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  1. Zenny
    Exactly my feelings on both points. Folks, Tek is overrated. Look at the home/road splits. My grandmother could hit at Fenway. Sure, he's a nice guy in the clubhouse and the pitchers like him, but there are a lot of other catchers out there who could produce very similar results for 10% of the money.
  2. Zenny
    I'd do 2 years, $8 million per with a team option for a third at $9 mil. That's more than fair for a catcher who will be 33. If he doesn't like it, well, I hear that L.A. is looking for a new catcher. Have fun in Dodger Stadium, Tek, where your .750 road OPS will become a .650 home OPS, instead of that cushy .900.
  3. Zenny
    Trot Nixon was one of the 10 best hitters in the American League in 2003. Trot Nixon will be one of the 10 best hitters in the American League in 2005. That's all I have to say. Anyone who doubts Trot Nixon is probably a bandwagoner who just jumped on the Sox party train after the made the Series.
  4. Zenny
    Jon Papelbon. Very underrated, especially his pitches.
  5. Zenny
    The Complete Guide to Playing Golf During the World Series Parade by Derek Jeter
  6. Zenny
    I don't want Alfonso Soriano and his .324 OBP for the rediculous amount of money he's going to make in arbitration or the ludicrous number of prospects it would cost to trade for him, should he not be non-tendered.
  7. Zenny
    I was a pretty big Bellhorn fan, but I now realize that he's a compiler. He hits and gets his walks off of weak pitching, just like Millar and Varitek. These three guys really aren't very good against guys who expand the zone or away from Fenway Park for that matter.
  8. Zenny
    Here's an unofficial, but very good, list: http://kmbumb.people.wm.edu/05agency.html
  9. Zenny
    Pavano doesn't K enough people or get enough ground balls to be effective in Fenway or the AL. He needs a big ballpark to succeed. Don't be surprised if LA makes a push at him.
  10. Zenny
    A loss is a loss, no matter how crippling or how many runs scored, etc. We just have to hope for a Petey gem tonight.
  11. Zenny
    No running back is good enough to create without a solid O-line.
  12. Zenny
    Not going to happen. Glavine was bad in 2003, started off strong again in '04, but fell apart down the stretch. Now, add in the Shea Stadium factor that boosted his numbers and the Fenway factor that would inflate his ERA. Don't forget, Fenway has his dreaded QuesTec as well. No thanks. A healthy Trot Nixon (which he will be) is far more valuable than a healthy Tom Glavine.
  13. Zenny
    I f'ing hate that song.
  14. Zenny
    I wouldn't put too much stock in them. Most pitching prospects are very volatile and most of them don't turn into much. Look at it this way, Alan Embree was a huge prospect way back when. At the rate Cedeno is going, he's likely going to be Alan Embree. If there were any sure things for pitchers in our system, it would be Alvarez then Papelbon. Both of them have displayed excellent offspeed stuff with fantastic control. Papelbon adds another dimension with a 94 MPH heater, though, as opposed to Alvarez's 88.
  15. Zenny
    Element, I think you need to do a little editing on who's face goes with what stats, etc.
  16. Zenny
    Shoppach made the list as 18th in the International League, while no one made the list for the Eastern League (the only likely qualifier would've been Alvarez).
  17. Zenny
    I had two tickets to this game, but my surgically repaired left foot has made me unable to live the Fenway experience without causing the gash in my foot to spew more blood than a chick having her period. That's right, I said it. I will be watching the game from my stupidass couch, though. Goddamnit.
  18. Zenny
    Yeah, I mean, he only set the National League record for strikeouts by a reliever this season. Oh dammit, the Braves just tied that game.
  19. Zenny
    You can get power from any position now a days, so I'm not judging him purely on position. OK, Erstad hits .300, but batting average is the least telling stat of them all. Millar is on base about 5% more frequently. That's a huge difference. So, he can steal ~15 bases? Big deal, he's never on base to do any of that stealing. What Erstad adds in base stealing, Millar destroys him in ability to get on base and hit for power. I would take Millar over Erstad any day of the week, no matter how much Peter Gammons wants man-sex from Erstad.
  20. Zenny
    Different where? They hit for the same average, but Millar is a better slugger and walk-taker. The only difference is that Erstad is not as good as Millar offensively. Granted, defensively, the edge goes to Erstad big-time, but it's not enough of an edge to make up for the glaring deficiency he lacks offensively. Darin Erstad might be the worst offensive 1B in baseball. Find a worse everyday 1B and I'll money-order you a nickel.
  21. Zenny
    Let's go Red Sox! *Clap Clap Clap-clap-clap*
  22. Zenny
    Senor, you and I don't disagree often, but I've got 40 points of OBP and 75 points of slugging that say Millar is better than Darin "Overrated" Erstad.
  23. Zenny
    This is the stupidest goddamned thing that I have ever read. You know what the Curse is? It is a money-making scam by that ********** Dan Shaughnessy. Look into it. I bet that pile of s*** collects royalties every time one of you morons mentions it. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CURSE! THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A POORLY MANAGED TEAM WHO HAPPENED TO BE RUN BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR A BILLION YEARS BEFORE NEW OWNERSHIP TURNED IT AROUND! WHAT THE f***! YOU PEOPLE NEED TO BE STOPPED!
  24. Zenny
    He's a good pitcher and he did a lot better than his ERA indicates. He had one, and his only, relief appearance (Kim's rehab outing) on April 15th where he gave up 9 runs without getting an out. Since Lester is a starter, I think we can throw that one relief appearance out the window and judge him as a 3.39 ERA pitcher instead of the 4.28 that is indicated there. Lester had a very nice K/BB of 2.62, had a K/IP of 1.07 and is only 20 years old (21 next season). Lefties with 90 MPH heaters don't grow on trees and we have two of them. The key is, we need these two guys to get their offspeed stuff going. Lester is further along than Cedeno in that regard, though.
  25. Zenny
    By the end of the season, he was cranking it up to 98 and consistently sitting on 95-96. I'm more impressed with the strides he made on his changeup and slider. That slider is going to be a big-time strikeout pitch. I am going to be very interested to see how he, Papelbon, Lester and the rest of the kids do in making the jump from the big FSL ballparks to the EL's tiny stadiums and bad weather. He really isn't like Cedeno in that he's really making strides in throwing his offspeed stuff for strikes. Cedeno has a very nice break to his curveball, but he can't control it for anything. If he can begin to throw that bad boy for strikes, he's the next Oliver Perez. But that is much easier said than done. Manny D. is more likely to become the better big-league pitcher, but if they progress well, they both have some rediculously high upside. The biggest key is, the both of them need to stay healthy.
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