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That might be too deep of nuance for this thread.

It seems like it is turning out that my worst fear of Tony was that he was in lieu of spending seems to be coming true.

If the Cult of LaRussa can't get Jerry to spend, it isn't going to be spent.

The business of major league baseball will be shutdown if the owners lock out, as has been expected.

Never said it was fact, but rather to answer the question of the previous poster.

I definitely think they are in a spot where they don't HAVE to make a splash, but damn it could have sent a message if they did. It probably is telling to their budget that they are holding out as well. A lot will also be answered by how and what the Kimbrel trade looks like.

I am just going to say this outloud. The Sox lack of activity so far tells me that they have a heavy belief that the deals will be better after the CBA gets done and this is why they have the lack of urgency to get it done.

Report last night was that deals needed to be agreed to today in order to be finalized by the end of the CBA.

Must have been hoping that someone would get desperate over night. Turns out no one is nearly as hard up as Cohen.

So if fake pursuing players sells tickets, why aren't the Sox rumors happening at all with guys that have no chance of signing here anyway? Seems like a great moment to sell tickets to all those Sox fans who appreciate us just talking to FAs.

When you factor in taxes in Toronto, he took A LOT less.

Oh right. Bold of me to assume Hahn has a basic level of lucidity.

You'll be able to hate the return soon enough.

Except both JV and NS were workhorses before their injuries. Rodon never has been. Even NS has been over 150 IP four times. Rodon has once in 7 years.

I would have been in favor at that price.

And not just the Sox. No one wanted the guy if that is the return.