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  1. a700hitter
    Vargas for Ellsbury would be highway robbery by the Mariners. They would jump at that deal.
  2. a700hitter
    I like the way this newbie thinks. :thumbsup:
  3. a700hitter
    Victorino is a pretty good player. He's a huge upgrade over what we have been rolling out there in the last 2 years. He is a tremendous fielder. I have seen him play a lot when he was with the Phillies. He always seemed to hurt the Mets more than any Philly other than Utley. I remember a few years ago against Johan (before the injury) he took Johan deep for a big Grand Slam. I was surprised at two things: 1. The size of the contract, but Cherries doesn't have the time to negotiate the lowest possible price. He has too much work to do. 2. His splits against RHP. Overall, he is a solid addition for RF, and I don't think that it necessarily a precursor to moving Ells.
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    This fills a need for the Rays.
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    We spent $39 million on a guy who, at this point in his career, is little better than Brett Gardner.
  8. a700hitter
    It scares me that Farrell wants to run more. In 2 seasons in Toronto, his team ran like chickens with their heads cut off. Their running game was so amateurish that it was laughable. I do not want to see him bring that act to Boston. He did bring his idiot third base coach, so I am very worried.
  9. a700hitter
    Josh Willingham got a contract for 3/$24 last year and that was too pricy for the Sox who opted for 1 year of Cody Ross at $3 million. Now, Victorino gets $37-39 million?
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    I'll have to look again, but I thought his career splits against RHP are not very good. They certainly don't justify $13 million/year for 3 years. Were they just looking to give away money here? Put this in the context of what Ortiz makes, and it just looks stupid.
  11. a700hitter
    They have paid much too much for him to be a platoon player, but his splits scream platoon player. He is awful against RHP and I don't think Fenway will help that. His splits were awful in the bandbox in Philly.
  12. a700hitter
    That's a good point. I don't get this move. His splits against RHP are terrible.
  13. a700hitter
    Maybe Victorino will be used in a platoon type role. His splits against Left-Handed pitching have been markedly better than what he has done against righties.
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    IDK, $13 mil/yr for 3 years of Victorino is so much less exciting to me than 1 year/$13 million for Haren would have been.
  16. a700hitter
    I don't get this move if this happens. Victorino is very mediocre.
  17. a700hitter
    I really like the moves that the Nats have made in the last 2 post seasons. They weren't all gems, but they have built themselves a very formidable squad.
  18. a700hitter
    I think we missed out here.
  19. a700hitter
    Three way deals are complicated and they can fall apart very easily. Cherries has so much work to do that a 3 way would take too much time and energy IMO. Maybe he could pursue it after he has all of his other pieces in place.
  20. a700hitter
    I don't think it is realistic that KC could be kept in the dark. There would be nothing to stop the team to which we would be trading Myers from approaching KC to cut out the middle man. They would look to cut their own deal.
  21. a700hitter
    Essentially, Lester and Ellsbury for a pitcher. That had better be a top 5 pitcher. We'd also have to acquire a CF along the way. And if they can't make the Ells/Myers trade after trading Lester, where would that leave them-- rebuilding?
  22. a700hitter
    Good point.
  23. a700hitter
    Breaking the Home Run record doesn't look like such a lock anymore.
  24. a700hitter
    I like that plan, and I hope that you are right. Baseball could be fun again at Fenway.
  25. a700hitter
    Most years I was hoping that Wakefield would get hit by a bus, just enough to prevent him from taking the mound. I never would have expected to get a big prospect for him.
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