Red Sox/MLB 2025 Off-Season Hot Stove II

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Smitty93]

I get your point, but I look at it from a different angle, because I'm a fan of a small market team.

I find it really interesting how Sox fans are so hung up on how much team payroll is year after year. Its really unique to Sox fans and I think they go a little overboard about it, TBH. Sure they can overpay for a guy like Bregman and jack the payroll a little more, but then if he gets injured, or struggles we're back to having the conversations you're currently having about Story and Yoshida and how they're overpaid. Its kind of a no-win situation. As for ticket prices, sure they're high. But to be honest, everything is freaking expensive in New England....I don't think that's specific to the Red Sox. Curious to see where the Pats, Celtics and Bruins rank as well.

My perspective is that at the end of the day, teams should try to assemble the best possible talent at the best value that they can (unless you're the Dodgers and are out to ruin MLB's salary structure). The definition of "value" is highly variable though. But then, that's why we have discussion boards.....

Red Sox fans and FSG are supposed to have an unspoken agreement: we pay (last I checked) a top 3 most expensive ticket in baseball and they invest that money into building a championship contender. While attendance has slipped a bit in the last few years, fans have held up their end of that bargain. Ownership hasn't.

If they want to cut payroll, that's fine, but those ticket prices better be getting cut with it. But what they've done the last two years is hype up spending to get people to lock in season tickets (deadline in January) and then cheap out. They're basically committing false advertising and we have every right to be pissed about that.

 

[DKH]

Red Sox look so bad right now because they boasted from the start they are burning some cash without exactly using that phrase

Just STFU and try and sign your own guys and get within 5% (or over) of the tax threshold so you can atleast say

We are at the cap
We are locking up our core long term

Don’t tell everyone how big your junk is and then change in the stall

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

I bet Kenley regrets pissing everyone off in the clubhouse end of last season...

 

[GatorMike]

This seems encouraging:

 

[JRull86]

Red Sox look so bad right now because they boasted from the start they are burning some cash without exactly using that phrase

Just STFU and try and sign your own guys and get within 5% (or over) of the tax threshold so you can atleast say

We are at the cap
We are locking up our core long term

Don’t tell everyone how big your junk is and then change in the stall

You're closing analogy is hilarious.

And it's all accurate

 

[EverettMike]

This seems encouraging:

Oh, yeah, sure a splinker.

A.....splinker.

 

[08SeaBass08]

Oh, yeah, sure a splinker.

A.....splinker.

If only he had a gyroball. No doubt he could make the NPBL.