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dammit. i dont have a subscription. is it unethical for you to post the article?

hahaha. BOOM

i think what sean did is called a "hot take"

so *2018 World Series Champs then?

thanks Dave!

so carry 3 catchers? or you would not have promoted leon last season when it was obvious Sale needed his binky? #leongate

we did swihart dirty by sticking him in LF but did give him a million other chances after that. i'm pretty sure there was only 1 or 2 posters that still wanted to keep him.

damn. sucks but i would understand walking away from that.

September 27th: Boston Red Sox controlling owner John Henry said Friday the team plans to cut salary during the offseason in order to fall below the competitive balance tax threshold for the 2020 MLB season. "This year we need to be under the CBT and that was something we've known for more than a year now," Henry said. "If you don't reset there are penalties so we've known for some time now we needed to reset as other clubs have done." later that day Tom Werner walked it back (or tried to) per Alex Speier: Werner then clarifies that Sox have a goal to stay under, but may end up going past the threshold depending on circumstances. Me? i'll go with what the owner said.

i have no idea. i try and get up to Fenway for 1 game a year. but that is the only reason i can come up with on how quickly they backpeddled the "mandate" statement. marketing 101...don't undersell your product and don't piss off your clients. the PR department had to be flipping out when the "mandate" statement was first made.

come on bell. you know that was damage control because: season tix.

no. i think the bump in ticket sales (which in turn bump up the parking, hot dog, & beer sales) and SDP #50 jersey/tshirt sales will cover it. and i dont think that the 1 year "rental" would prevent them from signing other potential contracts. especially when the owner makes statements like he did about winning.

i thought you were the one that posted the SDP would not be in on Betts. apologies if that is incorrect. i think we might be saying the same thing

dont you both very much adhere to WAR? i guess your answer would be 7-10 wins? obviously it would need to be a team that thinks they have a shot in 2020. my original point was that the 1 year "rental money" isn't really the deciding factor. it's a contract that basically pays for itself. the deciding factor is the prospects they would be willing to give up in addition to the cash they have to pay betts. we have all seen up close and personal that a team can get both prospects & salary relief in return for a player. does Mookie turn a 70 win Padres team into a contender? probably not. but if Preller did the trade would it hurt Prowlers checkbook in the end? nope. and prowler is on record saying "2019 was embarrassing and heads will roll if his team doesnt win in 2020". so to say SDP is "not in play" for betts is wrong (IMO).

Mookies projected arb cost doesnt prevent any team for trading for him. the 1 year ticket bump/jersey sales will cover that. ok, maybe tampa bay would be the one team. the only thing preventing the other teams is how much they are willing to give up for him in prospects.

maybe. they can also be independent. In Slasher's world they are As a GM you can: - not overpay with prospects - get prospects via trade - draft more better prospects

1st - Happy New Year everyone. we can all finally see clearly. i am glad that Bloom is taking his time to try and get the best offers possible for Price and/or Betts and/or JBj. a number of pages ago it was amusing seeing people post: "what is idiot Bloom doing - he hasn't traded anyone yet" and then in another post they would state: "the rumored offers for Price are terrible - we should not trade him for that" so.....which is it??? Bloom sucks for not dumping players for terrible offers in December. or Bloom is smart for waiting for better offers. also, for years some of us have been saying JH will reset/Cliff is coming. for years certain posters have responded with vitriol towards that. (many examples but my personal fav is "why are you trying to save JH money"). also, DD was fired because he managed the trifecta: - signed bad LTC's - traded away top prospects - turned a top Farm system into one of the worst I would say that he would still be here if he only did 2 of the 3. but he did all 3 so even the parade in 2018 was not going to save him from JH ax. so now we get to pay the price for that parade. and with Bloom it could be a 1 season price to pay. but that requires a bit of patience this offseason and not jumping at the first 2 or 10 dumb trades that he may have been offered thus far from other GM's. also, no way Mookie is signing an extension. he is going to FA. it would benefit the Red Sox if we are able to move him for prospects and/or reset the LT. this will not hurt our chances to sign him in FA as he will 100% sign with whichever team offers him the best contract. stop playing checkers.

not surprising at all. Yankees players (just like their fans) are disgusting human beings.

sox dont prevent players from growing long hair or having beards.

for a team that makes their players cut their hair and shave their beards this just shows how $$$ trumps all. sellouts. weaksauce. https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/12/why-yankees-mlb-uniforms-have-nike-swoosh-prominently-placed-on-front-of-jerseys-leaving-baseball-purists-in-anguish.html Why Yankees, MLB uniforms have Nike swoosh prominently placed on front of jerseys, leaving baseball purists in anguish DISGUSTING.

Fortnite surgery. pretty basic stuff.

ya. thats why in my very next post i actually typed the word "fair".

fair. i shouldnt have said first offer. that said, i dont think Bloom needs to rush at all. basically my post in the Bloom thread.

what makes you think that? why is everyone in a rush to give our players away for the first offer?