I think/wonder if Boras and Bregman chose them to drive up the AAV as much as possible to have Boston beat Detroit's offer.
Or, Bregman's family wants to be in Boston.
Who knows. He's back on the market in November if we wanted to try kicking that football again.
I think the old regime would be so hung up on the sunk cost of his draft position, et. al., that they would stick it out stubbornly. This group are going to be content to turn the Mannings and Torks into cautionary tales for their other draft picks.
Perhaps he learned about toxic work environments somewhere since the Lions or maybe he's looking forward to coaching in college because as certain coaches have shown you can have a toxic environment and keep your job.
Tigers Trade Mason Englert To Rays
By Steve Adams | February 12, 2025 at 1:33pm CDT
The Rays announced Wednesday that they’ve acquired righty Mason Englert from the Tigers in exchange for minor league lefty Drew Sommers. Tampa Bay opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring southpaw Nate Lavendar to the 60-day IL. Englert was designated for assignment in Detroit last week.
Its cracked 30m worldwide which is a lot but not quite so comprehensive in the public consciousness that randos know what it is yet.
edit: worst are those who act like you have the problem for having a problem with its owner.
there is an amazing anecdote in some book about them going to some US department store and the scientists all breaking out their slide rulers to convert US bra sizes to metric so they could buy stuff for their wives.