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The corpse is barely in the ground...

Definitely too outside the box for JR.

The 'We' is a handful of posters that can't or refuse to see the forest from the trees.

How about 20 homers and a healthy All Star season before the deadline.

They’ll have to pry it out of his cold, dead hands.

The least they could have done is admit to the fanbase that they recognize where they are as an org and be honest about the lengthy and difficult path forward. Yes, some fans might still be upset, but that's better than the bald-faced lies that leave us not only upset, but disillusioned about the org and questioning the level to which they are detached from the same realities. Just being honest about it isn't a fix, but it goes a long way towards repairing the relationship with the fanbase.

We all know that, but Getz spent the winter signing wash up vets under the guise on not wasting a year. Our qualm is how disingenuous they were about it. What they sold to fans last winter wasn't "building from the ground up", which is why saying so now rings so hollow. It is what it is, but there's no reason for revisionist history.

What, in his brief tenure as GM, has instilled such confidence that he is or has started building a foundation in the org, 40 man roster or otherwise? The Cease trade? The Fedde/Kopech trade? A few new FO names that look good on paper but have no track record of success in their roles?

Obviously the numbers would need tweaking. A $300M hard cap only impacts a few teams, but $250 is probably too low if there are to be lux tax levels beneath it. I am honestly less in favor of a cap of any sort, but recognize it would probably be a requirement in order to get a salary floor. I firmly believe a floor brings about parity faster than a cap, but the chasm between the Dodgers and teams spending the bare minimum will only widen unless there are stricter parameters in place.

$100M floor at minimum. I like the idea of a floor with a penalty for not meeting a certain threshold tied to receiving Lux Tax monies. If cheap owners only want to meet the floor and not a certain minimum threshold, they lose Lux Tax payments. Owners would never agree to it, but a person can dream. I am more in favor of an NBA style soft cap than a pure hard cap, but a combo of both makes sense to me. A $200M lux tax level 1 with a $250 hard cap, or something like that. A cap likely only affects a few teams, I am far more interested in making cheap owners spend.

It's what he's supposed to say, it just rings hollow. His credibility is zero after last season and it's hard to take statements like these seriously.

Getz's signings last winter certainly weren't "build from the ground up" moves. It was pretty clear that Getz thought some vets and some defense would have them competitive in the division. Or at least better than the 101 loss team he took over.

Yeah, it's a nice payday coming off a career year, but it could quickly become bad money.

He probably thought the same thing last winter too and look how that turned out.

Challenge Accepted!

That fucking guy...

Vargas being DFA'd, going unclaimed, and accepting an assignment to AAA would be fine by me.

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I really hope Schrif was kept on only because he was under contract. McKnight might be on the bland vanilla side, but he doesn't assault the senses at every opportunity. The product on the field is bad enough, at least give us a game call that's enjoyable.

There's a 35th in Martha's Vineyard? Who knew!

60 WAR, 3000 hits, 10 time All Star, MVP, ROY, 10 time Gold Glove, 3 time Silver Slugger, .311 career batting average over 2653 MLB games. This was all after he came to the States at age 27. Absurd that it wasn't unanimous.

Sox DH is the least of our worries...

Zero surprise. 🙄

That jumped out to me as well. Seems like the most kids from DR in recent years.