Rusty_Savage

I am taking my son to Pittsburgh to catch a hockey and baseball game in April. My brother in law used to be the assistant trainer for the local QMJHL here and the trainer there is now the head trainer for the Pens. Says he's gonna take us into the dressing room to meet the players. I think I'm more excited then the young fella!

According to David Ortiz, Vlad turned down 13/$585M. Take it with as many grains as you wish https://x.com/z101digital/status/1891912290481340823?t=velFiaJBA9XxAL-iL0v8lw&s=19

I don't know, it feels like your nitpicking but whatever. I do agree that they should trade him or match any offer. Losing him for a comp pick should not be in the equation. That being said, the market will dictate what he's worth and I'm sure the Jays will be right there. Only time will tell I guess but either way he should have a monster year if he's looking to prove himself

Dumping on the FO on what they might have probably offered in your opinion is a weird tale. I'm not going to pass judgement on either side until the numbers are leaked but Passan is one of the most respected guys in the game and he believes Vlad turned down a dump truck full of money. Risky play, if true.

I don't know man. I'm just telling you what Passan said, that he "believes Vlad turned down a lot of money. Like a lot". If Vlad has another pedestrian season heay regret this decision. As an aside, I'm not sure that's the burn you think it is

https://x.com/FAN590/status/1892301999246291191?t=Fo9e4rTBMx1hXRE3hyJ9dg&s=19 I don't know how to embed tweets but Passan emphasizes that Vladdy turned down A LOT of money. Hopefully he has a monster year and we re-sign him but either way he should be determined to have a big year

You have no clue that the FO wouldn't go near $450. You're assuming they didn't and are throwing a hissy fit over it. Just give it up, there's no point in debating this until we know the number

Do you know what Vlad's demands were or are you just assuming?

Hard to pass judgement on this without knowing the particulars. If Vlad is asking for way too much money, he will figure that out in free agency and the market will decide what he's worth. I always thought the best route was to trade everyone and start fresh but that was a pipe dream. After the signings they made they were essentially pot committed on the season. See how it plays out I guess but if the team is out of it at the deadline then I'm guessing a huge firesale is coming in Aug.

Yah $20-$25 million per year seems too dear for Kirk. There's only two catchers who make over 20M a season...Realmuto and Perez.

We are signing Scherzer

Yup. Id we can get one of Bregman or Alonso and a capable SP I'll take back all the bad things I've said about Dannon and the Roki debacle. Giminez Santandar Alonso or Bregman Flaherty, Max or Pivetta Hoffman and Sandlin Is a pretty good haul. He really needs to improve the development/drafting but this off-season is already miles ahead of last off-season

I'm taking my son down in April, 2 Pirates games and 1 Penguins game, Buc are playing the Cards and the Pens are playing the Blackhawks, so we get to see 4 terrible teams lol,

Lol. Lol.

I still think he goes back to the Mets