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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    I know this may be squirmish for any Baseball Officer concerned about Service Time, but there are legitimate reasons to give Duran a shot sometime in '21. He won't cost anything... except an extra year of control. But that may be expendable because Gilberto Jimenez is already rated as a better prospect. Duran is 24, Jimenez 20... and after him are Juan Chacon 18 and Miguel Bleis 16. Then my son, who turns 10 in a month!
    Sox should NEVER be concerned about service time. They have enough $$$ to retain anyone if they want to (including Mookie).
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    That service time rule has been a sticking point for a long time now. Maybe they should address in the next CBA.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Sox should NEVER be concerned about service time. They have enough $$$ to retain anyone if they want to (including Mookie).
    Bloom just read your post and had a seizure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Sox should NEVER be concerned about service time. They have enough $$$ to retain anyone if they want to (including Mookie).
    They have enough to retain anyone they want to, but not everyone they want to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    They have enough to retain anyone they want to, but not everyone they want to.
    Sam Kennedy told us: "There is a way to keep both Mookie and JD..."

    ... but he got cut off before he said, "Dali masks and the Bank of Spain."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    They have enough to retain anyone they want to, but not everyone they want to.
    If they didn't re-sign Eovaldi, they would have kept Mookie. Honestly though, they should have just kept Mookie and reset later on.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    if they didn't re-sign eovaldi, they would have kept mookie. Honestly though, they should have just kept mookie and reset later on.
    thank you

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    thank you
    Your welcome. That concludes my Ted talk about John Henry having enough money that Devers/Bogey/Betts should have spent their whole careers in BOS.
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    The Sale extension had more effect on the budget (and keeping Betts) than Eovaldi.
    Sox 4 Ever

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    Not wanting to pay Mookie $400 million had the biggest effect of all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Not wanting to pay Mookie $400 million had the biggest effect of all.
    Seems to be.

    They should have wanted to though.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    The Sale extension had more effect on the budget (and keeping Betts) than Eovaldi.
    The Sale extension also had more potential to affect winning that the signing of Eovaldi.
    Last edited by notin; 01-25-2021 at 02:44 PM.

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    I thought Eovaldi extension was justified. Contracts for both Sale and Porcello were coming due.

    Our 2019 SP rotation looked solid on paper. Sale, Porcello, E Rod, Eovaldi and Price.

    It's all behind us now. Look to the future. I really like this Bloom guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Sox should NEVER be concerned about service time. They have enough $$$ to retain anyone if they want to (including Mookie).
    Not if a pending free agent prefers to play elsewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harmony View Post
    Not if a pending free agent prefers to play elsewhere.
    Yes, Mr. Hall Monitor.

    The idea is that if you show 'em enough money, they don't want to play elsewhere.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

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