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  1. notin
    Also known as keeping an open mind. Bloom seems like an odd choice, since it seemed like it was over before he got into the picture since Bloom was brought in to get the Sox under the cap. If the Sox wanted to spend, they could have just kept Dombrowski...
  2. notin
    There were some stories at the time that Mookie was adamant about testing free agency. Certainly possible, but also possible they were misreported or simply negotiation tactics from his agent...
  3. notin
    No one seems to doubt the $200mill offer. The $300mill offer seems to be in question...
  4. notin
    Maybe he wouldn't. That would make sense if he was told not to spend the money. Turning in your boss as the culprit might help your reputation, but it makes for poor job security. But really, we don't know what happened, or what conversations took place then. What we do know is Dombrowski tried to extend him, but could not get it done. Given that DD was not one to let a budget stand in his way (and still isn't), that strongly suggests Mookie's price to stay was higher than DD was allowed to spend. At that point, Bloom is moot...
  5. notin
    And this bothered me all off-season because MLB arms like Eric Lauer, Domingo German, Jake Odorizzi, Zack Davies, Daulton Jeffries, and Adrian Sampson all signed minor league deals. Opportunity was there...
  6. notin
    Weissert...
  7. notin
    Maybe that talk didn't occur? Certainly the media doesn't know about every conversation between players and management, but that also doesn't mean everything that gets mentioned is true as well. I don't think many, if any, players talk to the CBO/GM about contracts. That's what agents are for, and I'd be surprised if players knew about every conversation their agents had...
  8. notin
    I imagine the Sox are going to have to add to the minor league pitching depth in other ways, like they did to get Fitts and Sandlin. If they are sellers at the deadline, any of Jansen, Martin, O’Neill, Pivetta and possibly even Cooper or Chase Anderson could be dealt in trades that may net minor league pitching…
  9. notin
    BTV trades are realistic in terms of player cost. They can’t account for team need or team interest. Apparently many teams use similar logic and models on valuing players for trades. But sometimes, need trumps value…
  10. notin
    You really do need to look at the total. Story ($143mill) + Yoshida ($102mill) + Kluber ($10mill) really isn’t close. From a yearly perspective, sure it works out, but only for 5 years and then Betts costs significantly more than those 3. Right?
  11. notin
    But there is unrealistic and unlikely. Suggesting the Sox swap Meidroth, Wong, Yorke, Dalbec and Rosier for Spencer Strider is unrealistic because it’s fatally stupid for Atlanta. Trades that work out on BTV aren’t necessarily unrealistic as they are unlikely. There’s a difference…
  12. notin
    Of course getting more Ks than TBs is easy to do. The other ones (more triples than Ks, more HRs than singles) are hard. More HRs than Ks is also hard. But probably been done a few times. Joe DiMaggio’s career totals were very close for HRs and Ks, so he probably did it a few times…
  13. notin
    Ok, three years running…
  14. notin
    No one ever said it would. You cannot seem to grasp that…
  15. notin
    You proved my point. No one predicted it would…
  16. notin
    Well no one predicted anything. The suggestion was a bad pitching contract if the Sox were to deal Yoshida. I named a few bad pitching contracts, eliminated the two where the other team took on money, and a third because I don’t see Houston giving up on Hader so quickly. That left Rodon as the one that made the most sense for both teams, albeit only financially for NY. While unlikely the Yankees do it, players do get moved to save a helluva lot less than $53mil quite often. Luis Arraez a couple days ago, for example. Of course it’s really a baseball discussion. For a guy who spends a lot of time on a baseball board, you sure do hate baseball discussions…
  17. notin
    Some people cannot grasp the difference between a suggestion and a prediction…
  18. notin
    Maybe. Maybe not, although it clears a lot of money for them. They do have other ugly deals they’d probably prefer to move first, like Stanton. And I don’t know how happy they really are with Rodon, who has only pitched about 107 IP for them so far, and doesn’t have a real strong history that suggests he is going to get miraculously heathy as he ages. Given the chance, I would not be surprised if they moved on from him…
  19. notin
    Makes sense after you poopoo’d my suggesting O’Neill…
  20. notin
    This past off-season I suggested Tyler O'Neill as a good candidate for the Sox. Maybe they will try to make a move to get him one day...
  21. notin
    Yeah he was one of the guys I IDd on BDC as a good fit for the Sox. Then he wanted some extension he clearly was not going to live up to, although the numbers today would probably get you a utility infielder...
  22. notin
    Yeah why try to extend Soto. He's such a poor fit there...
  23. notin
    Dalbec has done that every year since 2020...
  24. notin
    They might if they need to get an extra $50 mill to put towards extending Soto.
  25. notin
    Save $53.5mill plus corresponding tax payments...
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