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What’s more problematic is Stearns knows how to operate on the cheap and Cohen is paying Lindor/Soto over a billion. If Cohen and Stearns figure out how to work together it wouldn’t be ideal
 
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TBrown said:
He will complete the 6th season of this contract (assuming he doesn’t opt out) as a 31 year old

Hardly a regrettable age to have an historically great hitter under contract
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I agree but is Soto really worth the $51 million a year annually? Are 40+ homers and 100+ RBI's worth the squeeze? Time will tell but Kudos to his agent Scott Boras for getting this big deal done.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
I agree but is Soto really worth the $51 million a year annually? Are 40+ homers and 100+ RBI's worth the squeeze? Time will tell but Kudos to his agent Scott Boras for getting this big deal done.
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In a market like NY he’ll be worth every penny and 5 years from now we’ll view that AAV the same way we do Bryce Harper now.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
I agree but is Soto really worth the $51 million a year annually? Are 40+ homers and 100+ RBI's worth the squeeze? Time will tell but Kudos to his agent Scott Boras for getting this big deal done.
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I look at ridiculous contracts 3 ways

A) it’s not my money
B) there is no true cap
C) it won’t prohibit their spending in other areas

So yes, easy to say 100% worth it
 
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GAVol said:
In a market like NY he’ll be worth every penny and 5 years from now we’ll view that AAV the same way we do Bryce Harper now.
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Thanks for bringing up harsh memories.

Gave Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann the same AAV as Bryce Harper 😓😓😓
 
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TBrown said:
Can’t find any tickets under $500?
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Lowers are $160, Uppers are $100.

I requested 2 from being a donor. I doubt I'll get them as there's only about 1,000 that will end up being available after UT takes cares of institutional obligations.
 
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YankeeVol said:
Lowers are $160, Uppers are $100.

I requested 2 from being a donor. I doubt I'll get them as there's only about 1,000 that will end up being available after UT takes cares of institutional obligations.
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That’s face value. Good luck getting your hands on a ticket at face
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
The Mets pitching still doesn't totally scare me.
If they get their rotation figured out then ill.be worried.
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I’m not worried about their pitching… or their offense.. as currently constructed. But I would imagine if Stearns can figure it out in Milwaukee then he should do ok with Cohen.

It’s like when Friedman left the Rays for the dodgers. Chance it doesn’t work out..probably more like to be a significant divisional hurdle for years to come even if not immediately.

Makes everything AA has (or hasn’t) done the last few years more annoying. We have been existing in our championship window and made exactly zero “all-in” moves.

We’ve had relatively minimal competition for championships with a very cheap core in place and have spent all our time pussyfooting around the edges.
 
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Dave Dombroski (Phillies) is really good at spending money but he has no idea what he’s doing.

I was hoping Cohen would fall into this bucket and probably does individually, but Stearns is good.
 
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TBrown said:
I’m not worried about their pitching… or their offense.. as currently constructed. But I would imagine if Stearns can figure it out in Milwaukee then he should do ok with Cohen.

It’s like when Friedman left the Rays for the dodgers. Chance it doesn’t work out..probably more like to be a significant divisional hurdle for years to come even if not immediately.

Makes everything AA has (or hasn’t) done the last few years more annoying. We have been existing in our championship window and made exactly zero “all-in” moves.

We’ve had relatively minimal competition for championships with a very cheap core in place and have spent all our time pussyfooting around the edges.
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Oh I know.... You think any real championship contender is running Orlando Arcia at SS for more than one year?
I'm not expecting them to be in on every big free agent, but they should've gotten a couple of these mid tier guys.
 
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TBrown said:
Dave Dombroski (Phillies) is really good at spending money but he has no idea what he’s doing.

I was hoping Cohen would fall into this bucket and probably does individually, but Stearns is good.
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The thing about Cohen is that it isn't really in his nature to listen to other people. He made billions of dollars trading stocks - he thinks he knows everything. He has some Trump-like qualities to him. It wouldn't surprise me if as time goes on he has a falling out with Stearns, or whoever his GM happens to be.
 
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05_never_again said:
The thing about Cohen is that it isn't really in his nature to listen to other people. He made billions of dollars trading stocks - he thinks he knows everything. He has some Trump-like qualities to him. It wouldn't surprise me if as time goes on he has a falling out with Stearns, or whoever his GM happens to be.
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That’s the hope
 
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