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did the Padres wake up and decide to be a real team in the last week, or are they just trying to make it look like they tried for their fans? (jumping in on Harper, Machado and Realmuto)
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did the Padres wake up and decide to be a real team in the last week, or are they just trying to make it look like they tried for their fans? (jumping in on Harper, Machado and Realmuto)

 

It would be great if our FO tried even it was only to make us feel great.

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the other weird thing is why are we not at least pretending we're interested...what reason is there behind putting the message out there that they are in a budget crunch?

 

why piss off your fans when you can make it look like you tried and you just didn't win out?

 

none of it makes sense to me. there has to be something going on that goes beyond what the media is saying.

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the other weird thing is why are we not at least pretending we're interested...what reason is there behind putting the message out there that they are in a budget crunch?

 

why piss off your fans when you can make it look like you tried and you just didn't win out?

 

none of it makes sense to me. there has to be something going on that goes beyond what the media is saying.

 

Maybe they just told the truth because not everything is a Machiavellian min-maxing strategy.

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the other weird thing is why are we not at least pretending we're interested...what reason is there behind putting the message out there that they are in a budget crunch?

 

why piss off your fans when you can make it look like you tried and you just didn't win out?

 

none of it makes sense to me. there has to be something going on that goes beyond what the media is saying.

 

Maybe they just told the truth because not everything is a Machiavellian min-maxing strategy.

 

what do they have to lose by letting boras throw their name in? these are the most slam dunk theo/cubs targets ever. and their name is always in on the biggest FAs.

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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.
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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.

I think we should solve that dilemma by just getting Bryce.

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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.

 

Yeah, Philly really put themselves out there with their "we're going to spend stupid money" thing, and if they land neither of the big fish, they'll have some clean up to do on the PR side

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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.

 

Yeah, Philly really put themselves out there with their "we're going to spend stupid money" thing, and if they land neither of the big fish, they'll have some clean up to do on the PR side

 

luckily the cubs showed them the blueprint of how easy it is to just have your owner go on the radio and yell at everyone about how it is good that he is too cheap to buy good players

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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.

 

i really can't.

 

getting excited about and missing on a FA is not worse than whatever the hell this offseason has been

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I can see where telling your fans you're not getting Bryce and then not getting him is preferable to having them think you might get him and then not getting him.

 

Yeah, Philly really put themselves out there with their "we're going to spend stupid money" thing, and if they land neither of the big fish, they'll have some clean up to do on the PR side

 

not really

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If you’re just using the free angent and not telling him, you risk pissing off the agent you need a good relationship with.

 

If they know, they have no incentive to keep your secret

 

this is dumb as horsefeathers. boras has dropped big market teams into rumors and exaggerated their involvement for as long as he's been boras.

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