*** OFFICIAL MLB 2018 Thread ***

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Red Sox dump Hanley Ramirez.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...hanley-ramirez

They did this because he would be vested for $22 million in 2019 if he got 497 plate appearances. He has 197 already. They decided to get rid of him early, so it doesn't look quite so petty (dumping him at 450 PA would have been really bad form).

They still owe him $15 million for 2018.

I actually hope the Dodgers pick him up off the scrap heap for the minimum if he gets released (which is probable, as his trade value is negative). He's the type of player who can get hot out of nowhere. For the minimum, you might as well take a shot.

I was happy when the Dodgers didn't re-sign him, and the Red Sox stupidly overpaid him. It was clear to me that he was on his way down. Oh, and LOL at the Pablo Sandoval contract. That guy was always so overrated.

For years this picture and the common stupidity these teams practiced was excellent fun.



Say what you will about Hanley but he has been pretty darn good come post season and the Dodgers not so much. The NL West is still (as it has always been) mediocre at best. Hanley will go to Rockies. Whatever.

Lately, it’s been the moves the Dodgers didn't make (VERLANDER) vs the moves the Red Sox did make (Ramirez, Sandoval)

Red Sox fired the fool who made those trades. The owner has chosen to muzzle himself. The idiot President & CEO Larry Lucchino was exiled. I believe the Red Sox know their window is closing and their fan base demands WIN NOW.

Edit:
Sawks also fired their idiot manager Farrell too. They HAVE taken multiple corrective actions unlike the Dodgers.

The Red Sox haven’t really done anything dumb lately except failing to lock up Mookie Betts. Agents and money might never have allowed it but the Sawks never really made a serious offer. Price contract was pretty dumb.


Why the Dodgers never went for the gold is the legacy of their fail.

I am kinda late coming to the opinion that when constructing the blame pie for the Dodgers fail Friedman & Zaidi are less to blame than ownership. They were told not to spend and they didn’t. That is not to say Friedman/Zaidi possess any great skills or insights that are being held back. It’s just more of an ownership issue.


It was fun to lump the Dodgers and Sawks together as two big money stupid teams but that meme is running out of steam. The Dodgers have taken sole possession of the crown. Was fun.

I believe the Yankees collect another starter and take the East. They are sooo deep with young excess talent. Sawks have middle relief and starter issues. JD Martinez prolly gets hurt as he always does.

Why you haven’t jumped on the Angels bus is a mystery, Druff

Not sure how you can call a team stupid that won their division 4 years in a row and was one game away from winning the WS. Maybe the window is closed, maybe it isn't. But even if it is, that is pretty good indication they did something right.