Bellhorn04

The inclusion of Buttrey is questionable. Are you saying we shouldn't have traded for Kinsler, or that we could have got him for less?

Well, she just posted this: "The Yankees are toast before the season even starts!"

LOL that was Gabe Gross. I had to look it up. Greg played for the Phils.

3-0 final. Bloom has turned our pitching around already!

My money is on a reprise of Rent-a-Wreck.

What about Greg?

Well, as us accountants often tell our clients, it's a mistake to think tax rules are necessarily fair or logical.

You baseball addict you!

Some guys do get away with no operation. Tanaka, Price. Hopefully Sale.

Sevy is now pretty close to being officially "injury-plagued" at age 26.

But a team that gives that kind of contract is paying extra in the first few years. That's not really that beneficial. You're only looking at the tax part, not the total real cost. It's a zero sum game, for the most part.

Buchholz. When he was pitching a good game I always found it a little more exciting than I should have.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/02/19/rusney-castillo-32-locked-in-as-he-nears-the-end-of-red-sox-tenure/

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- J.D. Martinez offered an interesting bit of information when appearing on OMF Thursday. Evidently, the Red Sox were prepared for the Astros' system of cheating heading into the 2018 playoffs. Appearing with Glenn Ordway, Lou Merloni and Christian Fauria at JetBlue Park, Martinez explained how he first heard about Houston's method of stealing signs from Mike Fiers via a text message and not his Red Sox manager Alex Cora. "You can put me on any lie detector. Alex Cora never influenced us and never told us about that thing," Martinez said. "The only way I ever found out was in the playoffs when Fiers, who is a very good friend of mine, he reached out to me and said, ‘Hey, make sure you’re doing this because this is what these guys are doing in the playoffs.’ I was like, ‘What?! How is this a thing?’ And then I mentioned it to Alex and he told me about the whole system and everything like that. That was why it was so crazy. He was so relaxed going into those playoff games because we we ready for it." In terms of carrying over any of the elements of the cheating system from Houston to Boston, Martinez said that never happened with Cora during the former manager's tenure with the Red Sox. "He was amazing at picking up things the right way," Martinez said of Cora. "These guys here, the guys that we have, they’re so good at every little thing. Any little hiccup they’ll find it. But you can put me on any detector you want, I’ll volunteer it. That never happened here." As for the current investigation of the Red Sox, the designated hitter is baffled by the insinuations. "It’s one of those things where I don’t understand it. I’ve talked and given my side of it, they heard me and I guess we’re just waiting to see what happens," he said.

The Twelfth of Never, in other words.

Agreed.

His last post cracked me up: If Heymans right I'll never be negative again till we lose a game.

I read today he's a free agent after this year, so that's out the window.

San Diego is sort of 'on the hook' with the tax number - but that's the only way they can unload half of Myers's contract. So they get a benefit from it as well. The Red Sox get a break on the tax number, but only by taking on half of Myers's contract. So I think it's a fair trade-off.

The AAV/tax quirks are the only reason this potential trade for Myers has any appeal to the Red Sox. It's just a slight variation on the standard salary dump concept.

It does seem strange that some of these things aren't addressed earlier than they are. With both Paxton and Severino. It's happened with Red Sox pitchers too of course.

If Manfred hammers the Sox because it's a 'second offense', he sets a clear precedent for the same thing to happen to the Yankees. And there's no way he can put a lid on this. Because the media love this story and there are obviously players and ex-players out there who are willing to talk about it.

I think Slasher knows that. But cp176 is definitely causing problems with his off the charts sarcasm LOL

So what do you think of the fact that MLB informed the Red Sox that bench coach Roenicke was free and clear and they could go ahead and name him manager?

So your belief is that if any Red Sox player used the replay room to try to decode signals, Manfred will crush the Red Sox for it and be completely oblivious to the possibility that another team did the same thing unless someone actually squeals on said other team?