Red Sox/MLB Buffalo Blue Jays - Mookie Betts agrees to sign 12-year, $365 million contract extension with LA

[CDJ]

Barnes is fine 80% of the time.

Braiser has been a disaster since the beginning of last year.

yeah Brasier turned back into a pumpkin

 

[N o o d l e s]

I like the thread title

 

[Merrrlin]

I still can’t really believe it it. Deep down I thought this was a one year thing and Betts was going to be a Red Sox legend for life.

So bizarre for me to imagine him playing the rest of his career somewhere else after what he did in Boston.

 

[N o o d l e s]

I still can’t really believe it it. Deep down I thought this was a one year thing and Betts was going to be a Red Sox legend for life.

So bizarre for me to imagine him playing the rest of his career somewhere else after what he did in Boston.

Mookie, Ortiz and Brady all had shitty ends to their careers here.

 

[Merrrlin]

Mookie, Ortiz and Brady all had shitty ends to their careers here.

I’m an NY sports fan so I didn’t like the other two much but I loved Mookie. Saw him live 5 times during his career as a Red Sox player and there was no one more entertaining to watch. It was impossible not to like him.

NY sports radio is jumping for joy but both NY teams will still need to go through him to win the World Series I’m guessing.

 

[N o o d l e s]

I’m an NY sports fan so I didn’t like the other two much but I loved Mookie. Saw him live 5 times during his career as a Red Sox player and there was no one more entertaining to watch. It was impossible not to like him.

NY sports radio is jumping for joy but both NY teams will still need to go through him to win the World Series I’m guessing.

I get Brady but I’m surprised you’d like Mookie and not Ortiz

 

[McGarnagle]

Mookie, Ortiz and Brady all had shitty ends to their careers here.

David Ortiz led the American League in slugging, OPS, RBI, and Doubles in his final season and retired of his own volition. I don't understand what puts him on this list.

 

[N o o d l e s]

David Ortiz led the American League in slugging, OPS, RBI, and Doubles in his final season and retired of his own volition. I don't understand what puts him on this list.

I meant the way the seasons ended not how they performed individually

 

[McGarnagle]

I meant the way the seasons ended not how they performed individually

Ah, true.

Cleveland was a really good team in 2016 and all things considered deserved to win the series, but the way we got swept kind of sucked. IIRC game 1 was one we should've won but Porcello inexplicably gave up a few dongs to the 9 hitter catcher. Game 2 was over before it started because of Price, and game 3 was in reach but we couldn't get the big hit. We should've pushed the series to at least 4, maybe 5.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Ah, true.

Cleveland was a really good team in 2016 and all things considered deserved to win the series, but the way we got swept kind of sucked. IIRC game 1 was one we should've won but Porcello inexplicably gave up a few dongs to the 9 hitter catcher. Game 2 was over before it started because of Price, and game 3 was in reach but we couldn't get the big hit. We should've pushed the series to at least 4, maybe 5.

They shouldn’t have gone as overboard as they did with the Ortiz celebrations. Ortiz and I think some other members of the team admitted they where tired when the Cleveland series started.

 

[Mathews28]

in fairness Sale was before Mookie/Price got dealt- the contract was pretty unnecessary at the time though in hindsight, that’s for sure

true, and agree. It’s the rationale for that signing in light of (a) Sale’s health and (b) the next steps that confound me.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Ah, true.

Cleveland was a really good team in 2016 and all things considered deserved to win the series, but the way we got swept kind of sucked. IIRC game 1 was one we should've won but Porcello inexplicably gave up a few dongs to the 9 hitter catcher. Game 2 was over before it started because of Price, and game 3 was in reach but we couldn't get the big hit. We should've pushed the series to at least 4, maybe 5.

Ya it was a shitty way for them all to go. Ortiz in a sweep, Mookie in a meaningless regular season game and Brady at home on wild card weekend

 

[GabeTravels]

Love Mookie...but I get not offering him that contract.

Just don't pull the same crap they did with Lester. Don't say you don't sign older pitchers to long term deals, let him walk, and then a year later bring in freaking Price.

Be consistent.

 

[CharaBadSenyshynGawd]

Just more bad asset management from the Sox.

the best move long term would have been swallow the tax money in this season. See where you’re at on deadline day, if you’re deadset in saving the money, Price would have value to a contending team on his own and if you’re in the race, Mookie could be dealt in the same way Manny was. Add a lesser veteran player under control for a few years with a prospect or 2 attached. If you’re out of it, you get at least the same package out of LA.

It’s not the end of the world but if Verdugo flops this could go down as one of the worst trades ever.

a lot of people want to point to the Sale signing..... I still have no issue with it. He’s one of the best pitchers in baseball. That’s a risk you take. Eovaldi, Pearce, Nunez on the other hand...

 

[LSCII]

Just more bad asset management from the Sox.

the best move long term would have been swallow the tax money in this season. See where you’re at on deadline day, if you’re deadset in saving the money, Price would have value to a contending team on his own and if you’re in the race, Mookie could be dealt in the same way Manny was. Add a lesser veteran player under control for a few years with a prospect or 2 attached. If you’re out of it, you get at least the same package out of LA.

It’s not the end of the world but if Verdugo flops this could go down as one of the worst trades ever.

a lot of people want to point to the Sale signing..... I still have no issue with it. He’s one of the best pitchers in baseball. That’s a risk you take. Eovaldi, Pearce, Nunez on the other hand...

Don't forget that up until this season, they were paying that fat sack of shit Panda nearly 20 mill per to not play for them. Which is nice. But hey, they HAD to move Betts. HAD TO. lol

 

[CDJ]

don’t get me started on Pablo Sandoval



has he opted out of the season yet? I imagine he’s at-risk with the type 2 diabetes and everything

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

don’t get me started on Pablo Sandoval



has he opted out of the season yet? I imagine he’s at-risk with the type 2 diabetes and everything

Sandoval is still in SF.....

 

[LSCII]

don’t get me started on Pablo Sandoval



has he opted out of the season yet? I imagine he’s at-risk with the type 2 diabetes and everything

One thing he's never opted out of is going to Hometown Buffet.

 

[Fenway]

It is hard to hate an ownership group that has won 4 World Series but King John, Queen Linda and Court Jester Tom makes it so easy.

 

[BMC]

It is hard to hate an ownership group that has won 4 World Series but King John, Queen Linda and Court Jester Tom makes it so easy.

Any chance of the franchise being sold? John Henry & Tom Werner are getting older.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Love Mookie...but I get not offering him that contract.

Just don't pull the same crap they did with Lester. Don't say you don't sign older pitchers to long term deals, let him walk, and then a year later bring in freaking Price.

Be consistent.

Mookie would be a player I'd be happy to pay. They may go out now and sign someone else for big $$$ and save a little bit on the Betts contract since he set the market now but the production won't come near what Betts could provide, so in the end they are wasting money. It's also not an easy task to play in a high pressure environment like Boston and perform. Betts proved he could do that.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Any chance of the franchise being sold? John Henry & Tom Werner are getting older.

remember that may include NESN, and Liverpool, among others, what FSG has also invested in Worcester is another piece of that.....

 

[Seidenbergy]

One thing he's never opted out of is going to Hometown Buffet.

The team said they wanted to see more of him on the field...............

so he gained another 50 lbs.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/07/writer-regrets-tweeting-pablo-sandoval-pic-that-drew-fat-shaming/

 

[CDJ]

I once fought the band Smashmouth over that hippopotamus in baseball pants

 

[Fenway]

Any chance of the franchise being sold? John Henry & Tom Werner are getting older.

I am shocked they have not unloaded NESN as both Comcast and Sinclair have offered megabucks. I sense now that King John wants the Queen to keep the power

Liverpool winning the Premier League this year offsets any losses in Boston in 2020.

Mookie winds up with $65 million more over 12 years than Boston offered ( $5.5 million a year )