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If anyone ever actually said that, it needs to be bookmarked by everyone and added to everyone’s signature line - with credit. A comment at that special level of stupid needs the proper recognition...

Yeah yeah. Just keep yappin’ about that on your way to your super expensive big and tall specialty stores, and try not to lose too much sleep knowing that I can fit comfortably in any airplane seat or smart car.

One bloggers likes the idea of a reunion. https://www.thepeskypole.net/2019/11/why-return-to-red-sox-makes-sense-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePeskyPole+%28The+Pesky+Pole%29

Me too. I'm just not as confident of Texas making that trade. I'm also guessing "not being discussed." So far this trade possibility only exists in my mind...

All the more reason Bloom and Preller need to get together and swap Price for Myers. The $18mill AAV savings should help the Sox get under the limit and possibly keep Mookie. And the Padres get a veteran starter for their young staff at a net cost of $9 mill per year. Not sure why this trade has not happened already. Anyone got Bloom's cell? The only real problem is the Red Sox would have to get another SP to replace Price. But I think that can be done for less than $18mill

Not if he is healthy. He did give up more home runs last year, but you know who else did? Pretty much every pitcher in MLB...

Yeah that's like $60mill in salary for 2020, and then $32 mill for each of the next two seasons. If the Sox take back Myers, the Padres would get Price for a net salary of $27.5 mill total spread out over 3 years. Price is no longer a $31mill per year pitcher, but he is probably still a $9mill / year pitcher. And the Padres need not worry about replacing Myers. They have too many outfielders already...

I'll take being "stuck with Sale." If his arm his healthy, he pitched better last year than the ERA indicated. His xFIP was among the lowest in MLB, and he had that ungodly streak of something like 41 strikeouts without a walk...

With Price, I'm hoping for a simple "less bad" contract swap. Rougned Odor, for example, is one. Wil Myers is another.. Baseballtradevalues would poo poo a straight up Odor/Price swap, but approve a Myers/Price swap. That's weird to me because, as boring as Myers is, he is far better than Odor...

So you think some team will be willing to pay Price $96 mill over the next 3 years just to get Dalbec or Chavis? I hope you're right. But I have my doubts. Very serious doubts...

I'm 5'7". Who isn't bigger than me? I think I can only argue with Craig Grebeck and Freddie Patek...

So encase him in bubble wrap, hand him a glove and send his ass out there....

Spherical, specifically. His nickname should have been Pac Man...

Well, as slasher said, both built the farm at the same time. Why is that so unimportant? And neither left the Sox in the position they are in now, with payroll limitations and no help on the horizon in the form of minimum wage players with potential to contribute. Even you yourself said Bloom has a "monumental task" in front of him to be competitive while staying under the limit. Why is that? Spending it an easy way to succeed, but there is a clear an obvious downside, which comes when the expensive players inevitably are no longer the stars that were paid for. At that point, having the farm system helps mitigate that damage, by getting contributing players who don't require $10mill paychecks. Right now the Sox have the expensive contracts whose contributions appear to be declining, but nearly nothing in the way of minimum wage help to offset things. This could be a big problem. And this is where Dombrowski failed. It's like someone who takes their retirement savings to fund a trip to Vegas. Sure the Vegas trip/World Series title were fun, but once they are over, then what?

And yet if the Red Sox could get Andujar and plug him in at 1B, I would be extremely excited...

... which Pablo then interpreted to mean he was contractually obligated to eat a steady diet of Twinkies and non-steroidal milkshakes, although I think that may not be what the clause meant...

Because that is the current goal (but not a mandate)...

Yeah that sounds like a real effective strategy. No one ever gets annoyed at repetitive arguments. I assume you can feel the sarcasm dripping off your monitor here...

Point? I never said "small payroll." I said "less than $208 million." Did either have a payroll in excess of $208 million when they won?

It is a Bush League move. The guy was actually trying to get himself into playing shape. Even the Red Sox did not try to recoup anything from Sandoval, and Sandoval was trying to get himself into any shape other than playing...

I'm trying, but it's nearly impossible to get people to change their beliefs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance

Also, how many DHs do the Yankees need? Stanton might find himself in that role due to some physical limitations. Sanchez really belongs there. And they still have Andujar and Frazier looking for a place on the field where they are not complete detriments, but both do slot in perfectly as DHs. Maybe one of these guys can grab a 1B mitt. But even then, and even if Stanton stays in the OF and Sanchez behind the plate, they still don't need a DH...

I don't think that building a competitive team for under $208million is such a crazy task. Plenty of other teams do it. But for some reason, Red Sox fans cannot envision winning without spending. Sure, a GM like Dombrowski cannot win without spending. But that doesn't make it impossible...

Or Johan Santana or Felix Hernandez. But we have had people on here who take the attitude that "wins matter"

I disagree, deepending on what you mean by "high percentage". While certainly a lot of the media has started to ignore i in favor of other metrics, there are plenty of casual fans who evaluate using W-L record. Even a few in the media still use them constantly...