Allegedly, when Nate came back looking for that initial offer a second time Chaim said he was sorry but the money was spent!
Such was Chaim's fatal final offseason.
For not signing him when Nate came back looking for that offer a second time.
But again I guess you can blame Henry's penny-pinching budget just as much.
To me the interesting development is that Mookie says there were negotiations while Bloom was here. It sounds like Bloom was the guy who had to try to explain to Mookie about the Sox payroll issues and plans for the future and so on...to justify why they could only go so high.
"They were in a situation where they had to do what's best for them", said Mookie.
I get the Chapman idea, absolutely. Our defense was atrocious. Chapman has been a 3.5-4 WAR player and is super-durable.
Needless to say, Chapman is only in the picture if Henry decides to spend big this offseason.
I'm guessing he's a smart guy and saw the future of the franchise wouldn't be so rosy. Or maybe he didn't like Washington. But it sure was one heck of a pile of dough to turn down.