Who Gets Lester?
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Like who? Ian Kennedy? Hamels? Lee? Danks? I don't think there's as much out there for a reasonable price as you suggest, at least not for anyone who's really worth it.rembrat said:
I said Pirates and I actually think the Cubs might end up signing him in the offseason. Well, at least, I hope it's them if not the Red Sox.
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(first in LA) then
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I don't think teams are going to meet the Red Sox demands.
I don't know who he is going to sign for, but I suspect it's going to be like 7/175. Good for him.
I don't know who he is going to sign for, but I suspect it's going to be like 7/175. Good for him.
The offers will not be acceptable and they won't trade him. Signs extension for 5/120 before FA.
worst case scenario: Sox are unable to swing a trade, and Yankees stick it to the Sox and nab Lester in FA
They aren't resigning him. So if they get any offer that's better than a comp pick they'd be idiots to not take it. He's gone.
I have no tweets, evidence, rumor, innuendo or anything else to back me up on this, but I'm voting "other" for the short term: Atlanta.
For the long term, I'd say there's an okay chance that the Red Sox re-sign him, but I think it's more likely to be Seattle or the MFY. I'm going with Seattle to be different, thinking he may be enough of a maverick to go home. He doesn't strike me as a Broadway kind of guy.
For the long term, I'd say there's an okay chance that the Red Sox re-sign him, but I think it's more likely to be Seattle or the MFY. I'm going with Seattle to be different, thinking he may be enough of a maverick to go home. He doesn't strike me as a Broadway kind of guy.
MakMan44 said:
Yeah, I figured we might as well get an early crowdsource on question 2 while we're at it. But question 1 is obviously the main thing at the moment.
I think he's traded to Toronto and signs with the Yankees in the off-season.
Edit: Although I hope he goes to the Pirates.
Edit: Although I hope he goes to the Pirates.
There's a poll? What kind of disfranchisement is it when you can't see a poll on mobile? This mob is just as good as any other democratic mob. I demand my mobocratic rights.MakMan44 said:
I think Theo will go big after him this offseason to anchor his young team.
As for now, I have a Cardinals feeling.
As for now, I have a Cardinals feeling.
Passan says it's done, but not with whom. I'm guessing the Pirates and he signs with the Cubs this winter.
I'm not sure if the Red Sox will move him today.
The Yankees will not go into next season without a top of the rotation starter -- Tanaka will probably miss the entire season and Sabathia isn't the same guy. That means that either Scherzer or Lester end up on the Yankees. The Yankees will want the Lefty. Moreover, Scherzer will cost a high pick, whereas the Yankees can sign Lester (if he is traded today) without giving up their first round pick.
The Yankees will not go into next season without a top of the rotation starter -- Tanaka will probably miss the entire season and Sabathia isn't the same guy. That means that either Scherzer or Lester end up on the Yankees. The Yankees will want the Lefty. Moreover, Scherzer will cost a high pick, whereas the Yankees can sign Lester (if he is traded today) without giving up their first round pick.
This is going to go down right until 4, Ben will wait to see who blinks. At this point after all this I can't see him not testing free agency, the Red Sox aren't going to match the top offer. It's not happening, 6/150 is the minimum I see him getting on the open market. I think lackey ends up staying, he's not retiring at the end of the year. I can see Ben not getting a deal for his liking. My guess is deal will be announced at 420, Lester to the Pirates for Bell and pieces.
He's traded to the Pirates today for Josh Bell (though I prefer Meadows) + ? and in the off-season, rebuffs the largest offer from the MFY to sign a significant offer, (much more than the Sox care to match) to go home to the Mariners.
Apparently the correct team is the one I forgot to put in the poll. I knew I was forgetting one.
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