Bellhorn04
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Old Red's schtick is that he loves the Red Sox but hates Bloom.
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Sometimes you fall for the name. Jeff Bailey was a cool name. I thought Sam Travis was a can't-miss.
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I think the Devers extension was a good sign for the future of the franchise. A lot of people were convinced Devers would want out after seeing his friend Bogey go elsewhere, and for such an absurd sum. Obviously, they showed Raffy the money, but he must have had some comfort about staying in Boston to sign a career contract with no opt-out.
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Jeez cp, I didn't say it made him Albert Einstein.
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For all you fans of 18th century English literature. This year the Steelers also had a WR named Diontae Johnson, and a kicker named Chris Boswell.
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This is how bored I am today. But there are some funny football names out there. This year the Steelers had a rookie QB named Kenny Pickett, and a rookie WR named George Pickens. Pickens caught 4 TD passes from Pickett this year. I have no information on whether Pickett threw any Pick-Sixes when he was targeting Pickens.
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It's a silly analogy. Denny seems to honestly believe that Bloom is the man 100% responsible for losing Betts and Bogaerts. He seems to have no idea how a major league baseball team actually works.
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If the 2023 team finishes under .500, you think Bloom survives?
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And if the team bombs in 2023, Bloom might only be passing the baton to the next guy...
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True, but it's not like there's no risk in the early lock-up, either. Tatis Jr. comes to mind. Whatever you do, there's gonna be plenty of risk.
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When I first heard he signed for 6/120, I was surprised. It seemed like a large discount. When I found out about the opt-out it took some of the luster off it. I don't think any player has ever benefited more from an opt-out...
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One thing I'll always remember about Lester is that (reportedly), when asked about the 4/70 offer, he just smiled and said "They took a shot."
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Sure. And all we can do is speculate as to why they weren't. But I don't think it's very controversial to say that in a case like Betts, it's the owners calling the shots...
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It was Lester Redux. The similarities between the two situations were uncanny...
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Their PR has been horrible. Though to be fair, from a PR standpoint there's no good way to bid goodbye to players like Betts and Bogaerts.
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I think Bogaerts was going to be a free agent after 2019 without the extension.
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Yes it was a bad contract for Bogey?
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OK, let's say they were dead equal. How does that change the point that Story's offer was much higher?
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If it was bad, why did Bogaerts sign it? I think it was a good deal for both sides. The Sox got Bogey for 3 years at a reasonable rate, and he got the chance to cash in after 3 years, which he did. Do you really think this was a bad contract?
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It's insulting when you make that offer at the same time you're signing a slightly lesser player to 6 years $140 mill, for one thing. For another, Bogaerts ended up getting more than 3 times $90 mill. (Not that it was anything but an absurd amount that San Diego paid.)
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People can argue whatever they want. I thought that extension was pretty good.
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I don't think it's as simple as you're making it sound. For example, the Devers negotiations could easily have gotten screwed up. There was nothing stopping him from waiting another year to be a free agent. Before the extension people who were down on the team said he was gone. After the extension many of those people changed their tune to it only happened because of all the pressure blah blah blah. Funny how that works.
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Like I was saying.
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The Dodgers have cut way back on payroll this year, although they're still not under the first threshold, which is all kind of interesting - if you're into this crap like me, anyway.
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But see how you're putting down two good moves like Mayer and Devers as if Bloom gets no credit for them? It's like when people who don't like Dombrowski say he shouldn't get any credit just for spending a pile of money on guys like Price and JDM. It's easy to do. If you like the guy, you find things to credit him for and ignore things he should be blamed for. And vice versa.
