Bellhorn04
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Everything posted by Bellhorn04
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Not really. The reports of the one year add-on for $30 million to make 4/$90, and the later offer of 6/$162 haven't been disputed AFAIK.
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Red Sox media = too lazy to chase the facts.
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I love Xander, but that contract he got from San Diego was so inflated it could have floated like the Goodyear blimp...
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It wasn't always a slam dunk that he would opt out after 3 years. Anything could have happened.
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It is indeed an incontrovertible fact.
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I'd care just as much if you guys were talking about Woody Guthrie and George Hamilton...
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That's right. When Mookie said 'go talk to Bloom' it clearly implied there were further negotiations after Bloom took over - which would also help explain why they waited until February to trade him. Mookie opened multiple cans of worms, and Sox media somehow snoozed on all of it.
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Hey, that's my line. I do find it amazing there was no followup on that by Sox media.
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Syntax issue I think.
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They did the identical thing with Bogaerts, if the reports are accurate. The only difference was they fell $20 million short on Lester, and $118 million short on Bogaerts.
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But it doesn't really make sense that he'd be disinterested in an asset worth $5 billion.
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Henry likes showing he's a tough guy sometimes.
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Absolutely. When there are so many possibilities and so little information, we all get to make our own guesses. We just have to admit they could be totally wrong.
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Yamamoto had to be signed by a deadline. Maybe the Dodgers let Mookie get settled in for a while and be impressed by the place and the organization before they came to him with an offer. There are a plethora of possibilities.
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The issue is and was Lowball Johnny.
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Houston has been the model franchise over the last decade, aside from the tanking and the cheating perhaps.
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Agreed, but my inner pessimist sees Giolito bombing, Sale doing well, and the Sox winning 75 games. And in that scenario Crag will take a beating just like Bloom.
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Yes, that could be a pretty good trade.
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And the smart money continues to be on the Sox doing absolutely nothing...
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Now let's see how Cragsy does. I'm not excited by any of his moves just yet. And it sure seems like someone has the budget clampers on him.
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The parallels between Ben's 4 years and Bloom's 4 years are striking, sir.
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I'm cynical as hell myself. But I firmly believe the mandate to trade Betts came from Bloom's bosses. That's been further confirmed by the reports that Dombrowski was engaged in talks with the Dodgers about a trade for Betts at the 2019 deadline. I highly doubt that was all Dave's idea.
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Yes, he was handed a mess. 2020 was a writeoff and 2021 was a pleasant surprise. 2022 and 2023 were the make or break years for Chaim.
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Feb. 7, the Fearsome Foursome is still out there, and MLBTR is still mostly a snooze.
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Frankly I think Breslow has already explored this stuff and found out he wasn't getting much without giving up one of the big three. And that's why nothing has happened.
