Yet somehow this sub ate it up. They never learn to not trust a single thing that comes from this front office and ownership. Been like this for years.
Anyone in here that continues to shill for FSG, get off your knees. We traded Devers for a bag of rocks and couldn’t even hold onto Bregman. Is this the flexibility they kept telling us about??? They’re not getting Bichette so don’t hold your breath
Breslow and Henry are so embarrassing, they manufactured all that bullshit drama just to be in a worse position than we were in last year. Unbelievable
He isn’t good. He could potentially become good, but he has shown all of 12 innings of good for the Red Sox so far. Why people who defend the trade point to Harrison as if he is a bona fide stud is beyond me.
He’s 24 years old, was a top 20 prospect in baseball when he graduated as a 22 year old, and helped us make the playoffs by pitching well for the Boston Red Sox in a wild card race three months ago
Yes there's a subset in this place and it's incredibly vocal that just is unbelievably toxic in their optimism.
People assume toxicity is only in the form of negativity but it's very much not the case.
Like when someone posted that chart that showed the Red Sox ranked 22nd or 23rd in payroll as a percentage of revenue a few months ago and someone resp
"I'm going to be mad at something that hasn't even happened yet."
Which makes no sense because one it was a snapshot that the whole league got at the same time. It's the only way you can ever measure anything. Lol
Two they had roughly the same ranking last year and the year before that. So it's not like it was just a month of them being in this outlier position before the free agency..
We only spent 40% of our revenue on payroll 23rd and the league whereas even before the Alonso signing the Orioles were spending 50% of their revenue on payroll.
Can't wait for Cotillo and the Red Sox media crew to say how aggressive the Sox were chasing the 180th guy in a row who went somewhere else for more money.
Dog wtf are we doing just pay the dude at that point. Contract would have been done in more than enough time to re-up Roman. Embarrassing fucking franchise
You know if they signed Alonso this wouldn't be a big deal at all. And the worst part is we didn't even really upgrade the starting pitching like sunny Gray?
It's just another version of giulito maybe slightly better maybe. I don't know I'm not convinced Sonny Gray will have as good of a regular season.
That's what we did we replaced giolito with Sonny Gray and we replaced bregman with Contreras and we gave up a bunch of prospects to do it.
but you can argue him trading for whatever Sonny Gray is/will be - along with some other salaries he’s shelled out did hurt our FA approach (as we still don’t have 1 yet)
I mean he was gone the moment he opted out of 40 mil a year i more shocked he got 35 a year from the cubs
But yeah he never truly wanted to be here he just couldn't say no to 40 mil a year last year
They're always outbid
by design.
Interest Kings!
Greed has killed just about everything I love
I hope this isn't a new revelation
As soon as that "aggressive offer" headline came out a few days back I knew he was going elsewhere. This ownership is a joke
Yup. FO leaking it to say, we tried our best!
Yet somehow this sub ate it up. They never learn to not trust a single thing that comes from this front office and ownership. Been like this for years.
Henry being a bigger cheap fuck than Ricketts needs to be a wake up call
Holy shit that hadn't even occurred to me. Fuck Henry sideways.
Final offer. 5 years, $5.00
$5 a year or total?
Don't be stupid it was obviously 5 total lol
With 4 deferred for annual payouts of a quarter starting in 2045.
I just wanted to make sure Henry would be able to buy another yacht
Anyone in here that continues to shill for FSG, get off your knees. We traded Devers for a bag of rocks and couldn’t even hold onto Bregman. Is this the flexibility they kept telling us about??? They’re not getting Bichette so don’t hold your breath
Breslow and Henry are so embarrassing, they manufactured all that bullshit drama just to be in a worse position than we were in last year. Unbelievable
But we can brag about not having any underwater contracts as we fight for third place in the division each year.
(While still having two underwater contracts for players who aren’t even good)
The flexibility they are referring to is the flexibility necessary for fans to bend over and spread them.
And we traded away the shiniest of those rocks (still not that great) for two months of Dustin fucking may…
Kyle Harrison was the best player we got in the trade by far and is good
He isn’t good. He could potentially become good, but he has shown all of 12 innings of good for the Red Sox so far. Why people who defend the trade point to Harrison as if he is a bona fide stud is beyond me.
I’m not saying he’s going to be an l star
He’s 24 years old, was a top 20 prospect in baseball when he graduated as a 22 year old, and helped us make the playoffs by pitching well for the Boston Red Sox in a wild card race three months ago
I like him and I’m glad we have him
You know who else was a top prospect who helped us in a playoff hunt? Rafael Devers.
Ok man. I didn’t say Rafael Devers for Kyle Harrison, ignoring all context, was a good trade. I said kyle Harrison is good.
"Nomar 2.0", then losing to the Yankees in the playoff
Yes there's a subset in this place and it's incredibly vocal that just is unbelievably toxic in their optimism.
People assume toxicity is only in the form of negativity but it's very much not the case.
Like when someone posted that chart that showed the Red Sox ranked 22nd or 23rd in payroll as a percentage of revenue a few months ago and someone resp
"I'm going to be mad at something that hasn't even happened yet."
Which makes no sense because one it was a snapshot that the whole league got at the same time. It's the only way you can ever measure anything. Lol
Two they had roughly the same ranking last year and the year before that. So it's not like it was just a month of them being in this outlier position before the free agency..
We only spent 40% of our revenue on payroll 23rd and the league whereas even before the Alonso signing the Orioles were spending 50% of their revenue on payroll.
It's just embarrassing.
But...we tried!
Can't wait for Cotillo and the Red Sox media crew to say how aggressive the Sox were chasing the 180th guy in a row who went somewhere else for more money.
I said "yo, where the Devers money at?".
Liverpool
Love how this news came out AFTER Fenway Fest.
Fucking losers
Dog wtf are we doing just pay the dude at that point. Contract would have been done in more than enough time to re-up Roman. Embarrassing fucking franchise
5 years $125m is my guess. We know they won’t go near the $200m for Bo.
Which means Bo's not coming here.
INTEREST KINGS STAY UNDEFEATED 👑
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Mind telling us the number? Seems pretty important. If they got outbid by like 50 million then who cares about the years lol
Reportedly $160/5
Fuck me man that’s just 3 mil a year. For one of the richest organizations in the league. Find another hill to die on.
Why the fuck did we trade Devers?
Flexibility and alignment?
Money, for other investments.
It just hurts at this point. I kind of want to laugh because of how comical it is but man this FO just knows how to hurt you these last 6 years
When has the Red Sox last signed a free agent to a real offer that wasn’t a glorified one year deal
Ts10 or JD Martinez I think lol
Story
Fuck John Henry
Marry Sam Kennedy?
The “I have a lot of confidence in the guys we have” sound bites are being queued up as we speak.
Fucking losers. Makes the Raffy trade hurt even more.
The contract is not good if we're taking context out of the equation
However, losing Devers and now losing leverage to acquire Bichette or Marte is reading the market terribly
Just an overall bad job by the org
Welp, what else is new
You know if they signed Alonso this wouldn't be a big deal at all. And the worst part is we didn't even really upgrade the starting pitching like sunny Gray?
It's just another version of giulito maybe slightly better maybe. I don't know I'm not convinced Sonny Gray will have as good of a regular season.
That's what we did we replaced giolito with Sonny Gray and we replaced bregman with Contreras and we gave up a bunch of prospects to do it.
Where all the Henry dick riders at?
Entering Pirates level of cheapness. Fuck John Henry.
The Pirates have actually had a good offseason for their standards.
ok I officially hate Breslow
the self proclaimed smartest dick in baseball is a square who’s only friend is Chaim
Thanks bres you fucking stiff
He can only spend the allowance Henry gives him.
I knowww, just need someone to hate
but you can argue him trading for whatever Sonny Gray is/will be - along with some other salaries he’s shelled out did hurt our FA approach (as we still don’t have 1 yet)
This is true, it is not Craig Breslow’s fault it is not his money to spend
Remember when everyone freaked out about Xander Bogaerts…?
You're never gonna see anyone admitting it here. Ruins their narrative.
Yeah, sure.
C’mon man
I’m sure as soon as they heard the Cubs offered 175 the Sox were quick to up their offer to 174.
No duh. That’s how this works…
Ownership is relieved
I mean he was gone the moment he opted out of 40 mil a year i more shocked he got 35 a year from the cubs But yeah he never truly wanted to be here he just couldn't say no to 40 mil a year last year
That’s fucking pathetic
5 years but deferred so Bregman is paid until he’s 75
I’m glad they stuck to their guns here. $35 million a year for him won’t age well.
Was Bregman worth that after that second half come on people
You know for sure it was 5 years 90 million.
If you engage at baseball fandom at this level, it's really just rooting for billionaires to spend money. Doesn't seem like a lot of fun really.