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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Counterpoint: Also Not OK

Jose already covered the main topic well. I just want to step back and reconsider the following statement:

It’s not official but There is no baseball case for moving Mookie. If the Sox wanted to cut payroll they should never have offered a contract to Jackie Bradley and traded JD Martinez. Or they could have traded David Price with quite literally no return and gotten contract relief that way.

I believe there is a solid baseball case for making this trade. That doesn’t make it OK. ...Read More...

villageidiom Posted: February 05, 2020 at 08:15 AM | 121 comment(s)
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