Bob Sacamano

If they'er in the position where Adley and Abrams are off the board, I'd go with Witt. But my gut says they would take Vaughn.

Puke.

I'll give it to you and say it's a very small factor. Draft pick or not, no other teams were shelling out the money. And he wanted the long term deal, hence, not accepting a 3/4 year 40 mill deal from Dodgers. Or Giants was it?

If you don't sign Machado because you're worried about your second pick in the draft (whatever the Padres would have surrendered), you should be fired.

Total dollar amount was still $30 million more than Machado. I think they just made the deal as long as it was to keep the AAV lower for luxury tax purposes going forward. I don't think there's much factor here in the draft pick compensation.

I agree.

I don't think it did at all to be honest. There just weren't enough teams willing to shell out over $300 million due to budget constraints.

Looking at his Spring Training stats, we should be able to sign him within 5 days. Edit: just read that he was sent to minor league camp yesterday.

He signed a minor league deal. He doesn't have to go on the DL since he's not on the roster.

I don't expect him to get called up this year but I honestly would not be surprised if he was.

I believe Kopech was placed on the 60-day DL so he shouldn't count.

Which could mean sooner as Kopech was going to come up earlier than when he ended up arriving.

I'm confused on this part. How would that ensure we would keep him here long term when he was always going to test free agency?

You think he will sustain it? I don't.

Yeah. Let's be honest. What will be worth more at the deadline: a light-hitting catcher who can't catch or a back-end reliever with success in the closer's role?

Because caulfield. He just needed to add another name to meet quota.

Didn't Hahn sort of hint that they won't go past a certain age with free agents? I almost feel like you can cross JDM off the list.

100%. A move where they potentially save a lot of money does not make up for being cheap asses on a young star. Dammit, now I'm starting to re-open my scar on the topic haha

Yes.

Keeps his arbitration years (potentially) lower. Becomes a free agent a year later than if he didn't extend and they waited the 2 weeks to call him up. Now he starts the year with the team.

I would think it would be 10 days. Or someone like Jay or Delmonico starts on the DL.

If it's how it works during the season, it would just be 10 days after being optioned. The only way guys come back sooner is if they are replacing someone who was placed on the DL during that time.

Well, really just the one extra year. Without this extension, they would have him for almost 7 full years.

The fact Kenny made those comments about not being able to build a competitive team going forward with a $300 million contract now seems even more like a joke. After locking up the guy who likely could get paid the most if he is what he is out of our group of young players, it would be nice to have him hitting right behind the guy the Sox claim they wanted for 2 years. Oh well...

Difference between Abreu and "positionless sluggers in the minors" is that Abreu is proven. True, he shouldn't be a DH but I would gladly take him as a DH over the next 2-3 years.