I'm not really sure what your argument is any more. You said "the free agents Henry has shelled maybe a billion or so for over the years haven’t really done much".
So I was agreeing with you that most were busts.
Supposition is what we do here. I'm talking about Foulke, Dice-K, Drew, Lackey, Victorino, Price, JDM and others, and that's not even counting Mr. Duquette's prize free agent signing.
That's pretty reasonable supposition.
In the midst of all our griping this offseason, the story about the Red Sox negotiations with Devers at his home in the Dominican was actually pretty cool. Cora was there and when Devers first saw the offer his eyes got really big, according to Cora.
Sure, that's pretty obvious, but what's the big deal about it?
To get under the tax threshold, Bloom had to trade Mookie and someone else making 10-15 million or whatever. It was convenient that he could get both things done in one deal.
But even "the very best of the very best of the very best" is subject to interpretation. Should there only be 20-30 guys in it?
If you leave his politics out of it, Schilling is a great example of a borderline case.