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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    Yep, I did forget.
  2. a700hitter
    They should get rid of Salty. That will help just in case Farrell is notsuch a guru. Ricky Romwero fell apart completely on Farrell's watch in Toronto.
  3. a700hitter
    Last off season, the MVP, Ryan Braun got tied to PEDs and this year, the guy who finished in third place for the CY Young award is implicated with PEDs. Not good news for MLB.
  4. a700hitter
    The depth would be okay if we had a couple of lights out studs at the top of the rotation. We don't have that. We have at best two #2's. More likely, we have two 3's and three 4/5's. A rotation like that need better depth, because the top is not strong enough to get it through rough patches. Depth would have been Jurjens or Marcum. Those would have been good,effective signings, and cost controlled.
  5. a700hitter
    Cook was a horrible depth option. He has been a MASH unit of injuries for several seasons. I can't remember the last time that he pitched close to 200 innings. Plus, he stinks. Please be reminded that we had Morales last year. I wouldn't expect a lot more from him this year-- maybe 100 innings. We just disagree on the adequacy of our starting pitching and our depth.
  6. a700hitter
    None of those guys, Morales, Aceves or De La Rosa have been big league starters that have held down rotation spots for close to a season. Morales season high in innings is 75. Even with his relatively light workload, he has had arm issues. As for De La Rosa, unless he is lights out in camp, he has to prove in the minors that he can take the ball every 5th day. Aceves is another guy who has never been a regular starter. This is not ideal depth. Could these guys step up? Yes, that could happen, but IMO it is unlikely. If the house of cards comes down with our starting 5, these guys will be very unlikely to stem the damages. When I talked about hiccups, I wasn't talking about missing a few starts, I was referring to the fact that one or more of our starters might have lost seasons. If that happens, we do not have the depth to be successful taking regular rotation turns for 3 or 4 months.
  7. a700hitter
    Also, they are rolling the dice big time on a post op Lackey. I am not seeing the wisdom in that. If he has a hiccup, or Doubront hits a sophomore slump, or Dempster has a dumpster type year and it will be a very rough season. One or more of these things are likely to happen. If 2 or more happen, the house of cards will collapse very quickly, and it will not matter if our offense is like the 2004 Sox.
  8. a700hitter
    Good advice.
  9. a700hitter
    His point is not completely without merit. There is some good advice in there.
  10. a700hitter
    I don't think suspensions will result from this.
  11. a700hitter
    I don't have "guys". We're all here together. Fred and I disagree on very fundamental things. He's for bringing up the kids and developing them. That is not a position that I have ever taken. We disagree on a lot, but we just don't attack each other over it. Fred bites back if attacked. He doesn't attack first. The calling out mentality results in retaliation and unpleasantness. It makes for lousy discussion.
  12. a700hitter
    How about just discussing sports in a civil manner without this mentality^
  13. a700hitter
    Yes, the season would not be a success. Improvement doesn't equal success. It's just improvement. Standards of success would differ from organization to organization relative to the resources of that organization.
  14. a700hitter
    I see iortiz point. A big market team that spends up to or over the LT cap, should have as its standard for success making the playoffs .
  15. a700hitter
    Standards don't get watered down by low expectations. It's that simple.
  16. a700hitter
    Making the playoffs is a standard for success. No one "expects" success ever year, but a substandard season is a failure regardless of expectations. Otherwise, the Royals would be a huge success.
  17. a700hitter
    I can't blame the Marlins for setting that as their price. I wouldn't want to part with the guy either unless I got overwhelmed. That being said, I'd offer them to pick any 3 they want and then I'd present them with a group of prospects (lower level) and tell them to pick 1 maybe 2 from that group. I agree that Stanton is a pipe dream, but he's worth pursuing. I'd hate to see another team get him if he is truly on the block.
  18. a700hitter
    I have given up hope of you leaving voluntarily.
  19. a700hitter
    I am not sold on the studliness of Barnes. I am waiting until he shows some dominance at AA. The Sox have been suck ass at drafting and developing starting pitching. I will remain skeptical until I see some results.
  20. a700hitter
    No one is going to give up their top 6 prospects. That is why Felix is still in Seattle. It wasn't a serious offer. If anyone would bite, Seattle knew that it would be a huge overpay. They are looking to sign him to a $100 million extension. I can't think of any player who netted the top 6 prospects from a team. If we plugged Stanton into a lineup with Ortiz, Middlebrooks and Pedroia. That would be some formidable scary ass lineup. I think we could bludgeon ourselves to respectability for 2-3 years at least despite the substandard starting pitching. That would give us some time to restock the farm.
  21. a700hitter
    The contract that helped build the championship was manny's $160 million contract. The problem more recently is that the bumbling Theo fanned on almost every big ticket acquisition. He picked the wrong guys.
  22. a700hitter
    SFF, you injected some Red Sox optimism into my day, but I am still pissed at you for hurting Kalish.
  23. a700hitter
    Is someone discussing $100 million contracts. Plus, it was $100 million contracts to the wrong players that got us in trouble.
  24. a700hitter
    Also, I don't think you would have to give up 6 prospects to get him. I can't recall a trade where 6 prospects were traded for 1 player. I do think it would be very reasonable to let them pick whatever 2 or 3 they want without restriction.
  25. a700hitter
    Recover? We suck now. At least Stanton would give us a wrecking ball to go into the middle of the lineup and provide a tone of excitement and a lot of offense and some wins. I don't understand the prediction of injury by him. The prospects can get injured too and never provide a thing at the ML level. Our #1 rated prospect, Westmoreland had career ending brain surgery. It happens to the prospects too.
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