Look at Ray Ray Run

Again, the price for Joc was not the same 2 months ago as it was yesterday. The price for Joc + Strip went down because the Dodgers had to shed salary to stay under the cap after acquiring Mookie - belief around the game is the only directive Friedman was given this off-season was to get under the threshold and reset the tax. This opens up the ability to re-sign Mookie next off-season and not pay through the roof in tax. This forced the Dodgers to trade Joc + for less than they wanted because they had to dump the salary to get under the threshold.

Yeah, and starts. Innings Pitched Bonus $250,000 each for: 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200 Games Started Bonus $1M each for: 15, 20, 25, 30, 32 That's 8 million in incentives that are reachable if he stays healthy + his 3.25 million. It's not expensive by any means, but it's 11-12 million instead of 3 million.

Mookie is, without a doubt, hitting FA and testing the market.

The Red Sox are going to feel this one; you don't trade a generational talent in a pure salary dump without receiving some blow back. With the exception of Chapman, we just don't see a lot of guys traded and then re-signed by the team who traded him. Betts is done in Boston, and I wouldn't at all be shocked to see the Dodgers sign him; assuming he has a Mookie-like year.

I get it; they felt the pressure and frankly didn't have a starting 5 to begin the season with. They weren't sold he wasn't a reliever either, which helped make their decision I'm sure, but Maeda just feels better as a guy you don't HAVE to rely on. I wasn't a big fan when he came over, and he's proven me wrong 100% so far, but I worry about his transition to the AL. One thing that may benefit Maeda is he isn't being dicked around anymore, but he's also not anywhere near as cheap as he appears on the surface. As a starter, he's going to earn a decent payday. I think Cease is a slightly bigger prospect than Graterol, but I think that's a fair comp and it's splitting hairs. Graterol is so young too and already at the MLB level; it feels incredibly risky to move a piece like that for someone who isn't all that proven/reliable to be a 30 start starter. I truthfully believe that had the White Sox not made substantial moves this off-season, that the Twins wouldn't have made this move.

This doesnt show the red sox are serious about signing him imo. They have released excuse after excuse... PR hits blaming the player and yada yada. Fact is this team could pay 40 million in lux tax and still turn a profit. The Red Sox are a clown show. If the Sox trade a HOF'er in his prime because they dont want to pay him I'll be the first person ripping into this front office.

What the hell are the Rockets doing? Going to honestly go against AD and Howard with 6'7 wings?

I cant get over how embarrassing and shitty this is for the Red Sox. What an absolute clown show for them.

The deal for Maeda feels weird by the Twins. I wasn't as high on Gatreol as some, but Maeda isn't exactly a work horse (probably has a similar innings cap) and while he's been effective, its been in a very unique way due to creative usage by the Dodgers. He's a nice piece, but it seems like the Twins gave up a lot and actually may have hurt their roster 2-3 years from now for a, hopefully, short term upgrade. The Twins obviously didn't like him as much as the market.

I'm guessing Marsh.

Report is Friedman had been directed to stay under luxury. When they traded for Mookie and price, they had to move a money piece. Due to the market being settled with outfielders signing, the dodgers likely had little leverage and moved joc for less than they initially wanted because of the mookie/price deal.

Lol. In the east that means nothing anyway since the 8th seed is 6 games under. Even considering that, they arent even a playoff team. The team is a disaster.

Odd? Everyone here was painting some rosey picture of the Bulls future last season, and I articulated a very different opinion that was personal attacked and ridiculed. Now people still want to remain stubborn and say the Bulls are still fine? Amazing. I guess this is why that team never holds anyone accountable.

They were awful with Laurie. You must be watching a different team.

How you feeling, Ron?

Are you sticking to WCJ was a better pick than Sexton or MPJ? My point on WCJ remains - he's a role player with a limited ceiling on a good team. He has no star potential and didn't when they drafted him. It's not at all what this team needed. This thread was a year old and the post you are quoting was a year old. Amazingly, most thoughts I had in this thread were dumped on and nearly everyone one of them - one year later - has come to fruition.

People really lambasted my position on the Bulls being bad and having little talent and future promise last year; furthermore, people thought the assessment of Carter vs Sexton was awful because 20 year old Sexton had struggled to adjust to the NBA life on a bad team. There was a lot of optimism in this thread last year about the Bulls - sans me - some even said they had 4 good players (absurd). I'm glad most have come around - this team is bad, and Lavine is the only player worth a shit. This front office is only outdone by James Dolan at this point. The Bulls had chances to take the right guy too - this has not been driven by their draft position - but they've decided to evade risk and accept mediocrity and trash as if they were supplementing a talented Core and not building one. Sexton and MPJ were great options for the Bulls; instead they went with a limited ceiling big who was never going to be a star in the NBA. I'll add that both Sexton and MPJ need to further prove it and develop - Sexton especially, who has shown great improvement throughout this year, but needs to sustain it for longer and continue to develop. I would guess most Bulls fans would rather bet on his further progress than WCJ ascension. Hopefully the people will stop insinuating that this front office drafts well due to a couple good grabs a decade ago. This team drafts like trash, and doesn't develop anyone. This is a hopeless organization.

Yes, the Bulls are idiots and they don't draft for ceilings - which is something a contending team may do. The Bulls aren't contenders, and they need upside. Sexton was risky, but the guys upside was fantastic. MPJ was the best player on the board by a lot.

Wait, how did Damian Lillard not win WC POM? That's the biggest joke I've ever seen.

Sexton >>> WCJ Sexton always had the tools; this past month he just had will be better than any month WCJ has in his entire career. Sexton is 21 years old, and he was an elite playmaker/scorer on the level of other NBA stars. Last month, Sexton graded out as the 14th best player in the league for that period of time. That's the ceiling and potential he has. He has become much more efficient in one year; the skies the limit for Sexton. He'd look nice next to Lavine - as would MPJ obviously. Instead the Bulls took a limited center. Edit; sexton should say 24th not 14th.

Main logo isn't even centered; jeeeeeeesuss. Should have just tried to put a small version of the SOX logo on the hat of the player.

Who the fffff would want to buy that garbage? Not sure how you screw up a logo that has 2 great logos as a part of it, but MLB found a way.

Funny thing is I've always preferred Longenhagen to Kiley, so for FG's this really changes nothing for me.

Supposedly Ozuna turned down 3 years 50 million to "bet on himself." Seems pretty dumb but what do I know?

Garland didnt like him, we all know that much.