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  1. a700hitter
    Not the same. Not even close. He suck, but has proved to be serviceable at the MLB level. Plopping a guy who is not even a top 200 prospect on an MLB roster for an entire year is quite different. Not to mention how sitting on the bench it would negatively impact his development. He was not going to be on a 25 man roster next season.
  2. a700hitter
    Agreed
  3. a700hitter
    I didn't say that it wasn't logically sound. I said that I would have made the trade. We just can't discount this kid as giing away zero. Bagwell was also blocked, probably more so than Jacobs.
  4. a700hitter
    If he is good enough to have a 33% chance of sticking on an MLB roster next season, he probably should have been put on the 40 man roster at the end of this year, because we a few guys on the 40 man who would not stick on any roster. Also, if he is good enough to stick on some team's 25 man MLB roster, maybe we should have done better than Thornton.
  5. a700hitter
    I am just pointing out the parallels to the Bagwell trade are there. No one blinked when we traded him for a bullpen arm. Jacobs could be pumping gas in a couple of years, because most prospects don't make it. Or he could be starting in someone's OF. We just don't know. The Sox needed a bullpen arm. Cherries got one. It is the right move for this roster, but I am not going to pretend that I know how this will work out in the end. I am fine with this deal. We need a bullpen pitcher now. I'll also be fine if we move a big prospect to get a big stick. Others will squawk about that, but the big prospects are not the ones that always make it. Guy like Jacobs make it too. In 5 years, when I am saying that we need to make a trade, people may be telling me that I am short-sighted using the Jacobs deal as an example of past short sightedness. LOL!! I am fully aware that he may be a good MLB player some day, and I still would have made the move for Thornton. You seem not to want to acknowledge the fact that Jacobs has potential. He's far from a busted prospect or a dud.
  6. a700hitter
    If he is good enough to hold down a MLB roster spot next season on some team, we probably should have given him a spot on the 40 man roster. He is not going to be on anyone's MLB roster next season.
  7. a700hitter
    The Sox needed an extra arm without question. Thornton should fill the bill.
  8. a700hitter
    Do you think that some team was going to keep him on their MLB roster for an entire year in 2014? I don't think there was any chance of that, so they would have to give him back.
  9. a700hitter
    Jacobs is 22. He had just been promoted to AA. He has hit well throughout the lower minors. He has speed and a little pop in his bat. We have no idea what he will become.
  10. a700hitter
    Yes, they were stuck and they needed the extra left handed arm, but I am not going to pretend that this was some great maneuver or trade. We will not know that for some time. Jacob still wears the tag of "potential". Brandon Snyder does not.
  11. a700hitter
    A one year commitment at $13 million is not a big deal even if he doesn't turn his game around. Someone in the rotation will need to get traded if they want to give one of the kids a chance next season. I don't know who that will be.
  12. a700hitter
    If MLB wanted to handle this PED issue once and for all, all they would have to do is ban a couple of these guys like Braun and ARod and payoff their contract the Union has nothing to say about it. That message would be heard loud and clear. After that, players would be getting their trainer's approval to drink coffee. Ban a coupe of these cheaters. That is what thy need to do. Since the mid-90's none of MLB's stats have any integrity. They need to get the playing field level again, or they just let them do whatever they want. This half-assed enforcement system only penalizes the clean guys.
  13. a700hitter
    Without his slider, he is just not a reliable pitcher. My recollection is that his slider was devastating. It was his out pitch.
  14. a700hitter
    I don't think Jacobs is just a junk prospect. He got some good press for his skills a couple of years ago. I remember when we got Larry Anderson (a much better reliever than Thornton) everyone said that we got him for a guy that we had no use for-- Bagwell. There were two young guys ahead 0f him on the depth chart at 3B. Boggs was only 32 and we had young Naehring and Cooper all ahead of Bagwell who had no future with the Red Sox. How did that turn out? This could be one of those deals. The high profile prospects are not the guys tht always make it big. Look at this dollar store reject Nava. No one would have given $2 for the guy and he has been outstanding. I am not opposed to swapping prospects for immediate help, but if all we are going to get in return is an aging reliever that isn't that great, we should only be dumping a busted or aging prospect-- Snyder or someone like that. If you are going to trade guys who are young with some potential (package a couple of them together with 1 top guy), they should be angling to get an impact player-- not a 4th option out of the pen.
  15. a700hitter
    Nice work!!!!
  16. a700hitter
    He threw a few breaking balls that inning. They were garbage, but at least it was a different look.
  17. a700hitter
    Bailey is going to make us sweat.
  18. a700hitter
    He's older and not as good as Breslow.
  19. a700hitter
    The A's are throwing the ball all over the place. They look amateurish.
  20. a700hitter
    We acquired Matt Thornton for Brad Jacobs.
  21. a700hitter
    I am going to change gears from this fascinating "chicken and egg" debate. This team looks to have the inside line on the Division title. In the last 17 years, we have won only one division championship. It's a pretty rare occurrence for us. Hopefully, Cherries is burning up the phone lines to bolster the team's chances to finish with the best record to get home field advantage. He needs to tailor the team to be a team that can be successful in the post season. I am not hearing or reading any rumors that seem credibly sourced. I guess the rumor mill will heat up after that ASG.
  22. a700hitter
    I never like to think in terms of destiny, but when a bag of garbage like Wright goes 5 2/3 scorless to get the win in relief I start thinking that way.
  23. a700hitter
    Ellsbury has been such a disappointment this season.
  24. a700hitter
    I don't even know what to say.
  25. a700hitter
    Webby was getting his spirit and confidence crushed. Aceves has an injury.
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