Well, DePoet is playing the dominoes again.
He just played one: trading Viera to the White Sox for International Money to add to their offer for Oh Oh Tani.
Amount yet to be announced, but some speculation it will give them $5 mil in international pool money ... the most any team can offer to BabeRuth-san.
So it costs you Viera for $3.5 mil in the reach to attain Oh, Oh, Otani ... and you gotta spread that over all 6 years which is what the contract will be if the Players association goes along with the train by this coming Monday ... so that comes down to about $520K per year for Viera.
And signing Helio on the cheap gives them an SP, a RF, and a 1B ... and leaves room perhaps, for a Darvish.
That is hitting the superfecta.
If, as Gordo suggests, the ball goes dead (which is very doubtful after seeing the ratings for the past WS), then Helio gets gone as White emerges.
Also, Helio suggests he likes Safeco, and should allow better numbers than in Oakland.
So, what 's the next step after BabeRuth-san, if not Darvish?
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