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Everything posted by notin
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If the Sox replace Betts with Springer and Urquidy, are they really still non-contenders? I look at it this way - Springer has to be more open to an extension than Betts is...
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Springer might like coming back to New England. He played his college ball at UConn with Sox reliever Matt Barnes...
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I see where you’re going, but.... Larry Bigbie was the big player-whistleblower in the Mitchell Report, and he was an outfielder. Pitcher Jason Grimsley was a big whistleblower for an HGH scandal, but not because he hated seeing hitters get the advantage. Rather it probably had more to do with the FBI showing up at his house and his strong desire to stay out of jail...
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But no chance it’s Brock Holt? Kelly seems like a weak choice. He could have broken this last year if he was so distraught at being overpaid by the Dodgers. Wright also. How often was he even in the dugout last year?
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No? They have tried, and Pujols’ contract has been a detriment. But they have a payroll commitment of $176 million for 2020 and I’m not sure how much higher they are willing to go. But right now, Trout is about 1/4 of the 2020 payroll...
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They could only use catchers with telepathic powers. Just train your catcher by making him repeatedly watch "The Men Who Stare At Goats"...
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And it is worth pointing out that NONE of these players won a title with that salary. None!! As is NOT ONE of these players won a title while making that much money. Except Price. And ARod. And Strasburg and Scherzer, But that's it!!! Oh, and Lester. But THAT is it. End of list!! Also, Verlander...
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A big part of his point is they cannot afford to put better players around him while paying him that much. And his salary makes any free agent contract risky, as it has to work out or it makes the whole situation that much more difficult. Their ridiculous run of pitching injuries doesn't help matters, either.
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Without evidence, it’s like accusing David Ortiz of steroid use...
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If nothing else, it’s the cost to sign him today. Offer him Trout money and he extends. Maybe. But once he hits the open market, it just becomes best offer. And if best offer is, say, Manny Machado money, then maybe that’s what he signs for...
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Yeah that shiny new manager smell is rapidly turning into some cheating restgate stank..,
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So clearly a couple teams were cheating even more effectively...
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And maybe they did tell JDM just that, but haven’t found a taker. It’s not like he was a popular target at this salary when he was a free agent. They could have non-tendered JBJ. And they can still cut him in early ST...
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For starters, it was only possible when the Sox has a runner on 2b...
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That’s why he’s only 99.99% certain. But we should assume someone in the Sox FO would have an idea if this was true or not due to conversations with Betts’ agent. And if it is true, does it affect Betts’ availability this month?
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Too much of the plan depended on being able to dump some rather deep underwater contracts. No simple task...
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Yes. It’s not possible to prove any other alternative...
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It is possible they figured the postseason had too much scrutiny and they feared getting caught again. Or, since it’s always former players who rat these scandals out, they figured someone would talk eventually...
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I think Henry treated Dombrowski like an ex-girlfriend. He got back together with him because he had fond memories of the titles, pennants and great sex. But once they were back together for a while, the honeymoon effect wore off and the titles stopped coming, and then he remembered why they broke up in the first place...
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He did. While Ben’s plan was likely more long term, he probably promised a better ROI as well. He didn’t spend nearly as much, but he might have been in better favor had he not signed two of the three worst free agents in team history in Pablo Sandoval and Rusney Castillo...
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Well, was having some of the highest payrolls in MLB history necessary? Henry might have signed off on a lot of these deals, but I can guarantee he was promised a better ROI than he got in 2018 as well...
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They’ve been ripped on MLB radio by multiple hosts. But honestly, isn’t this a fairly typical off-season for them? Since Friedman took over, how many splashy off-seasons have they had?
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And the debate is obvious. Do we still win it all in 2018 if we don’t make all those trades? (But then I counter with Eovaldi extension arguments and win the debate.).
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He had no value long before we traded him...
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I did too. I thought DD was building a power bullpen. I was NEVER high on Shaw, and at the time, would have done it over the expensive Kimbrel trade...
