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    Max Fried signs with MFY

    Well, they paid the same dollars to David Price, for one less year. He was both instrumental in helping us win in 2018, and a giant drain on our chances the last few years. You can pull moves like this, but not every time with every free agent. In Price's case, I'd say it was worth it. You can...
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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

    OK. And your bias (formulated with little information) appears to be that unless the Sox ownership is willing to behave financially like Steve Cohen, and sign up to lose money just so the team can win the offseason, that they are a bunch of profiteering jerks who show no commitment to winning...
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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

    So...what if we knew things that we never have, and never will? What if the Tooth Fairy actually existed? This lack of knowledge has never stopped these sorts of discussions before. It's like, almost why this board exists. Maybe it's a silly question, but it did generate a 95% response that...
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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

    So you don't know how you feel about their offer unless you can know (and you can't) what profit margin the Sox ownership will be taking in over the next 15 years (something they also can't know), independent of the competitive risks such a large offer implicitly contains?
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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

    I get where you are coming from, but to me, the issue of the division of profits between players and owners is a fight had in the forum of the CBA. If the players ratify that agreement, I guess we as fans should have faith that they think they're getting a fair deal in the larger, current...
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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

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    How do you feel about the Red Sox offer to Soto?

    The chips fell where many thought they would. So, after the rollercoaster ride that was the Soto negotiations, where do you land?
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    Of the 638 total players who posted a season above 4.0, only 24 of those seasons came from position players over 34, just 45 if you include pitchers.
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    Amen. I've been looking at a lot of the comparable hitters, and their contracts over the last 20 or so years. The typical pattern, overall, is that most of these hitters start falling precipitously somewhere between 33-35. So many go from 6+ win players down to 2-3 wins at this point, and most...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    Just for fun, I did a comparison with Miguel Cabrera's career, another generational hitter who signed a lengthy market setting contract in his early prime. Obviously, there is no guarantee that Soto will crater the way Miggy did. But if we are to try to assess the value in these sorts of...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    I bet Juan Soto has a pretty good accountant.
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    How much do you hate the Yankees?

    OK, but Mark Teixeira was on your team. That's gotta be some kind of asterisk.
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    Blower, Pow, Cold Smoke - Skiing 24-25

    Things are setting up nicely so far out here in BC. Most of the Interior resorts will start the season with a 1+ meter base, and our current weather pattern is feeding us storm after storm the way it often does this time of year. If you've been waiting for a good time to check out BC, should...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    If you substitute $110M for $120-130M, then you have the situation the Yankees face if they resign Soto. And their young talent doesn't currently look as good as Boston's.
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    During silly season, a lot of SoSH threads are like dull knives that just ain't cuttin'...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    Bogaerts played over 80% of last season at 2B. He's probably not a SS anymore. He also put up 1.2 WAR, had his lowest seasonal OPS since his rookie year, and is signed for the next 9 years at $25M/season. He is a perfect example of how free agency can backfire. I loved him, and am relieved he...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    I think the drop in salary ranking has much more to do with the floor rising for other teams. The Sox still spend, but the rankings changed largely because teams like Houston, Toronto, Texas, the Cubs, S.F., S.D., etc, who were NEVER in the mix for bigger free agents are now all regular...
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    Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)

    Have we forgotten that, as the Yankees generally outspend the Sox for almost any free agent both teams want, the Sox have been more successful than the Yankees following this approach? It's like when Trump calls Biden sleepy, but also suggest he's a calculating mastermind. Both can't be true...
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    Excellent, thoughtful post. Everyone rues Breslow's lack of activity on the free agent market in the 1 year he has been on the job, but who is it exactly he should have signed? He passed on Montgomery, and Snell, who were the two highest priced pitchers last year, and this sure looks like it...
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    Do I need a VPN? How do they work?

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