ChiliIrishHammock24
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1 minute ago, TheFutureIsNear said:
17.5 for Bellinger…said to have turned down multi year offers to take the 1 year deal.
Not that it’s a bad risk for them to take…but not sure how the 1 year deal really helps the cubs. Use the 17.5M this year to get a comp pick out of him?
They will trade him in July in Atlanta or something.
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4 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
hearing anything? Or should we continue listening to the Greek lol
Nah. I got nothing to report.
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I for one am happy the Guardians chose to spend $16M of their limited payroll on Josh Bell. He's not that much better than Gavin Sheets. Meh.
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31 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:
Also why do people really worry about what Shane thinks like that? He is a producer for the score, he might find out something a little sooner than us but he isn’t some plugged in rumor guy
Yea, he's wanted us to think he knows far more than he's demonstrated that he actually knew. Not sure why people pay attention to what he says.
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On 12/3/2022 at 12:52 AM, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:
It may have already been mentioned, but Robert Murray said something about the Clevinger deal not being a straight 1yr/$12M deal. That there is a 2nd year option and with the buyout it will reach $12M. Mentioned something about creatively shifting the money around.
So maybe since the first report we heard was "more than $8M" it could end up being something like 1 yr/$8.5M with a 2nd year option for "xxx" amount or a $4M buyout. We might end up with a few extra million for 2023 to work up to Jerry's self-imposed budget.
Yup. Good info from Robert Murray.
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3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:
Where did he mention this?
On the Fansided podcast
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It may have already been mentioned, but Robert Murray said something about the Clevinger deal not being a straight 1yr/$12M deal. That there is a 2nd year option and with the buyout it will reach $12M. Mentioned something about creatively shifting the money around.
So maybe since the first report we heard was "more than $8M" it could end up being something like 1 yr/$8.5M with a 2nd year option for "xxx" amount or a $4M buyout. We might end up with a few extra million for 2023 to work up to Jerry's self-imposed budget.
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I absolutely hate the way the fidgety way this guy acts on the mound. Reminds me of Karinchak. Also is very close with Trevor Bauer.
From a baseball standpoint he seems like a reasonable #4 or #5 option for us, with upside if Katz can fix him, but I'm not going to enjoy rooting for him. 🤷
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On 10/20/2021 at 2:20 PM, ChiliIrishHammock24 said:
I pulled the trigger on a Model Y last night. Looking to delay delivery until the 4680 cells start being produced in them. Hopefully that's by next summer. Carvana is currently offering my $47K for my 2019 Model 3 and I only paid $46K for it 2 years ago ($50K with taxes/fees), so my loan won't really change.
Also hoping new EV incentives will be in place by the first of the year.
Picking up my Model Y on Thursday. 😍
Just sold my 2019 Model 3 today with 32,000 miles for $50K. 100% is pretty great resale value to me.
Told myself that it I could get $50K for it that I would upgrade to the Enhanced Auto Pilot package. If I had to sell it to Carvana/Vroom/Driveway that I would wait on it. Well, since I got the full $50K today, ya boy is getting those little extra convenience features. Hopefully my wife and I can get pregnant soon and make use out of this extra room.
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6 hours ago, SoxAce said:
Ah the dreaded PTBNL. Wasn't Tatis Jr. announced as that player way back when in the Shields deal? We already know Uncle Jerry won't do cash considerations.
No, he was not a PTBNL.
And Boston gets to choose if they want a player from the agreed upon list, or cash instead.
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Kolton Wong. 🤔
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5 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
Guy has been playing insider on here for 3 years. Then when things didn't happen, he would post things like the above.
Did he change his username at some point?
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3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
Lol
Seriously, what do people like you get out of playing fake insider online for a bunch of strangers?
People sometimes randomly acquire sources. I had a source for a couple of years and had good scoops on various things, and then my source went away. I have no idea who Pal is, literally never seen the username here before this thread, but I wouldn't judge him or her solely based on them not having a reliable source 18 months ago.
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2 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
So the money isn't a part of the budget? Having a hard time following here.
The Sox offered someone 4.2 million dollars to play. While the 4.2 million isn't guarnteed, there's a non-zero chance they pay out about 4 million of it. When building budgets out, you're not ignoring a value because it might not be paid. It's a part of the total cost until it's not; that's how that works. So they clearly had 4 million to offer to someone, and they chose someone who it's not gauranteed too but still potentially being paid to.
The fact that there's a safety valve that says if he sucks, we don't pay it, doesn't take away from the fact that it was a part of your budget when you offered it. The money had to be there to offer it.
I'm sorry you're having a hard time following. 🤷
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10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
The point is the money was offered and is a part of the budget. Whether they spend it or not is kind of irrelevant
I disagree, but ok, I guess.
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2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
So the Sox made the offer with the expectation to not pay him? Trying to figure out the logic here. I get that it's prorated.
If they had that money to offer to him then surely that money was a part of their budget, no?
I get you don't like how the money has been spent this offseason, I don't think any of us do, but that doesn't change the fact that the Sox have NOT spent $4.2M on Cueto. If he earns the entire $4.2M (he won't), then that either means he has pitched really well or we desperately needed him to stick around, in either case, that sounds like he would be worth it at that point. The rest of the money spent poorly is irrelevant to this contract.
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2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
Just so we check this - if he’s called up on May 1 or whatever, the remaining $3.5 million doesn’t become guaranteed if he’s called up, right? If he’s cut on June 1, he gets like $750k?
Asking since I’m not sure I’ve seen a contract structure like that.
That's how I read it based on Passan's tweet. Maybe that's inaccurate, but the fact that it's a minor league deal already tells us none of the money is guaranteed.
Also he has an opt out for May 15th if the Sox haven't called him up by then.
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Just now, caulfield12 said:
Probably 75-80% they do use him in Chicago…how much of the prorated $4.2 million is the question, but still 10x better than giving the money they gifted to Derek Holland or Erwin Santana.
As far as I can tell, prorated based in days with the team. If he's with the team for half the season, he gets half the $4.2M. If he's there for only 10% of the season, he only gets 10% of the money ($420,000).
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41 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
Man, I hope I'm wrong but cueto just doesn't fit the ballpark at all. I think he's going to get absolutely torched. Sox have spent 7.5 million on cueto/Velasquez and 11 million on harrison/leury. It's just an absolutely terrible allocation of 18.5 million dollars.
Cueto's deal is prorated based on how long much he pitches for the Sox ie, none of it is guaranteed.
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1 hour ago, Capn12 said:
Imagine if Hahn had worked with the same level of fervor, at the START of the spring...
No doubt. I still give it a C grade overall. I'm just saying given where we were at a week ago with what was realistically available, he did a great job at the buzzer.
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The last 2 moves have been so minor, yet so desperately needed for this team. Combine that with the Pollock move and Hahn really did a great job buttoning this team up at the end of the Spring.
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18 hours ago, bmags said:
Was wondering when you would show up. Finally after all these years the Sox get one of your catching targets.
I expect Ketel Marte to eventually join the Sox in about 4 years. 😑😑
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On 4/2/2022 at 10:39 PM, ron883 said:
I absolutely hated that trade from the start. Pilkington was having a great year and scouting reports said his stuff was looking good. Just mind boggling.
At the time, the trade was fine. Then, as seems to be a theme for everyone except Tepera, he came to the Sox and got considerably worse. Most of his rate stats stayed extremely consistent, but the dude lost all of his power. Went from 37 XBH in 96 games with Cleveland to a measly 7 XBH in 53 games with the Sox. Even Madrigal outslugged Cesar with 16 XBH in nearly the exact same amount of games and PA's with the Sox in 2021.
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Funny, my off-season plan for this year included trading Kimbrel to the Jays for McGuire + a couple of lower level prospects. I then moved Collins in a separate trade and McGuire became the Sox backup.
"We know Jerry doesn't like to waste money, and he won't here. Toronto needs bullpen help and they have some money to spend. Jordan Romano was very good for Toronto last season as their primary closer, but he is far less entrenched in that role than Liam Hendriks, so Kimbrel would take the closing duties for a year in Toronto while Romano takes the 8th inning role.The Jays are a natural fit here not only because they need RP help, and have money, but because they have a glut of 3 decent catchers, with their #1 prospect, also a catcher, about to join the fray. In discussing with Jays fans, they basically put equal value on catchers McGuire and Danny Jansen. I ultimately chose McGuire for the role of backup catcher for the Sox due to his left-handed bat, being known for his defense, and for having an above-average arm to control the opponent running game, a glaring weakness for the Sox. McGuire also ranks around top 10ish in catcher framing as well. Anything he adds with the bat, which seems to be better in the Majors than when he was a prospect, will just be gravy."
In previous off-season plans I've included trades for Pollock, but I can't seem to find those write-ups as easily.
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Gallo for $10M would be a very worthwhile flier.