The team in 5 years?

[roary]

Just for kicks, what do you think the team will look like in 5 years time? What will the lineup look like? The bullpen? The starting rotation? What minor leaguers will be busts? I'll post mine later. I just thought that this could be fun.

[dirtdogman5]

Well right now it's kinda looking like:

 

C Shoppach

1B West

2B Youkillis/Spann

3B Youkillis/Spann

SS Hanley Ramirez

LF Manny Ramirez

CF Matt Murton

RF Trot Nixon

SP Abe Alvarez

SP Jon Lester

SP BH Kim

SP Bronson Arroyo

SP Charlie Zink?

CP Anastacio Martinez

 

Now of course there will be free agent signing and trades and all that but pretty much just used the players we have in our organization now.

[CrespoBlows]

David Murphy could be added to that, and maybe the draft pick this year

[roary]

I dont see Trot being on the team in 5 years. I would like to think that Nomar would be here though.

 

And I HIGHLY doubt that the entire team would be made up of current Red Sox farm hands. I bet we'll have some current huge name star who is only bound to get better, a la Carlos Beltran or Albert Pujols. (can you imagine Pujols on the sox!)

[Old Hoss]

Originally posted by roary@May 10 2004, 11:13 AM

what do you think the team will look like in 5 years time?

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[RedSoxRooter]

Hoss has arrived...

 

Welcome to the site!

[Tek04]

Carlon Beltran will be on the redsox, as well as Vlad Guerrero

[sarasoxfan]

clemens as the closer...sort of like Eck.

 

God forbid, huh.

[Zenny]

If nothing changes in the prospect and free agent department (HUGELY unlikely), the team will look like this:

 

C- Shoppach

1B- West

2B- Luis Soto

SS- Hanley

3B- Youkilis

LF- Murton

CF- Murphy

RF- Trot

DH- Manny

 

Alvarez

Lester

Delcarmen

Gamble

Cedeno

 

Anastacio Martinez

 

So pretty, much, that's the All-Prospect Team with Trot in RF and Manny at DH. That has about a 0.01% chance of happening. I think the only ones who will have any sticking power in Boston are Shoppach, the Bash Brothers (the inseperable Murphy and Murton, who I think have the best chance), Alvarez and Manny Delcarmen (a Boston native, might I add). That list could quickly change if Manny D. doesn't recover from TJ surgery, Varitek is re-signed and Shoppach is shipped out or any of those boys don't live up to potential.

[YanksHater213]

Originally posted by Tek04@May 12 2004, 02:11 PM

Carlon Beltran will be on the redsox, as well as Vlad Guerrero

lmfao, if anywhere besides where they are now, they will be on the yankees

[yeszir]

With the free agent market the way it is, and contract disputes and greedy agents.. there's absolutely no way the team can be predicted 5 years from now.

[YanksHater213]

Originally posted by yeszir@May 12 2004, 04:59 PM

With the free agent market the way it is, and contract disputes and greedy agents.. there's absolutely no way the team can be predicted 5 years from now.

but the yankees team can.

C- Posada

1b- Giambi

2b- Vidro

3b- Gay-rod

SS- Jeter

OF- Matsui

OF- Beltran

OF- Sheffield

 

SP- Mussina

SP- Vazquez

SP- Hudson

SP- Colon

SP- Milwood

RP- Riviera

 

Not sure about the contracts of millwood and colon but theyll somehow find theyre way on the yankees

[CrespoBlows]

That Yankee team would be so old, I don't think they could compete. Murphy needs to start hitting some homeruns 0 so far.

[Old Hoss]

I'd like to hear what Theo has to say about this. I heard on WEEI last week that Theo has such a keen mind that he pretty much knows how the team will look in 2008.

 

Come on Theo.......join the damn site.

[pilumpyphi]

It's tough enough to predict who's going to be on the team in 5 months let alone 5 years. Here's my stab at it. Laugh away...

 

C - Kelly Shoppach

1B - Erubiel Durazo

2B - Junior Spivey

SS - Ceasar Crespo

3B - Kevin Youkilis

LF - Magglio Ordonez

CF - Carlos Beltran

RF - Rocco Baldelli

DH - Manny Ramirez

 

1- Barry Zito

2- Tim Wakefield

3- Sidney Ponson

4- Charlie Zink

5- Johan Santana

 

CL- Bronson Arroyo

 

Sox send Hanley Ramirez to Seattle and Pedro to Oakland

Seattle sends Jolbert Cabrerra to Oakland

Oakland sends Zito and Durazo to Sox

 

Wow, I'm a dreamer.

[dirtdogman5]

Originally posted by GrassInZimsTeeth@May 19 2004, 08:57 AM

SS - Ceasar Crespo

God help us all if that's the case.

[yeszir]

Haha, GIZT (thats my new abbreviation for you), that team would be absolutely devastating, even with captain crespo at SS.

[YanksHater213]

Originally posted by yeszir@May 19 2004, 03:52 PM

Haha, GIZT (thats my new abbreviation for you), that team would be absolutely devastating, even with captain crespo at SS.

your mean CRAPtain crespo right?

[pilumpyphi]

I don't know. I think the Sox front office is looking at it from a classic old school perspective. They're re-distributing their offense and defense according to how it will best match up with their opponents.

 

I think they're going to pay big bucks on pitching and to have most of their offense in the outfield where they can sacrifice a little defensive skill. I think that means they'll invest a little more at either first and/or third, unless they can develop something comparable to what's available on the market (i.e. if Youkilis meets expectations). That leaves the middle infield and bullpen. The bullpen will always be retreads because who aspires to be a long-reliever or lefty-specialist? Typically, good defensive infielders (especially the home grown sort that they seem to have a bunch of on the farm) are a cheap alternative to trying to get an offensive stud SS or 2B.

 

I also think that after the Walker experiment last year they value double plays more than a handful of homers from their infield. I know they're pumping up Hanley so they can dump him on someone else. That guy's a good ball player, but he's a clubhouse cancer. With a little more experience Crespo may fit in well with the way they're putting ball clubs together....at least for a little while anyway. I think he's doing very well, despite popular belief, for a guy who was probably expecting to get at least one more developmental season in AAA. To be unexpectedly thrust into the the show like that isn't always easy.

[dtgfunk]

5 years from now...

 

C- Varitek

1B- Bagwell

2B- Soriano

SS- Nomar

3B- Chavez

OF-Manny

OF-Burks

OF-Nixon

DH-Ortiz

 

P-Byung Him Kim

P-Sun Woo Kim

P-Wendell Kim

P- Lil' Kim

 

Closer- Sasaki

 

Coach - Jerry Remy

 

GM- Theo

 

Owner- Ben Affleck

 

NESN announcers- Bob Rodgers, Bob Tewksbury

 

Bleacher Seat Ticket prices- $85.00

[Beaneater]

I don't know about 5 years from now, but here's the lineup for the year 2025:

 

1B: Joe Blow

2B: Somebody

SS: Other Guy

3B: Somebody Else

C: Random Shmoe

LF: Etc.

CF: Etc.

RF: Etc.

 

And the Opening Day starting pitcher?

 

SP: Tim Wakefield

 

Yes, at the ripe old age of 50-something Wakefield will still be throwing rotation-free 65 mph floaters to a whole new generation of hitters. Seriously, how much wear and tear does he put on his arm? Has he ever been on the DL with rotator cuff issues? Phil Niekro threw knucklers well into his 40's, as I recall (anyone know the actual numbers?).

 

Maybe we should just sign Wakefield to about a 15-year contract now. He might give us a bulk discount special -- you know, 15 years for the price of 12 or something like that, with super-size fries thrown in for good measure.

[yeszir]

Niekro played until he was 48 I believe. I doubt Wake could do that, no matter what type of pitcher he is. Modern day players just aren't resilient enough to do that.

[tek33rules]

shoppach-C

dominque-1B

spann-2B

youks-3B

h.ramirez-SS

murphy-LF

murton-CF

beltran-RF

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SP1-pedro

SP2-arroyo

SP3-alzarez

SP4-lester

SP5-wake

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closer a-mart

[Red Stockings]

shoppach-C

dominque-1B

spann-2B

youks-3B

h.ramirez-SS

murphy-LF

murton-CF

beltran-RF

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SP1-pedro

SP2-arroyo

SP3-alzarez

SP4-lester

SP5-wake

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closer a-mart

 

It seems way to early to jump ahead and predict what the team will be like in 5 years, and i really dont want to worry about that now. But i dont agree with you on the pedro part. I dont think hes gonna stay with the sox for 5 more years. I predict he will be gone this year or pretty soon. Hes also getting pretty old.