Hatchetman

The ownership structure is some sort of tax sheltered investment scheme. the passive owners get cut a dividend check at the end of the year and everyone is happy. there is no incentive to "grow the business."

Apparently Uncle Jerry only gave Rick $130MM to take to the school book fair and the good books cost more than that.

$12MM over 5 years is like MLB pocket lint.

1-2% more on an offer isn't going to get someone to move away from their home. If you want an employee, offer 10% more. Otherwise you really didn't want him that badly.

People are assuming Kopech will be good to go opening day. I think that would be a huge mistake.

If Wheeler was your guy, give him what he wanted to come here. Don't say "We had the best offer (by 1%)"

Yeah, but nobody is trading for him until that is assured.

When is the grievance hearing on Kris Bryant? I suspect that may be holding the market up.

Those are just the FA pitchers per Fangraphs. I don't know further particulars.

Name Proj WAR Hyun-Jin Ryu 2.9 Dallas Keuchel 2.6 Hurt Madison Bumgarner 2.1 Gone Homer Bailey 1.6 Gio Gonzalez 1.5 Wade Miley 1.4 Iván Nova 1.3 Jhoulys Chacín 1.2 Alex Wood 1.1 Retired

Somebody please send that to the Sox so they have a clue what he might be valued at.

I cannot believe that after finally rebuilding our minors to some level of respectability we would even contemplate giving away our best remaining assets. That's the exact program that resulted in a decade of misery.

the heated seats in his Mercedes malfunctioning?

your big signing is a 31 year old catcher. that sounds like a "going for it now" kind of signing. I guess not.

Some of us grow up and spend their time complaining about complainers on message boards.

well very smart people are telling me Kopech will start the season in the minors to preserve his service time.

He IS our #3 right now.

OK, I doubled checked and I'm right. So now what?

You do realize Palka put up better numbers in 2018 than Mazara ever has, right? So not only is it possible, he actually has done it.

sox could literally have no one in the stands or tuned in and still be raking in the dough. They don't care. That's the business model.

I guess it makes me feel better we're drafting garbage at #46.

well, you're delusional to believe anything RH says.

Can I be retroactively excited prior to the Mazara news?

sorting through free agent platoon right-handed OF'ers, Kevin Pillar appears to be the best hitter of LHP.

Well we still need two guys that can give you 30 starts if needed. Won't be an easy task. I'd take Keuchel just to have a warm body not named Dylan Covey. I don't care what he costs.