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Sign him.

If he refuses then start with Abrams, Gore, Hassell, and Wood from the Padres. Have them throw in some Mentos to help with the vomit aftertaste.
 
AlexBrovechkin8 said:
I really can’t believe they’re going to trade him. Just pay the guy what he wants. Are they really going to lose a talent like his because they want to pay him $450 instead of the $500M he supposedly wants? He’s 23 years old for f***’s sake, he could play another 15+ years and be one of the best hitters ever. This is not Harper or Rendon or Desmond we’re talking about.
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Reading through the tea leaves his representation thinks he should get the highest paid contract in baseball. I'm sure it will only be the highest for a little bit there are some good young players coming up. At 23 even if takes a rebuild like 3 or 4 years man he's still way in his prime so yeah. Sure they might get some decent talent but not all of it will pan out and will it really move the team closer to competing for a championship? Also on top of things in the middle of selling the club as well. Does it actually make the team more attractive buy selling their best player who is 23? Frustrating. Turner was actually my favorite player and he seemed like a throw in in that scherzer deal.
 
usiel said:
Reading through the tea leaves his representation thinks he should get the highest paid contract in baseball. I'm sure it will only be the highest for a little bit there are some good young players coming up. At 23 even if takes a rebuild like 3 or 4 years man he's still way in his prime so yeah. Sure they might get some decent talent but not all of it will pan out and will it really move the team closer to competing for a championship? Also on top of things in the middle of selling the club as well. Does it actually make the team more attractive buy selling their best player who is 23? Frustrating. Turner was actually my favorite player and he seemed like a throw in in that scherzer deal.
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They should make him the highest paid player in baseball and they should be ecstatic that they have the opportunity to do so. He's done things at his age not done since Ted Williams. He's widely accepted as the closest hitting talent to Ted Williams since Ted Williams. He's doing things literally no one in the sport has done in 80 years. Who gives a f*** what the guy wants to be paid? Just pay him and enjoy having a surefire Hall of Famer playing for you every night for the next decade plus. The Lerners are worth roughly $5 billion dollars and whoever buys the team next will have the coin to pay Soto. It's insane to me that they didn't just ask Boras to fill out the check and let them know when they've finished putting all the zeroes in there.

It'd be like trading Alex Ovechkin at the end of his ELC because he wanted $124M and Washington only wanted to pay him $115M. Who cares what prospects we would have gotten for him? It's pretty much a certainty none of them would have made the impact to the Caps that Ovi has both in terms of on-ice results and what he's done for the sport in the DMV. When prodigious talents come along you do not trade them, especially not at 23 with the prime of his career still in front of them. It's crazy to me that this is happening.
 
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usiel said:
Reading through the tea leaves his representation thinks he should get the highest paid contract in baseball. I'm sure it will only be the highest for a little bit there are some good young players coming up. At 23 even if takes a rebuild like 3 or 4 years man he's still way in his prime so yeah. Sure they might get some decent talent but not all of it will pan out and will it really move the team closer to competing for a championship? Also on top of things in the middle of selling the club as well. Does it actually make the team more attractive buy selling their best player who is 23? Frustrating. Turner was actually my favorite player and he seemed like a throw in in that scherzer deal.
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I heard the Turner throw in was to get the Nats off the line of Maxs defered money and now the Dodgers have to pay it.

I agree Rizzo needs to give new owners the choice to keep Soto and who can say a new up and comming team with much better prospects (O's) wont be a buyer next deadline
 
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AlexBrovechkin8 said:
They should make him the highest paid player in baseball and they should be ecstatic that they have the opportunity to do so. He's done things at his age not done since Ted Williams. He's widely accepted as the closest hitting talent to Ted Williams since Ted Williams. He's doing things literally no one in the sport has done in 80 years. Who gives a f*** what the guy wants to be paid? Just pay him and enjoy having a surefire Hall of Famer playing for you every night for the next decade plus. The Lerners are worth roughly $5 billion dollars and whoever buys the team next will have the coin to pay Soto. It's insane to me that they didn't just ask Boras to fill out the check and let them know when they've finished putting all the zeroes in there.

It'd be like trading Alex Ovechkin at the end of his ELC because he wanted $124M and Washington only wanted to pay him $115M. Who cares what prospects we would have gotten for him? It's pretty much a certainty none of them would have made the impact to the Caps that Ovi has both in terms of on-ice results and what he's done for the sport in the DMV. When prodigious talents come along you do not trade them, especially not at 23 with the prime of his career still in front of them. It's crazy to me that this is happening.
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As good as he is at his early age, he’s still one man. I wouldn‘t be surprised if any prospective new owners prefer the Lerners do the painful part with the fan base and trade him, and inherit a team overstuffed with young talent ready to break out. Do they really want to buy the club, then have to escrow another $500 mil? I think it’s doubtful.

I wonder what Leonsis would do….
 
I hope they don't trade Soto. If they do, it will be nearly impossible to care about the franchise. At the same time, if they score a proper haul in return, it could jumpstart their return to the playoffs and relevance and DC loves a front runner. I'm just concerned they will land a bunch of meh in return.

This smells like the Curse of the Bambino, 2022 version.
 
CapitalsCupReality said:
apple.news

Davis Love III says LIV Golf will sue soon, dishes on potential major boycott — USA TODAY

Is LIV Golf prepping to sue? Would PGA Tour pros boycott a major? Are pros lying to the captain? That and more from Davis Love III.
apple.news apple.news


lol….DL3 suggesting a Majors boycott by the players….more insanity….


Also suggesting more departures after the FedEx Cup playoffs….
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I've been thinking about this and I really don't give a shit anymore. If the LIV golfers want to leave, "well....bye".

Here's why: their popularity has come as a result of their past prowess on the PGA Tour and their ability to win majors or otherwise stand out in that setting. If you cobble together an all-star team playing a different format their relative fame is still tied to their history with the PGA Tour.

So as long as the PGA Tour continues to have close competitions with guys playing great golf then that should spawn new stars while the LIV players become more isolated...under glass...birds in gilded cages.

Yeah, DJ and BD can smash the ball but so can 40 other guys on the PGA Tour. Poulter and Sergio have some Ryder Cup heroics backing them but they may lose that, and other guys will create new legends. And most people can't tell the super subtle differences between the top players. The 20th finishing guy at Rocket this week could probably just as easily throw up a good score at an LIV event. So what's to think LIV is anything super special other than name recognition, which should get old and eventually be eclipsed by the new stars on the PGA Tour?

Does LIV plan to snipe those stars constantly? There's no way that's a sustainable model. It just becomes players cashing in, and eventually few people will want to see that. Tickets are already basically being given away.

news.yahoo.com

Tickets for Trump's Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament selling for as little as $1 as event draws thin crowds, report says

The controversial Saudi-backed event is being held at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster golf course in New Jersey.
news.yahoo.com news.yahoo.com
 
kicksavedave said:
I hope they don't trade Soto. If they do, it will be nearly impossible to care about the franchise. At the same time, if they score a proper haul in return, it could jumpstart their return to the playoffs and relevance and DC loves a front runner. I'm just concerned they will land a bunch of meh in return.

This smells like the Curse of the Bambino, 2022 version.
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Winning>>>>>>star players.

It may take a few years but that's all it'll take to care about the franchise.

People forgot about Harper in less than a calendar year.
 
g00n said:
I've been thinking about this and I really don't give a shit anymore. If the LIV golfers want to leave, "well....bye".

Here's why: their popularity has come as a result of their past prowess on the PGA Tour and their ability to win majors or otherwise stand out in that setting. If you cobble together an all-star team playing a different format their relative fame is still tied to their history with the PGA Tour.

So as long as the PGA Tour continues to have close competitions with guys playing great golf then that should spawn new stars while the LIV players become more isolated...under glass...birds in gilded cages.

Yeah, DJ and BD can smash the ball but so can 40 other guys on the PGA Tour. Poulter and Sergio have some Ryder Cup heroics backing them but they may lose that, and other guys will create new legends. And most people can't tell the super subtle differences between the top players. The 20th finishing guy at Rocket this week could probably just as easily throw up a good score at an LIV event. So what's to think LIV is anything super special other than name recognition, which should get old and eventually be eclipsed by the new stars on the PGA Tour?

Does LIV plan to snipe those stars constantly? There's no way that's a sustainable model. It just becomes players cashing in, and eventually few people will want to see that. Tickets are already basically being given away.

news.yahoo.com

Tickets for Trump's Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament selling for as little as $1 as event draws thin crowds, report says

The controversial Saudi-backed event is being held at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster golf course in New Jersey.
news.yahoo.com news.yahoo.com
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It doesn’t need to be special really. Sooooo many great golf courses and great players. Let them play where they want.

Worst case, most of these guys come crawling back, applying for reinstatement after their contracts end.


Enjoyed Finau winning B2B this weekend, but that field was meh…..

check out the boost in prize money next year….

www.espn.com

PGA Tour to pay out record $428.6M in '22-23

The PGA Tour announced a 2022-23 schedule Monday that includes a record $415 million in prize money in official events and another $145 million in bonuses, including $75 million for the FedExCup.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
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CapitalsCupReality said:
It doesn’t need to be special really. Sooooo many great golf courses and great players. Let them play where they want.

Worst case, most of these guys come crawling back, applying for reinstatement after their contracts end.


Enjoyed Finau winning B2B this weekend, but that field was meh…..
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The field? He set a tournament scoring record. And the other players were only a few strokes behind. Finau is in the zone. All of those guys can play.

Here are the winners last season in a full, undiluted field:

2020–21 PGA Tour - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Without going through the entire roster I'm pretty sure the # of events won by guys who've jumped to LIV isn't that significant.
 
Hunter S. Thompson acolyte reports on the LIV grotesquerie last weekend in New Jersey
defector.com

A Perplexing Afternoon At The Saudi-Funded Golf Tournament In Trump's Backyard | Defector

You go to a disruption-branded, Saudi-funded, breakaway golf tournament held at a Donald Trump property—or, at least, I go to one, against every instinct of self-preservation—hoping to stare into the maw of a fresh horror, to find a bacchanalia, a kaleidoscope of fringe MAGA types descending...
defector.com defector.com
 
Ovechkins Wodka said:
Why force a trade when only a few teams are bidding. We could try again in the off season when most the league would be in on a Soto trade
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They’ll get more if they trade now, in theory. Potentially 3 post season runs with Soto where if they wait for the off-season the team that gets him will only get 2 post season runs with him.
 
WetHog said:
They’ll get more if they trade now, in theory. Potentially 3 post season runs with Soto where if they wait for the off-season the team that gets him will only get 2 post season runs with him.
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I would rather have more Bidders with beter prospects. I dont see any future all stars in any of those offers. O well Ill be prepared to be dissapointed when we get a bunch of minor leaguers for our future HOF 23 year old.
 
Ovechkins Wodka said:
Why force a trade when only a few teams are bidding. We could try again in the off season when most the league would be in on a Soto trade
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I don't think this would be the reality at all.

First of all, he's not going to want to go to just any team. Secondly, only a handful have the legit package of young MLB-ready players and prospects to land him.
 
The Mancini trade makes me sick. I hope those pitchers are good and finally solve the SP problem the O's have had since Mussina.
 
The O’s trade Mancini for a pitcher who needs TJ surgery.


Another trade, I guess the O’s are giving up on the playoffs.
 
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