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Everything posted by notin

  1. notin
    Hold the farm. Extend Devers. Let Soto go elsewhere. Trading for and extending Soto means no Devers extension. And Devers + whatever it takes to get Soto > Soto…
  2. notin
    Big deal. So am I. Doesn’t mean either of us will get it…
  3. notin
    Diekman?
  4. notin
    And yet he was still more relevant than Carpenter in 2019 and 2020.
  5. notin
    John Henry AND your left testicle? So two testicles. And a sausage guy. Wait a second….
  6. notin
    I can see why they passed on him. JBJ had been a relevant hitter more recently than Carpenter. But somehow the guy found a second life after being released by multiple teams…
  7. notin
    Bednar has 3+ years of control and the Pirates are in no rush to move him. He won’t be cheap due to the control and low salary, and previous deals with the Pirates are moot. The Pirates do employ scouts whose recommendations they will take. If you think their scouts aren’t any good at evaluating other teams’ minor leaguers in trades, bear in mind that’s how they got Bednar in the first place. I doubt the Yankees even acquire a closer. They’ll probably look at some miscast reliever they think is salvageable and will miraculously turn him into another Sparky Lyle. This year’s best guess - Brandon Finnegan. Oh and while you hate BTV, they do suggest an equal trade for Bednar is Peraza and Dominguez. I doubt the Yankees do that. If you think that is too high, keep in mind the 3+ years of control left on Ian Happ’s former Little League teammate…
  8. notin
    No one is pitching to him. He leads the league in walks and has a .405 OBP. He’s not stupid; but he’s also not a one man team
  9. notin
    I’d like to see 1b, RP and a RF. I have my doubts they fill all three. A lot probably depends on the recovery of Kike…
  10. notin
    Soto would be great PR for a team that took a hit trading away one year of Mookie. But a package of Mayer, Casas, Yorke and Bello is light on BTV and has only one thing going for it - not many teams will go higher. (And we’re assuming the Sox are even willing to go that high.) But if signing Soto means losing Devers, it’s probably not a good deal for the Sox…
  11. notin
    Absolutely no way the Sox can get Soto and keep Mayer. It would be easier for Bloom to calculate pi to the last digit…
  12. notin
    And deepest pockets = the Mets…
  13. notin
    They can sign him now and eschew the arb years, but yes, he is not for the shallow-pocketed…
  14. notin
    The one team that scares me for getting him is Baltimore. No team has an obvious “this should get him” package, but Baltimore, with Adley Rutschman, Grayson Rodriguez, and Gunnar Henderson, can probably put together the best offer. And really, they have a legit reason to do so right now…m
  15. notin
    BTV gives Soto a surplus value of $193mill. A package of Cortes, Volpe, Waldichuk and Wells have a combined surplus value of $94million. The site does confirm that this offer is nowhere near the ballpark. And for Soto, if you are comfortable giving up the package, it is not enough. I don’t think either the Sox or the Yankees can put together a package to acquire Soto. A package of Mayer, Casas, Yorke and Bello, for example, only combines to a surplus of $149mill. And that easily tops the Yankee offer. Both the Sox and Yankees would also find it very difficult if not impossible to retain Soto while also losing other star players, namely Devers and Judge. So simple question - is the upgrade from Judge to Soto worth the top 4 Yankee prospects? (I don’t think they will care about Cortes. I know I wouldn’t trade my superstar for a package that included a 28yo plate bloomer who could easily pumpkin himself back to reality any second now.)
  16. notin
    Diekman was available. Oh wait. Did you want to hold onto the lead or not?
  17. notin
    Sox would be a thousand times smarter to just meet Devers’ demands without even negotiating than to trade Soto. On BTV, the Sox can’t even trade for Soto without including Devers, which actually makes no sense for the Nationals. (A third team needs to be involved.)
  18. notin
    And please stop with the Henry’s net worth crap like he owes it to Sox fans to bankrupt himself to make a team. How many owners spend more than he does year in and year out? If you think Henry is too stingy for your liking, try being a Pirates’ fan for a year. Or an A’s fan. Or a Reds’ fan. Or a Rays’ fan. Or a Guardians’ fan. Or… you get the idea…
  19. notin
    Exactly what are all the stipulations of Henry’s “order” to Bloom to slash payroll? Beyond getting below the CBT, which I can understand, what’s the directive? It seems like too many of Sox fans refuse to acknowledge the massive gray area in between “highest payroll in the game that increases every year” and “small market”…
  20. notin
    Then he needs to fire Bloom. The payroll is still up and the team is still winning. Bloom is clearly failing…
  21. notin
    I’m paraphrasing the thread title…
  22. notin
    He’s like fifth on the depth chart. If he could hit to go with his glove, he would have been starting all year. Right now he is a bench player and people want him to hit and field well. There is no such thing as a bench player who can both hit and field well. Because of you can do both those things, you’re a starter…
  23. notin
    Unloading Kim would be good, but if I’m San Diego, Myers is a higher priority than Snell. Snell isn’t still the guy who won a Cy Young, but he really isn’t a salary dump either. Haniger is a very good player, but he is hurt ALL THE TIME…
  24. notin
    I do think the Jurassic Park sequels are all extremely entertaining because of the progressive increase in how much more stupid each one gets. It’s like you leave on end think “NO WAY the next one could be stupider.” And then you go see it and find they easily limboed under that incredibly low bar…
  25. notin
    So you’re saying the 10-19 start was reality and the 38-24 record since then is the outlier?
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