moonslav59
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Well, it was pretty far from the Cubs offer, so one can easily speculate, they knew the offer was not going to be enough all along. That doesn't mean they never wanted him back. They placed a value on him and wouldn't go higher. That's their M.O. with their own players. I'm not complaining. except for the initial botched offer.
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Texas has high property and sales tax to make up for no income tax, but yes, playing in TX would be better, if only they'd offer big contracts.
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lol!
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Nobody knows, but even the $20M boost fell pretty short of the Cubs offer.
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Super high taxes, though.
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Expect dominoes to fall quickly.
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$300M/10. So, are players really getting screwed?
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Maybe, they knew that wouldn't get him, and it was just a PR stunt.
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I wanted Lester back. I even wish we bid $1 more than the Cubs, after we traded him. I was just pointing out the context. As it turned out, Porcello has been pretty close to the dollar per performance as Lester, and Porcello's deal ends after 2019, while Lester has his advanced age years left.
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I've always been high on Salazar, but he's more like Buch than Buch did. He's probably worth the gambe, though. I just do not want to see Leon catch more than 80 games, tops. I don't want to see Swihart catch more than 20 or 30, unless there's an injury. I'd lose on both counts by trading Vaz, but Salazar offers too much upside. I'd say yes.
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Not true. I qualified my "optimistic" view. I agreed, we may see declines from Betts, JD & Moreland. I have agreed our pen is shaky and will likely need fixing in the summer. Keep dreaming of the Yankees of old and their 27 rings. Me, I'm in the modern age.
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Yes, I forgot 1996. My bad. It doesn't change the trend. Besides, after this year, it's 5-5 over 40 years.
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Assuming he's done before his contract ends, I still think restructuring his deal into a lifetime services contract would give him the money he's owed and lessen or eliminate the tax budget hit.
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Lester was born in January of 1984. He turned 31 before his first FA year. The word was the Sox were avoiding any longer term deals for a SP'er over 30. They broke their rule with Price.
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Last 40 years: 4 BOS 4 NYY Last 30 years: 4 BOS 4 NYY Last 20 years: 4 BOS 3 NYY Last 15 years 4 BOS 1 NYY I'm seeing a trend here.
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Then why are so many fans upset we let Lester get away?
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Cora rested our players often last year, but several of our best players missed time last year due to injury, or they weren't on the team for much of the year. Of course, we will have injuries this season, but there is a lot of potential for more and/or better production from many of our players on the roster right now. Games played in 2018: 3 Pedroia 50 Pearce 80 Vaz 121 Devers 136 Betts 136 Bogey 144 JBJ 148 Beni 12 Eovaldi 18 C Smith 20 Poyner 20 Wright 25 Thornburg 34 Brasier 43 Workman 23 GS ERod 27 GS Sale 30 GS Price
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The term "status quo" is a bit deceiving as we have many players back for a full season that were only here for part of 2018- not even counting Pedey.
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There is snobbism on both sides.
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That's your opinion. It will be hard to beat 108 games, but I think our team is as good or better than 2018's. Eovaldi, Pearce, Thornburg, Sale, ERod, Brasier, Betts, Bogey, vaz and others for a full season. Pedey back. Devers due to bust out. JBJ finding consistency. Beni still on the upswing. Yes, there are questions, but every teams has those. Losing Kimbrel will be made up for by the above list, and DD will pick up a good RP'er mid year.
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Let's not forget that Moreland has gotten hurt in both of his seasons here. He's played hurt for some of the other time here. With a weak hitting catcher position and an iffy 2B going into 2019, I think DD felt we can't have a weak 1B offensively. Pearce has begun to show he can hit righties pretty well, so he can be more than a platoon 1Bman, if needed. OPS vs RHPs the last 3 seasons Pearce/Moreland 2016: .795/ .700 2017: .767/ .784 2018: .828/ .780 I like the signing. I think DD's plan is to let the pen shake itself out and go looking for a way less expensive RP'er mid season. I guess one could argue it's just as easy to find a decent 1Bman mid season, if needed, and that makes sense, too. Let's see how it works out. Bottom line: I love the team we have right now.
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As Harvey Keitel said in Pulp Fiction, "Let's not start suc%$#' each others &^%#s quite yet..." We went 46-21 in Vaz's starts. We went 55-23 in Leon's starts. We went 19-22 in Swihart's starts. (Granted, Swihart caught Johnson, Pom and Velazquez more than any other starters.)
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OPS from 2016-2018 .664 Leon (872 PAs- fueled largely by his 2016 season) .641 Swihart (288 scattered PAs) .635 Vazquez (798 PAs- fueled largely by his 2017 season) It's been basically a wash, but Leon has been much lower after 2016: .650 Vaz .615 Swi .579 Leon To me, it comes down to defense and staff handling- not offense.
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Just because they are talking extension doesn't mean both or even 1 will extend. I can't see how we reset, if we extend both this year. I can't see keeping all 3, unless we reset after 2019, even then....
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How about just disbanding the Rays and Marlins and go with 4 divisions of 7 teams: East BOS NYY NYM PHI BAL WSH ATL North TOR PIT CLE CIN DET CWS CC Central MN MIL STL KC HOU TEX COL West SEA OAK SF LAD LAA SD AZ 18 games x 6 own div= 108 games 3 games x 2 divisions= 40 games (2 teams just 2 games) 2 games x 1 division= 14 games
