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Clay Buchholz looked great tonight: MLB Gameday: Marlins 1, D-backs 9 Final Score (06/01/2018) | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Marlins vs. D-backs at Chase Field
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I needed the Red Sox to win because a Houston loss coupled with a Seattle win would have lifted the Mariners into a virtual tie for first place in the AL West, percentage points ahead of the Astros. Perhaps the Mariners can at least win tonight to keep pace.
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The Red Sox have a fine team playing the defending World Series champions whom some analytics suggest have the best shot of winning the World Series this year: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds
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A representative of the MLB Players Association responded to my inquiry with: "The terms of the contract from which he is released (such as the option year which never vested) don’t carry forward to his next (if any) contract." I'll accept that answer and let the matter drop although I specifically asked whether the vesting option was voided by operation of law or by the terms of the Red Sox contract. Warm regards.
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Mormons reportedly make up 3.9 percent of Oregon's population but Danny Ainge, perhaps the state's most famous Mormon, moved to Boston to become general manager of the Celtics. I am a non-Mormon, church-going agnostic who doesn't bet on sports.
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I understand craft breweries but "Or hipsters with beards that live a craft breweries"?
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Huh?
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To be honest: I ignore bet offers. I did not mean to be impolite. I don't bet (beyond making investment decisions and other life choices), but I am now curious about your proposal.
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To be precise, I have raised questions but taken no firm position. As I write last weekend: https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/18666-Hanley-DFA%E2%80%99d?p=1145489&highlight=black-and-white#post1145489 I still hope to find a definitive answer but posters should feel free to ignore this forum discussion if the issue is of no interest.
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I understand that some posters are not interested in the minutiae of employee law. But others apparently are.
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A team seeking to sign Hanley Ramirez would likely draft a contract that frees the club from any obligation for the vesting option. Ramirez and his agent would decide whether to accept the terms.
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From the Gloucester Daily Times: http://www.gloucestertimes.com/sports/national_sports/mason-in-dumping-hanley-ramirez-alex-cora-affirms-that-these/article_a3d8e65e-59cb-5943-a83e-b3c2374db9a2.html
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Have a great time at the game, moon!
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As suggested, has Bellhorn04 emailed Alex Speier regarding the status of the vesting option? I've emailed the Wasserman agency that represents Hanley Ramirez but don't anticipate a response.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
harmony replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Since the trade Mark Melancon has posted 9.4 bWAR with three All Star appearances, leading the National League with 51 saves in 2015, while Brock Holt has posted 6.1 bWAR. -
Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
harmony replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Boston Red Sox traded Ivan De Jesus, Mark Melancon, Stolmy Pimentel and Jerry Sands to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hanrajo01.shtml#all_transactions_other -
And other people question. Such as an attorney. Or a former newspaper journalist. Or a former journalism professor.
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:D The world is full of people who believe everything reported in the media.
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I hold Alex Speier in high regard but would prefer that he cite the specific provision that extinguishes the vesting option instead of reporting a mere conclusion.
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No offense but I prefer a more authoritative source than "we.":) Perhaps the Red Sox contracts specifically extinguishes the vesting option if the club releases Hanley Ramirez. Or not.
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Despite playing on a first-place team in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Hanley Ramirez was good enough to be on pace to accumulate the 1,050 plate appearances needed to vest the 2019 option. The Red Sox clearly have the authority to release any player but lack the authority to escape their contractual obligations, such as the balance of the guaranteed 2018 salary of $22 million. Hanley Ramirez has a contract that says the 2019 option will vest with 1,050 plate appearances in 2017-18. If Ramirez attains that milestone with another team, what happens with the vesting option? Will teams shy away from Ramirez out of fear the option will vest? If a new contract with another team does not extinguish the 2018 salary obligation, how can the new contract extinguish the vesting option? I raise the questions but have not found definitive answers.
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If the signing team is confident that the club is not on the hook for the vesting option.
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USA Today baseball writer Bob Nightengale predicts that Jed Lowrie could return to the Red Sox before the trade deadline: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2018/05/29/mlb-trade-deadline-manny-machado-josh-donaldson-cole-hamels-rumors/650523002/ I doubt it.
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Should Jackie Bradley Jr be traded?
harmony replied to StephenCurry30's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
For the 2000 Pawtucket Red Sox, David Eckstein played 115 games at second base and one game at shortstop: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=eckste001dav The trivia I don't remember and need to look up. -
The Red Sox sign Adam Lind to a minor league contract: