Bellhorn04
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I see nothing there indicating he didn't want to stay in Boston for the right deal. One of these mentions the earlier $200 million extension offer that he said, on record, he came very close to accepting.
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Here's the other scenario, which makes every bit as much sense, IMHO: 1) The Red Sox didn't want to pay above a certain amount, and they didn't think Mookie would accept that amount. 2) By trading him before 2020 they got some talent for him, and they removed a $27 million salary obligation and were able to get under the tax threshold by getting the Dodgers to also take on $15 million a year for Price.
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What is the actual evidence that he didn't want to re-sign? From what I can tell it's all speculation. Mookie has never said anything that would even suggest it was the case.
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Have to check with Larry C. He has the list of guys desperate dave ran off.
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Something to pass the time. If we do nothing but wait for Chaim to unfold his magical moves, we will all calcify.
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It may have been a 100% mistaken foregone conclusion. It appears that the Sox made virtually zero effort to negotiate and find a middle ground.
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Mookie was traded. JD did not opt out. Bogey is opting out because in his situation only an idiot wouldn't. Devers is still under contract. Other than that, a great list of "jumpers".
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Maybe just stop using the term. File it. All of us.
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Do we have to list the core players still around from 2018?
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Why does 2021 have to be called a fluke? And couldn't 2022 have been better if Bloom made better moves? You're basically bending things to fit your narrative.
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Yeah, that's one of the things that doesn't make sense about this cliff. It was just a little cliff, I guess. Mountains out of molehills, as the saying goes.
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The word cliff makes no sense whatsoever in this context. Going off a cliff means you're dead, unless you're Wile E. Coyote.
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Did you expect the 2019 team to be 24 games worse than the 2018 team at the start of the season?
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So you're saying that it was predictable that the Sox would have a bad 60 games in 2020 and then bounce back and make the playoffs in 2021. OK...
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2020 was just one of 5 last place finishes since 2012. We can't even call it an outlier.
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2020 was a 60 game season in a global pandemic. If it had continued into 2021 then you might be able to call it a cliff. But it didn't.
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The timing of Beni's was pretty good though.
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The bottom line is, there was no cliff. There was just a valley that a bridge had to be built across. That's right folks, 2021 and 2022 have been Bridge Years.
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The Astros won because they had great pitching start to finish in Games 4-6. So exactly the way they beat us in 2021.
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What's interesting is that the postseason 2018 Red Sox had a pen that was a bit shaky, mainly because Kimbrel was way off his game. They relied largely on Brasier. Barnes and Kelly, and Cora plugging in his starters for an inning here and there. All of which allowed Kimbrel to hang onto games by his fingernails.
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I think the issue is whether Cohen actively communicated with the Yankees to let them know he wouldn't be bidding on Judge, because he "values their relationship".
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There's no magic formula, but the Astros sure seem to be the smartest guys in the room these days. Spotting talent, knowing when to let guys go, the whole package.
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Interesting case.
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Or to look it at from another angle, baseball is a sport where a team can field what seems to be on paper identical teams two years in a row, like 2018 and 2019, and go from 108 wins to 84 wins, because of differences in performance by the same guys.
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He also spent big after finishing last in 2014.
