[Tyler Milliken] .@middlebrooks on the rumblings about Shohei Ohtani potentially coming to Boston. “There’s only so much I can say… they’re gonna take their chance… that front office right now, at this moment, is trying to find a way to get (Shohei Ohtani).” Oh my. 👀
September 22, 2023
[Tyler Milliken] .@middlebrooks on the rumblings about Shohei Ohtani potentially coming to Boston. “There’s only so much I can say… they’re gonna take their chance… that front office right now, at this moment, is trying to find a way to get (Shohei Ohtani).” Oh my. 👀
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Isn’t a team [legally] not allowed to talk to a prospective free agent? What does “trying to find a way” mean in this context?
Don’t get my hopes up Will
So what about getting more pitching for next season?
Id buy his jersey day one.
So hand out big cash to a guy that will be on the wrong side of 30 and a history of devastating injuries? What could go wrong?
“We were in on him up until the last minute”
The Henry circle of life. Panic sign Ohtani and then trade and/or let Mayer, Anthony, Teel walk once they’re perennial all-stars because he just bought the Arizona Cardinals or something.
well this would certainly be one way to win the PR war
So is every other team?
I haven’t wanted a player in a Sox jersey more in my life.
Ummm…how about pitching? I would love Shohei but let’s fix the most pressing issue.
Attendance the last two years has been the worst this century and by percent capacity the worst since the time right after the World Series was canceled. Want to hang out 81 games? Sign Ohtani.
Can’t wait to hear about how we made a competitive offer when he signs somewhere else.
this would be a huge mistake. Just had surgery for his second torn UCL. Can’t pitch next year and might never pitch as well. Then he’s an aging slugger who just had his career year. And he’s a prima donna with an entourage who won’t talk to writers. Not worth $500M plus. Grab Yamamoto and Hader and maybe a nice bat. Stay the course with the young core, it was hard earned.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think there are better ways to spend money this offseason and that was even before the injury and surgery. Is he even going to pitch next year?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to be far from upset if they sign him (which I don’t expect), but I think there is one too many red flags. Then again they’re probably thinking of all the money adding Ohtani will mean for them.
I mean the problem is that paying for Ohtani is basically paying for a pitcher and a DH. We have way too many lefty (should-be) DHs, and we need more than one pitcher. (And it’s not like Ohtani’s pitching alone would make him some insane, Walter Johnson-tier talent.) Given that I feel like Yamomoto and Nola will go combined for less than Ohtani, I’d greatly prefer to get both of them. (Or Snell, though I have serious concerns about his not going far into games, or some other way to focus on the rotation.)
If they’re gonna do this, they’d better fucking field a competitive team around him. He deserves it. Gonna be beyond pissed if they sign him without doing much else, and it ends up being no more than a move to get attendance up. And as has already been mentioned, it would greatly reduce the chance of ownership being willing to extend the young homegrown talent already in the system right now.
2nd thought: What if all this noise is a sort of “help wanted” billboard? i.e. “who wants to be known as the GM that signed Shohei Ohtani?”
We need PITCHING. And Ohtani won’t even be able to pitch at all next season. And you have to wonder if he will ever be the same as a pitcher.
I like it. Won’t have to give up anything other than cash.
Guys wake up, John Henry has that marketing itch again! Hooray!
He’s not worth the injury risk and with his age I’m just all set on signing him. We need starting pitching and infield defense not a huge contract tied up to a guy with injury concerns.
Injured veteran? Sounds about right …
Who reads my Red Sox fanfiction? If we get Yamamoto as well 👀.
They’re not actually going to do it. They do this with most big free agents. They’re always “in the mix”.
I’ll believe this when he shows up at the press conference
Isn’t he about to have a 2nd TJ? Splashy moves are not what I was hoping for.
27 comments
Isn’t a team [legally] not allowed to talk to a prospective free agent? What does “trying to find a way” mean in this context?
Don’t get my hopes up Will
So what about getting more pitching for next season?
Id buy his jersey day one.
So hand out big cash to a guy that will be on the wrong side of 30 and a history of devastating injuries? What could go wrong?
“We were in on him up until the last minute”
The Henry circle of life. Panic sign Ohtani and then trade and/or let Mayer, Anthony, Teel walk once they’re perennial all-stars because he just bought the Arizona Cardinals or something.
well this would certainly be one way to win the PR war
So is every other team?
I haven’t wanted a player in a Sox jersey more in my life.
Ummm…how about pitching? I would love Shohei but let’s fix the most pressing issue.
Attendance the last two years has been the worst this century and by percent capacity the worst since the time right after the World Series was canceled. Want to hang out 81 games? Sign Ohtani.
Can’t wait to hear about how we made a competitive offer when he signs somewhere else.
this would be a huge mistake. Just had surgery for his second torn UCL. Can’t pitch next year and might never pitch as well. Then he’s an aging slugger who just had his career year. And he’s a prima donna with an entourage who won’t talk to writers. Not worth $500M plus. Grab Yamamoto and Hader and maybe a nice bat. Stay the course with the young core, it was hard earned.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think there are better ways to spend money this offseason and that was even before the injury and surgery. Is he even going to pitch next year?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to be far from upset if they sign him (which I don’t expect), but I think there is one too many red flags. Then again they’re probably thinking of all the money adding Ohtani will mean for them.
I mean the problem is that paying for Ohtani is basically paying for a pitcher and a DH. We have way too many lefty (should-be) DHs, and we need more than one pitcher. (And it’s not like Ohtani’s pitching alone would make him some insane, Walter Johnson-tier talent.) Given that I feel like Yamomoto and Nola will go combined for less than Ohtani, I’d greatly prefer to get both of them. (Or Snell, though I have serious concerns about his not going far into games, or some other way to focus on the rotation.)
If they’re gonna do this, they’d better fucking field a competitive team around him. He deserves it. Gonna be beyond pissed if they sign him without doing much else, and it ends up being no more than a move to get attendance up. And as has already been mentioned, it would greatly reduce the chance of ownership being willing to extend the young homegrown talent already in the system right now.
2nd thought: What if all this noise is a sort of “help wanted” billboard? i.e. “who wants to be known as the GM that signed Shohei Ohtani?”
We need PITCHING. And Ohtani won’t even be able to pitch at all next season. And you have to wonder if he will ever be the same as a pitcher.
I like it. Won’t have to give up anything other than cash.
Guys wake up, John Henry has that marketing itch again! Hooray!
He’s not worth the injury risk and with his age I’m just all set on signing him. We need starting pitching and infield defense not a huge contract tied up to a guy with injury concerns.
Injured veteran? Sounds about right …
Who reads my Red Sox fanfiction? If we get Yamamoto as well 👀.
They’re not actually going to do it. They do this with most big free agents. They’re always “in the mix”.
I’ll believe this when he shows up at the press conference
Isn’t he about to have a 2nd TJ? Splashy moves are not what I was hoping for.