They should have countered with 69 million and see if it got a chuckle out of Mookie. Then they could have sat down like adults and agreed on 350.Originally Posted by Bellhorn04
They should have countered with 69 million and see if it got a chuckle out of Mookie. Then they could have sat down like adults and agreed on 350.
Agreed, but would you call his 2020 season "special?"
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I still think a counter offer would have made for better optics.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
It's just bad negotiating.
There’s a lot of conjecture being passed off as fact here. Do we really know when they “gave up” on Betts?
Even if they knew they'd never come to an agreement, why not make one last offer?
Same with Lester. (With Lester, the offer they ended up making after he became a FA might have been enough to get an extension. It makes me think they knew this and never wanted him even at their final off price.)
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
No, but that's not really the point. It was a decent performance in an f'd-up season. I'd call it more of a wash than anything.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
C'mon man, you've got better reading comprehension than that. "IMHO" and "I think" denote opinion, not fact.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Well, I said he wasn't "special" in his first 2 seasons of the contract, and you objected to using that term.
Saying it wasn't special is not saying it was anything worse than a "wash" or even better than a wash.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Come on.
2019 sucked for Eovaldi.
2020 was fine.
Lumping them together is useless.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
They didn't feel the need to make a second offer because they knew enough of these little piggies would just make excuses for the ownership and just blame the greedy player anyway. No reason for PR! Fans have already bought the jersey!
You seem to think "nothing special" means not fine.
It does not.
I asked if you thought 2020 was special and you said that's missing the point. The point was about 2020 being "special" or not.
Nobody was looking at 2020 and saying it made the signing worth it.
He pitched well in 2020 but nothing special. That's all I meant.
I'm glad we signed him, now- after 2021 and 2020 did not hurt the position, either.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Obviously many fans were upset about losing Betts. I happen to think it might have been more understandable to many fans, had a reasonable second offer been made and made public.
I don't care what their reasoning was for not doing so, but IMO, they should have done it. They should have learned from Lester, where the case was a little different due to Lester hinting he'd take a "team discount."
Betts never hinted at that.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I don't miss Betts and his salary one bit.....don't let the door hit you in the ass is my stance to all that leave us.
I write fictional stories in my spare time. So don't fact check me. Better?
I don't fault any player for leaving Boston for more money elsewhere. Why shouldn't they ?
Old school is good school.
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