fathom

I’d rather have Yates over Colome. I think I’ve convinced myself that Yates for a year and an option is a lot smarter than 3-4 years for Hendriks.

I thought we were saying he left Lozano for a while?

Screw him, lock him up

I don’t disagree. Sorry about your brother

It’s how they project their payroll. Bernstein even said it the other day.

Not a win, just closure hopefully. It was obvious the night Passan reported it that Tony’s job unfortunately was safe.

Sox base their payroll off of expected attendance. Expected attendance I’m sure took a hit with so many people canceling, which I have no problem with, everyone can spend their money how they want. With that said, it’s only natural to expect the budget to be less than it was due to the lower estimation of ticket sales. Seems like basic economics to me.

Buster then reported they expect it to still be in place for 2021

If NL gets the DH, he will have a huge market.

Hell yes, won’t happen though.

And this is breaking news? It’s not much different than the USC Admissions Scandal. None of this is surprising, it’s been going on for decades. It doesn’t mean it’s right by any means, but I don’t expect it to ever change.

Because there’s no amount of b****ing about it now that can change it. By all means, let people keep calling and canceling their tickets. Those same people are the ones complaining they went cheap in free agency. Some people are hijacking every thread to find a way to complain about Tony, and maybe it’s me but it has not benefited the quality of the board.

Happy this is hopefully done with and Sox/Tony will comment on this and move on.

Some of these posters have made meant to see Tony win it all with the Sox just to spite them

We still would have heard “well they didn’t go after Springer so they better go after Bauer now”.

I’m not excited at all about Eaton, but it’s obvious some on here wouldn’t have been happy about anyone besides Bauer or Springer.

At least Eaton has played in the AL

I like Joc but he fits the profile of player that comes to the Sox and is a massive bust.

Also, I trust Eaton to have a better at bat against some of the tough righties in the division more than I do someone like Robert.

Really just need to see how they fill rest of the roster with money they saved. If they go and sign Teheran and Archie Bradley, then I hate the Eaton signing. If they get Hendriks and Paxton, then it makes sense.

La Stella is a perfect fit, especially with Madrigal’s injury issues.

Ha nope

After doing some research, I’m all aboard the Kirby Yates train. He was the best reliever on the planet from 2017-2019. He struggled last year due to bone chips that he got removed. Pitchers tend to recover nicely from that surgery, and he should be ready for 2020. I like the idea of a shorter deal for him than 3 for Hendriks.

Tony’s only going to be around a few years. We’ve already seen he’s not going to go crazy and unload the entire farm. I wouldn’t worry too much, but I couldn’t agree more about your concerns against RHP.

11-12 is my guess, Brantley at 13