Kimmi
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More financially valuable? Sorry, but I'm not buying that. More appealing? Yes, I can see that though I don't agree with it, but not more financially valuable.
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The biggest news of the offseason so far is that my man Dave Cameron is leaving Fangraphs to take on a job with the Padres. Very sad news for Fangraphs fans, good news for Padres fans.
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Not that I wanted Bruce, but he's also one less option of the table. The more options that get signed, the more leverage Boras and JD have. Not that it should matter. Dombrowski needs to stand pat on his offer regardless of how many other options there are.
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OK, I get your point.
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The blanket statement that staying 'status quo when there is a 2 year window is irrational' is just wrong, and you know it.
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Yes, we still have a pretty good line up for two more years. Even if we stayed status quo, I am very confident that our offense will be better than it was last year. It's not like we were an 87 win team last year and have a lot of ground to make up. If Price can stay healthy, then our starting rotation should be very strong as well.
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Obviously, I disagree, but I certainly hope I am wrong. In 2014 and 2015, we had a very legitimate shot on paper. That's all I can ask of from the GM.
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Well, not knowing whether they would have increased it anyway, it's hard to say, but yes, it makes sense to me.
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Just say it with me: "You are right Hitch."
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I would rather have a legitimate shot every year.
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So, you are in favor of handing out albatross contracts to avoid staying status quo. Just say it with me: "You are right Kimmi."
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I realize that there are different degrees of bad contracts. I am on record here that I am okay with signing JD to a 5/130 contract or even a little more dollar wise. I think everyone here would pass on the 7/210 contract. The statement that 'staying status quo is irrational' implies to me that the team should take on the albatross contract rather than staying status quo. My point is that there are times when staying status quo is a better option than not maintaining status quo. In other words, the statement that 'staying status quo is irrational' is irrational.
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Even if they don't prove to be as good as they are projected to be, when they all, including our starting pitching, hit free agency within 1-2 years of each other, it's going to be hard to retain or replace that magnitude of players.
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On this, we agree. And we don't have the cost controlled players to replace them.
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I was also not impressed by the article. As I said, I don't think Collins defended his opinion well at all.
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Easier said than done. Where's the money coming from? And sure, we could develop our own starting pitching. In time for 2020 or 2021?
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I meant that SBF was against signing Beltre to the original one year deal. He was probably all for trying to re-sign him.
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That's fair enough. Then what about pitching? And what about replacing our 1st and 2nd basemen?
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But which is more irrational? Going status quo when the team is already a contender, or handing out a bad contract to avoid going status quo? I'll wait for your response that does not answer my question.
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I'm not a betting person either, but I'd bed on JD signing with the Sox.
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I don't like that sentence that you quoted, but not because of our last place finishes, which have nothing to do with anything, but because being the 'freaking Red Sox' doesn't mean that we can sign whomever we want. That's just not realistic, for many reasons.
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You don't have to sell me on it. I loved the deal. It's my kind of deal. (So was the Mike Cameron signing). I just remember hearing a lot of disagreement about signing him. For some reason, SeaBeachFred comes to mind, though I can't say for sure he was one that was against it.
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I don't think he makes a very strong case for his opinion. He says that the Red Sox can re-sign or sign any player that they want to, and that Henry has shown a willingness to spend. Well, yes, that's all true. Retaining all of our young core is not at all realistic, however. The budget is not limitless.
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I am talking about holding the line in terms of the number of years. I do not want Dombrowski to offer more than 5 years. If he knows that another team has outbid him in terms of dollars, and he's close, I would be okay with him increasing his dollar amount, within reason. Hard to know exactly what 'within reason' is without knowing his or anyone else's bids. But he absolutely needs to hold the line at 5 years.
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I completely agree with you about the downside of signing JD to a long contract. I think even 5 years is too long, but I don't think it will get done for less than that. Believe me, I would be thrilled if we could get JD for 3 years. I just don't think it's likely that his market drops below 5 years.
