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Post by soxaddict on Dec 8, 2022 0:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Dec 8, 2022 0:26:23 GMT -5
Asinine deal.
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Post by cdj on Dec 8, 2022 0:26:49 GMT -5
cocaine Preller strikes again
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Post by keninten on Dec 8, 2022 0:27:06 GMT -5
Too much, Too long
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Post by slam761 on Dec 8, 2022 0:27:12 GMT -5
I didn't want him to leave, but I'm perfectly ok not giving him 11 years. That's insane.
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Post by scottysmalls on Dec 8, 2022 0:27:42 GMT -5
Well, that’s a huge bummer. Go get Correa.
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Post by awalkinthepark on Dec 8, 2022 0:27:51 GMT -5
I get why the Sox wouldn't go there but Xander is an elite SS and deserves to be paid like one. Glad he is getting the money he deserves.
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Post by manfred on Dec 8, 2022 0:27:52 GMT -5
It is funny how people keep calling deals overpays… maybe that just means people underestimated the market?
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Post by nomar on Dec 8, 2022 0:28:03 GMT -5
That’s ridiculous lmao. What can you do? I don’t want him on that deal.
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Dec 8, 2022 0:31:32 GMT -5
It is funny how people keep calling deals overpays… maybe that just means people underestimated the market? 11 years for 30 year old Xander? Let’s be real, deal is absolutely bonkers. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Dec 8, 2022 0:32:08 GMT -5
Seriously though I was pretty scared about his batted ball data
(Who would want such tart fruit anyway??)
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Post by grandsalami on Dec 8, 2022 0:32:48 GMT -5
It is funny how people keep calling deals overpays… maybe that just means people underestimated the market? It is funny how people keep calling deals overpays… maybe that just means people underestimated the market? 11 years for 30 year old Xander? Let’s be real, deal is absolutely bonkers. See above. Its an insane deal and im glad it was not matched |
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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 8, 2022 0:33:30 GMT -5
Guess it's time to be done getting behind players on this team. Damn. Everyone is talking deals and money. Wondering if there are any true fans here who become fond of home grown players. For me - Mookie redux. Very unhappy.
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Post by orion09 on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:04 GMT -5
And to think the day was going so well…
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Post by awalkinthepark on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:22 GMT -5
Said a million times, Xander has hall of fame numbers at this point in his career. He can play SS, 2B and 3B. His bat plays anywhere. The idea that he wasn't going to get paid is nuts. I honestly can't believe he even signed the initial extension, that was highway robbery.
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Post by wOBA Fett on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:27 GMT -5
It is funny how people keep calling deals overpays… maybe that just means people underestimated the market? What's wild is in about 5 years, some of these deals for average players won't seem that bad compared to what FA's are getting in 2027. |
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Post by atzar on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:43 GMT -5
Eleven years? Yeesh.
No hard feelings for not matching that. Congrats on the bag, dude.
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Post by soxfan06 on Dec 8, 2022 0:36:02 GMT -5
I'm happy for Xander! He deserves the huge payday.
I am also glad the Red Sox didn't sign him to a contract that goes until when he is 41.
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Post by curtisw on Dec 8, 2022 0:36:45 GMT -5
I’m crushed he’s not coming back, but I love the club more than any player, that is one of the craziest deals I’ve seen in awhile. Wouldn’t want the Sox making that deal. Hope it works out for Xander and he’s happy in SD. I’ll miss him and will have super fond memories.
My last memory with him is during the last game of the season, a rainy game. My dad and I went together, nice because I haven’t seen as much of him as I would like lately. His last at bat he blasted a gorgeous grand slam. Everyone in the stands with me and my dad totally understood it might be a poetic cap on a great career with the club. Lots of emotion. I feel lucky I got to give him a last salute in person like that, and think it is a wonderful last moment I will always remember. Even though he didn’t play for us for his whole career anything, I consider him a club legend in his own way.
I have to think the Padres came in this evening and just blew the “momentum” we had made out of the water. Preller is a total mad man and I don’t mean that endearingly. Can’t really even be mad at how this turned out personally. I think the Sox genuinely thought they had him today. Now it’s pivot time.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Dec 8, 2022 0:37:14 GMT -5
I fully expect Devers to take the same route. One more year and he will be gone - unless he is traded first.
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Post by julyanmorley on Dec 8, 2022 0:37:14 GMT -5
Alex Speier
@alexspeier
According to a major league source, the Red Sox were “really far” from the Padres offer - and their offers were short of $200M. Just a huge gap in where the Padres went.
Lol, Padres outbid the second place team by $100,000,000
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Post by redsox3in10 on Dec 8, 2022 0:37:58 GMT -5
MFn gd it!
You know what I said.
Correa or Swanson, right? With a preference for Correa?
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Post by soxfan06 on Dec 8, 2022 0:38:02 GMT -5
Guess it's time to be done getting behind players on this team. Damn. Everyone is talking deals and money. Wondering if there are any true fans here who become fond of home grown players. For me - Mookie redux. Very unhappy. Back in the day players weren't getting signed to decade long contracts. That required teams to pay a premium for past performance rather than expected future performance. It sucks, but it is what is it. If you said the Sox should over pay to get him to sign a 5 year deal, I'd agree. But I also don't want to sign anyone to a deal that long. Period. |
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Post by soxfan06 on Dec 8, 2022 0:40:04 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier According to a major league source, the Red Sox were “really far” from the Padres offer - and their offers were short of $200M. Just a huge gap in where the Padres went. Lol, Padres outbid the second place team by $100,000,000 I'm guessing this just comes down to years. The Red Sox weren't going to commit to a deal longer than 5 or 6 years for a 30 year old player. Loved X, glad he got paid. But I'm glad we didn't sign that contract. |
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Post by grandsalami on Dec 8, 2022 0:42:33 GMT -5
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