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  1. Bellhorn04
    As I assume you know, the same reports are that Mookie countered at $420 million, and that's where the talks ended.
  2. Bellhorn04
    As currently constituted, the Yankees are a 33-27 team minus LeMahieu, Tanaka, Paxton and Happ.
  3. Bellhorn04
    The extensions for Sale and Bogaerts weren't done until March, 2019. It seems extremely likely that the reported $300 million offer to Betts, which occurred that same offseason, would have occurred well before that.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I think we've already discussed the possibility that the offers to Eovaldi and Sale came after the failed offer to Mookie. It actually makes more sense that way.
  5. Bellhorn04
    So why do think they made the $300 million offer to Mookie? Just for looks? I've said many times that Henry has spent faithfully on the team. But the highest contract he's given out is Price's $217 million. Mookie's deal could have been 50-75% more than that. So that is definitely in new territory. Also, Henry does have a history of drawing a line. In the infamous A-Rod negotiations, the Sox balked when the Players Union insisted on an adjustment that was only about $12 million, IIRC. They let Pedro walk. Damon. J-Bay. And so on.
  6. Bellhorn04
    You keep trying to spin it back to the same thing - that DD's overspending prevented us from keeping Mookie. The fact is that the Red Sox offered him $300 mill. I tend to think DD would have been in favor of offering more than that. When you get into those price ranges, the owners generally make the call.
  7. Bellhorn04
    He's playing possum! Seriously though, it seems like a little too much was being read into Bloom's comments there. Not being in an 'all-in' mode right now is not the same thing as punting on 2021.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Seems more likely Dombrowski wanted to offer him a lot more than $300 mill and Henry/Werner said no. Dave has never been known to be a penny-pincher with contract offers to elite talents...
  9. Bellhorn04
    Same to you harm.
  10. Bellhorn04
    I'm moreso blaming it for the Dodgers getting that crazy low 25.55 AAV. Gerrit Cole's AAV is 10.45 mill higher than that!
  11. Bellhorn04
    He's a Mariners fan. Most days he's able to suppress all the bitterness that entails. Yesterday was not one of those days.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Yep. Of course the Dodgers were able to play the pandemic card. The fickle finger of fate got us on this one.
  13. Bellhorn04
    25.55 for Mookie is virtually chump change, seriously. I feel a bit sick since I learned that he took basically less money than what was surely our opening offer of 300 million for 10 years.
  14. Bellhorn04
    There are still 3 months or more left in the offseason and all the pitchers mentioned as possible targets for us are still out there. I prefer to believe Bloom is playing the long game to get as much bang for the buck as possible. If we stand pat from here out, I'll be as shocked as anyone.
  15. Bellhorn04
    We understand that you are frustrated and disappointed by the key personnel losses suffered by your 33-27 Yankees, and the complete inertia of Hal and Cash since signing Cole.
  16. Bellhorn04
    What? You are being very opinionated today.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Kimmi, I hate to say it, but that contract is a great one for the Dodgers. I just learned that because of the deferred money, Mookie's AAV throughout the contract will only be 25.55 million. That's 4.45 mill LESS than what it would have been if he agreed to the Red Sox 10 year, $300 million offer.
  18. Bellhorn04
    You can't call it blind faith with Henry at least. His record of spending on the team over 19 seasons is sufficient basis for some faith.
  19. Bellhorn04
    The Dean of Old School.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Not me. Most probably would, though.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Now we've got 3 threads talking about the same stuff LOL
  22. Bellhorn04
    That's one way to put it. He had a career-ending injury rendering him of no use to any team, sadly.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Pedroia is an odd choice for a comparison. Kiermaier's contract is underwater, that's the real point.
  24. Bellhorn04
    At the same time, Morton and Snell being gone represent a significant reduction from last year's payroll.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Not expensively, though.
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