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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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Don't get me wrong, that Price deal was just awful. However, I can't help but be a little jealous. They're out making moves while my Cubs are twiddling their thumbs and trying to decide between extremely disappointing candidates Leake and Lackey.

Promise the Cubs are not twiddling their thumbs. I would assume they are among the busiest front offices so far this offseason.

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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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They were only realistically bidding against themselves from the beginning

Yeah, I get the sense Price and his agent essentially played hard to get with Boston, flirted enough with other teams to fully tap into their leverage. Great read by Bo McKinnis if that's indeed what happened.

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If they make the playoffs a bunch the contract will not be an issue, true. Seems nuts to think Price will be a front-end guy for much longer though (assuming you consider him a front-end guy now).

I do think he's a front-end guy, no doubt. He's easily the best on the Sox staff right now, and with the exception of 2014, has not shown a propensity for injury (a la Bucholz). He was in the top three in the AL last year in the following categories: Wins, ERA, IP, WAR for Pitchers (6.0) and FIP. He was 4th in Ks and Ks to BB ration, and 5th in WHIP. I'll call that front line. it does remain to be seen if he can keep up that kind of production at least for the first half of the contract....

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If they make the playoffs a bunch the contract will not be an issue, true. Seems nuts to think Price will be a front-end guy for much longer though (assuming you consider him a front-end guy now).

If they make the playoffs a bunch, Price could set all sorts of records for playoff futility. That would be cool.

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Compared to Film stars they earn their money. Some actors make that much per film, which might involve 6-10 weeks actual work and incredible perks. At leat a ballplayer works hard 8 months out of the year.

FWIW, I stopped going to the movies years ago.

And unfortunately, I can feel contracts like Price's eating away at my enjoyment of baseball. On some level, I truly believe that we should all be a bit appalled (if not embarrassed) by these end-products of our collective interest in being "entertained."

I'll check in periodically (for nostalgia if nothing else), but man...this money is grotesque.

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If they make the playoffs a bunch the contract will not be an issue, true. Seems nuts to think Price will be a front-end guy for much longer though (assuming you consider him a front-end guy now).

Hmmm. This year, Price led the AL in ERA while throwing 220 innings. The previous year, he threw 248 innings and led the league in strikeouts. Yeah, I think that'll do for my front line starter. This isn't the National League.

I think Price is likely to be very good up through his opt-out year. That's when some team (maybe the Red Sox) will do something really stupid.

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FWIW, I stopped going to the movies years ago.

And unfortunately, I can feel contracts like Price's eating away at my enjoyment of baseball. On some level, I truly believe that we should all be a bit appalled (if not embarrassed) by these end-products of our collective interest in being "entertained."

I'll check in periodically (for nostalgia if nothing else), but man...this money is grotesque.

I look at it this way, I'd rather these players end up with a chunk of the money rather than the owners getting even more. The money is going somewhere.

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