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  1. notin
    I think it doesn’t happen because I do not believe KC to be that stupid. Third team? Maybe…
  2. notin
    We do not, but we do have a surplus of outfielders and a shortage of infielders. We need a team with their surpluses and dearths reversed…
  3. notin
    That was my point. While everyone who wants him to sell seems to think that’s the path to a higher payroll, it’s only one possibility, and possibly not even the most likely one. I assume everyone - yes, everyone as in 100%. - that wants Henry to sell believes a new owner will have looser purse strings. I don’t believe anyone wants Henry gone because they believe the new owner will be cheaper…
  4. notin
    So why do so many want Henry to sell the team? And how do they think the new owner will be different?
  5. notin
    Gee, they don’t want their poor-fielding corner outfielder with a .738 OPS who’s only owed $49 mill over the next two seasons. Teams will undoubtedly be lining up…
  6. notin
    Well, don’t forget (or perhaps review) what the original statement said. It wasn’t 100% agreement that the Sox need new ownership; it was 100% agreement that the new owner would be better. Fairly safe because I doubt very many calling for Henry’s departure are doing so because they want the new owner to be worse…
  7. notin
    Every team signs free agents that don’t work out. The Dodgers are clearly already worried about Tanner Scott, for example. And Michael Conforto was hardly a raging success for them. But they get remembered for the successes…
  8. notin
    Do not confuse my acknowledgement with acceptance…
  9. notin
    Sure it’s an exploitation of the passions of the fanbase. But I doubt Henry is going to call himself out for it and fire himself. And don’t kid yourself about Mayo’s hiring being anything more than a temporary appeasement to questionable NFL hiring practices regarding head coaches. “Oh gee, the guy with zero NFL head coaching experience couldn’t turn around a 4-13 team in one season? Well, thats certainly not acceptable.”
  10. notin
    It sounds like KC is far more interested in acquiring Duran than they are in trading Ragans. I don’t see a deal happening here…
  11. notin
    Getting Bubic should definitely be more about unloading. He’s had one good season and didn’t even last all the way though it, and now has only one season left until free agency…
  12. notin
    Ragans really doesn’t make sense for KC to give up. But the rest of their rotation is also a bit questionable or lacking control…
  13. notin
    Well, inept might be strong. I mean, Devers shouldn’t have been a bad contract they needed to move, at least not if you only consider his baseball talents. But also, I suppose that, while unlikely, a new ownership might give me ethical pause. I can’t imagine being excited and would most certainly have a moral dilemma cheering for the Sox if they were purchased by the Sinoloa Drug Cartel. But I can dial that back until it becomes closer to reality…
  14. notin
    I’m not thrilled with it, but I’m not as unrealistic as you are. But it’s December. Not even late December. Plenty of time left and just because two names you liked are off the board doesn’t mean it is over already. Especially since the Sox might have felt differently about them.
  15. notin
    Merrill Kelly? Sonny Gray d didnt go over; but Merrill Kelly is the answer? There are plenty of names left. Many folks gravitated to the biggest ones not named Tucker and thought that list was realistic and attainable, and ignored it created this hodgepodge of stat increases that didn’t necessarily improve the team. I thought Alonso made sense but not because he was good, but rather because he was more likely to come cheaper than Bregman. Not the best baseball reason, but folks are apparently thinking “we need right-handed power” and because Alonso regularly hits 35-40, he obviously fits and more so than Bregman and Marte. Sure he hits home runs, but so does Eugenio Suarez. And Ketel Marte has a better SLG from the right side…
  16. notin
    Very simple question - if you can be the top 3 or 4 in revenue while being 10-12 in payroll, what exactly is the incentive to change?
  17. notin
    But if it works, is it a big deal? It seems like there is a contingency of folks more obsessed with Henry spending than Henry financing a better team…
  18. notin
    The truly sad part is the 100% agreement than any new owner will be better, despite 20-25 current owners that spend less every year, and a league rampant with mercurial owners that shoot payroll through the roof one year, only to dial it back significantly the next. A new owner might not be the cure you all want; statistically a new owner is more likely to take everything you don’t like about Henry to an even greater extreme…
  19. notin
    I didn’t know they bumped up the World Series to mid-December this season…
  20. notin
    The sportswriters aren’t?!! Well, That’s an accurate gage. I mean, it’s not like they’re above writing clickbait articles that are infinitely more successful when they write bad news. One year ago, we were still roughly 10 weeks away from signing Bregman. And before they, it was these same posts all over again. We’ve all seen this before but some of us are not pretending we haven’t. Offseasons are slow, and they used to be much worse, and not that long ago. We’ve all seen this, but we still have people complaining for SIX WEEKS RUNNING about the lack of activity, which really means the lack of activities they want. Can I safely assume you’re also angry at Santa because your stocking is STILL EMPTY? Schwarber is a very good hitter with no defensive skills whatsoever Alonso is a one-trick pony. There are other options for the Sox, especially if folks focus solely on the 35-40 home runs a player might bring while conveniently forgetting about his other 500-530 at bats…
  21. notin
    I see no reason to continue throwing darts at Fred; he can dodge any point…
  22. notin
    Yeah, why read what people are asking….
  23. notin
    If you’re looking at payroll, players also have built in raises and other players have arbitration raises. It’s not as simple as “we don’t pay Devers’, Buehlers’ and Giolito’s salaries anymore, so they obviously have $70mill to spend just to be where they were last year.” It’s like all of the “we have to replace Bregman and Devers just to break even” nonsense…
  24. notin
    DFAing Hicks doesnt save any money. And what Hicks plus Anthony make is actually pretty close to Devers’ money, just not for as many years…
  25. notin
    So… Youre telling a guy who lives in the Bronx that you know Yankee fans better, and then following it up with a complain by about the Sox not found anything. Too many “wow” moments here…
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