I'm not claiming he will be great and never get hurt again. I'm just saying, he has already shown he can pitch well without his highest velocity. (Plus, I'm not so sure he can't regain most of his velocity.)
Money has to be the number one factor- by far.
If two offers are very close, then other factors play a role.
There are exceptions to this, of course, but it's about the money.
Had the Sox used up most of their winter spending budget on DJ, it would not have been "genius."
We need pitching, pitching, pitching.
Your needs are different.
Your rotation is golden & rock solid.
Sale put up some of his best numbers after returning from an injury and had diminished velocity. I'm not saying he is a lock to have a 7 WAR again, but he can get above 4 or 5. I guess this must also mean Severino is toast, too, right?
Let's hear your projections for ...
Montgomery
German
Garcia
Severino
King
Be just as critical. Try it.
I'm not arguing against this.
The talk was about the rotation. I didn't change the subject: you did.
(It's okay to change the subject, but it doesn't change the truth about our questionable rotations.)
I'm not sure who it will be, but we are going over the tax line, next year.
Also, losing Pedey's contract and being 1 year away from losing Eovaldi's & JD should make spending large more manageable.
I do remember many posters going nutty about us not doing much that winter, too.
Now, if winter comes and goes and all we have to show for it is Perez, Renfroe, Andriese and some other 5th starter type, then I'll be joining the choir front & center.
I think we paid just $21K in 1999. That does not mean we thought we stayed under, but we did cut it pretty close. Had we dumped some of our plaayers a few weeks early, we'd have reset in 1999- not that it would have made a world of difference.
Are all the valuable FAs and trade bait players taken, already?
Can we at least wait until we see what our 2021 team will actually be before ripping Bloom a new one?
We are gong to spend big, next winter.
Book it.
If the spending brings us guys like HRam & Pablo,maybe we won't compete in 2022, but it won't be because our rebuild plan is 4-5 years long.
In theory, we could sing Tanaka to $15M/1 and Odorizzi to $13M x 3 and still be just barely under the tax line.
More likely, we might sign just one and use some budget space on a RP'er, CF'er and 2Bman- saving some for the dealine.