Bellhorn04
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Everything posted by Bellhorn04
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"confused and disgruntled" is an apt description.
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He never dropped to middle of the pack in team payroll until 2023.
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We're always finding the minuses in the pitchers who are available.
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But it's not $4M per year saved on O'Neill vs. Verdugo. It's $4M for one year.
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You really and truly think $4M could impact how much they offer Moto?
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And if you're a Sox fan, what a year to need a FA starting pitcher.
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Don't rule out the Jays on Moto either. They almost came up with enough money for Ohtani, after all.
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Why would you be shocked if it's the Dodgers? Like you said they need pitching. And they are obviously going all in. Pretty attractive destination, and now Ohtani is there.
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Hahahahaha....good one moon.
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I have a feeling the Dodgers are in hard on Moto too. And now they have a nice new selling point named Ohtani... The excitement for Sox fans will be confined to watching the real high rollers duke it out.
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The Dodgers also got Mookie to defer a bunch.
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The Mets, Dodgers and apparently the Yankees as well have decided to "Don't worry, be happy" when it comes to the tax reset thing.
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As a bean-counter I'm looking forward to seeing what the AAV turns out to be with the deferrals. Jeff Passan says: Ohtani's deal is expected to wind up somewhere in the range of $40 million to $50 million a year. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39078719/shohei-ohtani-contract-los-angeles-dodgers-passan Dodgers are crafty, man.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It was a lousy stab at fan appeasement if that's what it was. -
Keep in mind that we'll never know what's actually going on, any more than we know if it was Bloom's fault we invested no more than $10 mill in a starting pitcher...
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You do raise a good ugly question there.
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The Full Throttle Gang still has the wheels in the garage making a lot of tuneups and modifications. They're not sure now if it'll be ready to drive in 2024 or not.
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Maybe because the Ohtani contract reinforces the idea that some organizations are all in and prepared to spend crazy if necessary, and the Red Sox aren't one of them. If we had some optimism about signing Moto it would be different. But I think the optimism in that area is gone. And the Dodgers signing Ohtani might actually give them a better chance of signing Moto. Just reading a piece in the Athletic by Chad Jennings and Jen McCaffrey. They're the ones who quoted someone in the Sox organization as saying the approach under Breslow is remarkably the same as it was under Bloom, and you can tell they're starting to get a little uneasy about it.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not a whole lot. It was a head-scratcher at the time. Nobody could really make sense of it except as the Bogaerts replacement thing, which most people didn't like. I guess I'd prefer to think they're not stupid enough to be provoked by fan unrest into a bad $140 million signing. -
FSG keeps expanding. I think they're getting into golf now too.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It's possible, but it was a pretty strange choice of moves to please the fans with. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
Bellhorn04 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
It's been a step down so far. Story is a better fielder than Bogaerts, but he has missed a ton of games and his offensive numbers have been lousy. -
FWIW there is speculation that so much of Ohtani's money is deferred that the AAV might get knocked down to $50 million or so, which would put it in the range that was expected going into the offseason.
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JH will blame Brez.
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Let's hope the Moto drama doesn't drag out too long.
