Cespedes to Reds?...uhhh no

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Yea I'm officially out on Jake now. Maybe we can make a thread of Jake rumors for the believers?
 

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This kid reminds me of this Celtics insider, CelticsThug that used to haunt realgm boards.
 

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Chances are there is little or no activity going on the night before Thanksgiving, anyway.  Or am I being naive?  (Yes, I recall the Schilling-Theo Thanksgiving.)
 

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SemperFidelisSox said:
Red Sox leaked a bunch of different 'Cespedes to Team X ' rumors to lower level execs to catch the Jake Weasley source.
 
Exactly. Right now it's "Go Red team" and three SWAT guys are busting in on Wesley's coke-head cousin interning in Hazen's office. 
 

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They've figured out how this kid is getting his info, and they're starting to feed him bad tips.
I like this possibility, with a small variation: they're trying to figure out how this kid is getting info and fed it to someone they suspect. Someone who probably won't have a job soon.
 

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SemperFidelisSox said:
Red Sox leaked a bunch of different 'Cespedes to Team X ' rumors to lower level execs to catch the Jake Weasley source.
What's funnier than mainstream media being forced to react would be Ben's meeting with John and Larry discussing their strategy on how to out a 14-year old.
 

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HomeRunBaker said:
What's funnier than mainstream media being forced to react would be Ben's meeting with John and Larry discussing their strategy on how to out a 14-year old.
Oh man. You're right, that's pretty hilarious.
 

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EvilEmpire said:
I like this possibility, with a small variation: they're trying to figure out how this kid is getting info and fed it to someone they suspect. Someone who probably won't have a job soon.
 
Did I read somewhere that Belichick did (or does) this?  Anyone know what I'm thinking of here?
 

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HomeRunBaker said:
What's funnier than mainstream media being forced to react would be Ben's meeting with John and Larry discussing their strategy on how to out a 14-year old.
 
Did they bring Eric Van on as a special consultant for insight into how a child's brain works?
 

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 for a false rumor
 

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My guess is the Sox gave out fake information to see who the leaks are coming from. Either that or Jake was full of shit the whole time.
 

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Come to the light! I've been baffled for days about why anyone would put stock in anything this kid says.
 

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Bigpupp said:
My guess is the Sox gave out fake information to see who the leaks are coming from. Either that or Jake was full of shit the whole time.
 
If the former, doesn't that at least show that he had a legit source inside the organization?
 

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EvilEmpire said:
I like this possibility, with a small variation: they're trying to figure out how this kid is getting info and fed it to someone they suspect. Someone who probably won't have a job soon.
Aka the canary trap.
 

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Hoplite said:
Come to the light! I've been baffled for days about why anyone would put stock in anything this kid says.
Because it's more fun than making up tired trade ideas here.  I want to believe though so I get that it's less fun for the doubters.
 

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Bigpupp said:
My guess is the Sox gave out fake information to see who the leaks are coming from. Either that or Jake was full of shit the whole time.
If it was a total fake I don't see him backing out so quickly and unequivocally. He would throw it out then reel it back a bit so he could take credit if it happened.
Of course he would still take credit for it if it does happen. 
 

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LeoCarrillo said:
 
Exactly. Right now it's "Go Red team" and three SWAT guys are busting in on Wesley's coke-head cousin interning in Hazen's office. 
 
This +100,000. The bullshitting about constantly tinkering with the Lester offer and the non deadline probably pissed someone off enough to leak Cespedes  in the hopes the source and kid bought it and therefore were exposed . Mission accomplished. 
 

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Bigpupp said:
My guess is the Sox gave out fake information to see who the leaks are coming from. Either that or Jake was full of shit the whole time.
Yeah you guys are giving Jake a lot of credit with this whole "leaking false info to find out the source" narrative. I think he got lucky stealing other people's tweets twice and now that he's in the limelight his tweets are drawing a lot of attention. The big dog journalists who actually have real sources felt threatened and now can shoot down his BS tweets right away.

I mean this is a 14 year old kid in STL who is not even a Sox fan that somehow has a source high up in the Sox FO? The story makes no sense
 

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This kid shined briefly and brightly then crashed and burned, much like Ted Cox and Rudy Pemberton.
 

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curly2 said:
This kid shined briefly and brightly then crashed and burned, much like Ted Cox and Rudy Pemberton.
 
Have you seen the main board---Rudy Pemberton ain't dead.
 

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Other variation on canary trap is sending various emails with bogus trades. In case he's a hacker. 
 
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