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  1. notin
    And did they make up the number or provide a source or data? There are, per the questionably complete list of free agents on MLBTR accompanied wuth slapdash counting on my part, 26 mutual options in this year’s free agents on MLBTR class. 1-2 of them should be exercised at that rate. I can see sime if the cheaper Gary Sánchez/Ramon Urias/Griffin Canning options being exercised by both sides. Players likely to generate very little interest but would be more expensive to replace. Chapman only exercises his part if the rest of his season is a failure…
  2. notin
    And both sides exercising a mutual option is extremely rare. Chapman makes a ton of sense to trade…
  3. notin
    The horror!! Fans stand by their team!! How dare they be loyal!
  4. notin
    Yes, that you will complain no matter what…
  5. notin
    So do you have a point?
  6. notin
    He also traded for Priester and Harrison. If Drohan was such hot property, don’t forget he was returned as a Rule 5 pick once. And Caleb Durbin is coming around…
  7. notin
    That was the only option. Bregman for 5 years minimum. If you wanted him for fewer years, you were not in the running. Bear in mind Bregman already rejected 1 yr $40mill when he turned down his option…
  8. notin
    Gee, I’d think you might like Durbin since he has more RBIs than Alex Bregman…
  9. notin
    So has Sonny Gray. Whats your point? Would the Sox be a better team with Harrison and Bregman or with Durbin and Gray?
  10. notin
    Well, those guys are all dead or over 80. At that age, it’s not uncommon to lose some zip on your fastball…
  11. notin
    Yes, Thats how “impatient” works. Thank you for supporting my statement, Veruca…
  12. notin
    And if your kids struggle with third grade math, do you immediately demote them to second grade? I think if the team continues their current path, he gets swapped out with Cheng soon. By mid-July at the latest, once the Sox say “f*** it. Let’s see who wants Chapman, Gray and IKF.” At that point, if Mayer is still struggling, I suspect he gets demoted assuming he hasn’t already been. I wouldn’t mind if they brought up Cheng today or demoted Mayer when Sogard returned. And maybe they will. They only let Campbell slump for one month before demoting him…
  13. notin
    It may be a disaster, but folks who claim do already are at a minimum, impatient. Both these players have 5 or more years of control, so deciding “win/lose” on the deal in 3 months is beyond premature. Harrison has had 11 good starts with the Brewers, after barely getting any in Boston. Of course, he also had 35 fairly mediocre starts with the Giants that are never mentioned...
  14. notin
    Really? Little value? You think you can do a better job than professional scouts that actually watch these players like they’ve been doing for years? And bear in mind, you’ve already said Mayer was overhyped before he was drafted…
  15. notin
    What better place to learn to hit MLB pitching?
  16. notin
    It’s easy for us to throw around white flags. I don’t blame the Sox to try for a few more weeks…
  17. notin
    If Bregman never got hurt, I doubt he gets called up at all last year. Given the infield injuries this year, I’d expect we saw him debut at some point…
  18. notin
    I think that was more related to geography than anything else. Schlitter is fine snd all, but if I’m going to be upset about the Sox letting some local kid go to the Yankees, Ben Rice is a much bigger catastrophe…
  19. notin
    Yeah I thought about Cheng as well. My guess is the Sox view Mayer as their best SS, especially with IKF as the only other candidate often starting elsewhere, they let Mayer start for now. If nothing gets better and the Sox fall out of contention and start trading folks, we might see Mayer get demoted and someone like Cheng replace him, as the Sox shift from doing what’s best for the team short term to doing what’s best for the team longer term. I suspect Boston will act like you said, but they haven’t run up the white flag just yet…
  20. notin
    Being a good player that will be a free agent at the end of the season absolutely does make him a candidate…
  21. notin
    Yes he was pressed into duty by an injury to Bregman, and Hes not being helped now by injuries to Story, Romy and Sogard. Some health there and maybe he gets demoted. Right now they have a bit of a shortage of starting infielders..
  22. notin
    And Mayer has 320 career PA over 2 seasons and does risk getting sent down at some point. Boston clearly showed with Campbell they are not opposed to the idea. And you did say other 1) orgs demote struggling players 2) that the Sox didn’t have that in their plans, and 3) they need to pay attention to how struggling orgs handle their prospects. So that can be interpreted in you saying that Boston clearly doesn’t intend to demote players and act like other orgs…
  23. notin
    Yeah, nobody f***ing does that. But people who don’t like them like to pretend that so they get to label folks they disagree with as irrational and stubborn. They do get cited because they exist and actually do have value as they are a quick summary of the opinions of professionals that many of us acknowledge know more than we do…
  24. notin
    Do you really think the Orioles brought up Holliday wuth the intent of demoting him later? Ditto the Cubs with Shaw and the Yankees with Dominguez? Or the DBacks with Jordan “How The f*** Did I Become A Hot Topic On A Red Sox Message Board?” Lawlar? Marcelo might be demoted at some point, too. Just because it didn’t happen by June 1 doesn’t mean it’s too late…
  25. notin
    Lawlar is a stupid option anyway. ”Mayer is taking too long to become a productive hitter!! We need to shake things up by getting another SS with less success and less experience! Thats the fastest way!”
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