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Hatchetman
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4 years $73MM

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Good start, now keep spending you cheap bastards!!!

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So we spent a bunch of money on a catcher who was worse than McCann last year. Well, at least it's something.

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Switch-hitting power hitter at the catching position. Gives you a lefty presence that allows you to use him at DH on days he's not catching. Good signing and improvement over McCann.

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So we spent a bunch of money on a catcher who was worse than McCann last year. Well, at least it's something.

.848 OPS. You solve your DH problem if whoever is "off" that day DH's

Also, there is always the fear McCann had a career year and wouldn't repeat.

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Nice signing but they need much moar.

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Switch-hitting power hitter at the catching position. Gives you a lefty presence that allows you to use him at DH on days he's not catching. Good signing and improvement over McCann.


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4 years $73MM
In dollars, is this the Sox largest contract ever?

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
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4 years $73MM
In dollars, is this the Sox largest contract ever?

Yes

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Wow.....I like it
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4 years $73MM
In dollars, is this the Sox largest contract ever?

Yes

That's just pathetic.

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that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
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that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.

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that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.


so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?
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that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.


so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.

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Keyser hated Grandal, so that's reason enough to be bullish on this move.

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$18MM/year is not that big of a deal.

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Are there any plate appearance minimums needed to for the last year of the contract to kick in?

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FavreFan wrote:
billypootons wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
billypootons wrote:
that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.


so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.


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The we didn't get Manny Machado boobie prize a year later :lol:


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They we didn't get Manny Machado boobie prize a year later :lol:

One year in the prize seems to have been missing on Machado.

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FavreFan wrote:
billypootons wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
billypootons wrote:
that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.


so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.


The curse of Kenny Williams strikes quickly.

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Regular Reader wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
billypootons wrote:
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billypootons wrote:
that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.
so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.

The curse of Kenny Williams strikes quickly.
At least he signed the correct Yasmani.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ya01.shtml

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
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billypootons wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
billypootons wrote:
that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.
so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.

The curse of Kenny Williams strikes quickly.
At least he signed the correct Yasmani.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ya01.shtml


It probably took all of his will. That guy is inside LB size and probably is a terror in the 3 cone drill.

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FavreFan wrote:
billypootons wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
billypootons wrote:
that much money and years for a 31 year old catcher? ok
He has had the best fWAR for catchers in MLB since 2018.


so what year does he start to drop off? year 1 or 2 of the contract?

I think he's probably already like 30% worse than he was 4 hours ago.

:lol: :lol:

True.

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Had to be aggressive and possibly over pay early. Alot falls into place now. He is a strong LH bat, which makes it less important for the next RF to be a lefty. And can now use McCann or collins to trade for that RF. Also, coming to pitch here now looks much more attractive to free agent pitching.
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The balls to tweet this after last year's highly publicized failure of an offseason. Fuck the Sox

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:lol: That is great.

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