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  1. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, contracts like Ellsbury and Crawford are exactly why 'the industry' is supposedly re-thinking contracts of that length...
  2. Bellhorn04
    I don't think DD was supposed to 'forsake the future'. My position has been that he had little choice but to trade a lot of prospects to upgrade the pitching staff. To date, DD has done next to nothing in terms of acquiring position players. It's been pitching, pitching, pitching. His legacy as a Red Sox GM still has a little while to play out.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Looks like you still gotta overpay for FA talent.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Too bad Slash wasn't here...he'd be heavily in favor of this LOL
  5. Bellhorn04
    2, according to these rankings.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Yes, that's the spirit!
  7. Bellhorn04
    Starting to get the feeling owners are making some kind of statement, and there's big labor trouble brewin'.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Yeah I was thinking about him too.
  9. Bellhorn04
    I'm not sure any of those 3 are what Kimmi had in mind for a 'solid' starter.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Boras has been showing them Bill Belichick press conferences as training videos.
  11. Bellhorn04
    The only guy that there's any buzz on these days is Darvish. And some of that is coming from Darvish himself, he hasn't been shy about communicating with the public, he seems to have a bit of personality. Meanwhile, Boras has all his clients locked in the Fortress of Solitude.
  12. Bellhorn04
    If nothing happens, that could be a big problem in labor-management relations.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Which 'solid starter' though? All there seems to be is Darvish, Arrieta and Cobb. Darvish is looking for a big deal. Arrieta is another Boras client looking for about the same AAV as JDM. That leaves Cobb. I think Cobb might be an OK choice but everyone seems to think he's a huge health risk.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I understand. The idea behind my offer is that it might make him more disposed to sign now, and it represents a very small incremental cost to the Sox, and would also reduce their tax for this year at least. Plus thinking of all that was something to do in this strange offseason.
  15. Bellhorn04
    You mean the one I copied here? Confusing how?
  16. Bellhorn04
    Yes, that's another puzzler.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I'm not sure if Steve Adams of MLBTR is a Sox fan, but in his chat today he spoke for many of us: "Boras went out looking way beyond reasonable expectations in this instance for a player that was already going to have a somewhat limited market. None of the usual big spenders are in on him outside of Boston, which makes it hard to drive up the price point. I think the notion that his market has "collapsed" to the 5/125 range is silly. I didn't even love predicting 6/150 for the guy on our Top 50 list. He has serious defensive questions as well as uncertainty surrounding his durability. If 5/125 is there, take it already." https://www.jotcast.com/chat/chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-1-23-18-2939.html
  18. Bellhorn04
    Very subjective indeed.
  19. Bellhorn04
    The Yanks are in scary good shape for young talent right now, no question.
  20. Bellhorn04
    It's not the best situation, that's for sure. But think of it this way, if they didn't call Devers up he'd be one of the top prospects and the picture would look much different. This stuff changes rapidly.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Hard to see the Jays in on him when they're going to be paying $23 million to Donaldson - who also says he's open to an extension with them.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, plus it makes no sense at all for a guy like Martinez or Hosmer to take a so-called 'pillow' contract when they just had the best season of their career.
  23. Bellhorn04
    That doesn't work. They only include guaranteed years and money in calculating the AAV. Your proposed option would make it 5 guaranteed years and $130 M guaranteed money, so the AAV would be $130M /5 = $26 M.
  24. Bellhorn04
    And Ben, for forcing Dave to trade so many prospects for pitching. Yes, Dave could probably have traded less of them, but still, he had no choice but to make some trades for pitching.
  25. Bellhorn04
    So let's assume that the Sox offer to JDM is 5/125 and that it's the best offer and that Boras is just holding out as long as possible for more. What's the endgame? Maybe they could adjust the offer to 6/135. That's an extra year for 10 million, it would also reduce the AAV to 22.5 million.
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