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  1. notin
    The Sox offered $300million. I think that they were $100 mill apart says more about Betts than Boston. And don’t fall for “but I wanted to stay in Boston” crap. The Red Sox offered him $300 million dollars. That’s life changing money. And really, maybe he’s worth more but if he REALLY wanted the Red Sox, I think he could have made it work for $300 million. The Dodgers aren’t resigning Betts. Cody Bellinger is right behind him. The Red Sox might not resign him, but they have a great chance now...
  2. notin
    ... which is why I added Puig..
  3. notin
    Only $3mill more towards the tax. But also freed up a place to accommodate the only free agent left capable of making an impact...
  4. notin
    You have got to be f***ing kidding. Mookie wants to be a free agent and become the highest paid athlete EVER in any sport! He wants to make more money than the entire XFL!! The Sox have already made outrageous offers to him. The Red Sox did not become one of the highest spending teams in history by shortchanging players. And the Dodgers are going to pay him? Mookie asked for 10 years. Name one Dodger player EVER to get a deal like that. In fact, name the Dodger with the longest contract (hint: Yasiel Sierra) Mookie is hitting the market. Book it. It’s what he has wanted all along and he has never kept that a secret. And the high soaring Red Sox check-writers just reset the tax penalties right on time..
  5. notin
    Trade Bradley for Ian Kennedy and sign Yasiel Puig for RF?
  6. notin
    I could see dealing Chavis and keeping Downs. But you have to have faith in the Lin/Peraza combo at second. I’m lukewarm there...
  7. notin
    And I thought my Jackie Bradley/Ian Kennedy swap would draw the most questions...
  8. notin
    He was gone after 2020 if the Sox didn’t trade him. Now they actually have a chance to bring him back..
  9. notin
    I would have kept Graterol, and I like both Downs and Wong. I think the Sox don’t keep Downs. No way the Red Sox can have a player named “Jeter” on their team. Also they need a SP...
  10. notin
    Yeah. There are definite pros to signing Puig. But the cons to signing Puig have their own cons...
  11. notin
    Banking on the Sox doing the smart thing and making a deal (player or financial) to keep him or simply sending him back. I don’t get why any team would bury a Rule 5 player in their bench, killing a year of development while also burning a year of service time...
  12. notin
    Well, as I pointed out, it could actually push the Sox further from the tax limit. Let’s not pretend the Dodgers are taking Price’s whole contract here...
  13. notin
    Graterol was ranked #53 by MLB.com on the midseason rankings. The closest Dodger prospects are May (32), Ruiz (33), or Gray (74)...
  14. notin
    I’m gong with the “surprise” move(s). C: Vazquez 1b: Moreland 2b: Chavis 3b: Devers SS: Bogaerts LF: Benintendi CF: Verdugo RF: Puig DH: Martinez BN: Plawecki, Peraza, Lin, Puello SP: Sale, Rodriguez, Eovaldi, Gonsolin, Perez BP: Kennedy, Workman, Barnes, Hernandez, Hembree, Taylor, Walden, Brice Or (sigh) Ryan Weber in place of 4th OF Cesar Puello...
  15. notin
    I’m guessing Gonsolin. So it won’t be him...
  16. notin
    Then f*** them. They are not getting Mookie Betts, a first round comp pick, saving $33mill and holding their best prospects. That’s why they’re stuck paying their fourth outfielder the third highest salary on the team and doomed to finish no higher than third in a weak NL West, and Preller is going to get fired. But hey, when you spend all your cash on Wil Myers and Eric Hosmer to the point where you can’t afford Mookie Betts, maybe you should get fired...
  17. notin
    Bottom line is, per your post yesterday, other teams are interested in Betts and Price now. Whether or not I guess the teams is immaterial. Bloom just needs to talk to any interested party...
  18. notin
    If they take on Betts and Price and send back Myers, they don’t take on $58mill. They add $36-ish mill...
  19. notin
    Twins are out. Graterol isn’t going anywhere...
  20. notin
    Yeah that should make them competitive with a Dodger lineup including Betts...
  21. notin
    So you think the Padres would be smarter paying a Myers $61 mil to sit on the bench rather than a net payment of $9mill to Price to pitch? At some point before Myers’ contract is up, the Padres will be paying a SP $10mill. Possibly next season. The Padres played hard ball with Price’s contract. But it’s the smart move for them to take it if it means unloading a Myers. Because no way Bloom takes that deal on in a Betts trade without pillaging their farm....
  22. notin
    Why? When we acquired Kimbrel a year later, he was a “Hall of Fame closer”...
  23. notin
    I look at it this way. The Padres NEED to dump Myers. He’s their most expensive outfielder by far, and he isn’t even starting. And no one else is going to step in and take him off their hands. Betts and Price for Myers, Quantrill, Campusano and Cronenworth. No money. The Sox actually do better vs the luxury tax than they did in the Dodger trade. The Padres get Betts and Price becomes a 2-2.5 fWAR starter for a net cost of $9mill per year, which is cheaper than free agency. The Red Sox get a catching prospect, a young SP, a 2b/SS prospect Bloom knows from Tampa, and, well, Myers. Oh well. Gotta take the bad with the good, I guess. But because Myers AAV is so low, the Red Sox actually get about $1.2 mill further from the tax limit than they did in the Dodger trade. Also, Preller gets to thumb his nose at Friedman...
  24. notin
    Relax . Still time. Remember when the Braves traded Kimbrel less than 48 hours before opening day?
  25. notin
    I don’t think it’s a bug stretch that the Padres get involved again...
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