jpx7 (12-17-2021)
They didn't cherry-pick those numbers - I did - their discussion was about his health in general when they had someone call in to toss out the idea of someone making him a Closer. (Didn't say it was a particularly intelligent discussion to start with either - LOL.)
I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head in saying he just feels like that Dodgers' kind of gamble - and at the same time feels exactly like the type of high AAV gamble Alex likes to make, but one that he simply may not be in a position to take this winter (even with the extra revenue). Like all the rest of the sheep, I just have that feeling that the Freeman situation isn't his call - that he's been told that they're going to eventually do what it takes to stretch for Freddie, but his walking orders are more of the "string it along for as long as you feel there's no REAL threat of him leaving and save us as much money as you can, but the minute you feel like there's a legitimate chance he's taking 6/180 somewhere else without coming back and allowing us the chance to match it, go ahead and put it on the table". There's nothing I've seen in print (or heard) to back that up, it just seems like all the talking heads are being fed that too since none of them think there's much of a chance he ends up elsewhere. I just think they're only going to allow him to continue to play chicken up to the point that there's a chance this turns into a Syndergaard type of situation.
Even if that ACTUALLY is the case and Alex has been told "take care of everything else you need to take care of and we'll step up when the time comes and make the Freeman situation work", I just feel like the $20 million for Morton represents the big money/short-term deal for a rotation piece and any other rotation adds will have to come in at or below the Smyly-range so he'll have enough left to address that one more LH/OF bat to keep them from HAVING TO start their defense with one of Pache or Waters in the lineup if they don't convincingly win their spot during camp - that he may have $20-25 million left to play with that isn't tied in any way to Freddie's situation, but ownership wants to build on the momentum with most things settled at the beginning of 2022 rather than feeling things out with multiple question marks as they go and try to adjust at the deadline. I think everybody understands that's the "smart" approach, but the other 29 teams trying to do the intelligent things don't have early-season ring presentation ceremony weekends to plan for, nor do they have the chance to be the first repeat Champions of this century.
Last edited by clvclv; 12-17-2021 at 10:40 AM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Stupid CBA crap. It’s boring without any rumors
FreemanFan (12-21-2021), jpx7 (12-17-2021)
Cohen announced Showalter as their next manager. Interesting hire.
jpx7 (12-18-2021), UNCBlue012 (12-20-2021)
Perfect hire IMO. No nonsense type manager who could be ideal for a conglomerate of players like Mets are trending towards. Again, just my opinion.
JohnAdcox (12-20-2021), jpx7 (12-19-2021), UNCBlue012 (12-20-2021)
At least our dinosaur had no baggage coming in.
Ok. So we won’t have to worry about the Mets for the next few years.
Our dinosaur is a laid back, father figure to the players. Showalter appears to be a stubborn, fiery, no nonsense dinosaur who will have no problem trying to use that approach on the modern primadona type players. I'm not sure that still works. Can you imagine his reaction the first time he gets called out on Twitter by Cohen?
I was actually concerned they were going to pluck Quatraro from the Rays.
JohnAdcox (12-20-2021)
I keep holding out hope Quatraro finds his way to Atlanta.
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I sure miss high-quality baseball talk.
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Dalyn (12-20-2021), Garmel (12-20-2021), jpx7 (12-20-2021), UNCBlue012 (12-20-2021)
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