Yeah, that $45 million recapture, plus tax savings, surely watered down the talent take. And the fact they waited till February probably didn't help either. Just disgusting.
But we kind of need something top shelf, which arguably reduces what's left of the FA field to Moto and Snell, and the Moto prospects are shaky at best.
Who knows, maybe 2 of the 4 pitchers will hit. King has pitched pretty well the last 2 years and made the transition to starting very nicely. He's been somewhat injury-prone, but what else is new.
Sure is a different-looking package from what the Sox got for Betts.
Re turning down the move to LA - I think this might be one of those cases where 'family considerations' really did play into it - because otherwise it made no sense at all.