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  1. Bellhorn04
    Welcome dgalehouse.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I agree that the fiscal situation is tight. I don't think the new rules change things all that much for the Sox, because I don't think they were ever planning to send their payroll through the roof.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Who can forget this one: 'Wake up, Ben!'
  4. Bellhorn04
    The new CBA is not really that punitive. The basic threshold will increase from 195 million in 2017 to 210 million in 2020. You only really get whacked if you go 40 million over the threshold. So there's still plenty of money available to be spent.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Going over the salary cap by up to 20 million is not any bigger of a deal than it was before. The really stiff penalties kick in when you go over the cap by 40 million or more.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Some key points on the new luxury tax rules: Exceeding the threshold the first time - 20% tax Exceeding the threshold the second time - 30% tax Exceeding the threshold the third time - 50% tax Exceeding the threshold by 20 to 40 million - additional 12% tax on top of the above Exceeding the threshold by 40 million or more - tax rate is up to 90% AND the team's top draft pick falls by 10 spots
  7. Bellhorn04
    I think what you might see is both Benintendi and JBJ sitting against some, but not all, lefties, with Young replacing them for those games.
  8. Bellhorn04
    I have to say I'm impressed with what I read about the new luxury tax thresholds and rates. I see an attempt at some fiscal sanity there, without going overboard about it.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Was this really necessary LOL His World Series line of 412/500/471 in 20 PA would have been more meaningful...
  10. Bellhorn04
    Good points.
  11. Bellhorn04
    I think somebody already proposed this basic scenario: Opening Day catching tandem of Leon and Vazquez. Swihart works on his catching game in Pawtucket. If Swihart looks good, he replaces Leon or Vazquez at some point.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I think the right wording would be 'He's got too much potential for that.'
  13. Bellhorn04
    I thought the Giants offered Pablo the same deal as we did, or close to it.
  14. Bellhorn04
    The Yanks will probably get him.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Shaughnessy, what a surprise.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Yes, but if you go to the internet forums for other teams (as mvp went to the SF Giants site) I'm sure you'll find similar complaining and badmouthing by fans. I've done it myself and found it amusing that they sounded just like us. People aren't that different from one place to another. (There are lots of reasonable people on every team's site too.) Its all part of internet behavior.
  17. Bellhorn04
    It's too much of a generalization. Boston is known as a tough place to play, there's no doubt about that. But if the fans and media are as bad as you're implying, all these free agents wouldn't be coming here in the first place. Unless you're saying that the players who sign here are so ignorant that they have no clue what they're getting into.
  18. Bellhorn04
    It sounds like a deal should get done though.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, things are pretty dead right now with the CBA still not finalized.
  20. Bellhorn04
    I'd love to have Quintana. But the cost will be so steep we probably can't do it. Even if you traded JBJ for Quintana straight up, you're basically trading 5 WAR for 5 WAR. And you have to give up a lot more than that. We'll probably have to stick with focusing on DH and the bullpen.
  21. Bellhorn04
    What does this mean exactly? Do you have any specific examples of these fan solutions?
  22. Bellhorn04
    I think Rasmus already fell off the cliff. In his 6 years with Toronto and Houston he averaged 230/297/428.
  23. Bellhorn04
    TJ surgery - he'll miss the entire 2017 season.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Everybody please just let that character stuff go and stick to baseball, or YOTN is going to just lock this thread.
  25. Bellhorn04
    He also got Iggy for Avisail Garcia. That looks like a win.
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