X Leaves the Spot for San Diego: 11 years, $280M
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I'm not fucking listening to a goddamn thing that Heyman shits out anymore, I'll wait for Rosenthal or Passan.
If I'm not mistaken, this means that @TimScribble gets a lifetime membership from @AlNipper49 for beating soxhop?
I would never pay him that. But let it be known, this is what happens when you fuck around and find out. You negotiate in bad faith, you low-ball your homegrown talent, this is what happens.
So I guess the whole “The Red Sox are about to ink Xander” buzz today was leverage to get the Pads to up their offer.
As I said in the Trea Turner thread, neither player is going to play 11 years. This is a lifetime contract with the years serving to depress the real AAV. It's the total dollars (and NPV) that are most relevant, not years.
That is a heck of a contract. None of us was really close to that. I guess $26m per year is where we were generally but not for 11 years.
Not sure what to say. Good for him. Sucks for us.
Not sure what to say. Good for him. Sucks for us.
View: https://twitter.com/Chandler_Rome/status/1600721981178990593
Yah. Also the cora connection.
But like others. I am fine with the Sox not going 11 years.
Crap. Can certainly see why the Sox didn’t want to go 11 years. That’s ridiculous for a 31 yo. But I agree with others. Hard not to think that the Sox got to a point this week that would have sealed the deal before X opted out. Failure to foresee where this market would go.
Why aren't they going to play 11 years? When has a player ever retired leaving that much money on the table?
Xander was my favorite player since Ortiz retired, but going 11 years is insane. Would not have wanted Sox to match
Right. Maybe like two years ago you buy out his last two years plus add 5 to 7 and you get a discount but once he was close to free agency this is what Boras does. He gets you 11/280. That’s why you sign with him.