Hatchetman

Many treat JRs money like its coming out of their own inheritance.

Most of them are old by the time they get here.

So Gibson and Pineda off the table.

Need to go for it now

I assume the Sox have scouts in Japan that are well in tune with his capabilities and shortcomings (har har...)

Was Porcello hurt last year or just bad?

Getting a #2 pitcher for a couple of marginal prospects happens in Fantasyland.

Years of tanking and bottom payroll and now you can’t afford one of the top 3 pitchers is absolutely pathetic.

If you really want the guy, just pay him what he wants. Very simple. If you don't really want the guy, go ahead and try a low-ball offer to see if it works (1% chance).

Pass on the steroid guy. You don't know how he'll perform on a different regimen.

It's interesting b/c it sets the floor on the market. The going rate for a barely adequate SP is $18/year.

That's a lot of dough for his performance last year.

well, yeah because he's been hurt so much.

they're the same age and Bumgarner has pitched 200 innings seven times. Wheeler never has.

Yolmer placed on waivers per Rosenthal.

why are they weighing the cost toward the end when they will have LESS financial flexibility?

Good signing. Nice player. Plenty more to do.

I'm just going on record being against this signing. He'll probably get something like 5/125 and pitch maybe 2.5 of those years.

the hell with this. Wheeler would be like getting a yellow sweater for Christmas.

One or more of the starters will be hurt or terrible.

I'm all for it. Send a note to KW and see what he says.

You must be new around here.

Sounds good to me. Go cheap at DH/RF, and spend big $$ on at least 2 if not 3 starting pitchers.

we've been rolling out Dylan Covey and Ross Detwiler and you guys are complaining about Keuchel.

Please God, no.