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Much more plausible that they buy out his next two seasons at a higher value than would be expected in arbitration and in exchange they get a team option for his first free agent year at like $20 mil. I could see him going for that.

Is it asking too much for the price to be Painter, Miller, and Caba from the Phillies? There's just so much team control left here with Robert. 3 1/2 years. If they hold on to him, they could still get a huge package for him next deadline, and probably still get a pretty big package for him at the 2026 deadline.

This is the correct take.

I think you can make the case that the biggest mistake made, that created a domino effect to where the team is now, was not going all in on signing Harper when the opportunity for them couldn't have been better. The lack of a competent RF and a power lefty bat has led the organization to make a number of decisions over the last few years that have turned out poorly for the team.

Before heaping too much praise on the Padres going for it, just remember that Preller has emptied his farm system and is "going for it" in a year where we know with certainty they will only be a wild card team, and with a high chance of being the road team in all the games of a best of 3 series.

So an employee who doesn't get his way should either resign or he's a "yes man"? I'm pretty sure Hahn isn't telling Jerry that TLR is doing a great job and was a great hire, which is, by definition, what a "yes man" is. The fact that Hahn doesn't have authority to hire/fire the team's manager is probably very frustrating to him, but not something to resign over.

Come on. Chances are pretty high that Hahn has told Reinsdorf that TLR isn't working out and the team would perform better if they went in a different direction, and Reinsdorf wouldn't allow TLR to be fired. That's not Hahn being a yes man or a coward. That's being an employee. What do you want Hahn to do? Resign? None of us would do that. The boss decides and you go back to work. Hahn might not like the decision but he's not going to resign over it and to insult him because of it is silly. The signings of Leury and Harrison, sure. But we all know TLR continuing to manage the Sox is out of his hands.

Actually it's on Moncada, for being so terrible offensively that TLR had to put an admittedly inferior defender at 3B to get some offensive production from the position.

He's doing well. Certainly could be in the 80-100 range of top prospects. Guys like that have a good chance to be solid average MLB players, like I said.

Honestly, no one. It's a bad system. Montgomery and Colas have a chance to be average MLB regulars. But there are no potential stars here and the ceilings of pretty much all of these guys, other than Montgomery and Colas, is MLB middle reliever/bench player. It's not worth anyone's time following who might become the next Leury Garcia or Danny Mendick. Do something else.

Brewers. Eric Lauer would be the Sox best starter, and he's the Brewers #4.

It's supposed to be 42-43 for the whole game. That's not even that cold.

It really sucks that prices are what they are today. And of course it hurts the kids the most. Adults will continue going to games because (1) they can more easily afford paying for just themselves, (2) they have fun tailgating and/or don't mind sticking to water during the game, and (3) the game itself is the focal point of the experience. For families with kids, it's totally different. A huge part of the experience for kids is eating hot dogs, drinking soda, having ice cream, picking something out in one of the gift shops, and the sights and sounds of the ballpark. The game is secondary to them. The increase in prices just means fewer families can afford to go and those who can will go less.

I'm getting ready for the disappointment of Mendick at 3B and Burger on the bench.

They'll take their time with Montgomery. Anderson and Moncada aren't going anywhere until after the 2024 season at the earliest. No reason to rush him up to the big league team just to have him sit on the bench or play out of position. Could see him split 2022 between A/A+, but have a full season next year at AA, and another full season at AAA. And that's assuming he's doing well of course.