The Shit Show Continues After Sale’s Elbow Flare Up

3/3/2020

2:30 PM

When will this bullshit end… like what the actual fuck man! After his first live BP of the spring yesterday (which was only 15 fucking pitches), Chris Sale said he experienced some elbow soreness and went for an MRI late yesterday. The results of this MRI were sent to the cut happy Dr. James Andrews, who has already had to do a PRP (platelet-rich plasma) injection last August, which shut him down for the remaining six weeks of the regular season.

I honestly don’t want to talk about it; when healthy, he’s arguably the best left-handed pitcher on the planet problem has been him not being on the tit every fifth day. I had a conversation with my dad back in the beginning part of August, and the one question we came to is: “why doesn’t he just get TJ now?” obviously you want to avoid a guy who has a lot of money invested in going under the knife, but why not? The Sox weren’t getting into the postseason last year; he’s entering the first year of his five-year extension this season get the dam elbow fixed, and he gets back to being his dominant self as fast as possible.

If Sale is going to miss significant time, it puts the rotation in a hole that is hard to climb out of. With only Nathan Eovaldi, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Martin Perez(who I’m watching get Texas Leagued to death by the Yankees right now), that’s not the greatest one through three in the rotation. Eovaldi is injured often but looks just gross right now in spring training, Rodriguez is coming off a stellar season and has looked dominate as well in the early parts of the spring, finally Perez well he makes starts every fifth day, so that’s what he’s gonna do.

Final Take:
Sale right now is in a wait and see mode; ultimately, I feel he’s going to need Tommy John surgery, he hasn’t been right since the beginning of August in 2018. As a fan of the Sox, I hate watching Sale not be Sale, and if this incident results in him having to get a surgery to fix the ailing elbow fucking do it. They punted on 2020 when they traded Mookie and Price, they’re not catching the Yanks, or the Rays get the fucking surgery and get him back by June of next year.

Dads Trying to Shed Payroll to Go Big Game Hunting in 2021

2/19/2020

5:49 PM

The San Diego Padres are looking to shed some payroll to put themselves in a position to land a big-time player after the 2020 season. A team whose payroll is $141,862,500 is looking to get out of the remaining 3/60 mill contract of Wil Myers, which would free up 30 mill.

Earlier this offseason, the Dads tried to swing a deal with the BoSox for Mookie Betts that would have included Wil Myers going back to Boston. The BoSox weren’t looking to take on that salary do the looming luxury tax fines they were facing entering the year… thank Christ that didn’t happen. However, here we are, the Dads and the BoSox have engaged in trade talks that would send Myers to Boston at a hugely discounted rate, it’s currently unclear as to who Boston would be sending to San Diego. My guess would be Michael “Ice Horse” Chavis, potential 30 homers and 95 to 100 steak guy would fill there hole at 2nd base, its not often you come across a guy with that kinda pop at a position that doesn’t have many power hitters especially for a lineup that only has two real homerun threats(Tatis Jr. and Machado).

As I mentioned earlier, Myers would be going to Boston at a hugely discounted rate, per Sons of Sam Horn thread “2019-20 Offseason Discussion” HanginW/ScottCooper broke down the financials of the contract:
“2020: $13.833 (Red Sox), $10 million “Credit” from the Padres to Red Sox, $10 million cap hit for the Padres
2021: $13.833 (Red Sox), $10 million “Credit” from the Padres to Red Sox, $10 million cap hit for the Padres
2022: $13.833 (Red Sox), $10 million “Credit” from the Padres to Red Sox, $10 million cap hit for the Padres.”

The big thing here is that word in quotes, “Credit,” Bowlerman9 rebottled to HanginW/ScottCooper with this:
“A player’s AAV doesnt change, unless his actual contract does. Myers signed a 6 year, $83M contract so his AAV is $13.83M each of the 6 years.
If a team sends cash along with a player to pay his contract, they take a cap hit for 100% of that amount each year. If a team receives cash, they receive a 100% credit.
So if the San Diego sends $10m/yr along to the Sox, his cap hit would be $10M to SD and $3.83M to Boston each of the next 3 years (for the same $13.83M total).”

Myers AAV is 13.38 mill, and the Dads would be paying ten mill(which is where the credit comes from) of the 13.38 each of the next three years if he were to be traded, Boston would have to pick up the remaining 3.38 mill across those three years.

Jackie Bradley Jr.’s name has been thrown around in this specific trade; he will be a free agent after the year and is set to make 11 mill this year; if this trade were to happen, Boston would be saving 7.62 mill. I can see why they’d make this deal you get a former 3rd Round pick who has a Rookie of the Year under his belt. Myers is only 29, and minus last year his two fully healthy seasons he’s a 30 double/30 homer/ 30 swipes kind of talent at 3.38 mill a year for three years… SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!

Now the Dads are doing this as a salary dump, Myers needs a change of scenery and who better to deal him to than a guy who knows him well in Chaim Bloom. Assuming this happens, the Dads can be in play for Mookie Betts, the only real big fish who is likely hitting the market next offseason. Dads have also been connected to Nick Senzel of the Reds, he’s coming off a down year, and his value is low, they’re still interested in a possible trade for Mr. Smile Francisco Lindor and potentially moving Tatis Jr. to centerfield. Realistically I don’t see Tatis moving off short, so I mean if Lindor’s cool with moving to second, maybe this would work because the Dads can give him 300 mill.

Final Take:
I can see the Myers to Boston trade happening when you crunch the numbers Boston is trying to strike lightning in a bottle, and it’s a low-risk high-reward kind of move. The Dads seem adamant to get out of this Myer’s contract to put themselves in the best position possible to be Big Game Hunting next offseason.

Chris Sale is The Healthiest Sick Player for The Boston Red Sox

2/17/2020

7:01 PM

I’m not entirely sure how one can be healthy and sick at the same time, but Christopher Allen Sale is. On February 11, 2020, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com and Red Sox beat writer tweeted, “Chris Sale is sick and will start spring slowly as a result. He’s fully healthy, though.” When I first saw this tweet, I thought that this was the most Chris Sale related tweet I have ever seen, especially since he’s coming off back to back injured seasons.

To clear all this up, Chris Sale is healthy from an athletic standpoint, which is honestly one of the only things that matter to Red Sox Nation, Sale also has been diagnosed with pneumonia, so that’s the “sick” part in all of this. Now I’ve never had pneumonia before, but I know multiple people that have, and it affects everyone differently, it also can affect you for a month go away/lay dormant in your body for up to sixish months and then resurface so not ideal for a baseball player who partakes in an occupation that involves 162 games.

Interim manager Ron Roenicke gave an update on Sales battle with pneumonia Saturday:

“He still doesn’t have full strength back,” interim manager Ron Roenicke said

“He played catch today. Stretched it out. He also did that yesterday. So, I think he’s progressing along fine. We’re going to go still a little bit easy with him.” And later in the interview noted his confidence in Sale:

“He’s huge for our starting rotation, and he’s one of the best pitchers in the game,”

As of right now, it looks like it will be a day to day situation that will be magnified to the max, considering he’s supposed to be the opening day starter for the Red Sox for the next five years. Roenicke wouldn’t say if Sale were available for the beginning part of the season. Still, one thing right that can come from this is not being overused in spring training. We have to remember here that he was shut down at the end of the season last year with an elbow injury.

Final Take:

All in all, it’s concerning that Sale has pneumonia, but id be way more concerned if something was wrong with his arm. Yes, the situation isn’t great, and pneumonia isn’t that easy to get over, but I’m in a much better place with him being “healthy sick” than “hurt sick.”