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It’s under. It only matters if you plan on adding payroll. Otherwise - $12mill under the cap is the same as $50mill under is the same as $1 under - no taxes. AAV only matters for luxury tax. If Boston were to trade Bello to Miami or Tampa or Oakland/Sacramento/Las Vegas, those teams wouldn’t care about his AAV. But they would certainly care about his salary, especially if that salary escalates year to year…
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CC Wong? Isn’t that the guy from all those Jurassic Park movies?
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Only when you’re at the tax limits. Teams is the mid to lower payroll tiers only care about salary, which is why they still backload contracts…
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Per Soxprospects: Pivetta - $7.5mill Bello - $1mill Criswell - $1mill Houck - $770,000 Crawford - $760,000 The entire rotation makes $11.3mill, or slightly more than the Cardinals are paying the mediocre Lance Lynn. And far less than the Red Sox are paying Lucas Giolito…
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6/13 Phils @ SOX 7:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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But free agency isn’t always about production. There is a certain PR aspect to it when ownership sends a message to the fanbase that money will NOT be an obstacle this season. Of course, the reality might be “we will pay $20mill to Player X in hopes that it leads to the fanbase throwing $30mill plus back our way.”
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Hamilton is on a hot streak. So far, it’s only been 85 PA with a .963 OPS. But don’t forget, only 85 PA ago, his OPS was .563 and he looked like DFA material. As for the OF, assuming the Sox hold on to the one outfielder they extended (Rafaela), it looks like they would be moving a LHH corner OF…
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If they’re not considering trading them, how do we know what they’re expecting in return?
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The weird part is you complain after the win…
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6/12 Phils @ SOX 7:10PM ET
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Hamilton doing everything he can to make that Bradley trade look good… -
Shane Drohan is back.
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Or keep Mayer in the minors until Bichette reaches free agency in a year. Of course there is still that Grissom fellow…
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That’s not why they took it away in 1935. This ambiguity’s on me, as I wasn’t specific about which time…
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So they took it away? Wow. Probably because the first All Star game was supposed to be the only one, but the rules changed when it became an annual thing. But when did the “every team represented” stuff start?
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And given the Sox would only control Bichette for 1.5 years, is it worth it? Also who takes over right field? Refsnyder is really not a guy we want to see getting 450-500 PA in a season…
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They walk from Hamilton, however…
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To revisit, this is only true when coupled with expansions, since getting at least one player from 8 teams probably wasn’t so tough. Of course, MLB has countered this by adjusting the roster size. Right now it stands at 32 players per side, which is plenty for one freakin’ game..
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Not sure when that rule got added, but fan voting has been around since 1933, so it was always up to them to set the starting lineup. Of course, they only had 8 teams per league to choose from until 1961, so it probably wasn’t too hard to get at least one player from every team…
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I don’t touch that deal for Abreu. Especially given the Sox shortstop and RF situations…
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6/11 Phillies @ SOX 7:10PM ET
notin replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Too cheap to pay Betts - yes. But Schwarber? Was he supposed to tip that ludicrous offer the Phillies made to get a backup DH with no defensive skills whatsoever? Sure they could have buried him at 1b and hoped it worked out. But given that Schwarber was a low 2 bWAR player who had been non-tendered the previous offseason, I can understand not topping a 4-year $80mill contract… -
For Toronto? Because if it isn’t, why bother? The Jays would save a lot, as his $12.8mill salary bumps to $17.5mill next season. But I doubt they think of Hamilton any different than we do - that’s he’s more of a “sell high” player right now. I’m sure the Jays would love to move Bichette. Not sure for what? Also with Bichette in Boston - where would he play? He is a s***** shortstop, but he still might be the best one they have while Story is out. Of course, when Stiry comes back, then what?
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Exactly, but it was also how Cooper got to go to two games…
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I don't think we need to bring Cooperstown into it. Despite the similarity in their names, Scott's career wasn't even long enough to qualify getting on the ballot. He was a below-league average hitter with an absolute cannon for an arm - he easily threw harder than every pitcher in MLB. I'd put money on it. But despite that, he was not really a good defensive player. At least, unlike Boggs, he willingly moved to 1b for the 1992 season. It negated his best talent (throwing), but he probably just wanted to get on the field. Free agency was unkind to Cooper, who managed to turn his glorious All Star seasons into contracts with the Seibu Lions and a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. After the latter, he retired at age 29. Cooper's career lasted about 5 seasons with an OPS+ of 91. Finding a player with multiple All Star appearances with a lesser career would be really difficult...
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Then they would never know what a great deal they were being offered, according to BTV. Per that site, Bo Bichette (21.8) isn’t enough to get Wilyer Abreu (29.8) alone, let alone with David Hamilton (11.8)…
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No Boggs, who left after 1992. But the Sox did still roster Clemens, Mo Vaughn, and Mike Greenwell…
