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  1. Bellhorn04
    Henry issued a detailed statement on the matter. "We" was his pronoun of choice. https://www.mlb.com/news/john-henry-statement-on-trading-mookie-betts. “I think we made legitimate offers over three offseasons,” Henry said. “We made it clear to Mookie, and I made it personally clear one-on-one, that we wanted to see him in a Red Sox uniform for the rest of his life, if possible.” “We cannot shy away from tough decisions required to aggressively compete for World Series. That is what led to this trade,” Henry said. “Free agency plays into many decisions clubs like ours have to make. Today’s players spend years in the Minor and Major Leagues earning the right to be paid in a free market, earning the right to make choices. They make significant sacrifices to get there and they deserve what they receive. Clubs also have choices to make as well in this economic system.”
  2. Bellhorn04
    DD said that he was never given one word of explanation about why he was fired, and Henry basically just stopped speaking to him.
  3. Bellhorn04
    And you're inexplicably, vastly underrating Seager. B-R now provides bWAR per 162 games, God bless 'em. Soto 6.3 Seager 5.8 The difference is less than 10%.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, we're just talking past each other, as the saying goes.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Yes, I'd rather ignore Wander Franco's existence too.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Hugh, a large number of the criticisms about the Red Sox inability to retain Mookie and their subsequent lack of spending refer directly to them being among the wealthiest teams. This is not a controversial position.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Hiring Bloom and then trading Mookie was quite a 1-2 punch.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Majorly disagree. What a lot of Sox fans have been complaining about is the team not spending as much as they could, and their ability to spend is closely related to their wealth, and wealth comes from revenue.
  9. Bellhorn04
    But if you do the calcs in comparison to revenue...
  10. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, the Tampa Bay North thing was a media creation, probably led by Mr. Shaughnessy. Mind you, by hiring Chaim Bloom, trading Mookie Betts, and basically being cheap for a 5 year stretch, the Sox have not done much to dispel the image,
  11. Bellhorn04
    Garrett Whitlock is not a minimum wage guy. 5.5 mill actual salary and 4.7 million AAV.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Personally I'm trying not to get too emotionally invested in this, because the odds are too much in favor of disappointment.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I think the consensus right now is that the 2 NY teams are the front-runners, with the Red Sox, Dodgers and Jays having a shot.
  14. Bellhorn04
    What sets Cohen apart is that he has demonstrated he's willing to dig into his own pocket, as in incur significant operating losses, to pay for talent. Plus he's reportedly worth about $21 billion. It's a case where being not just rich, but rich and crazy, gives you an advantage.
  15. Bellhorn04
    No one can outbid Cohen if he's fully committed. You have to hope it's like Yamamoto where the player decides the bidding has gone high enough and they make their decision based on where they want to play.
  16. Bellhorn04
    I think it's always been like this in pro sports, with teams made up of stars and plebes, haves and have-nots, it's just that the dollar amounts are so much larger now. The MLB system is sort of fair - if you keep producing you will get your payday.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I think it's great if the Sox really are all in on Soto. But man, beating the Yanks, Mets and Dodgers for the prize is one tough ask. Obviously it's imperative that Juan really does have some attraction to the Sox legacy. As for the money part, you have to wonder what happens if Steve Cohen decides to go absolutely nutso and offer $750 mill or something like that.
  18. Bellhorn04
    No Soto and no rotation upgrade. No offense, Andrew, but this looks like just like the last few offseasons - fiscal restraint and a semi-punt, kickin' it down the road to the rosy future. Not really feeling Clay Holmes as a way to stick it to the Yanks. That would be Soto.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I assume the Sox are doing this largely to recover half of Story's contract.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Us Knights of the Keyboard are tough critics.
  21. Bellhorn04
    I'd make the cutoff $200 mill. Scherzer and Greinke were both very good. Also I think it's fair to grade contracts that are least 5 years in and still look good, like Harper's and Mookie's. IMHO.
  22. Bellhorn04
    The story of the last 3 seasons was Half Measures.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, there's no such thing as a slam-dunk great signing. The risk is ridiculous when you're guaranteeing a baseball player $600 mill or so before he even puts your uniform on.
  24. Bellhorn04
    He'll probably get a few save chances though.
  25. Bellhorn04
    And I think all that was surely part of the sales pitch to Soto.
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