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It's going to take at least three more months just to arrive at a middle figure for the new money pool for good first or second-year players. And this is just for one issue between owners and players. That is, if both sides keep counteroffering in $5 million dollar increments... ... or they can logically decide to compromise soon, so we can all stop being diverted from our diversions!
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... Juan Soto just got the most offers, but Scott Boras made him turn them down.
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Certainly -- I got a repeating decimal on my calculator: 31.18181818181818... I figure that will eventually reach a million digits. Maybe Juan couldn't make everyone in the DR millionaires... but he could definitely afford to buy everyone a pretzel and beverage of choice at a Nationals game (and that ain't cheap).
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... someday when it's hot outside, but long after actual fans stopped caring.
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"90 percent of the fish are caught by 10 percent of the fishermen" said Dad. My father never played sports, but he fished a lot. No trolling though; the man could cast.
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He did that for the younger players... er, wait -- he's the younger player. So he's probably considering his family; they can't live on $350 mil... ... that would be all his countrymen, one big unhappy family -- the population of the Dominican Republic, approx. 11 million people, divided by $350 million dollars = almost $32 mil each. Over 13 years, that's less than $2 1/2 million per. What man, woman or child can possibly live on only $2.4 mil each per year?
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The players have a right to seek as much as they can make while they can, but there must also be plenty of young guys on the verge of making the majors or hoping to taste more than a cup of coffee that aren't too happy they're turning down a half-million dollars or more right now to play baseball. The owners are counting on that, though there'd be a lot more young guys with aspirations to make minimum wage, if the owners weren't so intent on cutting even more minor league jobs. The owners have always had their way, except for when Marvin Miller headed the charge into free agency, but that historic change was long overdue, bringing down an archaic unfair system. More than anyone else, this sucks for fans, who the owners don't give a crap about because they know we always come back, and always will.
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Which team is stacked besides Toronto? New York has Judge and Stanton, Tampa has Randy and Wander, and Boston has five 2021 All-Stars. On the mound, NY has Cole, Rays have openers, and Sox have wily old veterans.
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One of the ironies is older players wanting more for younger players. If they get their way, more old guys could be out of jobs. This may not be a bad thing for them or fans, because most veteran players will become even more embittered that their game is "just a job", plus a lot of them have already earned a lot of money. More focus will then be on the really hungry players -- the guys who aren't rich for life yet. And owners will love it.
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And any time they use the word "respect."
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Staying healthy is what will determine everything. So best bets may be the youngest with body type most suitable longterm (not too slight, not too wide): Soto... Acuna and Tatis have already been injured. Ohtani also has the physique, but not for double duty...
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Maybe Judge will look at Boston as a "can't-beat-em, join-em" scenario. But not judging by the Judge Cam that follows him around on every nationally-broadcast game; I've never seen so many sour scowls than on the Judge Cam in the '21 Wild Card game.
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The question persists: who will be a better investment? Harper? Machado? (neither were better all-around players than Betts at the time of signing...) Some of us might not be around another decade from now to find out. In the meantime, the Sox will most likely spend big on someone else... as they have since the first days of free agency and Soup Campbell.
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Marketing may dig Blaze Jordan: great name, 500-foot dingers... artists should already be busy designing iconic posters for bedroom doors all over New England. But imagine the buzz if Nick Yorke comes up and delivers a big hit to beat the Yankees. Can you hear the Fenway organ playing the Sinatra walk-up song (with lyrics flashing on the scoreboard): Start spreading the blues... it's up to you, Nick Yorke, NICK... YORKE!!!
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Cole is awesome, the Yankees are going all the way, preseason oddsmakers know, they win every year
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Not as good as Mookie? Then again, we all knew that Boston would eventually spend big on someone not as good as Betts. A question for the board: if not Correa, then who -- including any player in the majors, even those under contract -- is worth it? Would anyone prefer Lindor or Seager instead? If your answer is Soto or Franco, just remember, everyone will be available someday, either as a free agent or because his team can no longer afford to keep him... Is Trout already too old and already damaged goods to commit another decade of gold?
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Man, the Beni haters on here... Benintendi won the Gold Glove his first year, continuing a five-year string of fielding awards for KC leftfielders (though Beni had a positive dWAR, unlike Gordon in his last two seasons). -
They just locked up Franco after a quite promising half-season... or was that back-ended deal just setting up Tampa for dealing the Wanderkind for a haul, once he reaches his prime?
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Carlos is holding his hands over his eyes looking at your post and saying, "This is my thread!" He's younger, and as a better fielder continues to project as the best all-around shortstop (until he moves to third in five years to make way for Mayer). Bogaerts does not project to be a good defensive shortstop going forward, because he's already part of the problem on defense. I'd be surprised if Bloom hauls in Correa, because it goes against everything his regime has stood for. But if it happens, it would basically be a parallel to how Epstein viewed the end of the Nomar days: it means the boss thinks the team won't be as good at short with the incumbent, who he also feels won't be worth the cost to keep around.
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A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
No one here said Benintendi is a superstar, though some may dislike him because he was once projected to be one. The comparison is that his WAR shows he's at least as good as Renfroe. One has more power but whiffs more, the other has more speed and is a better outfielder. The big difference fueling conjecture about their changing teams is that one makes twice as much money as the other... which may also be a reason why Hunter is on the move again, as he's due for a raise (but at three years older, maybe not equal to Andrew's salary). -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ok, but we also know how Hunter did in 'treasure time' in October. That's just one context, but in Boston's last postseason, Beni led the Sox in hits and runs. They both also made arguably the play of the playoffs in '18 and '21... though Beni actually caught his. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Like I said, the Renfroe transaction isn't directly connected, except that he just came from the '21 budget. As for the Beni Five, I have some hope for Winckowski (it'd be great if he can join the rotation sometime this year, and let us keep Whitlock as closer), and zero hope for Franchy. As for the other three prospects, maybe one of them will turn into something, even if it's trade capital. -
A Realistic View at 2022: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I bet some fans still refuse to believe that in '22, Beni was at least as good as Renfroe -- 2.4 to 2.3 bWAR... (... I'm only comparing those two outfielders, because there was a theory here that the savings from dumping Beni allowed Bloom to sign Renfroe; not that they have to be directly related, since part of Kiki's salary could have been seen as the difference in savings, or Sawamura's etc., etc.) -
Some of these guys maybe focus too much on top prospects when evaluating entire systems. Mayer should automatically elevate Boston's status, but it's also not hard to imagine national scribes possibly overlooking overall depth beyond the top 100 or 150 hopefuls... ... it's also not hard to imagine a guy like Blaze Jordan or just one of the two true targets (power or speed) in the Renfroe trade taking big steps up the minor league ladder this year.
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Our local DQ is on the side of the players. For my son's birthday, they made an ice cream cake with Devers hitting a home run on the top, imaged into the frosting from an internet pic my wife sent them.
