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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.

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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? 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

 

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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.

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