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  1. Old Red
    A PR, or a real baseball decision, or a combination of both?
  2. Old Red
    A two month failure wasn’t long enough for you? Hurt the team in the process too.
  3. Old Red
    Especially RF at Fenway.
  4. Old Red
    It was Cora, because he didn’t have many other options, because of the failed Renfroe for JBJ trade. JD could have been an option, but I think the Red Sox brain trust didn’t want to chance him tripping over 2B again, and getting hurt. Also , because Bloom didn’t seem fit to go, and get a regular OF until August. I don’t think it had much of anything to do with getting a so called good player more involved. Renfroe alleviated all the needs, and problems.
  5. Old Red
    Like Arroyo in RF, and Franchy at 1B.
  6. Old Red
    The Price signing was necessary, because of the failure to sign Lester, and yes it takes two sides to agree to an extension, but when you don’t start off with a good bargaining offer such as Lester, and Bogey that is pretty much impossible to do.
  7. Old Red
    That’s fair to me, and until games are played and proved otherwise the Red Sox are still a losing last place team. I think that’s fair.
  8. Old Red
    I wasn’t talking about me when I said not every Red Sox fan was enthralled with the Raffy signing. Yes, and I would be complaining along with everyone else if Raffy signed elsewhere, and some would still be calling JH Johnny Lowball.
  9. Old Red
    Wrong again I am glad they resigned Raffy, but to me that doesn’t exonerate JH, or as some called him Johnny Lowball just, because he signed Raffy, but botched, and butchered along with his minions the Bogey contract charade.
  10. Old Red
    #1 I’m not mad the Red Sox signed Raffy, and said that when he was signed, so while I don’t like those kind of contracts like I said I know you have so sign em to get em.
  11. Old Red
    I know it’s hard to fathom for some that not every Red Sox fan is enthralled with the Red Sox signing Raffy Devers for the amount, and length of time, but as we have seen there are a few just on here.
  12. Old Red
    I don’t believe he said anything about Xander being better just that signing Raffy does not make up for the screwing the pooch on Mookie, and Bogey, and said Raffy isn’t the player Betts is, which I agree with that.
  13. Old Red
    It’s just an opinion, which I have spouted on here for over a year now that I don’t like any 10yr $300M+ contracts. Now I do understand you have to pay em to get ‘em, but I still don’t like ‘em.
  14. Old Red
    Do you really think players get paid what they are worth? I don’t care if a homegrown player, or not the narrative wouldn’t be different not for that much money. Rich owners, and play money to some make prices go up. Is Bogey worth what he got?
  15. Old Red
    $500M is not acceptable no matter what the AAV is.
  16. Old Red
    The bonus spread out over the contract for tax purposes is simple if that’s what it is, but we don’t know if that’s how it is, and why a report would say paid up front. $17.5M is what Raffy is being paid in 2023. That part I think is clear.
  17. Old Red
    It shouldn’t be this complicated, but I guess it is. The physical hasn’t happened yet, and as we have just recently seen anything can happen there too.
  18. Old Red
    The $331M is counting the $17.5M that had already been negotiated, so call it 11/$331M, or 10/$313.5 M. Where the $20M bonus ties in?
  19. Old Red
    Then why are they saying it’s being paid up front?
  20. Old Red
    To me if the $20M, and the $17.5M is subtracted wouldn’t that leave 10yrs, and $293.5M left?
  21. Old Red
    I report I saw said the $20M signing bonus would be paid upfront, and then Raffy will earn $17.5M for 2023.
  22. Old Red
    You do realize that SoxTalk is just another form of sports talk radio?
  23. Old Red
    The way I read the deal, and I’m far from saying I’m right, but Raffy gets a $20M signing bonus up front. He then gets $17.5M for 2023, so then wouldn’t that take the 10yrs left under $300M?
  24. Old Red
    And it meant very little too.
  25. Old Red
    Right on that saying I was tongue in cheek in saying Henry must be one of the bad guys for listening , and appearing on sports talk radio, but not as an opinion of mine, but more of an opinion of yours, because sports talk radio is bad even though SoxTalk is just another form of sports talk radio, and we all appear on here.
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