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  1. drewski6
    Not relevant. The current conversation that Im having is not about sticking with your assigned value vs panicking at rumors....its about Breslows inability to effectively conversate preventing him from deducing needed info (the competitiveness of his offer) The offer was competitive and it was obviously designed to be. There was no sham, just a second place offer. Would Breslow have added more money should he known his offer wasnt enough? Im not sure, but I think more likely than not. He just had no idea because listening (part of communicating) isnt his strong suit. Dont get me wrong, I was just telling my buddy. Hes smart and knows baseball but hes jsut a douche. I think it got in his way here, and it isnt the first time. I like that Breslow is smart and aggressive. There's def been more activity than there was in the Bloom years, which I liked the first year of, then it felt like jsut rolling the same mediocre roster over every year
  2. drewski6
    Good points, but to expand, its not always a retroactive look at how much you got vs how much you paid, and thats what some people just cant figure out. And its not that complicated. Lets say I have 3 awesome players who are all on pre-arb deals. They are all young. You may think: hey, we can get a little greedy here and cram a lot of talent onto this team, becuase these 3 are all super cheap and contributing, and we can take advantage of that by spending on guys around them and have this awesome team. Sure it will get hard to keep these guys , but we'll have a nice window of overlap before those guys need to get paid with the players we brought in. Whether or not to extend your players is a decision. To have them for less cheap in the front end in order to buy some FA years at a discount. And like most decisions, its case by case. Id rather have a guy give me 8 WAR for $10m when I have a good team around him than have a guy give me 10 WAR for $8m on a team that stinks (aside from him). There is a timing element to all of this. Its not as simple as simple minds want it to be.
  3. drewski6
    Sure - agents lie, and so do teams. I understnad that theres reason not to believe everything you hear. But asking questions to flush out the honesty/sincerety of competitive offers is a sign of a good communicator, and thats all what we're saying here.... That communication skills are important. Becuase they are. Always. For everybody.
  4. drewski6
    There was a communication breakdown between us and Bregmans team, we thought we had the best offer outstanding when we didnt, and now Bregman is a cub.
  5. drewski6
    I dont think Marte is available anymore, and Im note sure 20m/yr for 2 gets it done for Geno. I do like the team though
  6. drewski6
    Nobody cares if you care. But its widely reported that Bregman and Breslow were talking past each other and now Bregman is a cub. You may say that you applaud value blah, blah , blah , blah blah , i really dont care. But Bregman/team said "I have a better offer from the cubs" and breslow didnt believe it, thats bad. Its so dysfunctional its almost funny, but its bad.
  7. drewski6
    Sticking to Paredes, a 3 WAR player making about 9m is worth more than 11 trade value units, then you have a whole second year. 2 WAR players are getting 22m QOs. FOr his next 2 years, I would think Paredes WAR about 6.5. Expected to be paid like 25m. I think each WAR is worth like 10m. I think Paredes should be about 30 himself , maybe even more (not a lot more). I think we are all buyers of Paredes at 11 trade value units. Its low, if you can get him for that, we definitely should.
  8. drewski6
    Austin Hays.
  9. drewski6
    I honestly have seen it get corrected by a large amount for a given player. Ive seen it be way off. Its usually good , but I think its just off on Paredes. I think his trade value units is about 30. How is Duran near 50, and Paredes is like 11 with both having 2 yrs of control left around the same money. Granted Paredes may make like 9.5m this year vs durans 7.7m, so that accounts for 2 of the 36 delta between em. It just feels off.
  10. drewski6
    I think Elly and Hays are both in for better offensive seasons. Probably McClain too. Also, I may have wrote that before Gray, Contreras....
  11. drewski6
    So another words, there was bad communication.....hmmmm
  12. drewski6
    Alonso and Bregman (and Schwarber) , total packages were all very close. Yes Breg cleared 170m but enough deferred to make the hit and present value closer to 30-31 per. This is a triple down that a player of around this caliber in their early 30s (ish) gets around 5 yrs at a little over 30 plus annum. Thats fair market value for a FA of this tier. If you see this moves as gross overpayment, then either you are hoping for a market correction or you are unwilling to shop at the second tier of free agency, which the sox may be unwilling to do as well.
  13. drewski6
    Now you are overlooking the deferrals, though.
  14. drewski6
    YOu think they are this rigid?
  15. drewski6
    Probably. But the Orioles offer was pretty far ahead of us, so not as confident it would have been enough more to make us serious bidders.
  16. drewski6
    If you could combine Breslow's willingness to take risks with Bloom's interpersonal skills, you'd have a GM....who would probably be out of our price range.
  17. drewski6
    Bloom was a capable communicator, and very professional. He was just scared money at the poker table and too gun-shy.
  18. drewski6
    I dont get why BTV has Paredes so low and Im not buying it. BTV is mostly good, but on certain players for some reason, the formula seems off. Right now casas has like 19 trade value units and paredes has like 11. It doesnt feel right.
  19. drewski6
    How much drama we talking about here? They have better options than to give us a 125 OPS+ guy for someone with reliever risk. I would not entertain this if I was Houston, and they have some flexibility with their position player mix. They could send out Christian Walker and play Paredes or Correa at 1b, they could play Altuve in the outfield.... Tigers and/or Dbacks, I would imagine would be willing to top an offer of just Philips. Maybe Philips and Harrison.
  20. drewski6
    Paredes would be a great get. If they get Arrenado, they should also get a DH with the cost savings from Bregman to Arrenado. If they get Arrenado for cheaper than Bregman was, they should be more willing to consider Yoshida's salary sunk. Geno starts making sense to me. Or maybe his ability to play third and remain healthy is higher than I credit, and hes a plug at 3b. I kind of see him as a DH, and not because I think defense is as or more important as hitting, but because Im concerned how a mid 30's body that isnt particularly slim holds up at 3b. Geno got a belly.
  21. drewski6
    Got the wrong guy. Do not confuse Notins acceptance with his approval.
  22. drewski6
    Paredes for Phillips sounds too good to be true. I dont love Duran for a backup catcher and a reliever.
  23. drewski6
    It really does sound like our bres, doesnt it. Sitting there smug look, arms folded across the chest. I call your bluff! He declares. Okay, buddy, as Bregman walks out chuckling to himself.
  24. drewski6
    Yeah, agreed. At this point, you start looking for anyone who can move the needle. At least in terms of free-agency. Probably still a few quality guys can be had via trade route
  25. drewski6
    Relishing in his fellow fan's pain and disappointment
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