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  1. notin
    In what will be a proper yet seemingly bizarre use of the word “only”, an offer of $1 billion Canadian works out to “only” $710,000,000 USD
  2. notin
    At some point, having Soto will make no sense if the Sox can’t surround him with talent. Fourteen years and nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars is a lot for one player. Rebuild the staff, and hope Anthony is the next MLB superstar…
  3. notin
    Casas is still pre-arb and I prefer him over Alonso. Neither is good defensively but Casas won’t ruin the budget. Plus, and this may matter very little to anyone, but Pete Alonso strikes me as the angriest man in MLB. I’ve seen him fly off the handle for weird s*** - like at a pitcher because his tape measure shot was called foul. Or that’s what it looked like. Anyway, no to Angry Pete. Christian Walker is nice, but he’s already 34. Go shorr. Actually if the Sox do move Casas, I’d hope they backfill with a good all-around third baseman who wasn’t involved in a cheating scandal…
  4. notin
    I would too if I was running the Cardinals or (especially) the Mariners. But the Red Sox? Hopefully Breslow gets canned if he accepts. A top ten prospect, another top 100 prospect, two other prospects and most of Yoshida’s contract for a decent but pricey SP, one year of a closer, and a salary dump catcher that needs to rebound? I popped it into BTV. The Sox lose $53.5mill in surplus value. Basically in this deal, you’re giving away Marcelo Mayer for nothing…
  5. notin
    If the Red Sox won in 2020, in no way would that be legit. The only way to win when Ryan Webber is your #3 starter is if the fix is if the whole season is fixed…
  6. notin
    The important thing is that you try…
  7. notin
    You’re welcome…
  8. notin
    An Abreu trade seems likely, given the rapid ascent of Roman Anthony. And if the Sox sign Soto, they could easily consider moving Duran or Rafaela, due to a suddenly overcrowded outfield. Not sure Rafaela gets you much given his lackluster bat and contract extension. So would they move Duran? Might be a “sell high” opportunity. Of course, selling high is always such a tough decision in any aspect of life…
  9. notin
    Good thing, because Jeffers sucks at those three. Ryan Jeffers is a DH who owns catching gear. If the Sox move Yoshida, he makes more sense as an acquisition…
  10. notin
    Infielder? Barring trades the Sox have Devers, Casas, Story, Hamilton, Grissom, Gonzalez, Campbell, Mayer, and possibly Meidroth. They need another infielder like Fenway Franks need more gelatinized red polymer goo…
  11. notin
    Pedro ended his career as a Phillie. But he didn’t get into Cooperstown because of his achievements in his return to the NL East. It’s like Greg Maddux. You think of him as a Brave, and maybe as a Cub. No one associates him with the Padres or Dodgers…
  12. notin
    A lot of it is because the union wants players to take the most money possible so as to drive up everyone’s salaries…
  13. notin
    Danny Jansen to Tampa. One less viable catcher candidate with actual defensive skills…
  14. notin
    I think he was referring to Yoshida as the guy you’re paying for who won’t appear…
  15. notin
    Counting 2020 bears more relevance than clinging to those World Series titles from the Triassic Period like some fans of a certain team still do…
  16. notin
    Such a high bar…
  17. notin
    Jeffries? Get a catcher who can play catcher. Not one that makes Connor Wong look like Yadira Molina. Christian Vazquez makes more sense if you want a former Twin. Or just sign Danny Jansen, Carson Kelly or Elias Diaz…
  18. notin
    At one point, Mookie’s agent reportedly defined market value at $400mill. We also don’t how much leeway was built into that definition..
  19. notin
    That $50mill won’t even cover parking in NYC…
  20. notin
    But only because the 2019 Red Sox fell 3 wins short…
  21. notin
    So that didn’t work out for him….
  22. notin
    Breslow: “We understand you don’t take our offer if it isn’t the best. But whatever you do instead of Boston, just please don’t go back to the Yankees. Heck we will help the Mets pay for you to stay out of the Bronx.”
  23. notin
    And we’d probably mention Curt Schilling if he didn’t make his timely return…
  24. notin
    5 years $125mill…
  25. notin
    There were stories about Mookie adamantly wanting to test free agency. These appear to be false. Or, more likely, leverage from Mookie’s agent. It’s interesting that Mookie denied ever getting a $300mill offer from Boston. That quote left many thinking Boston never topped the $200mill offer, which Scott openly refuted. This creates a unique outcome where, if we assume Merloni was simly rounding up, that his story of a $300mill offer and Betts’ story that no such offer existed are actually both true. Just that Mookie was paying closer attention to detail (which also makes sense, as Merloni was not as close to the situation)…
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