As I said, after six years of service time it’s a four year stretch of 16 WAR/$43m, a surplus value of something like $100m relative to FA $/WAR, followed by a trade. Post trade, he wasn’t great, but also wasn’t terrible. 7 WAR for $81m, which is probably $10m or so below par.
The post-FA years from his original extension (2014-2017) paid him $43M for 15.7 bWAR, which is a tremendous bargain.
This literally happened a year ago, you know that John Henry is not Punxsutawney Phil, right?
What are you so afraid of? Like I said in another thread (or maybe this one), if I worked for a company that went through as much shit as the Sox have gone through in the last year (never mind since 2020), I'd want to know what my CEO is thinking. This is getting to a tipping point where this season is a boat about to hit some rocks and the captain is like, "I'm going to my room." It's weird to me that so many people obviously care for this team but don't seem to give a shit that the owner has decided not to comment on anything.
I didn't think you expected to hear anything of substance.
Where did I come across as scared or lobotomized? Lobotomized, I actually get a bit, but not for anything I've said here.
This is essentially what Sean McAdam said on his podcast yesterday. JWH believes that anything he says will either get twisted or "come out wrong," so better to just keep his mouth shut. He hasn't done a full press conference since the day after the Mookie trade.
I wouldn't be shocked to see Theo take over as the "mouth of ownership" and that will almost certainly be a good thing.
I don’t understand what you mean by this. The OP said they wished for John Henry to address the media, and I linked a recent occasion he did.
I think it’s a omewhat concerning, yes, but not calamitously or scandalously so, like so many seem to feel.
Better late than never I suppose, but A) that's not a role that Theo was brought in to do and B) since he and Kennedy seem to be besties, I'm not sure it's something that he would consider.
We're all a bit lobotomized, I'd say which is why I was genuinely bummed that maybe everyone else got more so and left me in the dark.
Yes. Which was written and posted literally one year ago this past Monday. Hence the Punxsutawney Phil reference.
I agree that the AL East is really, really good. For the most part, it's always been really, really good. Are you saying that the Sox can't compete? C'mon, that's bullshit and there are three wild card berths for them to compete for.
The continued insistence to blame everything bad said about the Red Sox on the media, and specifically Masslive, is batshit insane. As if Raffy Devers is sitting around reading Masslive and letting that color his opinion of the team...it's truly galaxy brain stuff
Gio Urshela could back up third, first, and second while providing insurance on Grissom and would be an ENORMOUS upgrade over Bobby Dalbec.
What happened to Anderson? He’s only 30 and went to hell last year. I remember reading some stuff about weird personal issues, but that BA drop was huge after years of hitting over .300.
There was an MLB.com report that the Marlins want him as their everyday SS. That seems like a good place for him to try to revive his career. Although his numbers were still great until last year, he's gotten a little worse every year since 2020. OPS+ went 140, 118, 109, 60.
In a note at MLBtraderumors the Twins are not in the market and their payroll will be lower than in '23 is a list of teams that have said they are NOT in the market (Rangers, Blue Jays, Angels, Giants, Nationals and Mariners )
Yes, but depending on what contract, who do you really want from that list? I’d like one of Snell/Montgomery. I have zero interest in any of the hitters outside of Bellinger, and again, no clue what type of money he will command but I’d be very hesitant to give out any substantial money there considering his up/down history.
Maybe it's not the inverse at all. Henry is confident that no matter what he says, he will be called a fool. In a perfect world (or in your perfect world) what could he say that will make you feel better about the state of the Sox?
Montgomery, Snell, and Urshela. Instant major upgrade in the rotation and a really good backup IF.
28 year old Dalbec had over a 34% K rate last year in Worcester. He is not a real major league player. This would be a sign that they are at least a little bit serious.
I think that if he explained, in a high level, the club's plans, I'd be okay with that. If he acknowledged that things haven't been great in the last few years but we're trying to right that ship, that would be helpful. If a reporter asked him why the Sox seem to shy away from big ticketed free agents now when they didn't in the past and he provided a good, honest answer that would be good as well.
Does being 1/1 favorites mean they are 100% likely or 50%? I always thought of 2/1 as 50-50, but I'm not a gambler. If I'm right, then the total odds add up to like 350%, which doesn't seem possible (and maybe says something about "newsbreak" as a source of, well, anything).
It was nice to have something to chew on for five minutes, even if there was no meat to it.
Seriously. We’re getting trolled at this point. They aren’t spending any more real money for this year.
50/50. 2:1 is 1 out of 3. Books charge a vig so an even bet means the book thinks the odds are actually a bit higher than 50%.
Uh, no, it's simple economics. Employees are paid according to demand, scarcity, and generation of revenue. There are millions and millions of teachers in the world and, in terms of at least the public ones, they are a debt rather than an asset. Their salaries are greater than the revenue they generate. Professional athletes, however, are in the top 0.0001% in the world at what they do (there are about 500 NBA players, for example), and they generate billions of dollars in revenue. They're worth every penny. The day when Mrs. Jones the third grade math teacher can fill a stadium with chanting fans who buy cardigans in lieu of jerseys, then you may have a point. It's simple economics.
Then how do you suggest expanding public payroll to pay each teacher millions?
That's all fair. I think, though, that the number of people like you who would be satisfield with reasonable answers is very small. More likely, the minute he got done talking, he'd get ripped to shreds for lying, because "none of what he says matches up with (the shred-rippers') reality."
It’s almost like when you shovel bullshit for years people might not believe you! But it’s all the fans fault. Or the complaining players. Or capitalism or something. ANYONE but the people actually running the team.
Where did I say that the team's current predicament doesn't fall at the owners' feet?
JWH only has himself to blame for those reactions (that are your imagination, FWIW).
You're begging the question of whether landing Snell or Montgomery now is a pivot? Maybe it is. Maybe it's brilliant market-waiting. Regardless, such a move will be seen not just as "getting a player who is likely to be good," but as some sort of bigger indication that will serve everyone's confirmation biases. ("See, they are committed to winning." Or, "they have no plan. Just thumbs in the wind.")
Yeah, so what?
I don't think even winning would stop a lot of the carping. If they won another title, I guess it would buy them a few minutes' peace, but that's all.
