FredLynn
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Its hard to find the value of benefits for the Red Sox. I found this, which just says that contracts + benefits are counted: The Yankees pay at a 40 percent rate on the amount of their payroll over $178 million, a figure that includes the average annual values of contracts plus benefits Bellhorn: where did you come up with the $10M figure? That seems high to me.
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Thats what it seems like, that they are under the cap, barely, and are working to keep under the cap. I admit that there are probably intricacies that none of us are aware of. Staying under the cap makes sense; its a sound business strategy, though it won't make any fans happy. It makes no sense whatsoever to go over the cap slightly since any excess salary over the cap triggers a 40% premium on the tax next year. I hope they know what they are doing.
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While none of us know for sure where the team stands with regard to the cap, I sure hope our FO knows exactly where we stand. Thats part of their job. I am willing to go with what we have right now ONLY IF we are under the cap and don't go over it. I definitely do not want to read later on that we were just a couple of million over the cap (and hence would be paying a 40% LT surcharge next year) and that the owners were just too cheap to sign someone to give a better shot at a ring this year.
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I would not be disappointed if we signed no one else this offseason if we were able to stay under the cap. I think that is the best long term business strategy for the franchise. Its going to make winning a ring this year, as some have put it, extremely difficult, but I am willing to wait until this franchise has its s*** in order before they get the pitching they need to form a dominant team.
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I believe he said that he couldn't imagine either of them "competing for a job in ST". Thats different. If one or both of them is HANDED a job prior to ST, then does that constitute "competing for a job"?
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Thats right. Damn that Cherington. He missed out on another piece of garbage. He is slipping. I thought he would sign them all.
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Oh, incidentally......on some forums posts with green font indicate sarcasm so that its easier for others to see what is intended as a joke and what is not. I think that would be a good idea here too.
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Absolutely not ORS. Aceves must be the starter. This is not a matter of opinion, its fact. Anyone who cannot see it is an idiot.
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Its best to avoid him, Ortiz, when he posts like that. A few of his posts are worth considering and responding to, but none of the sarcastic personal ones. I just put him on manual ignore when he cannot behave himself.
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I think that strategy will work just fine. Thats what Valentine was hired for: to be a boss, not a friend. Francona was a friend and see where it got him last year? Kudos to Bobby V to announce where he stands with regard to Wakefield and Varitek, our two has-been loser MEFIRSTS.
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Yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That said, opinions that are supported by facts are more believable than those which are not.
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Well then we have agreed all along. Surprise! If the situation changes, if we get another good SP, then we have a better chance. But thats a new reality. Everyone knows what we need. Right now we don't have it. There is really no reason for anyone to be overly optimistic about the current team.
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Just out of curiousity, if the current roster is the same as the final roster, what do you think of our chances of competing for a ring?
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For the record, I think the team is now headed in the right direction. They have fired an incompetent manager who lost control of the clubhouse and replaced him with a disciplinarian who will fix that problem. They got rid of the GM who put them in the hole they are now in, and they have so far held on to the resources that will probably make them a very real contender next year. Does that sound pessimistic to everyone here-or does it sound like a difference of opinion about long term strategy for success of the team?
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I can live with "almost never". Two years ago came close. The number of injuries we had to key players was excessive. It happens sometimes. My arguement is that too many people like to play the injury card too often when there were opportunities to take corrective action that were not utilized. If we had obtained both Harden and Bedard last year chances are we would have at least made the playoffs.
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Guess they should have replaced him then. And keep in mind that any SP they replaced him with would have been an improvement. That would have been the right thing to do. I am not buying the "gee, he was injured, and thats why our pitching stunk" excuse. Not when there was a better alternative.
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The fact of the matter is that Lackey was THE WORST SP in baseball, so anyone we replaced him with would have been an improvement. Saying that he was hurt, while true, is an excuse. He sucked, and we replaced him with someone better than he performed. We are not going to get through 2012 with no time missed by Beckett/Lester/CB, almost certainly. Using whatever ails them as an excuse for why we failed is BS. If our #4 and 5 were solid, and if Epstein had provided for our minor league with good prospects, like the Rays, we would withstand such injuries much better. I don't think that if you ask the players or manager about injuries they would say its a "reason" the team failed.
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