Bellhorn04
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Personally I think you guys are wrong and that we do sign Eovaldi.
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The arb raises must be virtually equal to the 22 million subtracted for HanRam. Think how bad it would look if that option vested.
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
Bellhorn04 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yep, on this thread, Dojji is the only one in favor of the idea. -
??? I thought the idea of JD playing first was all about him doing it in NL parks, so Moreland would be sitting instead of Benintendi.
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Right, but cutting payroll is cutting payroll. It's a whole separate thing from the tax saving on the re-set.
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Yes, but in your example, how much of the $80M is tax, and how much is actual payroll?
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We'll need a first baseman in 2020, won't we?
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It's all a big game. The taxes and penalties are one of the factors in the game. The Yankees and Dodgers made efforts to get under the threshold for 2018 - presumably so it will cost them less to blow past the threshold for 2019.
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The funny thing is, Clay has never even had one TJ surgery. But he really is a man of crystal. As for Eovaldi, some doctor just said his arm is as good as new. That's good enough for me.
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Can't Chavis play first, potentially?
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
Bellhorn04 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
This is it. There are a whole bundle of possible solutions. -
Should we really be trading Chavis? Need something for the cliff years, don't we?
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Sure, re-setting it 'now and again' makes perfect sense. But it doesn't really save a ginormous amount of money, unless you go right back out and exceed the threshold again, which puts you in the same position going forward. Any benefits will be quite short-lived.
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If we really have problems at second next year, remember this:
Bellhorn04 replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We've really been over this idea a bunch of times. The team actually indicated it was being considered for Game 3-5 in the World Series but opted not to do it. -
How exactly does re-setting the tax for just one year save 'a ton of money for many years afterwards'? I know it re-sets the tax rate, but you seem to be overstating the benefit of that a bit.
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The thing is, if we sign Eovaldi and at least one high-end reliever, $9 M for Clay would put us 'over everything' like a home run onto Lansdowne Street.
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He's got a career .852 OPS against lefties though.
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From what I've read they don't. The premiums are massive, as one would expect.
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I agree that the market value is the big thing. At the same time, turning a profit isn't such a bad thing either, and profitability does help increase the market value. Bottom line, I don't think the Sox or Yanks are suffering operating losses.
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Also unfortunately, 11 million is too much pie in our lux tax situation. Especially if we hope to sign Eovaldi.
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It chews up a piece of the pie, of course.
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You have serious durability issues. You don't seem to be able to stay on the Talksox field.
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Carson Smith is a goner isn't he?
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We're already over the limit LOL And that's with Hanley off the books. Man those dollars add up in a hurry.
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It's hard to say if he's leaving much money on the table. Last year Logan Morrison waited forever to sign and then signed for 6.5 mill.
