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Garrett Richards to sign with the Padres for $15.5M/2 with $2.5M in incentives. I thought he might be a fall back for us, as he is a RH'er.

Maybe not, but for the PED guys, I'm okay with letting them in, just make em sweat it out a while. I wouldn't be upset, if Bonds, Clemens and Manny make it this year. They deserve to be in, IMO, but I wouldn't be upset if the didn't make it either (ever).

1) Pitchers are different. 2) The jury is still out on Price aging well. (His first 3 years were not really in question at the time of the signing>) 3) See below. Mean OPS from 2008 to 2018 by age: 29 .746 30 .750 31 .734 32 .721 33 .714 34 .730 35 .715 36 .680 37 .708 38 .721 39 .705 Granted, older players that suck do not play as much as sucky younger players, so the sample sizes are skewed a bit, but the decline is not as steep as some think it is for everyday players. If Betts declines by 40-70 points, he'd still be great. If he declines by 70-100, he'd still be pretty good.

How valuable is he as an OF'er as he ages? That might be the big factor. If he's viewed as pretty much a DH-only kind of player, then he may not get much more after an opt out.

If I had to guess, I'd say we keep Porcello & Betts and let Bogey and Sale go. JBJ is borderline. JD is a tough call. I'm still not sure a DH gets much more than his current salary, so maybe we can keep him at close to the same cost. $25M or so could mean JD or Bogey- not both.

Like Marco Hernandez? (LOL)

Defensively, it's a no brainer. Offensively, the answer is the opposite and a no brainer as well. It might be nice seeing Iggy at SS, Bogey at 3B and Devers at 1B, but Bogey wants to play SS and would go elsewhere before agreeing to move to 3B and play with the Sox.

I can see him being top 10.

If Iggy is on my team, I play him at SS, even if it means pissing off Bogey by moving him to 3B. Maybe Iggy signs a 1 year deal, and we get him next winter.

That was brutal! I kinda knew he'd end up with us, as nobody else was bidding nearly as high, but the wait was painful.

Who will be the first big shoe to drop. I get the feeling it will be the Phillies signing someone like Machado, Harper or Corbin.

Danny Darwin led the majors in WHIP in '93 with the Sox.

Nomo's 99 in 2001. (He also had a 95 game with his no hitter) Pedro hit 98 twice in 2000. Lester hit 94 in '08 Lester hit 93 in '14, and so did Buch. Buch hit 93 in 2007 as well. Wright led all Sox with an 89 in 2010. Rich Hill in 2015 with a 92. Sale led the team in '71 with a 90 game, and Porcello in 2018 with a 90 game vs the Yanks in early August.

We are facing some serious financial issues, if we try to reset in a year or two. Bringing in a big contract will just mean we lose another star.

Pedro? Clemens 20 K game?

I had him 10th.

Let's say Betts wants $30M x 10. If we sign him now, we can make it $29M x 12 and save $1M on the luxury tax for 10 years, starting in 2021. He gains by starting to get money more in the front end- better for him, and he gets security from an injury before he reaches free agency. We take a bigger risk, but save on the back-end- long run.

I considered him, too as well as Tim Naehring.

Yes, but we will mostly need the cost relief after Rusney & Pedey's deal expire. (Bigtime) If we can get Diaz in the deal, then the financial help could be lessened, since we have no great prospects to get Diaz without taking on more of Cano's contractual costs. Taking Cano just doesn't seem right to me, even by moving him to 1B in 2020.

I still think only Mo and Edgar deserve to go this year. Others may make it later.

It's certainly not an exact science, and even if it was, I'm not expert on it, but it just feels like Betts will age well. He's in great shape, and his "twitch reflexes" are off the charts great.

I'd want SEA to kick in a chunk of money to offset much of the Pedey-Can differential to make the deal.

I thought about Nixon, but I thought he got the cred he deserved.

I don't see what combination of long-shot prospects could land us Diaz. We could offer our top 5 and it still might not be enough.

Carlos Quintana started coming into his own at ages 24 -25 with the Sox. He didn't show much power for a 1Bman, but he did his .291 with a .364 OBP from 1990-1991. (18 HRs in 990 ABs) In February 1992, Quintana was involved in an automobile accident in town of Tacarigua de Mamporal, Venezuela while rushing his two brothers to a hospital after they were shot at a party. In the accident, Quintana broke his left arm and his right big toe and his wife Solys broke both of her legs. The injuries caused Quintana to miss the entire 1992 season. He tried a comeback but never made it back. I almost listed Jeff Gray. He came to us from Cincy and pitched great for the 1991 season. 0.795 WHIP in 61.2 IP (one of the best in Sox history) 2.34 ERA On July 30, 1991, Gray was preparing to go out onto the field for his daily routine. He never made it, as his right side went numb, and he suffered what was diagnosed as a kind of stroke (CVA), ending what had been a brilliant season. One of the best middle relievers of the league at this time, he allowed only 39 hits in 61 ⅔ innings as he had a 2.34 ERA. On the other hand, opposing batters hit a .181 average against him (LH .200, RH .161), the best of any reliever, outside of Bryan Harvey. He also went down in July and still finished third in the league with 19 holds. Gray missed the rest of the 1991 and 1992 seasons while recuperating from the stroke. He attempted to return to baseball over the following two seasons,[1] but had lost a lot of velocity on his fastball[2] and was never able to return to the majors.