Time for Ortiz to sit

[YAZMAN]

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[Emmz]

Are you saying I have bad breath??????

[Emmz]

my bad breath image doesn't want to show up, *sadface*

[YAZMAN]

No, I'm showing you the only blue pill in my repertoire.

[YAZMAN]

Women's breath usually doesn't bother me. I've been used to them panting all over me for a number of years now...

[Emmz]

 

Yaz back in 1960

[YAZMAN]

Crap, no youtube at work.

 

I'm a mid-60s baby, baby.

[YAZMAN]

That's the decade, not the number of candles.

[Emmz]

Whatever you say pops!

[YAZMAN]

Whatever you say pops!

 

Bye doll, gotta get back to work.

[Emmz]

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[iortiz]

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hehehehe i'll copy this, and i'll send to a couple of friends hehehe good one!:thumbsup:

[VA Sox Fan]

This thread still cracks me up!

 

What does the future hold for David Ortiz?

Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff June 14, 2011 01:27 PM

 

 

By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff

 

TAMPA — David Ortiz is hitting .358/.409/.755 since May 1 with 32 RBIs. He's not just the best DH in the American League, he's one of the best hitters regardless of position.

 

Ortiz is hitting the ball to left field much like he did earlier in his career with the Red Sox. After two years of pulling the ball into a shift, he has willed himself to swing at better pitches and let the ball get deeper before he unleashes what remains a fearsome swing.

 

"He looks like he did in 2006," Terry Francona said the other day.

 

It's amazing that Ortiz appeared finished as a player only 14 months ago and there was widespread speculation that the Red Sox would release him. He recovered and had a solid season. That led to the Sox picking up their $12.5 million option on Ortiz last fall.

 

Come the end of this season, he will be a free agent.

 

A lot of readers have asked whether the Red Sox should try and sign him before it gets to that point. I'd say no, and here is why:

 

• Ortiz is 35. Why sign him now and risk some sort of long-term injury occurring in the coming months? Better to let the season play out and asses the situation then.

 

• Ortiz wants to stay in Boston. Even if he becomes a free agent, he's not going to snap up the first good offer out there. He's Big Papi here, a local hero who knows everybody. His charitable (and commercial) endeavors succeed here more than they could anywhere else.

 

• Who's to say he's going to keep up this pace all year? All the signs are positive. But you can also make a point that not having a contract is serving as motivation. No sense messing with what is working.

 

• It's bad to do business during the season. If the Red Sox open negotiations now, it could become a distraction. Let's say David believes he's worth two years and $25 million and the Red Sox think he should get one year and $10. Why cause a rift now?

 

• Let the market develop, at least a little, then make a deal. Designated hitters in their mid-30s were scrambling for contracts last winter. Vladimir Gurerrero, who had a big season for Texas in 2010, accepted one year and $8 million from Baltimore with $3 million deferred without interest. That's what good DHs are worth these days.

 

• In the end, assuming David is healthy, there will be a deal to be made. Maybe one year for $12.5 million again with some sort of vesting option for 2012.

 

What do you think? Pay Papi now or pay him later?

[SCM33]

Offer him a 2 year deal, 10M per year.

[Station 13]

Offer him a 2 year deal' date=' 10M per year.[/quote']

 

At the end of the season. He could fall off again. Hopefully not.

[Palodios]

Welcome to Talksox.....

[YAZMAN]

Welcome to Talksox.....

 

Lol, this should be a pretty quick banning.

[The Celtbot]

Lol' date=' this should be a pretty quick banning.[/quote']

 

He's got a point though, he should be able to do whatever the hell he wants with the way he is hitting right now.

[SCM33]

During interleague National League games, Ortiz needs to sit.

 

Putting Agon in RF and Ortiz at 1B makes your team below average at both positions.

 

If they are willing to take a hit defensively, put Ortiz in RF and keep Agon at 1B. Ortiz might actually be faster than Gonzalez.

 

Sound ridiculous? Of course it does, the whole thing is. Ortiz sits, the MVP plays and Ortiz gets 1 AB every game for the pitcher and maybe he sees 2 AB's if AGON is pinch run for using double switches.

[Dojji]

Why does this thread get topped? This board is light enough trafficwise that we can go ahead and start new threadsa for new conversation points, and megathreading is lame unless it's absolutely necessary to keep a site running smoothly.

[SCM33]

Actually, I disagree.

 

We dont need new threads for every single topic we want to discuss.

 

I think Ortiz should sit during interleague games. I posted in the "Time for Ortiz to sit" thread.

 

Where exactly is the problem? I said Ortiz should sit, in the "Time for Ortiz to sit thread". Are we really having this discussion?

[SoxSport]

Good point about defense.

 

I agree Papi sits. Besides, if AdGon ever got hurt in RF, the Red Sox FO would be kicking themselves all over Fenway.

[Palodios]

Why does this thread get topped? This board is light enough trafficwise that we can go ahead and start new threadsa for new conversation points' date=' and megathreading is lame unless it's absolutely necessary to keep a site running smoothly.[/quote']

 

The general rule of thumb in message boards is that if there is a topic on the first page, it makes more sense to bump it than start a new thread. a700 had bumped this one as a joke when Ortiz was named player of the week recently as a joke

[a700hitter]

Good point about defense.

 

I agree Papi sits. Besides, if AdGon ever got hurt in RF, the Red Sox FO would be kicking themselves all over Fenway.

If Ortiz sits, our lineup will be putrid in the NL parks for the next 9 games. AGon doesn't need to be running into walls or diving for balls, so there shouldn't be a risk of injury. There's more a risk of injury at 1B of collisions etc. See Pujols.