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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 29, 2020 16:41:50 GMT -5
Red Sox fans, is the rumor true that Red Sox wants to give Mooke 10/300 and he countered with 12/400 Hard. Ball. If that's true I don't blame him for trying to secure the bag but he need to take that 10/300
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 29, 2020 16:52:01 GMT -5
Pirates are listening to offers for Josh Bell. Yep, that'll put butts in the seats.
Blow it up, Nutting. You cheap bastard.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 17:00:34 GMT -5
Pirates are listening to offers for Josh Bell. Yep, that'll put butts in the seats. Blow it up, Nutting. You cheap bastard. Pittsburgh's payroll is already pretty low. Currently, opening day payroll is at $43.27 million. Good thing the Indians are the Pirates AAA affiliate; I can watch the July starting lineup for $12 and only need to travel a few blocks to see them in person.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 29, 2020 17:11:52 GMT -5
Pirates are listening to offers for Josh Bell. Yep, that'll put butts in the seats. Blow it up, Nutting. You cheap bastard. Why? They waited a while for him to hit his prime and now they want to move him when he did Unless they think this is only short term it makes no sense. Should be trying to lock him up now on a relatively cheap deal before he outprices you
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jan 29, 2020 17:18:17 GMT -5
Giants are bringing back Pable Sandoval. Actually like it. Fan favorite will be needed as a pick me up in the upcoming dark ages.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 29, 2020 17:27:40 GMT -5
Pirates are listening to offers for Josh Bell. Yep, that'll put butts in the seats. Blow it up, Nutting. You cheap bastard. Why? They waited a while for him to hit his prime and now they want to move him when he did Unless they think this is only short term it makes no sense. Should be trying to lock him up now on a relatively cheap deal before he outprices you I don't really care. I worked for the Pirates for three years, 2016-2018, and they did nothing. They get rid of fan favorites, send guys who are producing down, and Nutting is still Nutting. I assume Polanco will either leave or be hurt again for most of the season. I guess Reynolds and maybe Cole Tucker will be fun to watch. Too bad Vazquez turned out to be a pervert. We could have gotten some talent for him.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 29, 2020 17:28:37 GMT -5
Giants are bringing back Pable Sandoval. Actually like it. Fan favorite will be needed as a pick me up in the upcoming dark ages. Smart. He's a fan favorite and can still be something of the old guard and getting some playing time here and there Thus far like how the Giants are operating in a low key approach
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Post by sfvega on Jan 29, 2020 17:42:54 GMT -5
If that's true I don't blame him for trying to secure the bag but he need to take that 10/300 10/300 IS the bag. I mean, he could do better in FA. But he could also counter them at like 340 and be one of the highest paid players ever. This type of ask kinda hurts his market, as just mentioning those numbers is going to scare teams off.
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Post by BRV on Jan 29, 2020 22:03:39 GMT -5
Red Sox fans, is the rumor true that Red Sox wants to give Mooke 10/300 and he countered with 12/400 Hard. Ball. If Mookie Betts is asking for 12 years and $400 million, you know what the Red Sox should do? Agree to it. That's probably better for the franchise than what they'd have to pony up when he hits the open market next winter. Mookie Betts is entering his age-27 season. In his first five full seasons in the big leagues, he's won an MVP award, four Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, he's been named to the All-Star team four times, and he's finished top-eight in MVP voting four times. His averages over those five years are .302/.374/.524/.898 with 199 hits, 30 home runs, 99 RBI, and 26 stolen bases. He's on a Hall of Fame trajectory. If Mike Trout weren't around, he's be the consensus best player in baseball. He's everything you want in a player, so giving him $33.3 million over 12 years isn't really a lot. Look at the contract Trout got (12 years, $430 million) or lesser players like Bryce Harper (13 years, $330 million) or Giancarlo Stanton (13 years, $325 million). Betts is deserving of being one of the most highly-paid players in the game because he's performed like one from the moment he arrived in a Red Sox clubhouse. The idea of trading him, for financial reasons, is so absurd to me, because whatever prospects you're getting back, they're not going to be what Mookie Betts is. Your hope is that they turn out to be solid big-leaguers, but you can't possibly hope they'll turn out to be Hall of Fame candidates by age 26, and that's precisely what Betts is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 22:59:04 GMT -5
What's blowing my mind about this is that all I've heard about the Sox in the past few months is that they're trying to cut payroll to avoid paying the luxury tax, and they've done basically next to nothing to fix that problem. Are they trying to do what the Yankees did a few years ago when they traded Miller and Chapman for all those prospects including Frazier and Torres?
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Post by sfvega on Jan 29, 2020 23:08:20 GMT -5
If Mookie Betts is asking for 12 years and $400 million, you know what the Red Sox should do? Agree to it. That's probably better for the franchise than what they'd have to pony up when he hits the open market next winter. Mookie Betts is entering his age-27 season. In his first five full seasons in the big leagues, he's won an MVP award, four Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, he's been named to the All-Star team four times, and he's finished top-eight in MVP voting four times. His averages over those five years are .302/.374/.524/.898 with 199 hits, 30 home runs, 99 RBI, and 26 stolen bases. He's on a Hall of Fame trajectory. If Mike Trout weren't around, he's be the consensus best player in baseball. He's everything you want in a player, so giving him $33.3 million over 12 years isn't really a lot. Look at the contract Trout got (12 years, $430 million) or lesser players like Bryce Harper (13 years, $330 million) or Giancarlo Stanton (13 years, $325 million). Betts is deserving of being one of the most highly-paid players in the game because he's performed like one from the moment he arrived in a Red Sox clubhouse. The idea of trading him, for financial reasons, is so absurd to me, because whatever prospects you're getting back, they're not going to be what Mookie Betts is. Your hope is that they turn out to be solid big-leaguers, but you can't possibly hope they'll turn out to be Hall of Fame candidates by age 26, and that's precisely what Betts is. Well, obviously Stanton and Bryce's are more term/less money. And those guys are notoriously not worth it. Trout is. But also, I think you're just worried about losing your best player. If the Sox are trying to get their payroll in order, a 400 mil contract is NOT the way to do it. And you're not paying for Gold Glove, MVP caliber Betts. You're getting 6 years or so of that guy and then 6 of whatever he has left. It's your standard Miguel Cabrera situation.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 30, 2020 0:36:16 GMT -5
What's blowing my mind about this is that all I've heard about the Sox in the past few months is that they're trying to cut payroll to avoid paying the luxury tax, and they've done basically next to nothing to fix that problem. Are they trying to do what the Yankees did a few years ago when they traded Miller and Chapman for all those prospects including Frazier and Torres? They tried but with the exception of Mookie nobody seems to want the Sox's high salary players especially since many of them underperformed, are injury prone or still have a lot of years remaining on their contracts.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2020 0:56:16 GMT -5
What's blowing my mind about this is that all I've heard about the Sox in the past few months is that they're trying to cut payroll to avoid paying the luxury tax, and they've done basically next to nothing to fix that problem. Are they trying to do what the Yankees did a few years ago when they traded Miller and Chapman for all those prospects including Frazier and Torres? The problem is they don't really have anybody that can get those type of players back unless Sale returns to form and obviously Mookie can bring big prospects They have tried to move Mookie but getting value is paramount, Price has been on the block but they would have to eat money, Biggest mistake is somehow they have not moved Jackie Bradley Jr who was almost guaranteed to be gone
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2020 1:05:28 GMT -5
If Mookie Betts is asking for 12 years and $400 million, you know what the Red Sox should do? Agree to it. That's probably better for the franchise than what they'd have to pony up when he hits the open market next winter. Mookie Betts is entering his age-27 season. In his first five full seasons in the big leagues, he's won an MVP award, four Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, he's been named to the All-Star team four times, and he's finished top-eight in MVP voting four times. His averages over those five years are .302/.374/.524/.898 with 199 hits, 30 home runs, 99 RBI, and 26 stolen bases. He's on a Hall of Fame trajectory. If Mike Trout weren't around, he's be the consensus best player in baseball. He's everything you want in a player, so giving him $33.3 million over 12 years isn't really a lot. Look at the contract Trout got (12 years, $430 million) or lesser players like Bryce Harper (13 years, $330 million) or Giancarlo Stanton (13 years, $325 million). Betts is deserving of being one of the most highly-paid players in the game because he's performed like one from the moment he arrived in a Red Sox clubhouse. The idea of trading him, for financial reasons, is so absurd to me, because whatever prospects you're getting back, they're not going to be what Mookie Betts is. Your hope is that they turn out to be solid big-leaguers, but you can't possibly hope they'll turn out to be Hall of Fame candidates by age 26, and that's precisely what Betts is. Well, obviously Stanton and Bryce's are more term/less money. And those guys are notoriously not worth it. Trout is. But also, I think you're just worried about losing your best player. If the Sox are trying to get their payroll in order, a 400 mil contract is NOT the way to do it. And you're not paying for Gold Glove, MVP caliber Betts. You're getting 6 years or so of that guy and then 6 of whatever he has left. It's your standard Miguel Cabrera situation. Those big long term contracts hardly ever work out. The first A-Rod contract signed worked out but he signed that at 25. Trout contract will most likely work out but Angels are willing to pay for his prime years so even if they lose out on the last 4 years they are good I like Mookie and think he's arguably the second best player in the league but for $400 mill you have to be great and box office. Outside of Boston, Idk how many teams would be willing to give $400 mill and watch Mookie play. That's not to say he's bad at all, it's just that's a good baseball player but guys like Miggy, Pujols, A-Rod etc brought HR power with the possible potential to see them hit 50 in a season which helps fill the park. People came to the park for a chance to see them do great things and idk if Mookie has that intangible
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jan 30, 2020 9:21:46 GMT -5
Speaking of fan favorites, the Giants might be looking at a reunion with Hunter Pence.
Absolutely. I love the guy. He’ll immediately get injured, but still would love to see him back in the Giants colors to end his career.
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Post by sfvega on Jan 30, 2020 18:39:31 GMT -5
Mookie to the Dodgers talks are killing me. Rob from the rich and give to the slightly richer.
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Post by burdette25159 on Jan 30, 2020 19:18:52 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 19:54:12 GMT -5
I hope this means the return of the classic.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 30, 2020 20:47:17 GMT -5
Mookie to the Dodgers talks are killing me. Rob from the rich and give to the slightly richer. From what I read, Dodgers are willing to take on Price so that is a big incentive
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jan 30, 2020 22:32:39 GMT -5
Mookie to the Dodgers talks are killing me. Rob from the rich and give to the slightly richer. From what I read, Dodgers are willing to take on Price so that is a big incentive Thats huge, because not only is Price costing a fortune but everything I hear makes him sound like a constant douche who has no desire to be in Boston. Sox depleted their minor league rosters winning the last title, trading Mookie can go a long way in helping to rebuild it. That being said if Mookie DOES want to be in Boston, then spend the money and keep him. If you have a middle lineup of Betts, Boegarts and Devers going forward I think you can build a lineup around them with spare parts.
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