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Youkilis, Ellsbury, Crawford, and Bailey all on the DL by May3rd. They get to join the post op patients -- John Lackey and Dice K. This is shaping up great. This is spiraling out of control faster than it would have in any nightmare after a night of spicy food and bad liquor. We came into this season acknowledging that we needed to stay healthy to be competitive, because we have no plan B, and we are dropping like flies. I guess we will need to amend our optimistic outlook about remaining healthy and we can delude ourselves into thinking we will compete for the division as long as we have 25 warm bodies to suit up.
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It's just a waste of time. There is no upside to this. . . none, just as there was no upside to Carlos Silva or John Maine. These guys are beyond long shots. These cases need miracles.
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I never wanted him. He is the best of our s***** options. I'd rather he start in place of Beckett than Achinson, but I never wanted the guy. I hope he does well and his healthy for the first time in 5 years, but I am not expecting much.
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This is also sad
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I never wanted him signed, never wanted him in the organization. The fact that he is our plan B and we are in desperate need of a plan B on May 3rd is just very sad.
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I'd slide Aviles to third instead of benching him on Saturday.
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What a waste of time!
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What? Are you joking?
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Crap! I have tickets to that game. I wanted to see Beckett. Damn!
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All of us had assumed here at TalkSox had assumed that he would get called up, so it was surprising to see a headline saying: "Sox do not recall Cook."
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You don't have to replace everyone. That would not be practical, but that doesn't mean that you don't do anything.
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That seems to be correct. I still can't see them letting him walk. I am assuming they are just letting more time click off the clock. Otherwise, his signing makes no sense at all.
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So basically, they were prepared to give Bard and Doubront a whole 3 starts in April before pulling the plug? That doesn't sound like much of a plan B if plan B only covers April. What happens if they blow up in May, or the bullpen deteriorates further in May. Without Cook, what is plan B, Ohlendorf, Duckworth? It was an ill-conceived plan if they only were protecting against April occurrences. Pointless, yes.
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They are on a 5 game losing streak right now.
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They are supposed to have a plan B and be able to adapt on the fly. Sitting tight never works. Look at past seasons where we waited for injured stars to return to good health and rescue the team. It doesn't happen. Those teams went down in flames.
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No one is saying the season is hinging on Cook. Please stop with the antagonistic posts. What I am saying is that he turned out exactly as they had hoped-- healthy and very effective at AAAA. If they don't promote him, what was the purpose of signing him. Obviously, our pitching is not very good right now. If he doesn't get recalled, basically all of those depth signings were pointless.
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I guess they don't think our pitching needs any help. What was the point of signing him? He couldn't have performed any better at AAA and he is apparently healthy. Isn't that what they were hoping for when they signed him to the minor league deal? He's the only s*** that stuck to the wall and they can't use him? I am really baffled. Hopefully, there is a behind the scenes agreement in place.
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I don't see how they can be within striking distance of the division lead at the AS Break unless we make some moves or guys return from injury sooner than expected.
