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Our team is so bad and pathetic that we consider this news worthy of discussion. That's pathetic.

He's on a crappy team, yet they win a much higher percentage of his games than the remainder of the team's games, so it enhances his ace status.

An ace has to give you team a chance to win, even if it is a lousy team. Lee and Hamels are on the same team, yet the Phillies record in Hamels starts is 20-10. Hamels is unquestionably the ace of the staff this season, even though the ERAs are very close.

You might be right about that, or should I say that I may be right about that. His team is over .500, but it is under .500 in Lee's starts. That is concerning. He has had some off years during his career. We just sent a guy like that to LA. In Lee's favor, he has a very low ERA, but other than ERA, how different from Lester is Lee at this point? Lee had been an ace for several years, but he was not one this season. This will be the first season where he did not pitch a single complete game. I don't think I would give him that label this season, nor would I give that label to Lincecum based on 2012. They might both return to their former status, but why get a guy like that? We already have a former ace who we are hoping rediscovers himself in Lester. Lincecum and Lee -- are they aces? I am not sure. They had been, but so had Lester.

Lester is just not showing signs of regaining what he had been.

Ordonez was pretty slick with the glove. I don't know how you have come to this conclusion.

They should give Tek a shotgun, have him take Bard hunting, and put the guy out of his suffering.

At the bare minimum a number1 has to put up 200 innings, pitch to an ERA under 4, and his team should win a majority of his starts. Save me the wins is a poor measure argument. He doesn't have to get the win, but he needs to put his team in a position to win a majority of his starts.

So, basically you are on both sides of the issue. You think that he is not yet a #1 unless he proves himself to be a #1. That's not exactly a bold prediction where you are going out on a limb. Which part of my assessment do you disagree with? I said he was solid, but he wasn't looking like a #1 recently. Here's what I posted that drove you crazy. Notice that I didn't say that he was definitely not a number 1 or 2. I said that "maybe" he is a low 4 ERA guy. How is this so diiferent than what you said? You said that "the jury is out." Again, I don't know what point you were making or where you differed with my assessment. Were you arguing just to argue? What the heck is your point? Do you even know what you were disagreeing about?

Honestly, I don't even know what the point of your argument was all about. I said that the guy was solid, but not a number 1. You threw out a bunch of stats calling him utterly dominating in the second half. You don't get to pich only half seasons. Is he solid in your opinion, like I said he was, or do you think he is utterly dominant? Now, you are saying that you said he was utterly dominant for only a stretch. Which is Buchholz in your opinion-- solid or "utterly dominant"? I am not sure where you stand.

Gagging

You should try arguing with yourself. You were comparing him to Pedro when his ERA is 4.16 for the year. A stretch of games is not enough to compare any pitcher to Pedro.

I agree

Nava is a good kid with an obvious love for the game, but I hope that I never have to see him in a Sox uni for a game at Fenway.

We have made big money mistakes for many years-- much worse than the Yankees.

Unfortunately, if we sign him, he will not be batting against our pitching. I'm not happy to hand Tazawa the 8th inning job. I say get another late inning quality arm like one of the guys you mentioned and let Tazawa win the 8th inning slot like Robertson did with the Yankees. A quality late inning arm is a need, not a luxury.

In a period of inflationary salary costs, I don't see teams being anxious to part with cost controlled players unless they are getting a very big haul of prospects. Hopefully, they resist the urge to trade for a high cost guy like the AGon trade. They gave up good prospects and they still paid $156 million. That was just crazy. The trype of high priced guys for which I'd trade a package of top prospects would be a guy like King Felix. Also, I have seen this ******** two-step dance move from generations of Red Sox FO's. They start planting stories early about how this crop of FA's will be over-valued. They wait for 1 or 2 of them to sign and then you get the planted articles about how the signing salaries have been much higher than anticipated and not in line with players' values. Then we sit back and watch them doi nothing and we argue about whether that is the right move. Picking up some under the radar guys and some trash heap guys will not get us out of 4 th place. I will go beserk if they go down that ******** path once again.

I've always liked Napoli. I am just not sure that 1B is a high priority. I think they may give Gomez a shot to play first with an inexpensive platoon guy to share the position in case Gomez blows up. Pitching (2 starters) is the top priority. The next priority is a quality bullpen arm for the late innings that is capable of closing. Obtain an OFer to play LF. Retain Pods or Kalish to be the #4 OF guy. SS-- it' s sink or swim time for Iglesias. Ciriaco will be the IF utility guy. Retain Ross and Ortiz. I think that woud be a competitive team.

You are such an ageist. Napoli would be a great addition. I am not sure that he would be a high priority, but he'd be a very nice addition even at the ripe old age of 30. You should be ashamed of yourself with your attitudes towards age.

No, but it is whiny. Giants fans don't whine, because our team eats the Patriots lunch.

Another inexperienced baseball operations guy. Who cares.

We can dream, but I will not believe that until i see it.

I'd give them Bradley, Barnes and De La Rosa and never look back. I am not convinced that any of our pitching prospects will ever amount to anything other than bottom of the rotation pitchers.

Hmmm, I guess they are prepping us for an uneventful off season with lots of whining about how the FA's are over-priced yada yada yada. I'm not freakin interested in their excuses.

Yankee fans don't whine as much. In general, New Englanders are more whiny than New Yorkers.