Bellhorn04
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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.
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OK. When you mentioned Peraza I thought you meant this year. Not sure if he'll be back next year or not.
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2020 is not the year to be starting any clocks though.
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If Mookie stays healthy, he could be productive for 7-8 years of the deal IMO. Staying healthy is the big if.
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Certainly can't rule this stuff out as a factor, unfortunately.
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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.
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How many is "lots"?
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In Triggs we trust.
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Mike Yastrzemski, Carl’s grandson gets called up to the SF Giants
Bellhorn04 replied to a700hitter's topic in Other Baseball
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. -
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.
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Daniel Bard's amazing comeback continues. Now the Rockies' closer. Great story.
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Gary Sanchez is toast.
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Canadians have such good attitudes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The jury is out.
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Yes, it's been a weird ride. Sure can't complain about the 4 rings though.
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Well, if Bloom does his job, we should have a relatively large amount of flexibility going forward, especially beginning in 2023.
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The situation with him and Eckersley was a bit ugly.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
