Bellhorn04
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Agreed. OTOH steroids have been connected to injuries as well - weakening of bones and tendons etc. -
You can't give him a $200 million guarantee with an opt out after 2027. That's way too much risk for the team and way too little for the player. There has to be a balance. If that's your only choice, yes, you'd be better to let the 2 years play out. You seem to be overlooking the possibility he might get injured or his performance might not live up to expectations-which could happen in 2025 or 2026, after you've given him the $200 million. Whereas if it happens with no extension, you've only lost $15-20 million or whatever. Your scenario results in talking on mammoth risk for the sake of having 1 additional year of control.
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Yes, a few teams with mediocre QBs have won the Super Bowl. But 10 of the Super Bowl winners this century have had Brady or Mahomes. If you add the Manning brothers and Roethlisberger, it's 16 rings won by 5 QBs. The importance of the QB is pretty large.
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moon is destroying my brain here LOL
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I think it would be nuts to guarantee a guy $200 million and give him an opt out after 1 year. If he gets injured year 1 you're screwed. If he wins the Cy Young he might want to test the market again.
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The Bogey extension gave us 3 more years of him, not one more year.
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It is very confusing, I must admit. As of now the Sox have him under control for 2 years. You're saying you would guarantee him $200 million if he doesn't opt out, but you would give him an opt out after year 3, which is only one additional year for us? If that's the case, I'm saying I don't think there have been any other extensions like this.
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Good news, thanks.
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Yikes, now that's an example of hope not being a strategy. That's just hoping for the Randomness God to give you a favorable roll of the dice.
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So you might be guaranteeing him an additional $200 million but you're only guaranteed to have him for 1 additional year. I really don't think any team would do this. I don't think there have been any 6-7 year deals with opt-outs after 1 year. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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Would you really give him a 6-7 year extension that he can opt out of after 1 year? To me that would be idiocy and malfeasance.
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I agree with mvp that an opt-out after 2027 or 2028 would be bad business on the Sox part. 2029 is the earliest it's even worth considering.
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Now I think you're getting a little excitable. It remains to be seen if Ohtani can even continue pitching.
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I think the real question is, do steroids ever prevent injuries?
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I could use some elaboration on this point too! 🙂
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I think you would need to flesh out that point a bit.
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I think Alex Cora would collapse in a pool of tears if they take the Refsnyder Lefty-Masher Option away from him.
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Fragile Freddy. Fans have zero sympathy for guys who get hurt by playing hard. But they also hate loafers.
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I assume swinging harder can also translate to higher exit velocity. Think Raffy's legendary HR off Chapman. Raffy swings very hard and he had shoulder issues last year. I'm thinking of him too, not just Casas.
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Personally I'm not a big fan of opt-outs. They kind of hang over the contract almost from the get-go.
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I think he meant 3 years from the start of the extension.
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Weirdly enough, it seems to be baseball of all the major sports that has seen a rise in injury rates, as some guys continue to throw the ball harder and others try to hit it harder...
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And the Sox exercised his 2025 option at a little over $2 million. He's definitely in the plans.
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Looks like Triston should have accepted the extension offer he got.
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Looks like Fried's contract has no opt-out, just a no-trade clause.
