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  1. Hitch
    I don't think we should be extending Crochet. Let's see if we really have what we think we have before doing another Sale. Keith Law calls him a TJ just waiting to happen.
  2. Hitch
    No chance. That would be a shocker.
  3. Hitch
    Bob Nightengale @BNightengale The final 5 finalists in the Garrett Crochet trade talks before the Chicago White Sox traded him: Boston Red Sox: (who landed him) Atlanta New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies
  4. Hitch
    Yes but Fried could be a bust by year 3 and a sunk cost. And the short memories/wilful ignorance of fans means Breslow would have been in the wrong then, too. The guy can't win any way he goes. But that's what being a fan seems to be these days. Find your imperfection and moan about it. It's a step price but only Teel really hurts and I love the Narvaez trade. I'm just glad we're involved at the premier player table and making moves again..
  5. Hitch
    Love this trade.
  6. Hitch
    Steep price to pay.
  7. Hitch
    That is incredibly steep. But as we've seen, it's costing big bucks or big prospects to get highly rated pitching.
  8. Hitch
    Absolutely not.
  9. Hitch
    I worry for some of your families on times.
  10. Hitch
    Breslow would bite his tongue off in haste at saying yes to such a thing. Not remotely close to what Castillo would fetch (or is worth).
  11. Hitch
    Why? We just bid $700m on one player. Nothing has happened since that means we've missed out on top targets. I know there's a solid track record of being let down recently, but let's have a wee bit of patience.
  12. Hitch
    15 at $700m (our offer apparently) is insane. In that the price is enormous and still not enough to get it done. I'd have loved him but that contract is absolutely ridiculous. I'd prefer both Mookie and Shohei at either of their deals. And it's not even close. If we go out and go big on starters and a RH bat, it'll be a good off season.
  13. Hitch
    Go big! Front load the contract -60/70mil a year. Give him an opt out after the 3rd/4th year. Everyone a winner.
  14. Hitch
    Heyman reporting we're at $700m. If that's true and doesn't get it done just walk away and spend your money elsewhere. It already starting to feel way too much.
  15. Hitch
    Yup. He's perfectly serviceable out there.
  16. Hitch
    You'd have to be astonishingly cynical to think that step would be for show. They've already made enough fuss for it to be about show. And Boras could leek that Boston didn't match the highest offer or balked at the asking price. What would be the good of that?
  17. Hitch
    There is 0% chance the man is DH'ing.
  18. Hitch
    From Alex, too. So legit. If nothing else ownership is doing absolutely everything it can here. I was ready to have my heart broken a week ago, I'm at the altar now, nervously looking over my shoulder.
  19. Hitch
    That is a VERY odd one. For all involved.
  20. Hitch
    It's felt very much like that for most of the last half a dozen.
  21. Hitch
    I think if they miss out on Soto they will go hard on at least Fried and overpay if needed, I should think. They know how it will look if they miss out on everyone. They'll spend a lot of money one way or another this year, I'm pretty confident.,
  22. Hitch
    Completely agree on the last point. It's not even close. I imagine Ownership would, too, if they could have their time again.
  23. Hitch
    Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. I doubt if we'd offered $360mil in '19 he says no to test the market, but we'll never know, which is my point. Absolutes and facts need to be tossed aside in this case. Nobody has them to produce.
  24. Hitch
    Quite, but that's an altogether different point. On the point about being outbid by Cohen - people need to pick their criticism and stick to it (not aimed at you, just a general point). You can't blast the ownership for being cheap and not spending on the top players and then on the other hand after they've lost the bidding to Cohen turnaround and say 'what idiots they wasted their time going up against him.' Well, I guess people can and will, but then that's what the ignore button is for I guess.
  25. Hitch
    But then signed an extension with the Dodgers before free agency? I'm not sure what the truth is around the whole thing, but there's a lot of guesswork that's stated as fact around this topic. As an aside, Zach Scott (former vice president of baseball research and development - who eventually served as assistant general manager), said: “We only signed Sale once we knew we couldn’t sign Mookie,” Scott shared. “We made our best and final [offer] to Mookie in spring 2019, and once it was clear it wasn’t happening, we almost immediately pivoted to Sale. I guess all that cash was burning a hole in someone’s pocket." Two f*** ups in one.
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