Dick Allen

The Nets got fined for sitting 8 of their best players the other night. They won. Shouldn't the Pacers be fined for losing?

I think its crazy to count on him, especially if the goal is multiple championships. But he looks like he could be fun to watch. One of these has to work out sometime, right?

looking at both rosters, its pretty evident KW, RH and JR have no idea what a good OF looks like.

He’s owed $24 million the next 2 years. The only way Rick can have him is if the Mets eat a lot of money. I’m thinking they are going to have to do that.

One year after the Sox wouldn't give Rodon a QO,he was paid $21,5 million by SF, and guaranteed $162 million by the Yankees. How do these clowns still have power to make baseball decisions?

If Robert, TA, Eloy and Moncada can't play 125-140 games, they are screwed no matter who they sign.

It wasn't so long ago Bene10D was in the place of Davers now. Why didn't the Sox take him instead of Moncada. Obviously flawed, but he works a count and plays good defense. I think Conforto would cost less, so that has to interest JR. A big risk, but huge reward. This guy turned down 9 figures not too long ago. Oops.

Is that you, Big Hurt?

Yes, Brantley to me makes Eloy logging a lot of time in LF until he gets hurt, almost a lock. As a hitter, yes, but I'm with you, the team needs to upgrade defense.

To me, Conforto is the guy who you could score the biggest, but it's a crapshoot after a year off and surgery, and switching leagues.

The bar isn't too high there. I have no confidence the Sox can fix Gallo enough offensively to make him worthwhile. I would prefer Benentedi, but obviously that is too much for a team with multiple championship aspirations. Conforto would be my second choice, because if he's right, his offense will more than make up for any defense compared to Gallo, and if he's right, the defense could be a wash.

Gallo's defense hasn't been all that great the last couple of years, and is projected to slide a bit more moving forward. But, at least he will walk to get the OBP to almost .300.

He's actually supposed to be one of the nicest guys in the media.

I forgot about Herrera. How does whoever pick these guys keep their job(s)?

I wonder how long it took them to find enough footage of VV being good to fill out a video.

One fix will be if their better hitters actually play more games. Kind of difficult to have a good offense if only a handful are available for 100 games.

22 qualified had a higher OPS last year than Abreu. So less than 1 per team. I would put that at one of the best.

i watch MLBN a lot, and one thing that was mentioned a while back were teams really think there is close to a break through with training that will allow the aging curve after 30 to flatten out a bit. Call me skeptical. They can't even keep players on the field, let alone stop Father Time.

If anything, I think this decreases the chances of the Sox trading TA, not that I thought there was much of a chance anyway. This pretty much knocks the Twins from serious contender.

This is a similar contract to Harper and the price of poker. I think , because it is more than one or two teams that are doing this, baseball is telling you something. There is a lot more money available than the owners want you to believe.

I read where the Dodgers want to reset their tax bill and are going after Ohtani next year.

How does William Contreras throw? With bigger bases and a shorter route, more stealing in 2023.

Hahn and LaRussa have something in common . Hahn threw in Tatis Jr. for James Shields. LaRussa signed off on trading Dansby Swanson a few months after taking him 1-1 for the great Shelby Miller. JRs baseball minds are top notch.

I would expect him to whine about the Sox trading for Moncada in 2016 because he had a bad year in 2022.

Merkin said to be patient. I wonder if he means like last year when Hahn got Harrison and Kelly and Pollock and Velasquez. Or at the deadline when apparently there was nothing to do.