksonwas anything more than mediocre.
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    ....yet he still got a team to overpay big time. Someone always does.
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    Simple: How does it benefit Ellsbury? It doesn't. That makes no sense. If you offered 15 with an exorbitant incentive that took his salary to the stratosphere, that'd be a whole other deal. He could get 18 per for 5 years with his eyes closed and with no gimmicks required.
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    ....and he'd never, ever take it.
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    Wow. What were they thinking? To clarify, it's not so much the money, but rather the third year. The Phillies are also less flexible financially than most teams right now. It doesn't make any sense.
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    So you're not going to answer the question?
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    The Sox could offer a backloaded contract that pays him 20 million in 14 and 15, 18 in 16 and 17, then 16 in 18 and 19. That'd average out to 18 over six years (108 millions total).
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    From MLBTR
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    It's a simple question based on off-season freebasing. It doesn't matter whether or not you like the premise. If you don't like it, then don't answer the question.
  25. User Name
    Is it that hard to answer the actual question?
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