To me there's no excitement unless I'm actually betting real money on it. And I freely admit that betting on sports for money is a losing proposition. I throw away about fifty bucks a year betting on NFL point spreads with my government betting service.
His AAV is 29 million. Maybe no Story signing, maybe no Yoshida signing.
Anyway it's all just speculation. The damage is huge and there's no way around it. The Dodgers have annihilated us since the trade.
Baseball offseasons seem to have become excruciatingly slow-paced, especially compared to other sports. I'm glad I was kind of checked out of it for a month or two. I didn't miss much in the way of action. Breslow seems to have done a workmanlike job with the trades. It'll be disappointing if they don't sign Bregman or make some sort of comparable acquisition.
It doesn't get much attention from baseball writers, either. Everyone is into the tax numbers now. The team accountants are probably the people most interested in cash flow numbers.
He's a #2 over his career...only concern is he's getting on a little.
Of course what we call a #2 some guys call a #3 or even a 4...expectations tend to exceed reality.
Yeah, I think Kluber was the worst one-year contract in Red Sox history. But a lot of that was Bloom having no Plan B for Kluber flaming out like he did. Just bad work by Bloom all around. Of course he probably had a tight budget so some of it is on Henry too!
From Peter Gent's North Dallas Forty: "I love Texas, but she drives her people crazy. I've wondered whether it's the heat, or the money, or maybe both."