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  1. Bellhorn04
    We'll never know about the COVID impact. I tend to think the fact that the Dodgers were a very attractive destination had something to do with it too.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Mookie forgot to get an opt-out!
  3. Bellhorn04
    Right. This is why I'm saying the details all make sense and seem totally credible. As Dan Secatore puts it, Mookie was not adamant about testing free agency, but he was adamant about not giving a discount. He wanted market value.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Another interesting item is about Devers. Many in the org wanted to extend him early but it was nixed because of lux tax concerns at the time. As Scott says, an example of a short term decision having adverse long term effects.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, Secatore says he figures Scott is piping up now because he knows that.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Also, Scott is not really ripping Henry for anything. He's saying it was an organizational decision that the Red Sox were not in the business of giving out mega-contracts. He's also pushing back against the idea the Sox didn't care that much about competing the last few years.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Agreed. I do note that one of the guys going back and forth with Scott was Lou Merloni, who I believe was the source of the report that the Sox offered $300 million. And he didn't question Scott on any of the facts/comments about the Sox offers. If anyone in the present front office thinks Scott isn't right, I would assume we'll hear something about it.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Supposedly Cohen has said he'll beat any other offer by $50 million. Kind of makes it an exercise in futility if you think it's just top dollar wins. I think that's why they're asking for the meeting. And it sounds like they're ready to walk away and move onto other things.
  9. Bellhorn04
    The money quote: Mookie would have signed with us for maybe even a little less. We didn't get there.
  10. Bellhorn04
    What he's saying all makes perfect sense though, and it doesn't sound like he's trying to sensationalize anything.
  11. Bellhorn04
    SENSATIONAL piece here from Dan Secatore recapping the recent revelations coming from one-time Sox executive Zack Scott. It all sounds credible and logical. This is a must-read. https://www.overthemonster.com/2024/12/5/24314082/red-sox-juan-soto-free-agent-rumors-mookie-betts-dodgers-trade
  12. Bellhorn04
    Per Red Sox Stats: hot off the presses The Red Sox have requested a meeting with Boras and Soto where they will be given price that would get a deal finalized.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Seems like this is just one guy's prediction.
  14. Bellhorn04
    That $67 million is more than the entire A's payroll for 2024.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I described last offseason as Ohtani-crickets-Yamamoto-crickets. It was awful, really. And I'm sure the Boras Four would agree. This year feels much different. Seems like the owners have gotten some financial projections they like.
  16. Bellhorn04
    I'd like to see some historical numbers on signings and trades that take place during these meetings. I'm pretty sure there have been some years recently where very little actually happened during the meetings.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I don't know, but that has to be the A's biggest contract outlay in quite some time.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, it'd be nice if they saw things that way too, we wouldn't have sucked so bad the last 3 years.
  19. Bellhorn04
    OK, thanks.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Dice-K was a blind auction. I can't even remember how the Moncada thing worked.
  21. Bellhorn04
    True, but I was thinking in terms of a front office that has stayed under the first tax line 4 out of the last 5 years. Somehow I don't think they really look at 10.75 mill as chump change.
  22. Bellhorn04
    The primary fact is that they traded him with a year left on his contract. From which comes the fact that they ceased efforts to extend him. And now Zack Scott seems to have confirmed that their final offer to him was close to but short of $300 million.
  23. Bellhorn04
    We have no clue what they're going to do. Pretty sure no one had Justin Wilson and Aroldis Chapman on their lists of likely Sox acquisitions.
  24. Bellhorn04
    And you're certainly not the only one who's thinking that.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Story looked like it might be a lateral move at the time, and that's exactly what it ended up being. That's why to some it didn't really feel like much of a move and still doesn't.
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