“We believe in long-term deals when WE have all the leverage and can exploit it. We do not believe in them when the player has leverage. And since most players can’t reach free agency until they’re a few years from their decline phase, we can always just say we’re being smart.”
If you’re tired of the Rafael Devers discourse, there’s a pretty good way to end it.
Go replace him. Boom. Just like that. It’s that simple. Yes, people will forever be pissed about the return, but if you spend the money properly, just about everyone will shut up.
Craig Breslow hasn’t done it. So guess what? It’s going to keep coming up. Lots of offseason left, but until things are corrected, the anger will be loud.
Gotta tip your cap to Aaron Judge. The Yankees needed him to come through in a big spot and the MVP delivered the most useless single in the history of the sport