Friday Headlines: The Red Sox are Broke!
Old balls Billy Baseball is pissed at the Red Sox, Rich doesn’t hate watching Tatum play basketball anymore, and Dr. Big Mac would like a little god damn respect. PLUS the Simplest Minds of the week and layers on layers
The Red Sox Offseason and JBJ fall out
MLB Lock out
Headlines with the Obvious One
Patriots vs. Bills preview
Celtics snap Shot
Raymond and the Revs
PLUS The Simplest Mind of the week
SHOW NOTES:
Cold Open
5 min Opening Takes
Bill - Fuck the Red Sox
Rich -
Ray -
Show Run Down
The Red Sox Off season
MLB Hot Stove/ Lock out
Patriots vs Bills
Celtics survive Philly
Raymond and the Revs
Welcome subscribe rate review
White birch
15 min Red Sox sift through the garbage
- JBJ deal at the deadline (1 year $9.5 million. 2 year mutual option $12 million. $8 million buy out)
387 AB .163 6 HR. 29 RBI. 132 strike outs
Hunter Renfroe for JBJ 2 prospects (15 and 16)
I mostly heard good things about Binelas, a power-hitting corner infielder, and Hamilton, a speedy shortstop who has a knack for getting on base.
On Binelas, one source said, “He has plus-power, but there’s a lot of work to do defensively.”
And on Hamilton, one evaluator recently said, “His control of the strike zone is really incredible.”
- Rich Hill 1 year $10 million. (the richards special) 41 years old Mets and Rays 32 GP 3.85 ERA 148 K's 7 - 8 record
- Michael Wacha 1 year $7 million. Rays 29 GP. 5.05 ERA. 3-5 record. 121 K's
- James Paxton (richards special w 2 years team option at $13) - Tommy John. Career 57 - 33. 3.59 ERA. Last pitched in NYY 29 GP 3.82 ERA 15 - 6. 186 K's
- Rob Refsnyder - Minor league deal- Christin Stewart - Minor league deal
Red Sox Arbitration Eligible Players
Kevin Plawecki – $2.0MM - Signed
Hunter Renfroe – $7.6MM - Traded
Ryan Brasier – $1.4MM - Signed
Rafael Devers – $11.1MM
Nick Pivetta – $3.2MM
Franchy Cordero – $1.0MM
Alex Verdugo – $3.2MM
Christian Arroyo – $1.1MM
Josh Taylor – $1.1MM
Chaim Bloom:
“We still would like to add more pitching,” Bloom said. “Particularly — we’ve got some guys who could fill multiple roles, but — as far as short relievers, that’s something we have yet to address in meaningful fashion, and we’re going to continue to look at doing that. And then, with this deal, it’s basically a one-for-one swap of position players, and I do still think we have room to add position players to this crew.”
Your Thoughts on the Red Sox Off season?
* MLB Hot Stove
The Deals
SS Corey Seager: 10 years, $325 million with Rangers
IF Marcus Semien: 7 years, $175 million with Rangers
1B Freddie Freeman: Unsigned
LHP Robbie Ray: 5 years, $115 million with Mariners
RHP Max Scherzer: 3 years, $130 million with Mets
RHP Kevin Gausman: 5 years, $110 million with Blue Jays
RHP Marcus Stroman: 3 years, $71 million with Cubs
OF Starling Marte: 4 years, $78 million with Mets
Who would you have liked to see the Red Sox in on?
- Top Free Agents left
Carlos correa
Kris Bryant
Trevor Story
Nick Castellanos
Kyle Schwarber
ANthony Rizzo
Jorge Solar
Bak2basics
5 min MLB owners vote to move into Lock out
- What are they fighting over?
Players want pay days sooner. Higher pay for younger players. Less service time manipulation. Guard rails for tanking.
Owners want luxury tax line lower ($185 million) players want $245. Expanded playoffs. - Bye weak. Teams pick their opponent
Pitch clock, less pitchers on the roster, tweaks to the game.
* May see a over hauled arbitration system for the players. What do they give in return?
FUCK THIS. MLB players are the fattest strongest union in all of sports. From what I am reading it doesn't sound like they want to give up anything.
- I don't disagree with some of what they are asking for, but what do you give up? Why wouldn't you want expanded playoffs?
NO ONE is talking hard cap - Hypocrite players. The wealthiest players are doing the negotiating. They dont give a shit about young players.
Baseball Players suck
- It did create an awesome free agency period
2 min HEADLINES WITH THE OBVIOUS ONE
Major League Baseball Owners have voted to move the league into a lock out. Millionaires will be fighting with Billionaires for the next several months over finances and not fundamental changes to a 100 year old game that is dead.
The Red Sox pulled off a late trade before the lock out deadline that sends Hunter Renfroe to The Brewers for old friend JBJ along with 2 prospects we'll never hear from again
The Celtics outlasted the 76ers 88 - 87 last night. Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 26 points to go along with a career high16 rebounds.
The Patriots take on The Bills in Buffalo on Monday Night Football with the AFC East division lead i'mfaton the line.
This has been Headlines with the Obvious One
10 min Patriots vs. Bills
Who is Josh Allen? 8 year 285 million Josh Allen
- MVP candidate or Inconsistent middler?
Throw an INT in last 4 games. 2 INTs in 3 of last 4 games. Only 4 games this year with out an INT. 6 fumbles 2 lost on the season.
Josh Allen will turn the ball over this game.
- Who will the Patriots let beat them?
Stephon Diggs, Emmauel Sanders, Cole Beasly, Dawson Knox, Josh Allen Running?
Bills defense
- allowing 96.6 rush yards per game. 6th best
- 178.5 passing yards. 2nd
- 15.8 points 2nd
Patriots defense
1st points allowed 14.8
3rd passing yards 200.9
Edge in sacks, Ints, FF, Pass deflections
Offensive lines
PFF has Patriots with 3rd best Oline. Bills 13th.
Interested to see Mac Jones and whole team in a close game
Bills Pats
Coach x
QB x
Pass catchers x
Running x
Run D x
Pass D x
Specials T x
Predictions
Break - Afternoon delight
5 min Celtics fend off 76ers
* Jayson Tatum is winning me back
- Career high in rebounds. Had career high in assists 2 games ago.
- Passes well out of the double team.
- Looks slightly better going to the rim (still weak in traffic at the rim)
- I can see a smidge of buy in
What I don't like
- still Bitches too much.
- can't close yet
- needs a post up game.
*The team
- Needs shooters
- Marcus Smart has not been horrible at times even good in his role. You can get that out of a guy for a lot less than $19 million. He should still be moved.
- Al Horford has been and still is an Embid stopper ( Embid 13 pts 3 for 17)
- They are a different team when healthy. Rob Williams specifically but everyone falls into a role.
- Jaylen Brown is hurt. May always be hurt. Soft?
3 min Raymond and the Revs
- What the fuck happened?
- Bruce Arians calls his shot