December 1, 20205 yr 40 minutes ago, bmags said: I like Joel Sherman a lot but this screams more just looking at fits and making a guess. By fit - Bauer is perfect here or in NY. But that doesn’t get you much farther New York would have to pay me double to live there. I hope Bauer has the same view of that dump.
December 1, 20205 yr Posted this at 1:30 today. Hmmmm...maybe my Spidy senses are correct. Bauer - w/Yankees out of the picture and Mets a big question mark, I don't see too many teams lining up to throw @$30M/AAV at him. Dodgers don't need him and Boston seems unlikely. It wouldn't shock me if WS quietly got something done here.
December 1, 20205 yr 46 minutes ago, bmags said: I like Joel Sherman a lot but this screams more just looking at fits and making a guess. By fit - Bauer is perfect here or in NY. But that doesn’t get you much farther This seems to be exactly what is going on. I don't believe Bauer is an option for us, unfortunately. I think Sherman was just taking a wild guess because we could use a starting pitcher, and now people are going to run with it.
December 1, 20205 yr Does Bauer have any connection to Katz at all? That would be an interesting angle if they have crossed paths professionally. Edited December 1, 20205 yr by EloyJenkins
December 1, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said: This seems to be exactly what is going on. I don't believe Bauer is an option for us, unfortunately. I think Sherman was just taking a wild guess because we could use a starting pitcher, and now people are going to run with it. Where do you think he lands?
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, EloyJenkins said: Does Bauer have any connection to Katz at all? That would be an interesting angle if they have crossed paths professionally. I doubt it. Timelines don’t match up.
December 1, 20205 yr The one thing that crossed my mind here is how much TLR and Bauer line up politically. I am sure it will come down to money, but if anyone out there might actually be excited by our drunken clown of a manager, it might be him.
December 1, 20205 yr Just going to throw this out there. To me it was odd to see Bauer do a whole Vlog on the White Sox / La Russa drama. He seemed to have a vested interest. Edited December 1, 20205 yr by Orlando
December 1, 20205 yr 14 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: The one thing that crossed my mind here is how much TLR and Bauer line up politically. I am sure it will come down to money, but if anyone out there might actually be excited by our drunken clown of a manager, it might be him. I paid attention to this during Bauer's vlog post about the La Russa DUI stuff and was looking for any indication of being turned off by it and if anything he seemed to be closer to defending La Russa if anything else. Maybe I'll have to watch it again, but nothing about it made me think it hurt Bauer's chances of coming here. That being said, I hope Joel Sherman is absolutely wrong here.
December 1, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Orlando said: Just going to throw this out there. To me it was odd to see Bauer do a whole Vlog on the White Sox / La Russa drama. He seemed to have a vested interest. Nah he talks about anything and everything
December 1, 20205 yr 31 minutes ago, Flash said: Where do you think he lands? Great question. I suppose I would guess the Mets if I had to pick. As much as I would love to sign Bauer, I am fine with the plan to go hard after Springer instead. Lock down the positional side of things with Springer and Vaughn, and then just look to upgrade the starting pitching year by year. If that means starting this year with Richards and Quintana, I am fine with that. Eventually we will have to land a big gun.
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, SoxBlanco said: Great question. I suppose I would guess the Mets if I had to pick. As much as I would love to sign Bauer, I am fine with the plan to go hard after Springer instead. Lock down the positional side of things with Springer and Vaughn, and then just look to upgrade the starting pitching year by year. If that means starting this year with Richards and Quintana, I am fine with that. Eventually we will have to land a big gun. Bauer in NYC or Boston seems like worst case possible scenarios for him. The local media will go to war with him every time he does something stupid, which is too often.
December 1, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Bauer in NYC or Boston seems like worst case possible scenarios for him. The local media will go to war with him every time he does something stupid, which is too often. That wouldn't happen in Chicago or LA?
December 1, 20205 yr If bringing back TLR was enough to get Jerry to open his wallet, then it was worth it. There, I said it. Even if TLR is a drunk asshole. Edited December 1, 20205 yr by Jack Parkman
December 1, 20205 yr 11 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: That wouldn't happen in Chicago or LA? No. Not even close. Chicago media protects the teams a lot more. In NYC and Boston they burn players down for stories. Look at the non- reaction over the TLR stuff. That doesn't happen in those markets.
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said: No. Not even close. Chicago media protects the teams a lot more. In NYC and Boston they burn players down for stories. Look at the non- reaction over the TLR stuff. That doesn't happen in those markets. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I don't think the Sox could have gotten away with hiring TLR if they had that type of media presence. They'd have torn them to shreds. Edited December 1, 20205 yr by Jack Parkman
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said: Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I don't think the Sox could have gotten away with hiring TLR if they had that type of media presence. They'd have torn them to shreds. That's literally the point. Chicago protected TLR. They'd protect Bauer too. Dude would be regular back page news as a Met.
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Flash said: What would the odds be on Bauer landing with WS? Prolly 0
December 1, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said: Prolly 0 I wouldn't go quite there..........if ever there was an offseason where bargains could be had even at the top of the market, it's this one. I have no idea what the top offers from teams are going to be like...... for all we know, the Sox could get Bauer for slightly more than they were willing to pay Wheeler last winter. Edited December 1, 20205 yr by Jack Parkman
December 1, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: That's literally the point. Chicago protected TLR. They'd protect Bauer too. Dude would be regular back page news as a Met. Did they really protect TLR though? Seems like every journalist & columnist ripped the hire.
December 1, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: I wouldn't go quite there..........if ever there was an offseason where bargains could be had even at the top of the market, it's this one. I have no idea what the top offers from teams are going to be like...... for all we know, the Sox could get Bauer for slightly more than they were willing to pay Wheeler last winter. Sox don’t win bidding wars. Pretty close to 0 chance this happens. Don’t get sucked in yet once again
December 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said: Did they really protect TLR though? Seems like every journalist & columnist ripped the hire. What? Like one guy ripped into it. Most others pretty much ignored it. A couple even made excuses for him.
December 1, 20205 yr 14 minutes ago, Flash said: What would the odds be on Bauer landing with WS? 50% maybe? White Sox = 50% Mets = 10% Yankees = 10% Blue Jays = 10% Dodgers = 10% Angels = 10%
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