Red Sox acquire Boof Bonser

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http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/12/report_sox_acqu_1.html

 

Depth move, nothing more

[yeszir]

AWESOME.

 

I've always loved Boof.

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FJKP4nNYgQ4/SkBMqDsRv2I/AAAAAAAACOo/EDIIXQvLIYY/s400/boof.jpg

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Huzzzzzah!

[a700hitter]

Garbage

[BSN07]

Dojji must be on cloud 9 today.

[stocker323]

I think he was one of my stud prospects in the TalkSox Sim League.

[yeszir]

I think he was one of my stud prospects in the TalkSox Sim League.

 

NEVER MENTION THIS AGAIN AHHHHH.

[TheMino007]

at first I was excited b/c he had a 4.22 ERA his first year, then I realized he has gotten steadily worse each of the last two years and I can see why he was DFA. Wouldn't surprise me though if we hung onto him in Pawtucket (can we?) and see him in the rotation at some point when Wake hits the DL.

[Spudboy]

How can anyone with the name "Boof" be taken seriously?

 

Seriously?

 

Let's go Sox!

[Dojji]

Dojji must be on cloud 9 today.

 

Why? I've never even really talked about Boof.

 

Glad to see the team stockpiling some bullpen depth though.

[yeszir]

Prediction: Boof Bonser becomes a breakout super star. By mid May, at least 3 people will join Talksox and ask "Why does everyone boo Boof Bonser?" Boooooooooooooooooooooooooof will be the new Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuk.

[Spudboy]

Didn't he sing for Sha Na Na?

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Prediction: Boof Bonser becomes a breakout super star. By mid May' date=' at least 3 people will join Talksox and ask "Why does everyone boo Boof Bonser?" Boooooooooooooooooooooooooof will be the new Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuk.[/quote']

 

Can we do it even if he sucks?

[yeszir]

Can we do it even if he sucks?

 

I thought about this. Then the chant is "BOOOOOOOOO f*** YOU!"

 

Sounds like Boof. Similar to the Derek Lowe antagonistic chants of when he sucked as closer.

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Booof! Uck you!

[mvp 78]

Didn't he sing for Sha Na Na?

 

How many people on here actually remember watching Sha Na Na?

 

If Boof is getting substantial run this year, we're in trouble...

[riverside sluggers]

Twins acquired RHP Chris Province from the Red Sox as the player to be named in the Boof Bonser trade.

Province, a 2007 fourth-round pick, finished with a 2.60 ERA in 79 2/3 innings out of the pen for Double-A Portland last season. He possesses fringy stuff, but he keeps the ball on the ground and can soak up innings. That might make him a useful 12th pitcher in 2011.

 

Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Boof Bonser on a one-year, $650,000 contract.

The Twins traded Bonser rather than pay him a similar amount. The Red Sox are likely looking at the 28-year-old strictly as a reliever for next season.

[RedSox2737]

BOOF there it is...

[Emmz]

Didn't he sing for Sha Na Na?

 

That'd be Bowser, Spud.

[Spudboy]

That'd be Bowser' date=' Spud.[/quote']

 

Do you really believe that I did not know that?

 

I just find the guy's name funny.

 

Is he any good?

 

Long relief?

 

Spot starting?

[mvp 78]

He seemed to have potential as a 4-5 starter a few years ago. Now he's just long relief or AAA fodder.

[jacksonianmarch]

Bonser actually had a pretty high ceiling a few yrs back. He had a very hard fastball as a starter and a pretty inconsistent breaking ball IIRC. He was considered to be a better bet than Liriano in that trade as Liriano really was a max effort guy and Bonser wasnt. Then, Bonser blew out his shoulder. Now, he's probably useless. But if he can regain his velocity in short bursts, then he could be a sleeper pen candidate.

[Emmz]

Do you really believe that I did not know that?

 

I just find the guy's name funny.

 

Is he any good?

 

Long relief?

 

Spot starting?

 

He used to be considered a solid 4 or 5 starter. If he maintained that, he'd probably be a great addition to the Twins, and we'd have never gotten rid of him. If we did, the Red Sox would have gotten another guy to solidify the starting rotation, if we wanted to trade Buchholz. Now, however, he's terrible. 2006 Twins, he was a big part of them, as was Francisco Liriano. Both men s*** the bed, both men have little value. So yeah, not very spendy or anything, so it's not a big gamble, but who knows, maybe he'll pull a 2006 out of his ass?

[jacksonianmarch]

I think the Twins should move Nathan and convert Liriano to the bullpen. I bet he'd be lights out in short stints, especially since he hasnt stayed healthy since his TJ

[Emmz]

He's played in the bullpen, and wasn't very good. He was terrible as a starter, and maybe only slightly better in the bullpen. His fastball velocity from 2006 was consistently around the mid-to-upper nineties, while his wicked slider would reach around 90-91 consistently. Absolutely deadly pitches, not to mention his curve was in the mid-to-upper 80's as well. He was throwing gas, with wicked rotations, stuff that was pretty much unhittable. He was the best pitcher in baseball, by far, in his portion of the 2006 season, and now he's a guy who can barely make it through three or four innings.

 

I don't think moving Nathan is a good idea, especially considering what we have to replace him with. Sure, he has value, but we have no one to close games. We would have Pat Neshek, but I'm not sure what ever happened to him. I know he had a serious injury, but if he ever comes back, he'd certainly be a question mark. We don't have the bullpen depth that we had even two years ago.

[jacksonianmarch]

I remember when he was lights out with Johan and the scouting reports were telling hitters that he was throwing something like 50-60% sliders. That is incompatible with health for a pitcher.

[Emmz]

He was throwing a lot of those wicked sliders, he abused that pitch, and it cost him his arm. However, I think his other pitches were definitely filthy enough to maintain dominance if mixed well. All 4 of his pitches were a hitter's nightmare. I've never, ever seen someone with such an arsenal of filthy, wicked pitches. I had the pleasure of watching him pitch, I believe against Tampa Bay, it was him vs. then hotshot Scott Kazmir. He only gave up about 2, maybe three hits, all of them pretty weak, and nearly finished the game before Tampa started mounting a comeback. Scott Kazmir gave up a few runs over 6 or 7 innings. That was during the awesome 2006 run, where we finished the season on something like a 74-33 run. I dunno, it was 70-something and 30-something. Unbelievable for a team to go from 9 games below .500, and come back to win the division and 96 games.