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  1. a700hitter
    I don't think Kalish was tradeable at the time. He was still recovering from shoulder and upper spinal disc surgeries. I would have preferred to trade the guy that just had a disc drilled out in his neck. That is not a simple or risk-free procedure.
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    They are going to let him build up more trade value against Met pitching this weekend.
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    I agree with almost everything in your post, but I have one question about something you mention. When you said "hate Crawford and everything that he stands for", what do you and/or the Red Sox think he "stands for"?
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    When a report like the one about Lee not being traded is put out there so unequivocally, it ain't happening unless it is the Yankees acquiring him, so I would prefer to believe MLB Trade Rumors in this case.
  5. a700hitter
    Sorry SFF. It's going to be more of the SOS for the Sox the rest of the way. Thay like their pitching.
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    Yes, it would be a major hit.
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    Maybe they would do it if the Sox would eat the difference.
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    At least Epstein was a coherent mealy mouth.
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    He is in over his head. He doesn't have a creative bone in his body. He is simply a gopher and personal assistant that has been promoted to puppet. I can't even listen to the guy. He can barely express a coherent thought. He is a boob. I tagged him with that on day one and everyone got up in arms and mocked me for it. This guy is doing his best to live up to the nickname.
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    But he went out and played every day and busted his tail whether he was injured or not. He had pride in his performance and respect for his team mates. Carl Crawford gets paid a big check. He should be busting his ass. I see a player that just doesn't give a damn.
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    I was excited to get him, but they apparently overpaid by $26 million over the next closest offer. That was just foolhardy and that is why his contract is the albatross that it is. No one would give him that money except a drunken sailor when he was healthy and producing. It is not the first time that Theo grossly overpaid. No other team was close to his $52 billion bid for DIce K. I think he outbid every other team by $14 million. That is astoundingly bad judgment. In the early 1990's my company submitted a sealed bid for another company. We won the bid at $200,100,000. The next closest bid was $200,000,000. That is how it should be done.
  12. a700hitter
    Yes, I have noticed the walks. He has had some outings where he will walk 2 or 3 but strike out 4 or 5.
  13. a700hitter
    Didn't know where else to post this but Mark Prior has now logged 17 1/3 innings at Pawtucket. His ERA is 3.12 and he has 30 strikeouts for a ratio of 15.5 for 9 innings. Why not bring him up. He has been going 2 innings at a clip.
  14. a700hitter
    ^ This is vastly different from the presentation the Red Sox received from Crawford's agent.
  15. a700hitter
    I'd also take it if it were being offered.
  16. a700hitter
    That would hopefully be the progression, but we'll have to see what he can do at AA next season before we start penciling him in to start at Fenway.
  17. a700hitter
    I don't disagree, but I will wait to see if he can do the same at AA before I get excited about him.
  18. a700hitter
    Barnes is 22 and hasn't dominated at any high level of the minors, so at age 23 next season, if he is the real deal, he should be dominating at least at AA. Until he does that, I reserve judgment. He hasn't proved to me that he is going to be a big time MLB stud pitcher. Right now, he is another Casey Kelly prospect from a few years back. Every projection that I read about Bogaerts is that he will not be a SS in the majors. It seems like that is the organizations plan, not mine.
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    I wouldn't either, but we are just talking about untouchable. Garza would be a bad acquisition at any price. As for our prospects, they are not all that great. We are producing zero in the was of pitching.
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    No one should be untouchable, not at the minor or major league level. They are going to have to get creative, because we have too many untradeable players. No one should be off the table.
  23. a700hitter
    If that was Cherries brilliant plan to get out from under Crawford's contract, then he is truly a jackass. The rumors were rampant that HanRam was being peddled, so did he really think that the Dodgers would not independently inquire about him. Amazing.
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