I could certanily live with a line up like this
Youk
Crisp
Ortiz
Manny
Drew
Varitek
Lowell
Lugo
Pedroia
with a rotation of Schill, Beckett, Paps, D-Mat and Wake
How much would Foulke get in arbitration... he had a decent year last year especially from Aug. 15th on. I bet he could get 5-6 million. In which case he would have to consider accepting, I definetly wouldnt be agiasnt that we need as much bullpen help as we can get.
Keep Manny, breaking up the best 3-4 combo in in recent history is not how you solve a teams problems; lets face it Manny is not a clubhouse cancer everybody seems to like him and he just goes out and hits 40 HR every year. I know people will talk about last september but whats the point at age 34, when the team is out of it to play with Patella tendonitis. The only way that can fully heal is getting proper rest.
When Papelbon started in 05, he was at 93-95 for most of the game in all three of his starts. What makes Papelbon so great is his location and his fastball has great movement. You put so much emphsis on velocity when Location and movement is so much more important. Just ask Josh Beckett whose fast ball s very straight.
WTF are you talking about, Mathews had one good year, you dont give out 50 million to a career 4th OF. He is also 32 years old. This is going to kill the Angels.
wow, chill out. Its juss Speier, its not the end of the world. Papelbon not being the closer is really going to hurt though. I have no idea who our closer is going to be next year. Maybe we will go after alan Embree!