Jack Parkman

Honestly, I think if McCann had value he'd have been traded by now. Trading him would probably be giving him away for nothing. The only reason to trade him is to keep Collins on the roster.

I really want to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history. I agree that playoffs are a crapshoot. 120 years is way too long for that not to have happened already.

Just my opinion, but they've pretty much guaranteed themselves a 6 year window starting this season. What would be considered a success for you all? IMO making the playoffs in 2+ consecutive seasons and winning at least one title would be a huge success. Let's not get greedy.

He's already guaranteed himself $100M+ in career earnings. That's nothing to sniff at. Again: 31.5M to sign out of Cuba 70-90M now That's at least 101.5M in career earnings by age 30, with the likelihood of being 121.5M. Plus, he could still sign a >$200M deal after this one.

Trout has the great WAR because he's basically a slightly worse Frank offensively, with Elite defense and baserunning at a premium defensive position. I think WAR overrates defense and underrates offense....It's pretty much impossible to do Mike Trout things as a 1B or LF, no matter how good you are defensively, with the exception of Barry Bonds on steroids.

Mike Trout is only 28 years old. He doesn't turn 29 until August. He's going to be playing this entire decade because his contract runs until 2031 IIRC. I believe this is the first year of his 12 year deal.

Just saw this: Sox team control: 2021: Rodon, Mazara 2022: Abreu, Keuchel? (if option doesn't vest) 2023: Grandal, Giolito, Lopez, Keuchel? (if option vests) 2024: Anderson 2025: Cease, Moncada, Kopech 2026: Jimenez, Bummer, Madrigal 2027: Robert, Vaughn

I still can't believe this.

Moncada's statcast profile from last year. Well above average with everything, and great with everything other than speed.

Rendon just got one....why can't Moncada?

2 words for you: Anthony Rendon. He's going to be up for a $250+M contract at the end of this anyway, as long as he's as good as we think he is. He has already guaranteed himself $100M+ in career earnings. $31.5 to sign $70-90M on this one And probably $250M on a retirement deal at 30.

Don't forget, now Moncada has already made $100M in career earnings, and there is no reason to think that his option isn't getting exercised, so probably $120M. And if he's as good as we all think, he could get a $250+M contract on top of this a la Rendon.

Anthony Rendon just proved you can get paid at 30. If Moncada is as good as we all think he is he's going to get paaaiiid after this one. That being said, I can't believe they got this done for under $100M. Kudos to Hahn, and it speaks to the culture that everyone wants to stay and win together. It seems that winning as a group is more important to these guys than getting paid now. Actually, they get a little of both. Very glad to be wrong on this one.

Everyone should take Moncada's ST stats with a grain of salt every year. He's a repetition/feel based hitter and every time he got hurt it would take him 5-10 games to get his mojo back. Talk to me if he's still scuffling at the end of ST.

Fulmer still looks like a gascan.

Lots of seeing eye grounders.

You do know that Moncada and Giolito are my two favorite players on the team, right?? I corrected myself about Moncada the other day. It's expected that he starts spring slowly because it takes him a bit to get his timing back vs. live pitching. Has been a pattern every time he's been injured.

Again, I don't think an extension is happening for either Moncada or Giolito until the coming winter. Too much risk on the Sox side after only one good year, too much risk on the player side giving away FA years for not enough. It just doesn't make sense for either party at this point.

I will repeat: All of you people with "wonderful health insurance" with small co-pays, no deductible and a large network, All of you people that make enough money that you can save large sums of money and invest in the stock market All of you people that have enough savings that losing your job won't push you to the edge of financial ruin ..... ......Do not live in the same reality that the majority of Americans live in. You're in your own little bubble, insulated from the harsh reality of the rest of the country. 44% of US workers make $18 k or less per year. https://www.legalreader.com/low-wage-jobs-are-the-new-american-normal/ Of these people: 40% have a HS diploma or no credentials 13% are Teens. Which means... 47% have at least an Associate's degree. The bottom line is that there aren't enough jobs that pay well enough to live a decent life. What you guys don't realize is that this isn't even about me. I've accepted that I should take what I can get and have minimal expectations. This is about everyone else in their 20s and 30s that is struggling with the combination of soaring housing prices, low wages and crushing debt.

My mom used to be a teacher and she says there's no way in hell I can handle teaching in HS. I'd be too naive for it. It was college or bust. @lane The economy might be doing great but it's doing well for the same reasons it was doing well from 2000-2006. We learned nothing. There's some bubble we don't know about yet and when it bursts it's going to be worse than 2008-09.

I had multiple job offers for the first time in my life a couple weeks ago. It was nice to be able to actually make a choice for a change, instead of having to take whatever I can get. I turned down more money for a more secure position. One was a contract to hire position, but full time hours. One was part time with the ability to earn full time. I also used to work there, so I knew what it was about and that they invited me back was a good sign. More security, familiarity and not as boring of work=ended up being the better choice for me. I wasn't expecting the second company to call me back so quickly, so I was hoping to give the first job a try before having to make a decision. Both offered the same hourly pay. In the end, I took the other job because that company caters to autistic people and the other place doesn't. I thought I was setting myself up for failure. Getting that offer was a huge confidence boost though. I don't think it's going to last long. I took the job that is more secure. All of this stuff is all driven by financial speculation, and not by actual results. Wages are still stagnant at best vs. inflation. This economy is a bubble. Eventually, it's going to burst and when it does it's going to be worse than 2008. We're repeating 2000-2007 all over again. We learned nothing. Speaking of bubbles, there's a large number of people in this thread that need to check their privilege. A lot of you live in the upper middle class bubble and have no idea what the rest of the world is going through. You have it just good enough to have no concept of reality.

It was just an example to make my point about purchasing power and absolute dollar amount being relative.

Yeah, but what if that smaller sum of money had more purchasing power? Sums of money are relative to purchasing power. $50 in 1995 =/= $50 in 2020

Sorry, I misspoke there. What I meant is that people have to have multiple jobs to make a living wage, and that affects the available jobs. BTW, I think that conventional theory on economics is wrong because the underlying assumptions are wrong. The theory of Homo Economicus is flawed. People don't behave in their own self interest, and people don't make rational decisions when they purchase goods and services.

No, You should have paid less, and the person that bought your house should have paid less. What happened is that financial speculators inflated the housing market in the 2000s and even though that bubble burst, some of that inflation has remained.