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Maholm has had as many years with a 5+ ERA as he has with a sub 4 ERA. Lackey hadn't gone over 5 in any year until last season. I'd stay away from Maholm.

We probably shouldn't have signed lackey at any price. We should give Maholm exactly what Lackey was worth.

More bad news for us if the Tigers get Garza.

Bonser=Silva

Atchinson is also out of options.

Hopefully, the Cubs sign this turd and they trade us Garza.

Okay Ben, I have had it with the waiting nonsense. All the good pitchers have already come off the board and we have been told to be patient. We were reading that you are waiting for prices to come down as more and more guys came off the board. We were told that you might have some under the radar moves, but Aaron Cook? Goodness! Some people are saying that we should wait until next season when the FA pitching crop will be better, but with the exception of Hammel and Cain, it doesn't look promising at all. Cain and/or Hammel will probably re-sign with their current teams or the Yanks will outbid us. So, I don't know what you are waiting for and i don't know whether you have a rabbit in your hat, but if you do have a plan, get to it already. Take your the thumb out of your ass and finish building this team. I have had enough boredom already for the entire Fall and Winter.

This acquisition is such a no-event that neither of the Boston papers is picking it up. It's getting much less play than the Punto acquisition. This is really under the radar-- very stealth.

I don't care what he makes. He shouldn't be competing for a rotation spot.

Who was the TalkSox poster who loved this guy a couple of years ago:

The guy (Maholm) is a step up from Wakefield if healthy, but that is about it.

This list was my first look at the FA pitcher list for 2013. If Cain and/or Hammel extend with their teams, this lt doesn't have very much to offer. For those who have been weighing in that the Sox should wait until next year to dip into the FA pool, I am not sure that it will be worth the wait. Starting pitchers Scott Baker (31) - $9.25MM club option Joe Blanton (32) Matt Cain (28) Fausto Carmona (29) - $9MM club option Aaron Cook (34) Kevin Correia (32) Jorge De La Rosa (32) - $11MM player option with a $1MM buyout Ryan Dempster (36) R.A. Dickey (38) - $5MM club option with a $300K buyout Scott Feldman (29) - $9.25MM club option with a $600K buyout Gavin Floyd (30) - $9.5MM club option Freddy Garcia (37) Zack Greinke (28) Jeremy Guthrie (34) Cole Hamels (29) Dan Haren (32) - $15.5MM club option with a $3.5MM buyout Tim Hudson (37) - $9MM club option with a $1MM buyout Colby Lewis (33) Francisco Liriano (29) Kyle Lohse (34) Derek Lowe (40) Shaun Marcum (31) Jason Marquis (34) Daisuke Matsuzaka (32) Brandon McCarthy (29) Brett Myers (32) - $10MM club option with a $3MM buyout Carl Pavano (37) Jake Peavy (31) - $22MM club option with a $4MM buyout Anibal Sanchez (29) Jonathan Sanchez (30) Ervin Santana (30) - $13MM club option with a $1MM buyout James Shields (31) - $9MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Chien-Ming Wang (33) Jake Westbrook (35) - $8.5MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout if club declines Dontrelle Willis (31) Randy Wolf (36) - $10MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Carlos Zambrano (32) - $19.25MM player option depending on Zambrano's Cy Young voting placement

There's nothing to like about Maholm. He stinks plus he had a shoulder injury last year.

I'm fine with him pitching at Pawtucket. The problem is that he is out of options, so someone can pick him up. I have a problem with him taking up an ML roster spot, because he is out of options.

Let's pair up the s***** right hander Cook with a s***** left hander, Maholm. At least we would preserve symmetry.

Arguing that it doesn't hurt performance to allow steals at the rate an in quantity allowed by the Red Sox is like arguing that loading the bases with no one out doesn't hurt performance, because Dice K used to pitch out of those situations on a regular basis. It's just a silly notion.