SonofaRoache

Good for him but I'd be single if my fiancee asked me to turn down 7 million dollars to be closer to HER family.

Don't know how true this is, but twitter is saying after taxes our offer was between 1 and 2 million more.

The Sox stepped up and put the money down. We just need to figure out closing and stop letting last second lurkers steal our fish.

It's not over, but it was a big hit. You are allowed to get back up after the first few.

Kenny and Hahn have to be devastated. Two years in a row their top offer was rejected. This was the first haymaker landed for this rebuild. We hit the floor fellas.

Well the Sox weren't cheap, but they were played. It is alleged the Phillies just got into this thing, and he would have used the Sox to get more money out of them.

Nope, Keuchel and PEDneda.

I'll eat crow about this one. But you were just as wrong.

We are that ugly dude that has to spend big money to get the hot chick. I just can't imagine family being the reason he turned us down. That sounds like the it's not you, it's me excuse.

True, but we got big manned by the Phillies. Us big manning the Reds means nothing in this case. I am glad they put a big time offer down though.

I still think that family excuse is BS. The money was close and he just preferred playing for the Phillies. I made this argument for the past month that to get top FA's we will have to vastly overpay, and it looks like that is the case.

I think it is just as bad. How many athletes pick a lower offer because of their wife's family location? Sounds like a BS excuse to be honest.

Maybe this was why there was talk of a 6th year being thrown in.

Our offer for Machado was "more" as well. Was it more guaranteed money though?

Last year he was a top 25 pitcher. He has the potential to get even better than that.

Whatever. Let's see who is available for pitching Cole- LOL Stras- LOL Bum- wants 100m Ryu- may get a bigger deal than thought, and a Boras client Dallas- Probably our guy now but no one wanted him longer term

I bet the Sox leaked the 100m offer hoping it would get beat.

We offered 5 and 100, the Phillies came and offered 5 and 115. Once again, we are in second place just like Jerry likes it.

So what pitcher will we sign now? Madbum is said to be getting 100m. This is a disaster.

We couldn't sign this dude for 5 years and 110? Unbelievable.

You mean Portland?

This only happens in basketball when you sign a star like Lebron or Durant. In baseball, if you win a title, chances are you had good years surround that title. How many teams in the last 25 years have won a title and were irrelevant around that title? I can only think of maybe the Marlins.

I think a fair comparison is one WS championship and 3 losing seasons after, OR 0 championships and 5 playoff runs that end in no championship. This is because if you are good enough to win a title, there is no reason you can't compete after. Remember, we competed in 2006 and 2008. So we didn't just win one title and then completely flop.

Most people would take that but it is not an option. Usually, that go all out for a title means your team had a short time to win anyway. Obviously, making the playoffs 9 times in 10 years means you have more chances at a title.

Nah, the most crucial percentage is easily obtainable incentives, like playing 200 games in a season, or playing at least 100 games at Guaranteed Rate each season.