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Yep the Padres contract would have been perfect if the Sox got him with that.

Doesn’t sound serious thankfully

I’m sure Yonder did a great job recruiting. John Calipari couldn’t get someone to change their mind for a guaranteed 50 million.

Don’t forget bailing out the Indians by taking all of Alonso’s deal. Would he even get a major league contract if he was a FA? How about Josh Harrison signing for less than McCann today?

Yeah that was an awesome 48 hours or so with 3 major signings.

I’m not buying the 300 limit...to me it’s a convenient excuse instead of saying they thought Lozano was bluffing that they had 300 on the table.

Because they misjudged the market and thought getting those guys would make Manny more willing to accept lower deal than expected

And every acquisition looks like an overpay compared to what the market ended up being.

Let’s wait and see what happens over the next month. If it ends up with nothing more taking place, it will easily be the worst because they literally accomplished exactly the opposite of what they said they wanted to. As I said yesterday, would much rather see Avi than Alonso.

Let’s see how Cooper adjusts to the new era of baseball. I have my doubts he will adjust.

And let’s not forget some have questioned how his legs/knees will hold up

It hasn’t failed, but there’s been an enormously momentum stoppage with it. Between young guys sucking in the majors and injuries in the minors, the organization desperately needs progress.

Assuming they’re not lying about opt-outs, there clearly was something about Manny that made them not want to do it.

I do wonder just how much Manny’s “personality” scared the Sox. Could be why they didn’t want to do an opt-out, as they were nervous he wouldn’t try hard if he didn’t opt-out. KW saying he was a “solid kid” isn’t a glowing endorsement.

And people say Rick isn’t on soxtalk

He really sucks at his job

And say he’s as mad as anyone

I’m having a hard time blaming any of the insiders for relaying the Sox would get Manny. It’s clear they thought they would get him also, and most of the insiders on here said 7/175 was bogus. I don’t recall anyone saying it was a done deal.

He told every team that he met with exactly what they wanted to hear. Harper wants to go to a winning team with prestige. The Sox never had a shot with him.

Don’t forget some meaningless reference to his son

Yep I bet he’s more surprised than anyone he didn’t get the Sox to match. This is such a colossal failure.

Just posted in other thread, but seems like Padres didn’t think they were getting him the night before. Holy freaking crap did the Sox blow this.

Keeps getting worse, as Padres didn’t even think they were getting him and were planning other pursuits https://mobile.twitter.com/usatodaysports/status/1098262296860741632

I hate you

spoiler alert, the 3rd inning doesn't go well