Bellhorn04
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I don't think that's quite accurate. Henry has spent big on the team pretty much since Day One, and has done very well by it. 4 titles and a very robust increase in the value of the asset. He has nothing to complain about and neither do we. No other GM's have done better than Henry's Red Sox GM's.
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There's no way to win though. Henry doesn't say much, but every little thing he says about the team or the payroll or the tax is like a huge bucket of chum tossed into a shark pool. If he talked more it would only be worse.
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It's all about cost. The MLB pay system and tax system has created a situation where the cost of your talent can rise by multiples in a short time without you doing anything. 2018 AAV's: Chris Sale 12.5 Mookie Betts 10.5 Xander Bogaerts 7.05 JBJ 6.1 E-Rod 2.375 Total 38.525 Avg 7.705 2020 AAV's including arb projections: Chris Sale 25.6 Mookie Betts 27.5 Xander Bogaerts 20 JBJ 11.5 E-Rod 9 Total 93.6 Avg 18.72 So for these 5 players, the cost is 250% as high 2 years later. And the initial luxury tax rate is also 250% as high (from 20 to 50). It's a system that makes keeping a good team together for even a short period very difficult, no matter how rich or smart you are or how much planning you do.
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Just keep making a douchebag of yourself then. We really need lots more posts about trolls cluttering up the board.
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Chaim Bloom didn't get to where he is by being less smart about baseball dealings than us.
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I don't think there's any chance of that happening.
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Other teams know the Red Sox are looking to cut payroll. But they also know the Red Sox aren't looking to do them a favor. So they have to make a fair offer or it's no deal. Simple as that.
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I'm just assuming the Front Office knew what they were doing tendering him a contract. They could always wait for another team to really need a decent center fielder.
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Under the circumstances that seems fine, I guess.
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And yet the trade simulator has him at +2 million.
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Well, the Red Sox are giving us the Phantom Offseason.
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Ho Ho Ho!
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Not many pitchers don't.
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Good post Nick. Merry Freakin' Christmas everyone.
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If they were as desperate as you make out, it's kind of funny nothing has happened yet. Now you can revert back to 'Bloom is indecisive' mode.
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Ted, you need to grab a new attitude for 2020. This back and forth with Jax is just cluttering up baseball threads with trash. Jax has been cleared by the mods long ago. Deal with it.
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Must be an amazing gravy day for the cops.
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You had to be there, I guess.
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He has value because of the laws of supply and demand. The Dodgers and the Angels need a starting pitcher and they have lots of money, and Price is now the best one available. Bloom is just waiting them out.
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Sounds about right.
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Yes but with the Ryu signing, Price is now arguably the best available starting pitcher, so that works in the Sox favor.
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What else is new though. Signings tend to be optimistically biased.
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It was a joke. Google Rich Hill.
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Hill's last contract was 3/48. You have a solid point there. If Hill could get that much Price should be worth about 3/60.
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Simulator is overruled.
