O's said to be interested in Hanley Ramirez

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, thezeroes said:

Is the TWO TEAMS Brady Anderson and Dan Duquette and once again we are bidding against ourselves?????

Could be.

[Number5]

17 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Let's say, theoretically, that TWO teams are interested in his services, he could use that fact to leverage more money out of one of them.

My understanding is that for a player in this situation, the Red Sox pay what is owed less the prorated league minimum, or, if a team is stupid enough to pay more than the prorated league minimum, it is the Red Sox that gain financially, as they still pay the difference between what they owe him and what the new team plays.  No difference to the player.  If two teams are looking to sign him, he just chooses what he feels is his best situation to go to.  He makes a total of what he is owed by the Red Sox in any case.

[Number5]

28 minutes ago, atomic said:

But that is contingent on him playing for another team. If you had 159 million dollars why would you play for 250k for the rest of the year? 

False.  Boston owes him the money.

[atomic]

37 minutes ago, thezeroes said:

Exactly what I said, so if he wants more than league minmum to sign for the remainder of the year, why would any team sign him???

Are you saying that no matter how much he signs for he won't make anymore money than not playing at all? 

[atomic]

13 minutes ago, Number5 said:

My understanding is that for a player in this situation, the Red Sox pay what is owed less the prorated league minimum, or, if a team is stupid enough to pay more than the prorated league minimum, it is the Red Sox that gain financially, as they still pay the difference between what they owe him and what the new team plays.  No difference to the player.  If two teams are looking to sign him, he just chooses what he feels is his best situation to go to.  He makes a total of what he is owed by the Red Sox in any case.

That seems to be a stupid rule. If I were Hanley I would take the rest of the year off and see what offers were out there for 2019. 

[Number5]

1 hour ago, atomic said:

That seems to be a stupid rule. If I were Hanley I would take the rest of the year off and see what offers were out there for 2019. 

Sure, he could do that.  Don't see how that would help him if he still wants to play, though.

[SteveA]

4 hours ago, atomic said:

Are you saying that no matter how much he signs for he won't make anymore money than not playing at all? 

Correct.   He is guaranteed the money in his contract, just like Chris Davis or any one else.

If a team picks him up for the ML minimum, Boston saves that small amount.

[atomic]

3 hours ago, Number5 said:

Sure, he could do that.  Don't see how that would help him if he still wants to play, though.

Chris Tillman got 3 million this year so Anything is possible.

[gtman55]

Maybe the Orioles can see if Boog Powell has anything left in the tank. Even at 76 he probably could out hit Chris Davis.

[El Gordo]

35 minutes ago, gtman55 said:

Maybe the Orioles can see if Boog Powell has anything left in the tank. Even at 76 he probably could out hit Chris Davis.

I seriously think Raffy could.

[sportsfan8703]

There’s about 100 games left. I’m pretty sure the fans know we’re the worst team in baseball. Not that Hanley changes that, but just keep the status quo and lose out. Or bring in guys that deserve a shot and could be here in the future. 

[Ohfan67]

10 hours ago, elgordo said:

I seriously think Raffy could.

Raffy's hitting .250 with a .634 OPS for the Cleburne Railroaders. I think the more interesting question is could Davis outhit Raffy in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. I think Davis could, but it would be fun to see. Maybe Davis needs a two week stint with Cleburne to get back on track.

 

p.s. Matt Scherzer is listed as an alum of the league. How the heck did that happen!!?? Looks like he may have pitched a few games before signing after college??? Chaz Roe and David Peralta are also alums. 

[Drifter]

On 6/2/2018 at 5:21 PM, joelala said:

..... Talk about a band-aid over a cannon hole

FTFY  

[jamalshw]

That's it, I give up.

Lets sign Ramirez, put him at short and trot out the worst defense of all times with Alvarez at 3B, Ramirez at SS, Trumbo in RF, Jones in CF and Mancini in LF. Then, lets also add Raffy to play first and let Davis DH. I feel like if we're going to make a sideshow out of ourselves, lets at least do it right. Hey, maybe we can also trade for Tim Tebow.

 

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

That's it, I give up.

Lets sign Ramirez, put him at short and trot out the worst defense of all times with Alvarez at 3B, Ramirez at SS, Trumbo in RF, Jones in CF and Mancini in LF. Then, lets also add Raffy to play first and let Davis DH. I feel like if we're going to make a sideshow out of ourselves, lets at least do it right. Hey, maybe we can also trade for Tim Tebow.

 

In order to do that they are going to have to rough up the field and take away their gloves.