fathom

Well the Abreu extension was inexcusable, but I think this is less about what they had available in the budget and more how they valued Wheeler.

Confirmed by?

And the award for most dramatic response goes to....

I’m sick of him being the mouthpiece. As soon as he started making excuses last night for why they might not get him, I knew Wheeler was going elsewhere.

Jerry is never going to want to spend that much on a pitcher.

Hopefully, but seems like it will be Keuchel/Roark/Wood instead

And need to stop acting like the Sox have a new owner

Can’t wait to sign Dallas K and hear how he’s the next Buehrle

Well this should be fun

Not sure, but Cubs would love Osuna

I still want to believe the Sox were entertaining a free agent today at GRF.

That was pretty embarrassing

That likely means no MadBum to the Braves,

Excellent

That’s my guess

Didn’t we just get Grandal by being the best offer?

And Stone confirmed the Cole thing, as he’s turned into the mouthpiece of the organization.

I think it will be Roark and Wood if they miss out

Wouldn’t the same be true for the other teams involved with Wheeler? With all due respect, I think you’re letting some of the eyeball emojis and “smoke” from last week make you think a deal was closer with the Sox than it really was. If anything, Sox probably tried to close the deal by Wheeler wanted to wait.

PTSD from last offseason is strong this morning

I don’t think Sox did anything wrong. Of course Wheeler’s agent was going to be patient. Who knows, Phillies could have been in the lead the whole time. This isn’t a Manny situation where it was only a few teams involved.

Well, definitely not an agent ploy as Jim is as legit as it gets

I’m with you. If you’re willing to go 6 years, then spend the money and get Strasburg.

Just passing this along https://mobile.twitter.com/HotStoveintel/status/1202030722623647744

Ugh Stoney implying Wheeler was 6 years