Bellhorn04
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Age is a huge factor here. The Yankees nearly killed me in the Seventies LOL
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Personally I think John Henry has kind of a magic touch with this stuff, in spite of the roller coaster we've been on. Theo, Ben and DD all won rings. And acquiring Bloom seems like a perfectly timed move that will result in more success.
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A high percentage of the fans on the Yankee forum I follow think Cashman and Boone should both be gone. They point out that the Yankees have only been in one World Series in the last 17 seasons, while outspending everyone. And they think Hal doesn't care about the rings, only the money.
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So far each one of these games has basically been over in the 5th inning.
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Wow, what a joke this is.
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You have to at least give him credit for hiring Cora, since you're a Cora fan.
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Not always. Did DD interview anyone besides Cora?
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Yes, I know all that, Mr. Smarty-Pants. Here's a question I might check into: What % of the time do teams that lose the first 3 games of a series win Game 4?
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The greatest teams ever assembled tend not to last very long. Cheer up, Denny, there will be good times again.
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Good question. I'll leave that in Bloom's lap.
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It's not just the press. There's also: -The idiot segment of fans at the park. -Bloggers, and fans on social media.
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If you can sign Pillar again for $4.5 million or so, you gotta do it.
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It's easy to see why some players would prefer to play for the Dodgers over the Red Sox. Great weather, more relaxed environment etc.
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For once?
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I'm just saying that even if Mookie did turn down $350 million from Boston, it doesn't prove anything.
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Here's a hypothetical just for fun. Maybe the Red Sox offered Mookie $350 million as a final offer. That's pretty close to what he got from the Dodgers. Mookie supposedly asked for $420 million, so $350 million was still too far short. He thought he could get more in free agency. When the Dodgers made their offer it was in the midst of a pandemic, so he decided the smart thing would be to take it. None of that says he had no intention of ever playing in Boston again.
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This was posted and discussed here yesterday. Felger is not a credible source.
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This post is a POS.
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There would be a lot of guesswork involved in any such calculation, of course. The Red Sox won it all in 2018, but in 2019 NESN viewership dropped by 20%. It seems that Red Sox fans aren't quite as loyal as they once were. Nonetheless the stated market value of the franchise just keeps going up.
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It's actually FanGraphs who came up with those dollar values per WAR. They do it based on actual contracts to free agents and WAR generated by the free agents. What it really represents is the dollar cost per WAR of an average free agent, including all the busts of course. That's why the values look inflated.
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I think Price's contract was *mostly* worth it for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 division titles and the 2018 ring.
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That's correct, pitchers are much higher risk injuries. That's part of why it's not apples to apples.
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Show me an owner of a sports team who isn't rich and doesn't love money. Teams are not owned for philanthropy purposes.
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Price is, however, the guy on the cover of the 2018 Red Sox World Series DVD set.
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12 years is 5 years longer than 7 years. My philosophy is that there is a lot that can go wrong, and the more time is involved, the more opportunity for those things to go wrong. The other thing is that pitchers and position players are not apples to apples. Price's contract was a sizable overpay, no question. But at the time, we had a potential window for success, and pitching was our big need.
