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Would have been more fun to invert Athletics than As though I understand the logo wouldn’t be manipulative

Have the cubs stated their expected revenue gains? I imagine the bolded is the reason why theres more mystery.

Hmm, good question. Probably because they've done a good job avoiding public disclosure of the expected increases.

I have zero clue what this means.

Well at least sucking up a bad deal means they aren’t giving up major prospects.

Why? To me that indicates they can just suck up a bad deal. Also let’s remember Sox were rumored to like Eovaldi last year. Maybe GM they take on a horrible deal with upside.

Yes, though I will say everytime this board thinks a team will bend over backwards to shed salary it ends up being nothing close to it. The cozart deal was the best example recently of what we all think will happen and the sox weren't in it.

Stroman, Bauer, Quintana, Ray, Hamels, Tanaka, Arrieta, possibly Kluber as I'm confused about his option.

There was a reddit post which he deleted saying the angels were out on Cole, were trading Cozart to Giants, and then targeting Rendon, then trading for Price and signing Ryu.

Angels along with Ryu.

So with it seeming to be an actual competition for David Price I would say "do not do this terrible deal" and yes I will be relatively happier with 2 of my choice of remaining FAs.

Just tell them he'll be a DH then, they are totally comfortablt spending tens of millions on old terrible DHs. In their prime good players? Terrifying.

that's definitely what I thought.

And he’ll pitch every 5th day. This team needs some intensity.

If I'm packaging Vaughn and Madrigal the headline piece is going to be a hell of a lot better than a 34 year old price, Benintendi or Rodriguez. That's just (expensive) depth. And I'm a big Benintendi backer! Use that talent for a guy your front office does not allow themselves to sign.

yes, and I would also bet this offer was not discussed at all. And it was more Gammons talking to someone in or near the FO who was identifying prospects.

it's on periscope, tweet is embedded here https://www.mlb.com/breaking-news/rule-5-draft-2019?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Yeah so I think I view Keuchel/Miley as one of the better ways out.

Love Gammons perspective on how the rest of the league should do what red sox want.

It seemed like in the last year teams really soured on the rule 5 and were turning against picking a guy unless they felt confident he could contribute, but I don't have a finger on how this would affect things with 26th man. Will teams be more likely to use it? Less?

I hope Nats get him.

That would be impressive because he retired

They don't believe in players being able to define their value so they'll never win with Boras.

This mets stuff is weird. Sign Porcello for $10mil so you can trade Lowrie for $9 mill by attaching a pitcher... uh ok

We spent 3.5 million to watch Ervin Santana get shelled for 3 starts but yeah