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  1. notin
    Apparently the former Sox shortstop prospect is being converted to a pitcher by the Padres. In his first bullpen session, he threw multiple pitches that are clocked at 100mph...
  2. notin
    Hal Chase was Pete Rose before Pete Rose, with the added bonus of intentionally throwing games he bet on and bribing players on other teams to do the same...
  3. notin
    But then Hample does run a charity that gives baseball and softball equipment to underprivileged kids...
  4. notin
    That would be Charles Comiskey, who refused to pay his players well and allegedly denied them opportunities to reach performance bonuses, most notably ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who was supposedly denied multiple opportunities to get his 30th win which would trigger a $10,000 bonus. (His salary was $6,000.). Not sure if the benching is true, but his game logs indicate he was pulled after 2 innings in his last game with a 2-1 lead...
  5. notin
    Yeah but is he considered a “generational talent” because he accomplished something Ian Kinsler has done twice? 30-30 is tremendous, but he had fewer home runs and stolen bases than Jose Ramirez last year...
  6. notin
    But he won’t command the same return one year later. He’d still get a good package, but not a monster one...
  7. notin
    Or “two”, if you like being correct...
  8. notin
    Tend to agree. It’s hard to label Betts as a once-in-a-lifetime layer when he’s a contemporary of Mike Trout and the younger fast tracked Ronald Acuna and Juan Soto, both of whom might be inspiring the phrase “Mookie who?” by the time they turn 26...
  9. notin
    Let’s get hypothetical. Say the Sox are 10 (or more) games out on July 31 and this season looks lost. Maybe injuries have piled up. Betts has resisted all attempts to sign an extension and is looking for Trout money (although Arenado money might be more realistic). With 1 and a half seasons left, his value is never going to be higher. What if the Dodgers offer a package built around Alex Verdugo and Julio Urias, with others? Still pass? What if Corey Seager (whom they went to a World Series without last year) was one of those others? Still no? (Again, hypothetical. Not expecting these exact returns.)
  10. notin
    Andujar here...
  11. notin
    I know you’re joking, but that would make his playing life suck. Imagine all the grumbling from every teammate dissatisfied with his contract...
  12. notin
    The definition of the word “several” is “more than two but not many.” New York schools, I guess....
  13. notin
    Throw in the AL Central Default Champions and those teams are 4-10 with a -18 run differential...
  14. notin
    I would also argue that, much like in the cases of Porcello and Jason Hayward, age was also a factor...
  15. notin
    Long is usually my sticking point, too. But players like Cano, Votto, Cabrera and Pujols were signing deals into their 40s at that time...
  16. notin
    Ah... “pharmaceutical expenses”...
  17. notin
    That’s funny. So JD Martinez in your eyes clearly learned NOTHING about free agency from his own “cautionary tale” and will definitely opt out a full year before his salary even drops. But Chapman will look at the outrageous demand from a pitcher he undoubtedly thinks is a lesser closer anyway, and decide he will do what’s best for the Yankees? Got it...
  18. notin
    Cashman making payoffs to Stormy Daniels?
  19. notin
    Pedroia’s deal was a bargain. In the three seasons prior, Pedroia was worth 20.9 fWAR, which ranked third among MLB second basemen, trailing only Cano and Ben Zonrist. And Zobrist’s total was a reflection of his versatility, as it was inflated by multiple defensive contributions. That off-season, both Cano and Pedroia signed new contracts. Check out the differences in those deals sometime...
  20. notin
    They aren’t going to lose Martinez. The Sox are already prepared to pay him $62mill over the next 3 years, and if he opts out for more years at a lower AAV, they’ll be involved in that,too. The JD Martinez-Dombrowski relationship goes back way too many years and so far, DD seems like the only GM to ever have faith in this guy...
  21. notin
    It does make very little sense to put a worse team on the field to avoid paying $12mill in taxes when you’re paying more than that to Rusney Castillo to star in Pawtucket...
  22. notin
    The Red Sox took the spring training games off. The Mariners started their season 10 days ago. In retrospect, are we really shocked?
  23. notin
    $18.9mill AAV and runs through age 33. Excellent deal...
  24. notin
    Think Dylan Moore gets the start again?
  25. notin
    To be fair, it’s a topic on 522 threads plus 4,649 blogs and 10,995 articles, not to mention 5,777,553 calls from Craig Kimbrel’s agent ...
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