Bellhorn04

Yes, it's never early to panic, DORK.

I guess this settles the question of whether the catchers are calling the pitches during the game.

Now he's the only one with an insulting signature LOL

Rose is a scumbag, but he's got nothing on Dykstra, seriously. I'll list some of his other notable doings when I get time.

Flight?

I think it's a slightly different situation. The Yankees could outspend us if they wanted to because they have significantly higher revenues. They have made the decision not to, last year and this year. We couldn't outspend the Yankees back when George was running the team. They had much higher revenues and they had George.

I'm sure some of you have read about the recent exploits of a Mr. Dykstra. Well, in his new book, Ron Darling makes a shocking accusation, that before Game 3 of the 1986 World Series, Dykstra unleashed a tirade of racist remarks and insults at Red Sox starting pitcher Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd. Darling says the shocking attack seemed to rattle Oil Can. The scumbag Dykstra would hit a leadoff homer to ignite a 4-run first, and the Mets would take the crucial game easily. https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/ron-darling-lenny-dykstras-racist-tirade-helped-mets-win-world-series/

I'm guessing you've been booted from some Yankee forums too.

That's one way of looking at it. If Betts does go to free agency, it's 2 whole years before the moment of truth, and a lot will have happened by then.

The Red Sox have had one of the highest payrolls for about two decades now. To be honest I love the fact that we're now outspending the Yankees and that many of their fans are complaining about it.

This really is crazy. Probably just a temporary blip.

But as you tried to tell moon, we usually have trouble in your park. He wouldn't listen.

The Cot's number of $227 mill appears to be the right one. Here are their numbers. I added a column for the running total to make it easy to confirm. Tanaka, Masahiro 22,142,857 Stanton, Giancarlo 22,000,000 44,142,857 Ellsbury, Jacoby 21,857,143 66,000,000 Chapman, Aroldis 17,200,000 83,200,000 Happ, J.A. 17,000,000 100,200,000 Britton, Zack 13,000,000 113,200,000 LeMahieu, D.J. 12,000,000 125,200,000 Gregorius, Didi 11,750,000 136,950,000 Hicks, Aaron 10,000,000 146,950,000 Severino, Luis 10,000,000 156,950,000 Ottavino, Adam 9,000,000 165,950,000 Paxton, James 8,575,000 174,525,000 Sabathia, CC 8,000,000 182,525,000 Gardner, Brett 7,500,000 190,025,000 Betances, Dellin 7,250,000 197,275,000 Romine, Austin 1,800,000 199,075,000 Kahnle, Tommy 1,387,500 200,462,500 Bird, Greg 1,200,000 201,662,500 Judge, Aaron 684,300 202,346,800 Sanchez, Gary 669,800 203,016,600 Andujar, Miguel 617,600 203,634,200 Torres, Gleyber 605,200 204,239,400 Green, Chad 598,650 204,838,050 Montgomery, Jordan 596,600 205,434,650 Holder, Jonathan 580,300 206,014,950 Cessa, Luis 578,975 206,593,925 German, Domingo 577,500 207,171,425 Voit, Luke 573,200 207,744,625 Tarpley, Stephen 557,250 208,301,875 Tauchman, Mike 557,000 208,858,875 Tulowitzki, Troy 555,000 209,413,875 Heller, Ben 555,000 209,968,875 40-man players-minors 2,250,000 212,218,875 Est. Player Benefits 14,500,000 226,718,875

I hate everything that doesn't fit my schedule.

Same. Especially when it's an hour later here.

Pedroia got his knee ripped up by Machado. Unfortunately, no one can foresee injuries...could easily happen to Bogey too.

So you don't actually buy into projections at all.

Better 1-3 than 0-4 LOL

Well, now I have to figure out where the $10 million difference comes from.

Cot's has you at $227 mil.

This is actually a pretty big change they made in the new CBA, allowing teams to choose what year to make extensions effective. I'm guessing the thing with Sale's deferral was in the new CBA too. Funny that just now we're seeing there were some measures that did encourage teams to spend by being able to juggle the tax numbers a bit.

Yeah, I don't know what analytics system would advocate Gardner leading off. 10 years ago sure.

TB12 is sort of a difference-maker!

So 15-20 years ago. Like I said...

That s*** stopped long ago. You need to pull your ass out of the past.