The difference is I now have zero faith the Sox will sign Cole or Rendon. I don’t even think Strasburg is likely. After that, most guys will get contracts that we’re more than capable of offering. The Sox offered Machado 8/$250M or essentially $31M/year. Yes, it was stupid to think that was enough and it ultimately blew up in their faces, but the reality is they were ready to commit significant dollars to a single player. To think they can’t sign guys who will be around $100M max is crazy to me. The Sox have never had this kind of financial flexibility in recent memory and to cite past history as a reason to be skeptical doesn’t make much sense. They should be one of the biggest spenders over the next two free agent classes full stop.