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1. 211 strikeouts and a .305 OBP. 23.5M. 2. 0-0 0 IP (career). 30M X 12y 3. Projected 2024 stats: 0-0 0 IP. 70M X 10y 4. Career high 120 IP, 2023. 25M. +135M I suppose if you make enough risky deals, some of them have to pan out, just by the law of averages. But I don’t really like any of...

What was the point of Fletcher if we were going to sign a Guillorme? He’s going to be the most expensive AAA infielder in the US.

Yeah, but wasn't Coppolella shooting all the shots?

I'll bet Pillar would work for $2.5M if you gave him 2 years.

That's exactly what they're doing. It's just that they doled out the bad contract and pay most of it in exchange for the prospect.

Then you might save a few bucks for a deadline acquisition as necessary.

But we don't have much to do. Unless we need Bader money for a 200 AB 4th outfielder. I'd offer Pillar again. He's adequate. And presumably cheap.

Aha. There it is. Yeah, it'll give them room to get their RHH OF. Unless the Mets give every 75 OPS+ 4th OF $10M. Then we're in trouble.

Harrison Bader for $10.5M to the Mets? Ye cats OPS+ of 85 in '22 and 69 in '23. How 'bout them Mets

OK, I guess. Thanks for that. Apparently AA has a much higher opinion of Sale's likelihood of health than I do. He just looks like he's not substantial enough to tolerate two or three more years of one of the most violent things you can do to your body. I remember Sale saying something about...

That doesn't make sense. Why would we pay him $16M more? $500k current + $10M in 2039 is nowhere near $16M. We've got him with $17M from Boston and $5.1M current value from us in '24. Or as you say, the Boston money is already done. But that would be total comp of $33M this year, which isn't...

JPX, How are you getting there? The Sox are paying us $17M this year. He's entitled to $17.5M this year, another $10M ($4.6M PV in '24 dollars) in 2039. So $17.5M + $4.6M = 22.1M in 2024. Why would he agree to $16M? Then a year at $22M, $2M more than his current '25 option now guaranteed...

So he's taking $16M instead of $27.5M? He's already signed for 2024. That doesn't seem to jive.

Was his last Chris Sale baseball card from 2019?

Wow, that's a lot of risk. Alex Anthopoulos, riverboat gambler.

Yeah, probably, and maybe the pull of SoCal is on his mind. However, the Angels are awful and 40 tough miles from Pacific Palisades, and the Dodgers have just invested a billion-two on Glasnow, Yamamoto and Ohtani. The Padres owner died and they've been trimming payroll significantly and found...

Maybe. Kelenic isn't a sure thing, though. If he starts 1-49 we may want to have a little more playable backup.

Could be. But he only got 300 ABs in Boston last year, and he is 35, maybe he'd be down. I thought Pillar was a pretty good fit for that role. Grichuk might be, too. Michael Taylor (the other one). Couple other guys.

I think the role of manager, by definition, includes multiple tactical decisions that give fans the opportunity to second guess - and to take heat when it comes out wrong. And sometimes, they push the wrong buttons. But sometimes, we make our judgements with incomplete information...

I give this plan my full endorsement