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There is also a wide gap on the lux tax limits and percentages for going over.
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Sawamura has arb years after his contract runs out, per soxprospects.com. True on Sale having an opt out after 2022-same as Bogey.
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To start, yes, but other teams who used to feel they had little chance of signing several good international FAs, might now see a bigger advantage of upping their scouting footprint across the world.
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1. I think they'd accept $700K+ minor raises. 2. Many players don't ever make much more than the min, and they spent years in the minors before getting their one and often brief chance.
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That was what exposed the owners. They did not even give their first offer for weeks. If they had any sense of urgency, or even the perception of urgency, they'd have had a halfway decent offer on day one. (Even their last and final offer is not what I call halfway decent, but it might have been a good starting point.)
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I can't blame the players for not accepting that last and final, absurd offer from the owners. To me, it's 100% owners, hands down. Sure, the players' initial offer was absurd, too, but they backed way down and gave up somethings, too. Their last offer was not really absurd, and I think they showed a willingness to trade off and lower some of their last demands.
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soxprospects.com has this for the depth chart... https://soxprospects.com/org.htm (I tweaked it a little to allow some players to be at multiple positions.) SP: Eovaldi, Sale, Paxton (injured), Hill, Pivetta, Wacha, Houck Seabold, Crawford, Winckowski, KHart, BKeller, BMata (injured), BBello, J Groome, TWard, C Murphy, V Santo RP: Whitlock, Barnes, Taylor, Brasier, Sawamura, DHern, ADavis Valdez, Bazardo, MFeliz, TDanish, SBracho, ZKelly, TCole, DGiles, KOrt, DFeltman, JSchreiber, CSimpson, GHartlied, FGerman C: Vazquez, Plawecki Wong, R Hernandez, Madden, KCottam, R Baldwin (NHickey) 1B: Dalbec, Casas, Kike, RRamos, TReed 2B: Kike H, Arroyo, Downs, Arauz, YSanchezz, G Williams, CCannon 3B: Devers, Dalbec, Kike, Potts, Howlett, Binelas (Jordan) SS: Bogaerts, Arauz, Arroyo, Kike, Downs, Fitzgerald, Hamilton (Koss, Bonachi, Mayer) LF: Verdugo, Duran, JD, Cordero, Castellanos CF: Kike, JBJ, Verdugo, Duran, Refsnyder, Rosario (Jimenez) RF: JBJ, Kike, Verdugo, Duran, JD, Stewart, Mieses DH: JD, Dalbec, Duran
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I fear the answer to your question.
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Well said, as usual.
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Freddy Valdez, Jhostynxon Garcia and more... http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/03/scouting-report-updates-freddy-valdez.html Freddy Valdez: Wide range of possible outcomes, with future upside tied into how his hit tool develops. Power-over-hit profile right now, but has the potential for his power to be a carrying tool. Needs to improve his contact skills in order to tap into his power potential. Good low minors flier with some upside. (Turned 20 in December)
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At worst (or best, depending on how you view it), I am tied for being the most rabid Sox fan in the world. I'm obsessed! I'm at the point where I really don't care, if the players bunker down and don't give in to the owner's BS and we miss a season. I'll be back, next year, but I will have lost some passion, and I'm not sure I'll ever get it back, unless we win a ring, real soon... LOL!
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They are really miscalculating the different era we are in, as compared to the last work stoppage eras. There are way too many other viable options for entertainment out there, and people are creatures of habit. Once they get in the habit of a new hobby or activity, it might not be as easy to lure them back as it was before.
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Maybe back in the Bob Cousy era.
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Just about every team has used this strategy at some point in time, including the examples I listed for the Sox. I'm not saying the idea is bad, but to me, it doesn't fix the competitive balance issue, and it might make things worse.
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We also got Jason Bay for Manny, and later drafted Workman with the pick we got when we lost Bay to free agency. We used the money saved in the AGon, Beckett & Crawford deal to win a ring in 2013, too.
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Update on Salem RP'ers: http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/03/scouting-report-updates-2021-salem.html High minor depth arms: http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/03/scouting-report-updates-high-minors.html Low minor starters: http://news.soxprospects.com/2022/03/scouting-report-updates-wilkelman.html
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Don't look, now, but every MLB star can choose where to play, too, unless they flame out before free agency- same as the NBA.
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The Rays are the Rays due to mastering this strategy.
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We did pretty good unloading Slocumb.
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#35 Jeremy Wu-Yelland: https://soxprospects.com/players/wuyelland-jeremy.htm Potential middle reliever. Ceiling of a late-inning reliever. Fastball/slider combination could make him a very effective reliever, especially if stuff plays up in short bursts, but success will likely be determined by how his command and control develop. Has shown ability to miss bats with both of his primary pitches, but walk rate must come down. Fits the profile of a typical Red Sox target with arm strength and high spin rates on his breaking ball. Will be given the chance to start, but will need to show significant development with third pitch as well as command/control in order to have a chance to remain in that role. Bullpen remains an intriguing fallback option given how his velocity may play up in short outings. He turns 23 in June.
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Agreed. They are begging for big trouble. This is a new era. Losing fans may force some to other entertainment areas, and they may never come back. Many more choices out there, now, than the last few times they did this and ended up getting the fans to come back.
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Selling off free-agents-to-be for prospects is one way smaller market teams can get better.
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I know the plan has difficulties, but I said how it could be done. Add 4 expansion teams and send 2 down. The following year, the worst two teams are sent down and the punishment for the previous two is over, and they come back. My guess is, some teams would change ownership, real quick. Maybe, if balance is achieved, the plan ends and we have 32 teams.
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But, I keep hearing how the playoffs are a crapshoot and how many times teams like the Royals win it all and the A's and Rays keep coming close.
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You'd send the MLB team to the AAA league where their own AAA team does not play. It could work, but there are certain difficulties involved.
