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  1. Ah yes, "the Bloom supporters". The brainwashed nerds waving the pompoms for Chaim no matter what he does and no matter how the team sucks. Personally, I supported DD when he was here, and I'm supporting Bloom now. I generally believe you should support the current guy because you don't have much choice in the matter.
  2. OK. When you mentioned Peraza I thought you meant this year. Not sure if he'll be back next year or not.
  3. 2020 is not the year to be starting any clocks though.
  4. If Mookie stays healthy, he could be productive for 7-8 years of the deal IMO. Staying healthy is the big if.
  5. Certainly can't rule this stuff out as a factor, unfortunately.
  6. How so? I don't follow other teams arbitration situations much, but I know the Red Sox have had very few contentious arbitrations and usually avoid them altogether. Plus we're talking about a caliber of player (and consequently high arbitration value) that's not even seen very often.
  7. How many is "lots"?
  8. Mike is having a tremendous season. 297/412/588 - 1.000 OPS 2.2 bWAR I looked up his contract status. He won't be a free agent until 2026, when's he's 35 going on 36.
  9. As far as I know, Mookie has never said one negative thing about playing in Boston. So any idea that he didn't like Boston seems like pure speculation.
  10. Daniel Bard's amazing comeback continues. Now the Rockies' closer. Great story.
  11. Gary Sanchez is toast.
  12. Canadians have such good attitudes.
  13. It is interesting that the 365 was the exact midpoint of the 310 and the 420. The other thing we'll never know is how much impact the pandemic had on Mookie's thinking.
  14. It was reported that when the Red Sox made an offer of $310 million, Mookie's side countered with $420 million, and that was the end of "negotiations". We'll never know if the Red Sox could have signed him for a lower amount, but it seems a fair assumption that lower amount would not have been much lower than $400 million.
  15. Well, the final 2 years of Price's deal fall in the first 2 years of Mookie's deal. So it was a hindrance, but not a huge obstacle IMHO.
  16. The jury is out.
  17. Yes, it's been a weird ride. Sure can't complain about the 4 rings though.
  18. Well, if Bloom does his job, we should have a relatively large amount of flexibility going forward, especially beginning in 2023.
  19. The situation with him and Eckersley was a bit ugly.
  20. Here's what Werner said after Mookie signed the extension with the Dodgers: “It’s always difficult to trade a talented player of Mookie’s caliber, but let’s revisit this conversation in 12 years. Hopefully you and I will both still be here. That’s a very, very long-term deal for a team to swallow. You guys know as well as I do that the history of long-term deals is checkered at best. We made what we thought was a generous offer but for us it’s time to turn the page.”
  21. Major contracts on books for 2022-2023 2022 Sale 25.6 JDM 22 Bogey 20 Eovaldi 17 Total 84.6 2023 Sale 25.6 Bogey 20 (if he doesn't opt out) Total 45.6 That's it.
  22. I'm not disputing that point at all. I know there's a lot to consider. But in this particular case, I believe the short-term considerations were far outweighed by the long-term ones. And as I said on the other thread, we have a ton of payroll coming off the books in 2021 and 2022.
  23. In my opinion, there was only one valid reason for letting him go. They didn't want to pay him $350-400 million. I can live with that, because the risk of such a contract would have been astronomical. But the stuff about saving tax and creating flexibility doesn't cut it as legitimate reasons, for me.
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