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Post by Don Caballero on Dec 12, 2013 22:11:52 GMT -5
I'm astonished more people don't want to go over the cap. What brings you more joy, great Red Sox teams or Red Sox teams with great profit margins? Not signing overpaid and declining FAs warms my heart very dearly. |
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Post by bmitchsox on Dec 12, 2013 23:47:05 GMT -5
No need to sign any of the RFA's still available and give up a pick, as none of them are worth the huge contract they demand. Let Ben build us deeper through the picks. I think they should wait until there is someone available who'd be worth going over, such as Stanton, CarGo, Tulo etc. If they go after Tanaka, I wouldn't mind. He probably wouldn't cost more than $12 to 14m. I just wouldnt want to give him a long deal, I'd offer 4 years. I think they should go over the cap once it makes sense, just not now for mediocre over-paid FA's.
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Post by mredsox89 on Dec 13, 2013 0:45:51 GMT -5
No need to sign any of the RFA's still available and give up a pick, as none of them are worth the huge contract they demand. Let Ben build us deeper through the picks. I think they should wait until there is someone available who'd be worth going over, such as Stanton, CarGo, Tulo etc. If they go after Tanaka, I wouldn't mind. He probably wouldn't cost more than $12 to 14m. I just wouldnt want to give him a long deal, I'd offer 4 years. I think they should go over the cap once it makes sense, just not now for mediocre over-paid FA's. I'd be stunned if he signed for anywhere near 12 or 14 and 4 years. I don't think that's even in the ballpark anymore given how low the posting fee is. When it was rumored to be $50M, I could have seen 5x14 or something similar for a total investment of $120M. But now that he will essentially be a FA to all teams who are willing to put up $20M, he will be able to push his actual contract towards the $20M a year mark |
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Post by zil on Dec 13, 2013 0:48:05 GMT -5
No need to sign any of the RFA's still available and give up a pick, as none of them are worth the huge contract they demand. Let Ben build us deeper through the picks. I think they should wait until there is someone available who'd be worth going over, such as Stanton, CarGo, Tulo etc. If they go after Tanaka, I wouldn't mind. He probably wouldn't cost more than $12 to 14m. I just wouldnt want to give him a long deal, I'd offer 4 years. I think they should go over the cap once it makes sense, just not now for mediocre over-paid FA's. It's going to take at least six years to land Tanaka. Remember, he's only headed into his age 25 season. A six year deal only takes him through his age 30 season. |
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Post by costpet on Dec 13, 2013 7:26:00 GMT -5
Can't watch baseball out of market? I'm in Virginia and get almost all NESN Sox games on satellite. The only games I can't see are the Baltimore/Sox games, which I can see on MASN locally. So, I see everything.
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Post by iakovos11 on Dec 13, 2013 8:22:08 GMT -5
Not sure how, costpet. I was in Wisconsin for 5 years and had NESN and could never watch any of the games - they were all blacked out - even the early morning replays.
- So glad we have moved back to New England
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