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  1. Bellhorn04
    While Dempster ('the money') was on mopup duty.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Agreed.
  3. Bellhorn04
    75-80 million would be insane. Fee for Darvish, like Dice-K, was a little over 51 million.
  4. Bellhorn04
    There's a new penalty for going over the threshold. If a big market team like the Red Sox stays under the threshold they have to pay less in revenue sharing than they do if they go over. No idea how it's calculated but it's a significant chunk of money.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Yes, that was a huge problem this past season. They spent all that money on mid-range guys. And where did it get them?
  6. Bellhorn04
    They did fall short with the same guys last year.
  7. Bellhorn04
    You might need him in a park with a short right field fence to pull that off.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Nobody should sleep on Workman, and (sorry about this) Buchholz should sleep on nobody.
  9. Bellhorn04
    I know one thing - one of the world's thinnest books would be: 'Buy-low starters who have been big successes for the Red Sox.'
  10. Bellhorn04
    Now I'd like to see a list of the buy-low guys from the last few years that have actually paid off.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Yes. The Red Sox have Bodacious Ben.
  12. Bellhorn04
    I'm looking forward to watching him for years. Although his numbers weren't great this year he was one of the guys I always wanted to watch when he was at the plate.
  13. Bellhorn04
    What would you like to see them do about catcher next year?
  14. Bellhorn04
    And the manager was certainly a lot more balanced than the last one.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Not vastly underestimating, I don't think. Compare to Russell Martin's 2 years/$17 million. Martin is better defensively and not hugely worse offensively. Especially when Salty's OPS this year partially resulted from a high BABip.
  16. Bellhorn04
    I don't think the revenue sharing rebate is quite that much but I could be wrong. However much it is, keep in mind that the rebate is an annual thing so it will always be there as a disincentive to going over the $189 million.
  17. Bellhorn04
    I think they did last year, especially letting Swisher and Martin go and not replacing them with much. That was not the Yankee Way. They might get fed up with the thrifty s*** in a big hurry though.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Look at it this way mark - if the posting fee was a non-issue, the Sox would have been all over Darvish. Darvish's contract is 6 years, 56 million - that's chump change by today's standards. Ryan Dempster - 13.25 million a year. Yu Darvish - 9.33 million a year. What's missing from that picture?
  19. Bellhorn04
    I'm assuming it's also ownership's goal to make a certain amount of profit. I think they would be very much concerned about a $60 million fee they have to pay.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Tanaka won't cost $10 million. Even on the low side, if it's $60 million posting fee plus $60 million for 6 years the total cost is $120 million. That's an average cost of $20 million per year. The only break is that the posting fee isn't counted for luxury tax.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Plus the posting fee. So if the posting fee is $60 million and the contract is 6 years $90 million the total cost is 6 years $150 million.
  22. Bellhorn04
    And his writing clarity is every bit as bad as his reading clarity. I need an interpreter to explain what he was saying there. At first I thought he was saying Ben needed to keep the team together because of it's great chemistry...then he seems to be saying get rid of Ellsbury & Drew etc...it all gets a bit baffling.
  23. Bellhorn04
    The fascination is easy enough to explain. 1) Optimism says Middlebrooks will eventually stabilize at his 2012 level - .835 OPS, 15 HR and 54 RBI in less than half a season. First baseman production. 2) Economics says he's cheap and controlled.
  24. Bellhorn04
    It boggles the mind that he could have been a Twin for a number of years. One of those history-changing blunders in baseball history. 2003...we sign Ortiz for nothing. Early 2004...we come within an eyelash of trading Manny for A-Rod. You can't make this s*** up.
  25. Bellhorn04
    But it pales next to the value delivered by Pedro's 7 years with the Red Sox.
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