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Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images His final answer was The Mets Happy Monday. Wait, if Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract wasn’t stunning enough, it can actually be worth $805 million. If the Mets want to void Soto’s opt out after the 2029 season, they must increase his annual salary from $51 million to $55 million beginning in 2030.— Bob … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/9: Who Juants to be a Billionaire?

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Time to wake up from the dream. The Juan Soto saga is over, and the Red Sox did not get their man. This is been, by far, the most likely outcome all along, even if the fanbase did get worked up about the possibility of Soto stepping into the Williams/Yaz/Manny lineage of Red Sox left fielders. The Sox ended up offering around $700 … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: What’s next, now that Juan Soto is a Met?

It’s holiday shopping time! This week, an auction house put a number of items of Red Sox memorabilia owned by the late Larry Lucchino up for bid. Some of them are expensive and amazing (as in, this actual World Series trophy, which went for $61,000). Some of them are . . . something else. Here’s what the OTM crew would buy if we had enough money to own a AAA team. “Wishing … [Read more...] about Our favorite Red Sox memorabilia items from the Larry Lucchino estate sale

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Craig Breslow’s first “big” move of the offseason is shite. There. I said it. I’d like to be focusing on Juan Soto this week. You’ve heard that he’s allegedly making up his mind in the next few days. But then the Red Sox go and sign Aroldis Chapman of all people and deliver a sucker punch to fans. Now I’m taking a couple of stagger … [Read more...] about Aroldis Chapman Is Coming To The Sox, Dammit

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images We know you Jaunt updates TGIF. Baseball’s Winter Meetings begin on Sunday in Dallas and the Juan Soto speculation is all over the place. Will he go to Texas to do some last-minute negotiating? Does he call it first and simply make an announcement? No one knows for sure. But if the Red Sox are truly in big for free … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/6-12/8: Winter Meetings

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Some tea was spilled in Boston last night. Don’t feel bad if you don’t know the name Zack Scott. From 2004 through the end of 2020, he worked on the baseball ops side of the Red Sox front office, though never in a particularly public-facing role. In December 2020, he jumped ship to the New York Mets to work … [Read more...] about We now know why the Red Sox traded Mookie Betts . . . and it tells us something about the Juan Soto sweepstakes

Is he coming back? | Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Rays worked their magic yet again. Would it carry over to Fenway? Welcome back to Smash Or Pass, our offseason series in which we examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Next up: a successful reclamation project who is likely to be traded this offseason. I … [Read more...] about Smash or Pass: Zack Littell

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images I warned you they’ll keep coming Happy Thursday. There isn’t an update on Juan Soto except that the wheels are in motion. When will he sign? Maybe before the Winter Meetings. Or by the send of the Winter Meetings. No one knows for sure. But imagine he’s in Boston today for his Red Sox physical and is experiencing the … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/5: Juan Snowto

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Probably doesn’t end up like Alaska though Happy Wednesday. Over the Monster has covered the Big Signing here and here. Literally everything else aside, the dude signed on January 31 for the 2024 season before turning in a season where the Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t even flip him at the deadline. There shouldn’t be urgency even if he … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/4: Breslow’s Folly