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  1. moonslav59
    Of course, they don't, but taking Eovaldi lessens what they have to give back, and Betts gives them like 6 OF'ers, so the contract swap of Eovaldi for Pollock makes sense to both teams.
  2. moonslav59
    Pollock has negative value.
  3. moonslav59
    Not saying I like this deal, but the site accepted this one, too: Betts, Barnes, Workman & Duran for May, Gonsolin & Cartaya
  4. moonslav59
    To me, this deal makes sense: Betts, Eovaldi & Workman for Pollock, Gonsolin, Stripling & Cartaya In reality, we may get this, at best: Betts for Gonsolin, Stripling & Cartaya (The trade simulator accepted both deals.)
  5. moonslav59
    Is there any evidence on twitch reflexes and age?
  6. moonslav59
    Choose $300M/12 or less as your vote.
  7. moonslav59
    Cast your vote.
  8. moonslav59
    I'd go $400M/12 to,lower the AVV.
  9. moonslav59
    Now that some numbers have been rumored, how much is the most you'd pay Mookie?
  10. moonslav59
    I've always thought we overpaid for this platoon 1Bman, but this seems about right. No need for Myers, now.
  11. moonslav59
    It's like Yogi said, "Nobody goes there anymore- it's too crowded."
  12. moonslav59
    So offer him $420M for 100 years and it's just $4.2M on the lux tax! LOL
  13. moonslav59
    It's his ask not his settle on number. I doubt anyone offers close to that, so no need for good byes just yet. I'd counter with $33M x 10 or and maybe $31M x 12. If he says no, trade him, now, re-set the tax, and then offer $34M x 10 or $32M x 12, assuming he has a great 2020 and is healthy. If someone pays more, then say "adios." I might go to $350M/10 or $380M x 12, but it's probably way too much.
  14. moonslav59
    True, and I feel less sure about him opting out now as I did a few months ago. My thinking is that after another good year, which I expect, he will seek a 4-5 year deal worth less than $19M a year but with more total value than $38M. I hope we can find a way to keep him beyond 2020, but unless we reset, I can't see us re-signing him, if he opts out. If he stays- he stays. 2 more years should still be worth it, for us, but if we have to reset in 2021, it's kind of pointless.
  15. moonslav59
    JBJ is my favorite player, but his contract is a drag. There are other equally great defensive CF'ers out there at a fraction of the cost.
  16. moonslav59
    So is the argument to "go for it" after everybody is already signed elsewhere. It was meant to be convoluted.
  17. moonslav59
    If he has the year he needs to have for us to win it all, like many here think we should shoot for, he'll opt out.
  18. moonslav59
    Maybe. Apparently he's still worth +6 on the trade value site, so they see him as worth more than he's owed.
  19. moonslav59
    Who IS going to give Betts crazy money? I'm thinking we can outbid anyone not "crazy."
  20. moonslav59
    IMO, the only way he doesn't opt out is if he gets hurt or decline sharply. If that happens, we may have wished we traded him before July.
  21. moonslav59
    Look again at my proposed "fire sale." JBJ, Price, Eovaldi and Workman are not "brand favorites." We are talking about Betts and JD. Both will be FAs after this year. Are fans that dumb, they can't see the benefit of trading them before we lose them anyways? Plus, we can bring both back next winter.
  22. moonslav59
    The actual money owed to Myers is not far from Price's deal. He's owed $68.5M over the next 3 years counting bonuses. If you subtract that from Price's $96M, it's $37.5M or about $12M a year more for Price. We can pay down some of that, as I suggested, and the benefit to us is that the LUX cost is just $13.8M a year. Assume we pay $3M a year. SD pays $9M a year for Price. We save $14M a year on the tax budget.
  23. moonslav59
    Not trading Betts may accelerate the decline beyond 2020.
  24. moonslav59
    Even without Mookie, the team is more fun to watch than many other past Sox teams I watched everyday.
  25. moonslav59
    This deal make so much sense, I'm not sure why it hasn't happened. Maybe SD has no faith at all in Price. I'd even add Workman to the deal, if they gave us a prospect not worth Workman's value- like Hunt.
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