Michael Marino could be wrong!! Ohtani or not, we need some big moves this off-season to put the finishing touches on a team with a solid young core. Hopefully if they’re not going for Ohtani they’re all in on the next biggest guys.
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He doesn’t suit our needs and his contract is going to be a monumental risk. We need two SPs and two RHHs for next year.
We shouldn’t be rooting for getting Ohtani in the first place.
Never really got my hopes up for this anyway. On the flip side, hopefully this means they’re in on Yamamoto and are willing to shill out big $$$ for him.
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Just throw money at Yamamoto. Ohtani would be a dream if he wasn’t about to command half a billion dollars to DH this season
Is this one of those AI sports illustrated authors? Lol
I think our only hope for Ohtani is that nobody wants to give him a huge contract because we don’t know what’s going to happen with the pitching. Then he just signs with us for two years to prove his worth and play with Yoshida and Yamamoto. That’s my dream scenario at least.
Surprise, surprise!
I love “Red Sox are interested” season
Ohtani meetings kept top secret and some Twitter guy who has less then 10k followers has all the info…. sure
Yankees dropped out.
good
Ohtani worries me; it’s a certainty he’ll miss a whole year, and then you really don’t know how he’ll return as a pitcher. His contract will be huge, though I know it will be structured around these realities.
And not to be unkind, it’s not as if he single-handedly marched a team to the playoffs.
I have huge respect for what he’s accomplished, and would be hopeful if the Sox signed him, but will not at all feel disappointed if he goes elsewhere. Somewhere, someone is going to roll the dice for BIG money. If we were close, I’d say do it. But we have lots of needs on the roster.
Kill me.
Would obviously love Ohtani, but he never really made a ton of sense for us in terms of our needs anyway. So not overly upset about this.
I’m usually on the side of “don’t attack the writer just because he says something you don’t like” but as discussed in the /r/baseball version of this thread, this guy is a nobody.
My theory with Ohtani has always been that everybody in the baseball business knows he’s a Dodger, it’s just a matter of time.
They’re all just guessing right now. Ohtani is giving them nothing to work with. Either way we don’t need Ohtani so whatever
See guys this is why we should only be focusing on players who spend their free time at Boston college. This was never going to happen, he didn’t spend his offseason’s here.
Ohtani is an unbelievable player but he never really made sense for this team as currently constructed. We desperately need pitching and already have 2 players who are gonna need DH spots pretty soon. As good as he is I’m glad they are (allegedly) focusing elsewhere. Go get Yamamoto now
It literally makes no sense to sign him on our part. I get he’s the Japanese Babe Ruth and all that but we’re literally multiple years and pieces away from a World Series. Signing Japanese Babe Ruth, who will not even pitch for one of the three years we can afford to sign him to has a massive risk and not a huge return. Yes the possible return is leading the league in home runs and being a HOF bat but is that really worth $70 million for a year when it’s not even guaranteed and we’d still likely be sitting at third at best in the AL East like the fucking angels in the west?!
I only trust Passan!
Ohtani doesn’t fix the teams main issues. We’d be better off getting like Montgomery, Merrifield and trading depth for another starter and bat
I have to ask the “we need Ohtani no matter what” people, would you rather have him or any two free agent starters still available? Because that’s probably what you’re choosing between, and thats before addressing any other needs like 2B/OF/Right hand hitters/defense.
If you actually want Ohtani more than that, I think you’re more interested in spectacle and star power than actually being a contender.
And before you say they could just do it all, sure I would love it if they did that, but I just don’t see them suddenly doubling or tripling payroll. Its basically unprecedented and an unrealistic expectation.
if we dont get Yamamoto or another one of the top SPs I am going to riot (be upset from my laptop at home)
I’m all set with Ohtani. You could use that money for massive upgrades to like 3 positions.
I can’t imagine anyone really wanting Ohtani this coming season as solely a DH. His ability to hit not withstanding is for sure amazing but having the dual threat of having him in your SP rotation every 5 days is what makes him worth the money he’s going to command. And TJ is tricky. You never know how they will heal and if the velocity will return.
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He doesn’t suit our needs and his contract is going to be a monumental risk. We need two SPs and two RHHs for next year.
We shouldn’t be rooting for getting Ohtani in the first place.
Never really got my hopes up for this anyway. On the flip side, hopefully this means they’re in on Yamamoto and are willing to shill out big $$$ for him.
Guy has no sources
Just throw money at Yamamoto. Ohtani would be a dream if he wasn’t about to command half a billion dollars to DH this season
Is this one of those AI sports illustrated authors? Lol
I think our only hope for Ohtani is that nobody wants to give him a huge contract because we don’t know what’s going to happen with the pitching. Then he just signs with us for two years to prove his worth and play with Yoshida and Yamamoto. That’s my dream scenario at least.
Surprise, surprise!
I love “Red Sox are interested” season
Ohtani meetings kept top secret and some Twitter guy who has less then 10k followers has all the info…. sure
Yankees dropped out.
good
Ohtani worries me; it’s a certainty he’ll miss a whole year, and then you really don’t know how he’ll return as a pitcher. His contract will be huge, though I know it will be structured around these realities.
And not to be unkind, it’s not as if he single-handedly marched a team to the playoffs.
I have huge respect for what he’s accomplished, and would be hopeful if the Sox signed him, but will not at all feel disappointed if he goes elsewhere. Somewhere, someone is going to roll the dice for BIG money. If we were close, I’d say do it. But we have lots of needs on the roster.
Kill me.
Would obviously love Ohtani, but he never really made a ton of sense for us in terms of our needs anyway. So not overly upset about this.
I’m usually on the side of “don’t attack the writer just because he says something you don’t like” but as discussed in the /r/baseball version of this thread, this guy is a nobody.
My theory with Ohtani has always been that everybody in the baseball business knows he’s a Dodger, it’s just a matter of time.
They’re all just guessing right now. Ohtani is giving them nothing to work with. Either way we don’t need Ohtani so whatever
See guys this is why we should only be focusing on players who spend their free time at Boston college. This was never going to happen, he didn’t spend his offseason’s here.
Ohtani is an unbelievable player but he never really made sense for this team as currently constructed. We desperately need pitching and already have 2 players who are gonna need DH spots pretty soon. As good as he is I’m glad they are (allegedly) focusing elsewhere. Go get Yamamoto now
It literally makes no sense to sign him on our part. I get he’s the Japanese Babe Ruth and all that but we’re literally multiple years and pieces away from a World Series. Signing Japanese Babe Ruth, who will not even pitch for one of the three years we can afford to sign him to has a massive risk and not a huge return. Yes the possible return is leading the league in home runs and being a HOF bat but is that really worth $70 million for a year when it’s not even guaranteed and we’d still likely be sitting at third at best in the AL East like the fucking angels in the west?!
I only trust Passan!
Ohtani doesn’t fix the teams main issues. We’d be better off getting like Montgomery, Merrifield and trading depth for another starter and bat
I have to ask the “we need Ohtani no matter what” people, would you rather have him or any two free agent starters still available? Because that’s probably what you’re choosing between, and thats before addressing any other needs like 2B/OF/Right hand hitters/defense.
If you actually want Ohtani more than that, I think you’re more interested in spectacle and star power than actually being a contender.
And before you say they could just do it all, sure I would love it if they did that, but I just don’t see them suddenly doubling or tripling payroll. Its basically unprecedented and an unrealistic expectation.
if we dont get Yamamoto or another one of the top SPs I am going to riot (be upset from my laptop at home)
I’m all set with Ohtani. You could use that money for massive upgrades to like 3 positions.
I can’t imagine anyone really wanting Ohtani this coming season as solely a DH. His ability to hit not withstanding is for sure amazing but having the dual threat of having him in your SP rotation every 5 days is what makes him worth the money he’s going to command. And TJ is tricky. You never know how they will heal and if the velocity will return.