December 2, 20196 yr That’s way more than I thought he would get. But good for him. He bet on himself and it worked, just like Grandal.
December 2, 20196 yr Author 2 minutes ago, bmags said: @Sleepy Harold da god, folks My twitter eyes are on high alert this time of year.
December 2, 20196 yr Just now, DirtySox said: Wow, this is a lot more than I figured. This is a bad contract by the Reds, but good on Mous. MLB teams seem to be handling this off-season a little differently... with the CBA coming to a close. Seems like ownership may be looking to reverse the salary suppression belief.
December 2, 20196 yr Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Wow, this is a lot more than I figured. This is a bad contract by the Reds, but good on Mous. MLB teams seem to be handling this off-season a little differently... with the CBA coming to a close. Seems like ownership may be looking to reverse the salary suppression belief. Almost as if it were planned. hmmm
December 2, 20196 yr Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Wow, this is a lot more than I figured. This is a bad contract by the Reds, but good on Mous. MLB teams seem to be handling this off-season a little differently... with the CBA coming to a close. Seems like ownership may be looking to reverse the salary suppression belief. this was my prediction before the offseason, but I also just think this is what happens when about 1/2 of the teams are looking to add, compared to last year which felt like was less than 1/3.
December 2, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, mqr said: Almost as if it were planned. hmmm Yeah, minimize salary growth over a few year period in the middle of the CBA, and then give them a slight escalation before negotiations to argue you haven't been doing that; hoping that recency bias overcomes the fact that they allowed salaries to stagnate for 3 years while revenues continued to grow. I don't see it working as a negotiating strategy, but I imagine the FA"s this year are happy. How can one argue that Mous and Grandal are worth MORE this off-season than last? You can't, so the only explanation is the above imo. Edited December 2, 20196 yr by Look at Ray Ray Run
December 2, 20196 yr The Reds needed offense badly and once Grandal was off the market, the agent had them cornered. They are prolly out on Wheeler now I imagine especially if they still want Gregorius.
December 2, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Yeah, minimize salary growth over a few year period in the middle of the CBA, and then give them a slight escalation before negotiations to argue you haven't been doing that; hoping that recency bias overcomes the fact that they allowed salaries to stagnate for 3 years while revenues continued to grow. I don't see it working as a negotiating strategy, but I imagine the FA"s this year are happy. How can one argue that Mous and Grandal are worth MORE this off-season than last? You can't, so the only explanation is the above imo. You could argue a second year of well above average offense in a row helped Grandal. Moose, idk what that's all about.
December 2, 20196 yr Reds were known to be interested in Grandal. They just gave a 4/64 deal to a worse player. Hard to believe they wouldn't have gone 4/73+ for Grandal now that we know this Moustakas contract. Big credit to Hahn and co. for jumping the market on him.
December 2, 20196 yr Must be planning on the DH being in the NL in another year or two haha Edited December 2, 20196 yr by soxfan2014
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