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Apparently you weren't posting on those days...

And he likes to spit in the milk of schoolchildren...

While fire sale is certainly a possibility, it's not something the Red Sox do very often. Other than the Great Reset Button Trade of 2012. If the Sox try it, the hard part will be finding takers. I think they move the tradable players like Barnes (who should have some market), possibly Workman (I hope not, but he is establishing some value) and maybe try to move Bradley, but if all else fails they non-tender JBJ...

If this was actually true, you would know the Sox cannot afford him and have any hope of reset unless they deal Mookie. And certainly makes your scenario of offering him $5mill or $6mill utility infielder money look even sillier...

If JBJ is offered only $5mill in arbitration, the two sides will not agree and the Sox will lose the hearing. In arbitration cases, each side submits a figure, and an independent arbiter decides which of the two salaries the player deserves. He chooes one of the two offers, not some third number comprimise. If the Sox offer $5mill, Scott Boras will counter with $12mill. Then the arbiter will definitely decide the $12mill salary is the one Jackie deserves, because Bradley is going to get paid closer to AJ Pollock than he is to Jon Jay. If the Sox don't offer arbitration, then Jackie is a free agent. That's how it works. And Boras knows JBJ can get a better deal in free agency than that, and he will advise Bradley accordingly. And Bradley didn't hire Boras so he could ignore his advice. That is how those "ifs" will play out...

No idea. AJ Pollock got 4 years $60mill. Pollock is a much better player, but also has serious injury concern. Bradley was worth slightly more (5.0 fWAR to 4.8 fWAR) in 2017-18, but with an 52 game advantage in playing time as well. Bradley would also be 2 years younger if he was a free agent this year. But Pollock is also viewed as a guy who can bat anywhere from 1st to 6th, where as Bradley is a clear bottom-of-the-order fixture. I would suspect Bradley gets less than Pollock, but how much less? His agent (one Scott Boras) is undoubtedly aware of the fWAR numbers...

To shorten it, they would go with Worcester Geeks. Or Worcester Nerds. Or, to keep WPI parlance, Worcester Gweeps...

Well, MA doesn't have an extensive tornado history. That's an honor similar to having the fastest Edsel on your street. But I would guess it was pretty bad, considering the books about it were titled "42 Miles of Hell" and "84 Minutes, 94 Lives"...

That would make sense to me. Not to mention, he might not have wanted the "Now" to be extended for so long and so much money in case it wasn't as long as hoped for...

CBO? Chief Beverage Officer..

Also worth pointing out that, while a 3yr/$21mill offer is not unreasonable, why would JBJ accept it? If he can make $10mill in arbitration, he would only need a 2 yr/$12mill offer in free agency to come out ahead. And he probably wants to be locked up longer than 3 years, which is more likely after 2020 than after 2022...

It's not unreasonable. It might not be affordable, either, barring something drastic, like JD opting out or dealing Betts. Of those two options, dealing Betts is far more likely in my opinion (which might be worthless on the subject)...

Worcester Polytechnic Institutes? (Working my alma mater in there.) Worcester Cousy's? OK wrong sport. Worcester Tanyan Sturtze's? The last baseball team in Worcester was called the Tornadoes, after the one tornado that struck the city in like 1953. Still, I'll take that over the Worcester Red Sox...

Coffee MAN Show him the respect he deserves...

Refuse to return my calls for one. He actually probably does more than we realize, but he isn't the same level of celebrity as his boss...

So what is the new pitching trend to minimize Launch Ball? Maybe that is where they need to focus. Find pitchers who work well up in the zone like Jon Lester and Matt Cain used to...

Possible he offered him a demotion to just being the GM, too, with a new President above him, and DD refused...

But responsibilities can be divided up accordingly. The Sox could have simply made Dombrowski the GM and brought in a new president above him. And maybe they presented him that offer and he refused, in which case I am wrong. Last time, it was Lucchino who was fired and Dombrowski offered to keep Cherington, although we don't know what responsibilities he was going to leave him with. (But we do suspect he was going to limit him.)

Hey if they could extend him to some cheaper contract, I'd be all for it. I just don't see it happening..

The real problem with the Sox minor league system is the lack of really cool team names. The Sox have 6 minor league affiliates, and 3 of them are called the Red Sox. How imaginative! Whose the farm system director - George Foreman? And two of the other 3 are the Drive and the Spinners. Ok a little more creative, but no "Wow" factor. The closest thing the Sox have to a fun minor league name is the Sea Dogs. Meanwhile, other teams have the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and the Lansing Lugnuts and the Akron Rubberducks. Why don't the Sox have a team name like any of the following: Mongtgomery Biscuits Batavia Muckdogs Vermont Lake Monsters Kannapolis Intimidators Savannah Sand Gnats Omaha Storm Chasers Quad City River Bandits New Orleans Zephyrs Chattanooga Lookouts I get some of these have local flavor in their team name. But can't some local flavor or legend about Greenville, Lowell, Salem and Pawtucket to give them better names? I'll allow the Sea Dogs. I mean, Pawtucket is the home of Hasbro, and nothing? Red Sox? C'mon!! There are some serious possibilities with Hasbro products alone!! Pawtucket Action Figures Pawtucket Lite-Brites Pawtucket Board Games Pawtucket Batteries (Batteries Not Included) Pawtucket Hungry Hungry Hippos Heck, just the Pawtucket Toys works for me here. Thoughts?

Well, power is clearly back. So add to the list. I hate listing alone...

Then why not just leave him as President and hire a GM to take the next step forward?

The biggest loss was trading Gleyber Torres for a rental closer. Soler has been good at the plate, but his 116 OPS+ in KC is barely an improvement over his farm system replacement Kyle Schwarber (114). And while Soler might be the better defensive outfielder, it's not like KC is giving him a chance to show it in the 50 games per year he is playing out there. They'll miss Eloy Jimenez, but outfield in Chicago is actually an area of depth. They sent Ian Happ to the minors this year because he had nowhere to play in the majors...

But you have to remember that 2013 team wasn't even the highest payroll in the AL East, as the Yankees were still higher and significantly so. So deriding them for overspending actually still applies..

I think he unloaded too much in the title run, but a Cubs title run on its own is an epic accomplishment, and he is still worshipped out here...