ericmvan
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Post by ericmvan on Mar 19, 2022 1:00:33 GMT -5
I just spent 90 minutes typing up all my thoughts about the season and off-season, and then got a message saying oops, an error, you can't post in this thread. So I tried a different one.
All that text is gone, and the "we found a post you were working on" had nothing.
How badly does this suck? WTF?
And, oh, this is the second time I wrote this up.
Thread got locked because well usual Sox prospects drama I would love to hear ur thoughts. They are usually pretty insightful Yeah, I realized that when the "this thread is locked" notice appeared. That was after my second attempt to post in the thread, so it does not appear immediately. And apparently there's no way to check to see if someone is in the process of writing a post when the thread is locked. The board software should notify the moderator about that.
What are the odds that when I return to the board after being absent the entire post-season (per my slogan) that my post about everything disappears this way?
I am overwhelmed with stuff to do in IRL. This was intended to be a pleasant break from all of that ... such is life. Right now I'm not up to doing it again, even if I had the time, which I don't.
I will quote the first line of the post ... "This appears to be the best thread to post this in." Seriously!
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Post by benzinger on Mar 19, 2022 1:04:55 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but I think I’d rather have Pineda for $5.5m than Wacha for $7m.
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Post by benzinger on Mar 19, 2022 1:10:34 GMT -5
I just spent 90 minutes typing up all my thoughts about the season and off-season, and then got a message saying oops, an error, you can't post in this thread. So I tried a different one.
All that text is gone, and the "we found a post you were working on" had nothing.
How badly does this suck? WTF?
And, oh, this is the second time I wrote this up.
Thread got locked because well usual Sox prospects drama I would love to hear ur thoughts. They are usually pretty insightful There was no “drama”. Just a group of baseball fans respectfully discussing baseball stuff on a baseball site. It was a lively chat that featured a lot of different points of view. I don’t even think there was so much as a bad word in the entire thread. There are 100 other threads on here that are active. Not sure why you can’t just avoid the ones that don’t interest you. I guess the admins disagree. Not sure I’ve seen that on here before.
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Mar 19, 2022 1:22:35 GMT -5
Correa to the Twins 3 years/$105.3M
Opt outs after year 1 and 2.
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Post by rjp313jr on Mar 19, 2022 5:16:43 GMT -5
Correa to the Twins 3 years/$105.3M Opt outs after year 1 and 2. Yankees taking money from Twins to allow them to sign Correa versus simply signing Correa is a nice twist. I get it was impossible to see this coming, but that’s a great outcome
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Post by deversrakes on Mar 19, 2022 6:12:50 GMT -5
The Astros will probably be all over Story now that lost Correa, Story is a native Texan I believe. So that's probably why Story hasn't signed yet.
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 19, 2022 6:15:59 GMT -5
Gotta give DD credit for finding a way to convince the owners of an 82 win team to go all-in and go over the CBT despite still sitting behind the defending champs and the spending spree Mets in the division. In fairness, I think the argument “it’s the Mets, things will go wrong” is pretty convincing. You can say the same thing about the Phillies.
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Post by stevedillard on Mar 19, 2022 6:27:26 GMT -5
So Correia is now on same opt=out schedule as Xander?
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 19, 2022 7:11:01 GMT -5
We closed the Free Agency thread because too many of the same posters were posting too many of the same posts, pages and pages of complaining without adding any insight or humor. We allowed it to go on for much of the winter because there was little baseball news and therefore wasn't much to talk about. That is not the case now. This repetitive and poor-quality posting will not spread into this and other threads. Consider this a formal warning to all.
(Sorry your post got deleted, Eric. I've had a few times where I'd written out lengthy, thoughtful things and then gotten logged out. It is very frustrating!)
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 19, 2022 7:20:16 GMT -5
Don't forget that Correa switched agencies during the offseason. His previous agency gets a cut of what he gets paid on this deal, but if he opts out after year 1, Boras gets the full cut of his next deal.
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Post by greenmonster on Mar 19, 2022 7:31:04 GMT -5
Don't forget that Correa switched agencies during the offseason. His previous agency gets a cut of what he gets paid on this deal, but if he opts out after year 1, Boras gets the full cut of his next deal. That's interesting and makes it difficult to imagine Correa NOT opting out.....also, lines him up perfectly to reunite with Cora when/if Xander opts out.
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Post by manfred on Mar 19, 2022 8:55:23 GMT -5
I have to hand it to the Twins…. they have had an impressive off season. They look like a real challenge.
Even with more wild cards, the playoff race is going to be very competitive.
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Post by julyanmorley on Mar 19, 2022 8:56:08 GMT -5
Sounds like the Red Sox have the best offer, but it's not a very good offer, and now Story and his agent are kind of on tilt. Based on their CBT situation, the Red Sox offer probably maxes out at under 20 million AAV. The Rangers offer was 2 years and he'd be playing LF, according to Tim Hyers son.
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Post by rjp313jr on Mar 19, 2022 9:08:20 GMT -5
Sounds like the Red Sox have the best offer, but it's not a very good offer, and now Story and his agent are kind of on tilt. Based on their CBT situation, the Red Sox offer probably maxes out at under 20 million AAV. The Rangers offer was 2 years and he'd be playing LF, according to Tim Hyers son. There’s no reason to believe the Sox are determined to stay under the CBT and if you are convinced they are then you better be leaving 8-10m under that going into the season so they have room for additions.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Mar 19, 2022 9:27:37 GMT -5
Sounds like the Red Sox have the best offer, but it's not a very good offer, and now Story and his agent are kind of on tilt. Based on their CBT situation, the Red Sox offer probably maxes out at under 20 million AAV. The Rangers offer was 2 years and he'd be playing LF, according to Tim Hyers son. Here's Story's OPS+ over his age 25 to 28 seasons: 127; 120; 120; 103. A "washed up" Donaldson was at 127 last year, age 34. As Hatfield pointed out, the real questions are about the latter's durability. Once again, we've got someone from Coors on the market who has a large home and away split. The Sox offered him what they probably feel he's actually worth when he's playing at sea level.
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Post by voiceofreason on Mar 19, 2022 9:49:27 GMT -5
In regards to the people who think that the Sox are determined to stay under the 1st level of the CBT. Do you realize a million dollars is like a 100 bucks to John Henry. The man is worth about 3.6 billion, that is a stack of 100 dollar bills that is about 4' by 4' 12 ft tall. And he is a true fan that likes to win on top of that, I mean really it's like going out to a decent dinner with no drinks involved.
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Post by julyanmorley on Mar 19, 2022 10:00:03 GMT -5
Whatever you guys think they should do, the fact is they're $23 million under right now and Story, Soler and Conforto are the only free agents left they could spend money on. As a matter of predicting their behavior, it's hard to see their actions so far being consistent with a plan to go with a $250 million payroll.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Mar 19, 2022 10:00:42 GMT -5
Question: Are there any teams out there with a reported interest in taking on Wil Myers’ contract?
Thanks
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Post by ematz1423 on Mar 19, 2022 10:02:35 GMT -5
Whatever you guys think they should do, the fact is they're $23 million under right now and Story, Soler and Conforto are the only free agents left they could spend money on. As a matter of predicting their behavior, it's hard to see their actions so far being consistent with a plan to go with a $250 million payroll. Personally I'm hoping for conforto. I know he's a lefty OF but I don't mind that. If JBJ is starting in CF opening day I'm gonna be pretty pissed. Soler is awful in the field and in my mind not as good a hitter as conforto. Easy choice in my mind.
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Post by James Dunne on Mar 19, 2022 10:15:37 GMT -5
I was down on the Twins end of the Donaldson deal because I figured they were just pocketing that money. I am happy to be wrong about that.
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Post by incandenza on Mar 19, 2022 10:16:04 GMT -5
Whatever you guys think they should do, the fact is they're $23 million under right now and Story, Soler and Conforto are the only free agents left they could spend money on. As a matter of predicting their behavior, it's hard to see their actions so far being consistent with a plan to go with a $250 million payroll. Story + Pham would make a lot of sense to me, and would bring them up to about 240, leaving them a reasonable amount of wiggle-room for in-season additions that would keep them below 250.
And if they're genuinely in on Story, then clearly they are willing to go over 230, right?
ADD: Of course, what "would make a lot of sense to me" has been especially unpredictive for what they've done so far this offseason.
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Post by incandenza on Mar 19, 2022 10:20:27 GMT -5
We closed the Free Agency thread because too many of the same posters were posting too many of the same posts, pages and pages of complaining without adding any insight or humor. We allowed it to go on for much of the winter because there was little baseball news and therefore wasn't much to talk about. That is not the case now. This repetitive and poor-quality posting will not spread into this and other threads. Consider this a formal warning to all. (Sorry your post got deleted, Eric. I've had a few times where I'd written out lengthy, thoughtful things and then gotten logged out. It is very frustrating!) So the thread got locked without warning just in time to delete what was surely going to be one of the most interesting and provocative comments in the thread. Bummer.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 19, 2022 10:28:52 GMT -5
Enough meta discussion about moderating. If you don't like how we moderate this forum, please feel free peruse the other options out there, and we'll happily welcome you back when you see the other cesspools options.
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Post by freddysthefuture2003 on Mar 19, 2022 10:33:12 GMT -5
Enough meta discussion about moderating. If you don't like how we moderate this forum, please feel free peruse the other options out there, and we'll happily welcome you back when you see the other cesspools options. The apologies will start rolling in after they spend 1 day on reddit
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Post by rjp313jr on Mar 19, 2022 10:38:56 GMT -5
Whatever you guys think they should do, the fact is they're $23 million under right now and Story, Soler and Conforto are the only free agents left they could spend money on. As a matter of predicting their behavior, it's hard to see their actions so far being consistent with a plan to go with a $250 million payroll. It’s worth noting that, if they don’t go over, it doesn’t mean they were not willing to. It could simply be they didn’t like any of the contracts. Spending long term dollars just to spend them is dumb.
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