08-09 Offseason: Minor Moves

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Ken Rosenthal reprots that the A's have placed Bobby Crosby on outright waivers in hopes of a team taking the $5.7 mil he's owed this season off their hands. So any team in need of a shortstop willing to take a risk might have to consider this.

[Cocos Disciples]

From another team's perspective, there's no way I take on Crosby, especially with his salary. He has not put up a .300 OBP since 2005.

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Exactly why it's a risk, and why i can understand the A's doing it. But hey maybe they'll find a taker.

[mvp 78]

From another team's perspective' date=' there's no way I take on Crosby, especially with his salary. He has not put up a .300 OBP since 2005.[/quote']

 

i get 50% of all my baseball knowledge from mvp 2004 (not really). if you ever sim an a's season, crosby usually retires due to "ability" by 2005 or 2006. haha... i remember an interview with him during his rookie season where he said "i kind of stink in that game." well, he kind of just stinks in general...

[Cocos Disciples]

Great game.

[Cocos Disciples]

Daniel Cabrera to Nats

[jacksonianmarch]

If someone ever gets through to him, he will be absolutely nasty.

[BSN07]

Ya he has the stuff no questions there. His problem is upstairs. But maybe not having the Sox beat his brains in every season may help him.

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Hopefully he does well in Washington, I've always enjoyed watching him pitch, he's so nasty. I remember a few years ago when he took a no-hitter into the 9th against us down in Baltimore....thankfully we broke it up, but it's just one of several impressive performances I remember seeing out of him.

 

In other news, Yankee non-tender Chris Britton has signed with San Diego to compete for the 7th inning role. If given a real chance and not held down in AAA or on that shuttle/revolving door between Scranton and New York he could be a viable reliever. Nothing extraordinary, but he can do the job for a team like San Diego.

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Jorge Sosa and Corey Patterson have signed with the Nats.

[SCM33]

minor moves.......you mean the RedSox whole offseason so far?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

minor moves.......you mean the RedSox whole offseason so far?

Did the Red Sox need to do anything other than minor moves? They moved a likely malcontent in Coco Crisp, got a solid reliever in return, and picked up another decent reliever from Texas. All that we really need to do now is put together the catching situation, and get a back of the rotation pitcher (Brad Penny).

 

 

If we went all out to sign some big name, I guarantee we would have regretted it later.

[SCM33]

my comment was poking fun at the TEX signing

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

my comment was poking fun at the TEX signing

Ah.

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Did the Red Sox need to do anything other than minor moves? They moved a likely malcontent in Coco Crisp, got a solid reliever in return, and picked up another decent reliever from Texas. All that we really need to do now is put together the catching situation, and get a back of the rotation pitcher (Brad Penny).

 

 

If we went all out to sign some big name, I guarantee we would have regretted it later.

Don't lie, you know damn well you wouldn't have regretted signing Teixiera

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Don't lie' date=' you know damn well you wouldn't have regretted signing Teixiera [/quote']

Not next year, not the year after, but later on...

 

 

 

And earlier in the Teixeira thread, maybe like 3, 4 days (so 20 pages ago), I posted that I was a little uncertain if signing Tex is the absolute right thing to do for the Red Sox.

[SCM33]

Yankees sign Kevin Cash.

 

*******s move. No other way to slice it.....just a bunch of D-bags over there.....looks like they really want to get the rivalry going in full force again.

[riverside sluggers]

Good cost effective move for Tampa Bay

 

The Miami Herald reports that the Rays and Joe Nelson have agreed to a one-year, $1.3 million contract.

 

Good for Nelson. The Marlins only wanted to pay him about half that before non-tendering him. Nelson is 34, so this could well be the biggest payday he's ever going to have.

[Cocos Disciples]

Good move, I heard a bunch of teams were interested.

 

Nelson's 2008 (albeit in Florida): 2.00 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 60 K, 22 B in 54 IP.

[BoSox21]

Giants signed Randy Johnson today for 1 year, $8 mil. He can make another $5 mil in bonuses

[Cocos Disciples]

Yeah that was kind of expected. Does that make the rotation: Lincecum, Cain, Johnson, Zito, Sanchez? Does Lowry replace either Zito or Sanchez?

[BoSox21]

I think Sanchez has been the subject of trade rumors so who knows

[Cocos Disciples]

Willy Taveras to the Reds for two years, $ unknown.

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/12/27/reds_sign_willie_taveras.html

[a700hitter]

Willy Taveras to the Reds for two years, $ unknown.

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/12/27/reds_sign_willie_taveras.html

He would not have been a bad 4th OFer. Good speed and a good glove.

[BoSox21]

meh, .308 OBP last year in Colorado of all places. Considering the money he probably got, they can do better for a 4th outfielder

[Cocos Disciples]

He's their starting CF.

[TheKilo]

He would not have been a bad 4th OFer. Good speed and a good glove.

 

We have a guy with his skillset already on the team. His name is Jacoby Ellsbury.

[CrespoBlows]

Tavarez would be f***ing atrocious if he had to play LF or RF for an extended period of time.

[Dipre]

Tavarez would be f***ing atrocious if he had to play LF or RF for an extended period of time.

 

You mean Taveras, and he'd be f***ing atrocious in any sense of the word, since he is the exact opposite of the Red Sox philosophy when it comes to hitting.

[a700hitter]

We have a guy with his skillset already on the team. His name is Jacoby Ellsbury.

But he is the starting CF...right?