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  1. Bellhorn04
    It was an option, but it was a stupid one, arguably - to put out the same basic team as 2019, finish third again or worse, pay luxury tax, and lose Mookie for a 4th round pick.
  2. Bellhorn04
    The rules (tax rates, free agent compensation) are also way different.
  3. Bellhorn04
    God knows. Manfred is really starting to give off a clueless clown vibe. Calling the championship trophy a 'piece of metal' - nice job, Robbie boy!
  4. Bellhorn04
    One thing about this that hasn't been talked about much is the impact of the new rules on compensation picks for losing a free agent. Getting nothing more than a 4th round pick for losing a player like Mookie is almost an insult. If the old rules were still in place they would have had more reason to keep him this year.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Pedroia is just an example of the bad luck that can befall any team who signs a player to a long contract. And his contract was about one quarter of what Mookie wants.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Larry doesn't watch games or read about the team - makes you wonder where he gets his info.
  7. Bellhorn04
    From a philosophical perspective, and this is strictly a personal thing, I find talking about the prospects DD traded away gets a little tiresome eventually. There's nothing that can be changed about it, and not much that can be learned from it, and it's just not that interesting any more. We need to focus on what we do have and what Bloom can do for us.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I'm in agreement on most of this.
  9. Bellhorn04
    I'm confident that he did as well as he could have.
  10. Bellhorn04
    A loss of fans isn't just bad for Henry, it's bad for the fans who are left. Decreased revenue could lead to further payroll cutting. The glory days of this franchise may be at an end.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Hold on hard.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Well said.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Fair enough. And if they had a chance to do it over they'd probably take it. I think fans need to be a little more forgiving with an ownership that has consistently invested in the team and brought success on the field.
  14. Bellhorn04
    He didn't say it exactly that way. When he said we're cutting payroll in September, that was probably the most honest statement. And he got ridiculed for it, because supposedly it put the team at a serious disadvantage in negotiations. Subsequent statements were all pretty ambiguous. The message, as such, was that the primarily goal wasn't cutting payroll but being competitive. And they tried to explain that the competitive part included the future. It was a mess, I'm not denying that. I just don't think any particular approach would have gone over well. Red Sox fans in general don't like cutting payroll or trading a Mookie Betts no matter how you dress it up.
  15. Bellhorn04
    The point is that Beeks isn't very good himself and not a good example of DD giving away starting pitching.
  16. Bellhorn04
    How's he supposed to treat the ticket holders exactly?
  17. Bellhorn04
    Ryan Weber has a better career FIP than Beeks.
  18. Bellhorn04
    That's true. The fans are the ones who have the option of whether to be reasonable or not.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I see no possible way that can be good news.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, like 'coach's decision' on Malcolm Butler not playing in SB. That really put that to rest!
  21. Bellhorn04
    Nothing doesn't work. As soon as they hire Bloom, and don't spend any money on free agents, the media would have a pile of stories about how they were obviously cutting payroll to re-set.
  22. Bellhorn04
    But the media and fans don't accept silence either. There was a lot of complaining that the Sox didn't really explain why they fired DD. The whole mess started with Shaughnessy asking Henry point blank back in September about whether they intended to re-set the tax, or words to that effect.
  23. Bellhorn04
    notin is sort of assuming that Kopech and Allen will?
  24. Bellhorn04
    Looks like he Magoo'd the DH slot.
  25. Bellhorn04
    So what do you think they should have told the public about their real plans this offseason?
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