Bellhorn04
-
Posts
55,041 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
76
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Bellhorn04
-
Wow, one exception. There usually is at least one exception to the norm.
-
He hasn't depended on Benintendi or Devers?
-
His guesses are as valid as any of ours.
-
And the Braves won their division in 2018, yes, but that followed seasons of 67-95, 68-94 and 72-90. A wee bit of a tank job there, too.
-
As a PITCHER for the Boston Red Sox, Babe won 89 games with a 2.19 ERA. So maybe, just maybe, he was a pretty decent all-around athlete, huh, Ottavino, you f'king clown?
-
Seriously, Ottavino has to be a pinhead to make a statement like that.
-
Let's not forget that Houston's blueprint for success was a total tank job.
-
moon pretty much said Keith Law's statement was full of crap.
-
I don't think meals allowances count as payroll for luxury tax purposes though.
-
Rich Garces might also be interested in a comeback. He might not even want money, just meals paid for.
-
Cora selected Vazquez as his main man at a point in the postseason, so that certainly means something.
-
I know it seems incredible, but I actually had a dream this morning that baseball was going to give a new name to high leverage late innings, somewhat similar to the NFL's Red Zone nonsense. It was going to be called the Cliff Zone. This proves conclusively that I spend too much time here.
-
It's silly. Babe was a beast compared to his contemporaries and that's all that matters. The rest is time travel fantasy s***...entertaining in books by H G Wells and Vonnegut and Stephen King, but useless in reality.
-
Seriously. I think according to MLBTR the poor guy should be heading into the second year of his 4 year, 60 million deal right now...
-
All reasonable points.
-
I'd actually lean on the side of unlikely with that one.
-
Or trade Swihart plus Chavis, something like that?
-
It's a strategy that's *questionable*, I would say. When something is questionable you can have arguments for and against, which is exactly what we've got. There's still a long way to go until opening day. But it seems more and more likely a trade will be made for a reliever. They should also give Buchholz a call and ask him if he wants a shot at another ring with the Red Sox, starting the year in the pen and we'll see what happens as we go.
-
So what you're saying is he's the best hope in the value department, then.
-
We'll see. Eovaldi is still pretty young, and they obviously have some faith he's a better pitcher now than he ever showed in pinstripes.
-
You rate him over Price and Eovaldi in the hope department?
-
No matter what the quotes say, I'm reasonably sure Henry is the guy setting the limits. I really don't think Dave has authority to sign Machado and Kimbrel.
-
I know you're licking your chops, but you really need to wait until this all shakes out.
-
You really think Henry has given Dave carte blanche to spend?
-
Because I firmly believe the gain or loss in market value is completely separate from the operating profits. Gain or loss on market value belongs to the owners. That's part of the incentive to buy a sports team in the first place. Capital gains are given preferential tax treatment based on this very principle. You have to encourage investment because of the risks that are entailed. Like them or not, we need rich people to invest. And as you said, players are not going to kick in anything if the market value goes down. It's an amazing thing that the team values continue to rise. It can't go on forever, I don't think. s*** does happen, eventually, it's inevitable.
