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  1. Bellhorn04
    Castillo might not matter to Luxury Tax Budgies, but I'm sure he matters to John Henry and the team accountants. The bottom line is, the vast majority of Mookie's contract will fall in the years after Price, Eovaldi and Pedroia are gone.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I suppose Red Sox fans are less outraged about 2017 because we lost 3 out of 4, whereas the Yanks and Dodgers each lost in 7 games. Plus we only scored 2 runs in each of those losses in Houston.
  3. Bellhorn04
    It's ludicrous to blame DD if we don't keep Betts. It's not DD's fault that Mookie turned up his nose at a $200 million extension offer because he has his heart set on something more astronomical like $350 million. It's not DD'd fault that Mookie is the second best player in the game and is all about the money. Also, after the 2020 season the team's albatross count will not be that bad. Price and Eovaldi will each have 2 years left. Pedroia will have 1. Castillo will be off the books. They will definitely be able to break the bank for Mookie - if that's what they want to do.
  4. Bellhorn04
    You may have a point there.
  5. Bellhorn04
    I mostly agree, Kimmi. But I do think pleasing the fans is a kind of necessary evil of doing business sometimes. After all, they are the ones who pump all the money into the team's coffers that allows the team to pay the salaries of the players.
  6. Bellhorn04
    The other problem was letting Fisk just walk away for nothing, by sheer incompetence. There weren't many good moves in that time period.
  7. Bellhorn04
    https://nypost.com/2019/11/18/world-series-video-shows-possible-astros-cheating-setup/
  8. Bellhorn04
    So in the 2017 World Series video, there's a clip of Astro players coming off the field after a win in Houston, and the clip shows what clearly appears to be the cheating 'work station' just off the dugout in the area leading to the locker room, with a desk, monitor, trash can, the works. You can't make this stuff up.
  9. Bellhorn04
    I'm not exonerating DD for Sale, Price and Eovaldi. I'm just saying that JH could clearly see what was coming with Mookie and our payroll situation. Now it's up to him to make the call one way or the other and whether the price for Mookie is too high or not. And in my opinion that decision is not affected by the money on the books for SPE. It's a bigger and longer-lasting decision than that. It's a decision that could be felt for a decade.
  10. Bellhorn04
    You can pin it on DD if you want, but Henry hired DD, approved all those deals and knew this was coming with Mookie. So I'm sticking with JH as the man to point the finger at.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Do you see an opt-out in there Swami?
  12. Bellhorn04
    Ben was GM for 4 drafts wasn't he?
  13. Bellhorn04
    I think if we lose Mookie, it won't be because of DD. It will be because his asking price is deemed too high by JH & Bloom, or because he wants to play elsewhere.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Agreed. What I'm really saying there is 'Thanks Dave!'
  15. Bellhorn04
    It might also be noted that we had zero depth in the outfield, as was painfully highlighted by the recurring sight of Gorkys in the lineup.
  16. Bellhorn04
    I'm including Henry. He makes his money off the fans, and this will be palatable to most fans.
  17. Bellhorn04
    The stats suggest his fielding was close to adequate in 2018. That helps explain why it wasn't considered going into 2019. In 2019 he was bad.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Keep Mookie for 2020 with the intention that we can trade him at the deadline if circumstances warrant it. To me that's the plan that will come closest to pleasing everyone.
  19. Bellhorn04
    It's still 19.4 million * 2, though.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Trading him and then trying to re-sign is certainly an option, but it sure is an icky one.
  21. Bellhorn04
    JD's opt out date is right after the season ends though.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Sure, but the odds of that happening so soon are not great.
  23. Bellhorn04
    AGon was not popular. Most of that 2012 team was not very popular, after the 2011 collapse and in the midst of a crappy season with a clown manager.
  24. Bellhorn04
    If you're going to trade a player like Mookie, though, there has to be a great reason for doing so. Cutting payroll to save luxury tax is not a great reason for Mr. Average Fan.
  25. Bellhorn04
    That's true, but he was also in the process of rapidly destroying his popularity with the mystery injury, sitting out the infamous loss to the Yanks etc. in the midst of an obviously crucial season for the team.
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