Maybe not, but worth remembering that (if legit) it's 30% higher present day value than any other MLB contract ever.
Boston’s taxing pursuit of Juan Soto is over. (Mets)
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I think this is Boras floating it. The Red Sox float stuff out after players sign somewhere else.
Never make your best offer first
see what the Mets offer next and judge whether you can top it
but this shows interest and engagement
but…. Yeah…. The Mets will be tough to top.
see what the Mets offer next and judge whether you can top it
but this shows interest and engagement
but…. Yeah…. The Mets will be tough to top.
The way I read that post, Soto being "interested in Boston" is basically code for "increase the offer". I assume if it was the highest offer he would have already accepted, so I assume this means it is a competitive offer but perhaps not the highest. Eh, who knows. Its gonna be mentally draining until he signs - wherever he signs. 
EDIT: It is interesting that the deal is for 12 years, when that other "leaker" also reported 12 years. Maybe that leaker really isn't all smoke and mirrors.
EDIT: It is interesting that the deal is for 12 years, when that other "leaker" also reported 12 years. Maybe that leaker really isn't all smoke and mirrors.
It also feels like this is exactly what the "Henry is cheap" crowd is going to say no matter what the Sox offer if the player signs somewhere else.
The Dodgers don't seem to have any problem spending money. We aren't a poverty franchise.
Those were pitchers. Both of whom won World Series! And I don't know what tailspin you're talking about...after Beckett led us to the WS in 07 we won 95 games in 08&09 followed by 89 and 90 win in 10&11. And after Sale led us to the WS in 18 we made the ALCS in 21.
Also if we didn't trade Sale on the last year of his deal and he won a Cy Young for the Red Sox last year I think we make the playoffs and his contract doesn't seem quite so bad (despite all the fluky injuries).
That's a given, doesn't matter to those people if the player signs for a dollar more or 100 million more. Sometimes players don't want to sign somewhere. Obviously no clue what Soto would choose if the offers are close though. I'd like to think the Sox personally
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The fight between the “I want to believe!” and “Nothing will make me believe!” crowds is compelling.
Thats not denying that the offers reported above are false. Only that no deal was agreed to….
Not mundane for me, mundane for Cohen. That's not so much more than the Judge contract and you're getting 20s years.
Plainly I'm just happy they are legitimately in on him. This is absolutely the player to open up the floodgates for.
Just make it 13 / $700M and get ‘er done, Craig. That’s $53.8M AAV. Joel Embiid’s extension was $64.2M AAV, and that dude’s wheels may never be right again.
I think at this point, in the exceedingly unlikely event Mick would ever be wrong, Soto has a moral responsibility to choose Boston and uphold his honor and tenacity:
View: https://twitter.com/beyondavgmick/status/1862239258569838896?s=46&t=11SXTvIYT-tl8b6e7iEUVQ
View: https://twitter.com/beyondavgmick/status/1862239258569838896?s=46&t=11SXTvIYT-tl8b6e7iEUVQ
Well, if they have offered $625 million to Soto, we can't say Henry is cheap. It seems the organizational philosophy is coming into focus: open the vaults for young elite FA players with lots of prime left, and that's kinda it. Though those guys very rarely come around. It's not necessarily wrong-minded. Though tough to fall short on so many good but not great players like Teoscar and Lugo, etc ...If they don't get Soto, will Henry okay signing three very good but not great players with the same money? We shall see I guess!
caveat: I know Story is an exception, though essentially for five years, the Sox have nickel and dimed a lotta dudes and subsequently fallen short
Anyway, at this point, fucking goddamnit, I want them to get Soto!!! It's emotional now, I admit. GodDAMN, I had no expectation, wasn't even sure it was the wisest move, and now I'm checking shit every 10 minutes to see if they got him. I know I'm full-on morphing into Charlie Brown charging that football and can't do anything about it!
caveat: I know Story is an exception, though essentially for five years, the Sox have nickel and dimed a lotta dudes and subsequently fallen short
Anyway, at this point, fucking goddamnit, I want them to get Soto!!! It's emotional now, I admit. GodDAMN, I had no expectation, wasn't even sure it was the wisest move, and now I'm checking shit every 10 minutes to see if they got him. I know I'm full-on morphing into Charlie Brown charging that football and can't do anything about it!
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And a few live in Cresskill. And guessing that you mean UPPER Saddle River. Sabathia still lives in Alpine (his son played at a local private HS) and Damon was nearby, a big rental on the corner of Closter Dock and IIRC Anderson (tho he may have also kept a place in the city). A number of others were scattered about the area.
Late 70s, a ton of players lived in Norwood (Munson, Catfish, a bunch more), especially where the nicer homes are up on the hill.
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I believe the offer has been made and is probably close to what's being leaked. And I know that Passan is right and that Soto remains unsigned.
Either way, I feel better about or chances now than I did yesterday. This IS fun.
Either way, I feel better about or chances now than I did yesterday. This IS fun.
To me, the most encouraging note in this tweet storm isn't the money. It's the note from Gomez that Soto and Devers had an hour-long talk. That (if true) signals interest more than the numbers -- which could change a half-dozen times between now and when it's over
The old “material change” ruse. Like hitting the Hooper’s Mainline Gambit in Mornington Crescent
Which is what the Dodgers did. Which is what like 25 people on this board in the last 3-4 years have said they were doing. Focus on building up the farm system, get into a position where you can begin to compete / contend, then pounce on the elite FAs at the top of the market. It’s almost like they had a plan.