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I’m not talking about the tedium of basic job responsibilities.

I know enough people that have worked there to call this point into very serious question. Modify your parenthetical to be "loyalty and protection for a select group of executives" and you can imagine how "very good owner to non player employees" becomes its exact opposite for everyone outside that select group, in ways ranging from frivolous to extremely problematic.

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The Sox would be one of the few teams that could feel good about giving him a rotation spot of out of the gate. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him get like 1/3m or something. He could be a useful back end starter on the high end, but there just isn’t any real upside barring some transformational change to his arsenal. He's big, strong, and stable, which has allowed him to develop good command, but his stuff is maxed out and just not that exciting.

Kona is fringey, definitely at least a tick below Imai. The sad thing is he peaked two seasons ago and looked ready to get at least what Imai did, but Seibu wouldn’t let him go.

I mean if you put it that way, every players floor is “dies in plane accident tomorrow”

Imai has a much higher floor than Murakami. Would have been very surprising if he fell to the Sox the same way.

Alright, viable then

Blue Moon is a Molson Coors product. Is rate field a Miller/Coors venue?

lol

This would be bonkers, but awesome, assuming it’s another one where the deal is smaller than initially expected. I’ve seen a TON of Imai; he has really blossomed the past couple seasons after being really wild at the start of his career. I don’t see him as an mlb ace by any stretch, tbh, but I do see him as a #3/4 with youth on his side, which would be a boon for this team of course.

Merry Christmas/happy holidays to all

Even if you want to dream big on the positional side, there’s just not remotely enough pitching for an actual run.

I like things about all of them, but if we’re being honest, the median outcome for each of them is a #4

Seriously, what an embarrassing quote