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They can’t make them, so they’ll acquire them. It’s very on-brand for them to get obsessed with it about ten years after there was a competitive advantage to be gained.

The dodgers now have a player paid nearly 10x the highest contract the White Sox have given lol Comparable market size

This was always the answer, IMO

Right, I think that’s exactly the point of view I’m proposing.

Bob is literally hiding behind a hedge in Ohtani’s yard with a set of binoculars

The willingness to take on big money for bounce-back candidates, but never spend for stars in their prime. The deeper you go into this team’s lore, the less anything makes sense at all.

And yet, somehow, left in a cloud of controversy, dishonored in the eyes of the team who benefited from that production, as a warning to caution against doing it again.

But remember how fun it was when they trade for injured Jake peavy?

I’m not sure if it helps us make a deal with LAD. If anything, I’d think it makes them more likely to spend money on pitching instead, allowing them to continue to clutch prospects. Agree on BAL though.

This would shock me. If true, I gotta imagine the Dodgers are about to spend some angry money on the top pitchers remaining.

Yes but… this is a rebuild, and he’s likely to get some real money. The entire offseason has operated precisely like year Two normally would, the only difference is we haven’t traded all our guys yet because they’re all at the nadir of their value, except Cease who will move soon and Robert who could be around for the next push. I expect anyone who recovers value to be jettisoned at the deadline. To be honest, if you accept my premise of a rebuild occurring slightly out of order, Getz isn’t doing a horrible job so far. The first real test, though, is typically the trades that he hasnt quite made yet.

It’s B. It’s basically extremely light hazing. The entire organization runs like that, from sales to operations. The attitude is “you’re lucky you have the opportunity to be here, so stfu and comply. If you don’t get it, you’re not meant to be a Yankee(tm).”

Like it makes me wonder if the issue is really just JR insisting on surrounding himself exclusively with spineless yes-men, that won’t push back on anything, because it’s not like JR LIKES to waste money. Has no one really showed him a $/WAR curve?

No I’m saying there are owners that won’t spend much money and try to be smart about it, and there are owners that will spend lots of money and try to be smart about it, but we have the only one that will spend money but be patently stupid about it, even when every other team demonstrates how to do it better.

There’s no other ownership group that is both (1) willing to dip into the top 5-10 total payroll range relatively frequently and (2) not willing to spend even half of what the going rate is for a single star free agent. It makes so little sense it’s practically impossible that the next group would handicap itself in the same way.

I just want to note that the tweet didn’t indicate there had been any talks between the two at all. It’s just an offhand suggestion from someone who clearly hasn’t paid attention to the acquisitions the Sox have already made the past few weeks.

Ok, this actually makes me feel WAY better about the move.

Yes, but... that's faint praise, no?

Well, I mean, ok. I love both of those guys, but, the Sox got one 1WAR season out of Shingo. I'll grant you Iguchi unconditionally. But the world was a very different place back then.

Oh I agree. Just saying, the next time the Sox figure something out that no one else knows in Asia will be the first time

You never know how these guys will translate, really have to depend on your scouting. With the White Sox as the most (only?) aggressive suitor, unfortunately I have to believe it's more likely a bad signing. I highly doubt they even got a live look at him. But whatever, hope I'm wrong.

Sorry — Fedde was KBO, I really only follow NPB. All I know about Fedde is that he dominated the league. Not sure what he changed, if anything.

Braves just making sure every change-of-scenery dude in the whole league gets his scenery changed.

Didn’t he turn $400m down already?

Maybe as a coach?