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Maybe he is Rey Ordonez, but he ain't Ozzie Smith. Don't get your hopes up.
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Neither Punto or Aviles are full time shortstops. Neither has range. Punto is just another Alex Cora. We'll love him for about a week, then after two weeks we will realize why he is a bench player. As for Oswalt's decline... he's 33 years old. If his back is okay, he should have plenty left in the tank.
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He doesn't. He was the second baseman on the Cuban team. What does that tell you? I don't think they had 2 Ozzie's.
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They were saying on the show that they think the Sox are going to give Iglesias every opportunity to win the job. This is 100% opposite of what i read earlier in the week where some source doubted that iglesias would win the job in 2012. I don't think anyone knows what to make about what is going on. It's baffling. We don't know. The writers and commentators and announcers also don't know.
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Two relievers becoming starters. No starting depth. No starting SS. It is not adding up. Hopefully, the plan is still taking shape, because I don't think that anyone has a handle on this.
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I had taped the Red Sox Hot Stove Report earlier in the week. I don't know if SBF gets NESN, but if he does and he taped the show, I urge him to delete it. Cafardo, Abraham and Orsillo were saying that they thought Wakefield would be a mid-season option, sort of like the way Paul Byrd was used in his last few years. They think it is a very real possibility and mentioned that the Sox are keeping the lines of communication open. Goodness, I hope this doesn't happen. Oh yeah, and they were discussing the possibility of Varitek still playing. Good God!!
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Benny Boy may be in over his head. I have been waiting and hoping for some surprise deal or acquisition, but there are absolutely no signs of that.
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There were several press reports that they were being held back from getting a pitcher by payroll considerations. They had plenty of time to lock down the pitcher while they were shopping Scutaro. It's not like the Scutaro deal went down at the beginning of their process of looking for a pitcher.
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And if we are not going to get a starting pitcher, what the heck was the Scutaro salary dump all about? The starting pitcher move should have been locked up before we gave away Scutaro. On NESN, they are saying that neither Aviles or Punto are full time shortstops-- they were knocking their range. They like Aviles bat, but apparently the OF experiment with Aviles in winter ball was not encouraging, hence the Cody Ross acquisition. They don't think he plays any position very well, but I think he's a could option off the bench.
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Putting Bard in the rotation doesn't worry me. Putting Bard and Aceves in the rotation does worry me, because we don't have any depth if one or both of those moves go wrong.
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Oswalt is real good when healthy and he'd eat up 200 quality innings. More importantly, it would allow Aceves go back to the pen and play a very valuable role. He can also be a good depth option in case Bard blows up. They could switch Bard and Aceves if Bard can't cut it as starter. With regard to the bolded language above, I can't really understand the relevance of that comment in the context of this or any other discussion about the team, so I don't know if you are looking for me to respond to it or not.
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The timing of the Scutaro salary dump just makes no sense at all.
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Are you saying that they will get another starter although it may not be Oswalt or Jackson or are you saying that it doesn't matter whether they get another starting pitcher?
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If Oswalt goes to the Cards, Benny Boy has a real uphill battle getting a good starter. Jackson apparently wants a multi-year deal. Floyd is just so-so.
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^ This possibility is what really concerns me. If that's what they are up to, then I wouldn't be surprised if the stories about Oswalt preferring the Rangers were planted by the Sox. The stories cited a FO official familiar with the situation. The stories implied that the FO official was neither with the Sox or the Rangers. Why would an official outside of the Rangers or Red Sox be familiar with the situation? If Oswalt signs elsewhere, the Sox say they pursued him and made a competitive offer, but he preferred to play elsewhere. It wouldn't surprise me at all.
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At this point, I don't know what conclusion can be drawn.
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When my criticism starts to become an optimisic spin on the facts, I get truly worried.
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$5 million is not a reasonable offer for Oswalt. Looking at the steaming pile of depth arms that have been accumulated, I am quite confident that no #5 is being squeezed out of that group. Padilla might give us 4 good starts before he needs to be re-admitted to the asylum, but that is it.
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John Maine in his best days was not very good. The last that I saw of him he was throwing around 84 MPH and insisting that he felt healthy for the Mets. The guy fits in with the rest of the "cesspool of negative (as coined by VA) that is our pitching depth.
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It doesn't matter who is at fault. They are all part of the FO. If you want to blame the FO generically, it makes no difference to me. The address for accountability is Yawkey Way. However, until Ben or Larry or JH says otherwise, I think it is fair to attribute normal GM functions to Benny Boy. Several times we have read that they are not going to limit themselves to the LT cap, so I guess if they are not giving Ben $ they are all a bunch of liars. Frankly, I'd prefer that Ben was just going through some growing pains in his new job or even that he wasn't very good at it rather than think he and the rest of the FO are liars.
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Could this be a precursor to moving Wandy or Bret Myers?
