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By Steve Adams | April 20, 2021 at 2:09pm CDT

Click here to read a transcript of Tuesday’s chat with MLBTR’s Steve Adams.

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  1. Bruin1012

    4 years ago

    Steve you are wrong JD Martinez can opt out after the 2021 season he had three total opt outs.

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    • gbs42

      4 years ago

      Everything I have found says this is not the case; he has no more opt-outs.

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      • Egon Spengler

        4 years ago

        How hard did you search?
        mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/red-sox-sign-j-d-martin…

        “Notably, it includes three opt-out opportunities — after the second, third, and fourth seasons of the deal.”

        bosoxinjection.com/2020/12/25/red-sox-rebound-jd-m…

        spotrac.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/jd-martinez-8690/

        “Additional opt out available after 2021.”

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      • gbs42

        4 years ago

        Apparently I didn’t search enough, and there is an opt-out after 2021. Multiple sites were vague about the opt-outs, but MLBTR’s original post and sportac’s both mentioned the third opt-out. My bad.

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      • Bruin1012

        4 years ago

        It’s right in the contract there opt outs one after 2019, 2020, and after 2021. Numerous sites like spotrac also confirm this he is a free agent after 2022. Did anyone really think that Boras wouldn’t get him an opt out after 2021 when the next collective bargaining agreement will probably have the universal DH increasing his value greatly if he still raking.

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  2. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    yeah shocking Vaughn hasn’t hit well so far…who expected this?

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  3. mlb1225

    4 years ago

    Vaughn is also essentially learning a new position on the fly. I think this is more of a Rhys Hoskins-type thing than anything else, but he’s likely not just slacking and trying to do his best to play the position in the majors.

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  4. BobGibsonFan

    4 years ago

    They dont mention Baddoo throughout spring training, then nothing during his hot start. The guy has a couple hitless games and mlbtr is saying how he wasnt expected to be a .370 hitter.
    Way to derail the bandwagon.

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    • Deleted_User

      4 years ago

      LOL

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  5. Deleted Userrr

    4 years ago

    Why a literal murderer as one of your favorite pitchers?

    And as mentioned before, JDM does have the right to opt out after this year. He won’t. But that doesn’t mean he can’t.

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    • Bruin1012

      4 years ago

      Oh he might especially if DH is in both leagues and he has a typical JD year. With more teams needing a DH his value could be greatly raised and with Boras as his agent he will jump all over that.

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      • Deleted Userrr

        4 years ago

        Steve said in a live chat about a year ago that the Red Sox are hoping JDM opts out. The only way a player opts out is if he is producing at a level where his team is begging him not to opt out.

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        • Bruin1012

          4 years ago

          The Red Sox were only hoping for that because it would of allowed the Red Sox to get under the lux tax without trading Betts. If JD hits like vintage JD and the universal DH is adopted you can bet that Boras will tell him to opt out that he can get him more money. If he hits like vintage JD and Boston looks like they are going to be championship level in 2022 I can guarantee you they won’t want JD to opt out. Things. can change.

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        • Deleted Userrr

          4 years ago

          @Bruin1012 No if JD had hit well enough in 2019 to want to opt-out the Red Sox wouldn’t have wanted him to opt-out because then they could have traded him (and the remaining money owed to him) for a haul of prospects. Then they solve the problem of getting under the luxury tax threshold without trading Betts AND get some prospects back. But with the opt-out they lose him for nothing. Which one sounds better to you: trading JDM for prospects or losing him for nothing? Would you rather have prospects or not have prospects, all other things equal?

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    • GETBUCKETS

      4 years ago

      Who is the murderer?

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      • Deleted Userrr

        4 years ago

        I think you know. Only one of the guys Steve named ever killed anybody (well… Randy Johnson killed that bird in 2001 Spring Training, but that’s a different story).

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        • Thomas Walker

          4 years ago

          Implying that Jose Fernandez is murderer is completely stupid. He and the men he was with certainly paid a terrible price for his mistake of drinking and driving, but calling him a murderer, and doing so in the complete douchebag way you did, is ridiculous. People like you are why the internet sucks now. Stop commenting dude. Forever.

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        • Deleted Userrr

          4 years ago

          He was a murderer. A murdering murderer who murdered. If he wasn’t a famous athlete not a single soul would be defending him.

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    • Thomas Walker

      4 years ago

      Schmuck.

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      • Deleted Userrr

        4 years ago

        Not my fault your hero is a murderer.

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        • Bruin1012

          4 years ago

          Not a murderer but manslaughter he would of been charged with that if he lived but not murder.

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        • Deleted Userrr

          4 years ago

          Well sure it was murder. Don’t say there needs to be intent for it to be murder. Andrew Gallo (the drunk driver who ran down Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart back in 2009) was charged with and eventually convicted of murder. I don’t think he had any intent. If he can be convicted of murder, why not Fernandez?

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        • refereemn77

          4 years ago

          You can’t charge the dead. Moron.

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  6. BobGibsonFan

    4 years ago

    The first 3 years of Miggy’s 10 year deal he hit .300 and had an OPS over .900. Davis has done nothing the entire length of that deal. Cabrera is still one of the better hitters on that cruddy Tiger team. Cabrera has only been under 100 OPS 3 times… 93, 97 and this year at 47. Cabrera had 3 seasons with MVP votes,… won 2 silver slugger awards… How do you see that being worse than Davis? East coast bias?

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    • Deleted_User

      4 years ago

      LOL

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