Moan4Yoan

The problem is that the Phillies went all in with the spending “stupid money” comment. Now they have to land Harper at all costs and only Sox ownership and front office doesn’t think they have to follow through on their promises to the fans.

They probably think all of their OF prospects will be sure-fire successes.

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Updated with Santana signing!

I created a thread for this. Amazing isn’t it?

LOL, this front office is so damn predictable. Kenny must be loving these additions.

I’d rather see Covey and Banuelos and any other younger guy with a pulse from the minor.

But it’s the same mediocre crap that we have seen already year in and year out that never produces a winner so why bother?

True story.

Thank god. Marwin is a waste of money for this team.

First Ervin Santana, next CarGo. Kenny and Hahn are giddy with excitement to continue their dumpster-diving instead of wasting $300 million on one player.

Hahn and company getting clowned by Machado and the Padres. Hilarious. Talk about a plan backfiring. It still won’t force them to do the right thing and sign Harper though.

It never ended. Jay, McCann, and now Santana...

I rather roll with Leury/Rondon and see what they can do on the cheap. If the Sox aren’t a contender, why add a high-priced utility guy?

He’s the type of guy you should be able to produce from your farm system or sign cheaply. Marwin is going to get overpaid.

Only reason I don’t care is because it’s a minor league deal. Otherwise, more mediocrity from the expert on all things mediocre himself, Rick Hahn. Sign Harper and I will start caring.

Marwin is turning 30 on March 14th. Regardless, I don’t get the love for him.

So the Phillies are your only true competition for Harper’s services, Rick. Dejavu.

Yes, with the hindsight of knowing how miserably Hahn would fail, I too would have rather seen Avisail Garcia in RF and Palka at DH full time over the combination of Alonso and Jay.

Do you really want to overpay to bring back a 33 year old DH with an already declining bat? No thanks. We should only be concerned with keeping Abreu healthy until the trade deadline to move him for a mediocre return.

One can only hope. The last thing we need is Alonso’s $9 million option kicking in for 2020... “2020 option guaranteed if Alonso 1) passes physical after 2019 season and 2) has 550 plate appearances in 2019 or 1,100 plate appearances in 2018-19 combined” I have faith the Sox won’t let this happen but a mediocre 1B bat with a $9 million dollar salary for this year might not be so easy to move by the deadline. But they can always bench him and play Palka so he doesn’t hit the incentive.

Well, if you are sure Tatis is going to be a star, you take him all day over Machado because of $300 million. Problem is, either way the Sox lost both to the Padres and they will reap all of the benefits for the cost of an extra $50 million and James Shields. ?

Great post. Hahn can talk about spending the money next year all he wants but the free agent options aren’t any better than they were this year. They are older guys than Machado and Harper in Arenado and Rendon and the Yankees are rumored to want Arenado bad. Both Arenado and Rendon will be 29 at the beginning of next season. Definitely not as ideal as two 26 year old phenoms when you are talking about a 10 year contract.