Trading Jon Lester (news and speculation thread)
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Rudy Pemberton said:
Shields will be 33 next year. He's not getting a 6 or 7 year deal. If the years are what's keeping them from committing to Lester, then Shields on a 3 year deal with a 4th year vesting option for 18 AAV might be an appealing alternative. Keep in mind that Shields is likely to receive a QO so his value will be a bit suppressed. I agree they're not likely to go after Scherzer, but Shields should be in play.
NortheasternPJ said:
Some people don't have access to sosh through anything but a mobile device for a good portion of the day. It's not asking much for people to take more than the bare minimum amount of time required to copy and paste a link.
If you have a problem, talk to a moderator. URI asked that all tweet links be copied and pasted into the post so that they come up as shown.Papelbon's Poutine said:
DrewDawg said:
Or at least comment on it. This is a discussion board. If we're going to be reduced to copy and pasting tweets and article snippets, we might as well change the name of the site to mashable.
DrewDawg said:
The fuck machine you using it takes you 15 seconds to copy/paste from one tab to another?
If you want tweets to be visible. Just copy the tweet like we did before the auto embed. Highlight the tweet and click the eraser. Then just paste the link. That's what I have been doing and it's always been visible on tapatalk
I can do a YouTube video with step by step instructions if I need to
I can do a YouTube video with step by step instructions if I need to
PJRs post in this thread took nearly the same time to post as the other fuckwits posting tweets. The difference I can actually see the tweet posted. Cherno gets a solid second place with the summary above the tweet which works well too
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/84792-deadline-news-only-thread/
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/84792-deadline-news-only-thread/
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/statuses/494585610976624643
Peter King @SI_PeterKing · 44s
If it's over, Jon Lester, thank you.
Peter King @SI_PeterKing · 44s
If it's over, Jon Lester, thank you.
I have dibs on re-starting the Lester traded to the Orioles thread, if the deal gets done. It's in my SoSH contract.
edoug said:
Peter King @SI_PeterKing · [URL="https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/494585610976624643
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/494585610976624643"]44s
link to tweet[/url]
If it's over, Jon Lester, thank you.
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There's always door open for you in Manhattan whenever you are in town.
I'm hearing through some well connected friends that the Sox and Os are back on and that the Os have doubled their offer.
Link incoming.
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Correction. The Sox are close to acquiring a giant double stuffed Oreo.
Link incoming.
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Correction. The Sox are close to acquiring a giant double stuffed Oreo.
Why don't we just get rid of the auto embed feature that we put in less then a year ago? Have people copy and paste the tweet then highlight the tweet and click the erase icon (top left in the post box I believe) then just paste the link as a hyperlink.SeoulSoxFan said:
Hunter Harvey got shut down for the rest of the season with a strained right elbow so you can cross his name off in any potential deal with the Orioles..
LesterFan said:
Just speculating, but the timing is odd. We were close to a deal with the O's, then we weren't, and now a top prospect is shut down. Wonder if they were trying to dump him on us.
Roch Kubatko @masnRoch 17m
Duquette still confident he can get deal(s) done by deadline. But still not parting with top pitching prospects. So again, no Lester
Roch Kubatko @masnRoch 18m
Asked if rumors true that #orioles closing in on deal for Lester, Duquette said "That would be news to me."
Duquette still confident he can get deal(s) done by deadline. But still not parting with top pitching prospects. So again, no Lester
Roch Kubatko @masnRoch 18m
Asked if rumors true that #orioles closing in on deal for Lester, Duquette said "That would be news to me."
I don't get why we would target Puig or Stanton since we could just add another prospect and get Trout, right?Papelbon's Poutine said:
Sprowl said:
Wait 'till something actually happens. That thing will bend like an inverted ephus.
With everyone supposedly now dropping out of the Lester race is it possible that the Peavy return ends up better than the Lester return? If Escobar and Hembree were the only offer for Lester is that better than the comp pick?
Sure would suck if that was the case but man would Sabean look like an idiot.
Sure would suck if that was the case but man would Sabean look like an idiot.
j44thor said:
Until 4pm tomorrow, no one has dropped out of the Lester race, no matter what lip service they pay or leak out to their tweeting minions.
j44thor said:
This is all posturing. At sometime between now and 4PM tomorrow some team is going to decide to GFIN and pay the freight. All the Sox need is one. I'd be shocked if the Cards, Dodgers, Marlins and Bucs all stood by and waited contently. It's too close a race and Lester is too big of a difference maker for teams to sit idly.
No. If the price dropped that low, then even the teams that were out would come back in and bid it back up. If all the Giants had to do tomorrow to land Lester was match the value they gave up for Peavy, then Sabean would be adding Lester as well.j44thor said:
There's a floor in the value Lester will return, and it's higher than the compensation pick.
Red(s)HawksFan said:
Right. It could easily be the case that multiple teams feel that Lester is far and away the best player available in a trade and are in a feeding frenzy to get him and that the Sox are just sitting back and watching their already great offers become better ones.
Nothing is going happen until we get close to the deadline tomorrow. Teams are not going to show their hand and reveal the upper limit until the end, and Cherington is not going to settle for any deal until he knows what the most every team is willing to give up.
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