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Quote of the day - "When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty" ~ Norm Crosby
The 2023 Free Agents Sweepstakes (minus the stakes)
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How much money will I pay for Dodgers tickets vs Boston Red Sox on a Sunday afternoon?
Top deck last season was $65 for the Padres.
Top deck last season was $65 for the Padres.
Final tally for Shohei Ohtani's teams
1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Toronto Blue Jays
3) Seattle Mariners
4) Chicago Cubs
5) San Francisco Giants
6) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
7) Boston Red Sox
8) San Diego Padres
9) Atlanta Braves
10) Texas Rangers
1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Toronto Blue Jays
3) Seattle Mariners
4) Chicago Cubs
5) San Francisco Giants
6) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
7) Boston Red Sox
8) San Diego Padres
9) Atlanta Braves
10) Texas Rangers
So what were the Toronto news saying about Ohtani last night?I got it right in Shohei Ohtani signing with the Dodgers!!
The Toronto Sun Headline with "No-Sho".
The Jays tried to sign him as many teams did. They were in it which only upped the bidding price.
LA newspaper headlines: Shohei signs 10 year $700 million to the Dodgers
Cha-Ching
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As big as all the hype is with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, he will still really be another unproven Japanese player in MLB. Will he be another (or better) Yu Darvish, or will he be just another (novelty) Dice-K? We shall see...
Dice-K with his bases loaded and nobody out, but he gets out of a jam. He was quite the adventure.
Kershaw will stay with the Dodgers.
That is a rarity in baseball. Wish it would happen more often.
rhey
They won't sign either of those guys but they will sign Kershaw
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Well now that Yamamoto is a Dodgers, time for the rumors to fly. 12/325 seems like an offer the Red Sox could/would have made. But we'll hear that the Sox were cheap and didn't offer that much, or they did and Yamamoto just wouldn't come here... and did the Red Sox offer 350??? We'll never know I guess. I'm guessing the Red Sox were close to or maybe even more than that offer but Yamamoto wanted to play with Ohtani where he felt he had a chance to win.
In which case the Red Sox may be forced to "sleep in the bed they've made" where they have become a middle market team, with two last place finishes in a row, and massive turnover in the front office, that isn't taken seriously by players that want to win even when the Red Sox offer the same or slightly more money.
There are still lots of pieces out there to get two #2 type pitchers for next year, and with Ohtani and Yama buried in the NLW, there is no reason to believe the Red Sox cannot compete for a playoff spot next year IF they go get two of the big names still out there. either sign two, or sign 1 and trade for 1. But those prospects to work.
In which case the Red Sox may be forced to "sleep in the bed they've made" where they have become a middle market team, with two last place finishes in a row, and massive turnover in the front office, that isn't taken seriously by players that want to win even when the Red Sox offer the same or slightly more money.
There are still lots of pieces out there to get two #2 type pitchers for next year, and with Ohtani and Yama buried in the NLW, there is no reason to believe the Red Sox cannot compete for a playoff spot next year IF they go get two of the big names still out there. either sign two, or sign 1 and trade for 1. But those prospects to work.
