Bellhorn04
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No, I don't buy that argument at all. As the rules stand now (and they may change after 2021), re-setting gets you a lower tax rate for 2 years. That's it. How does that decide the fate of an 8 or 9 year mega-contract?
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It's just been a badly run team.
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I know that. Earl Weaver was a very smart man and he has some great quotes about the game. But he would know better than anyone that having a stacked rotation doesn't guarantee a thing. In 1971 he had 4 20 game winners, but they lost to the Pirates anyway.
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If he wants to go to free agency there's nothing we can do about it. But it doesn't mean we have to wave him goodbye.
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Mookie has no case for getting more money than Trout. He's a great player but he's Avis and Trout is Hertz.
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Sorry, but that's a bad argument. There are numerous pitchers in the Hall of Fame that never won a WS.
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It doesn't mean the season is over, but it's hard to envision a scenario in which we get better by doing it.
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It became the de facto Red Sox offseason thread. And the relevance of the title has been enhanced by the fact that nothing big has happened yet.
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And the front office has insisted their top priority is a competitive team. So it's kind of a Catch-22.
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Cole pitched a great game in Game 5.
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And the front office has been insistent that they're not punting this season.
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This isn't a bridge year, it's a chess year.
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Trading Betts would really grind the gears of a lot of fans. It's one of those things that changes history. It means that on the back of his baseball card there will always be another team besides Boston. I'll be very surprised if they do it. Not shocked though, I guess.
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Yankees pitcher suspended half a season for domestic violence
Bellhorn04 replied to S5Dewey's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Good one.
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Yankees pitcher suspended half a season for domestic violence
Bellhorn04 replied to S5Dewey's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
81 games is a severe penalty. By comparison: Aroldis Chapman 30 games Steven Wright 15 games -
Sox have signed Kevin Plawecki as backup catcher.
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Injuries are an awful thing.
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I think it would be a first to trade a 5 year contract before it starts.
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Yeah, sure, just like the last two months have been interesting.
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I think the Red Sox are not only not trading Mookie, but are looking at his free agency the same way the Yanks looked at Cole. Do what it takes.
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Chapman did too. Yanks traded him to Cubs then signed him as free agent.
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Then it would be like the Chapman deal, and the adjustment gets spread out.
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Here's what it says in the CBA itself: (d) Player Option Years (i) If a Player fails to exercise or chooses to nullify a Player Option Year that is deemed a Guaranteed Year pursuant to Section E(5)(a)(ii) above, the difference between the amount paid to the Player under his Contract (including any Option Buyout pay- ment) and the amount that has been attributed to Actual Club Payroll of a Club under that Contract shall be added to (or subtracted from) Actual Club Payroll in the Contract Year in which the Player Option Year falls. If I'm reading that correctly, the Sox could indeed get stuck with a 5.25 million adjustment for JD if he opts out at the end of 2020. This makes sense, really, because it prevents teams from structuring contracts in a way that gives them tax relief.
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Chapman's situation was also different because he didn't opt out - he signed an extension before the opt out date.
