Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 5m5 minutes ago
Carlos Beltran has agreed to terms with the Astros.
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 5m5 minutes ago
Carlos Beltran has agreed to terms with the Astros.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 5m5 minutes ago
Source confirms: Beltran in agreement with the #Astros, one year, $16M, full no-trade clause. First on agreement: @Buster_ESPN.
Beltran was DD's plan A.
I wonder what plan B is?
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"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
$16 mil for 1 year seems extremely reasonable, so I can't imagine this was a matter of us wanting him badly but getting outbid. Makes me wonder what else Dombrowski has up his sleeve...
i think we go after mike napoli or jose bautista...just a feeling...and i think we will go after chris sale.
beltran also got a no trade...Originally Posted by Jack Flap
Too bad we didn't get him but such is life. DD probably has plans B, C and D. I would expect something will happen in the next few days on the DH front
I doubt this would have been a sticking point for the Red Sox.
My point is that if they weren't willing to go to 1/16, they couldn't have wanted him terribly badly to begin with.
I suspect the luxury tax threshold came into play for the Red Sox. I'm not surprised that Carlos Beltran signed only days after the Collective Bargaining Agreement was settled.
Wake up Dave!
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Dombrowski might be more preoccupied with figuring out how to squeeze Encarnacion under the limit
on Heyman @JonHeyman 8m8 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
red sox still looking for a hitter, but i hear they do not plan to take the big plunge and make it EE
i think bautista at 2 or 3 years at 20mil per?
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 5m5 minutes ago
Sources: #Nationals remain in talks with #WhiteSox on Sale and #Pirates on McCutchen. #RedSox open on Sale, but only at lesser asking price.
I hope NOT. We could have just offered Beltran for 1 year at $20M.
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