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It is always possible. Though the amount of movement by the owners is a pretty new thing and probably tipped their hand.

The players outlasted them, seemingly.

They desperately needed relief help, and they got the best one on the market, along with another really good one.

Interesting thread.

The ones where he ignored what each individual was doing during the stretch before the break and picked the ones that fit his narrative by including Hendriks in them.

I mean the pens needs were incredibly obvious. And in an era where relievers pitch more in the playoffs than they ever have before, having top notch guys is more important than ever before. In 2021 the Sox starters pitched 12 1/3 innings. The pen pitched 20 1/3. In 2020 it was 11 for the SP and 14 for the RP.

That has already been doing with spending caps. All this system does is screw over late arrivals and older kids with breakout season by leaving no money for them by the time they are noticed.

The Sox had a bullpen problem and got the top reliever on the market. It's a damned shame Kimbrel was too soft to do anything but close. It's also worth pointing out a less shitty manager could have figured out a way of using the guy in other ways to get him back on track. But not Tony.

I already did this once a few months ago, but

Again, we didn't watch the same teams if you watched this in July and thought this is going to win in the playoffs The set up men were TERRIBLE.

If you think the Sox bullpen didn't have major problems at the trade deadline, we didn't watch the same July of baseball.

A draft is needed really badly down there. You can argue the money that gets put into needs to match what spending already is down there, but a draft eliminates the worst aspects of business in the DR.

About 4 million per team.

Interesting read re: Intl draft.

The funny thing about football is despite it being the most popular, no one seems to care enough about the negotiations to need the details in real time, or in minutiae.