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It's not Papi's fault. I for one wanted him back in the lineup, but not at 50% more than it should have cost. That's the fault of Cherries Jubilee.
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Yes, I think someone might have offered 2/$18 million, because at 2/$18 million, he would be a value.
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I am sure that he is a very nice guy for a pinata.
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You are right. The roster is not finished. However, the news in the Boston papers is that swalt and Kuroda are out of the Sox price range, and Edwin Jackson is looking for a long term contract. Who does that leave? People think the Bret Myers can't do the job in the AL East, so what are the possibilities? Saunders isn't the answer.
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It was an obvious miscalculation by the FO.
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Red Sox sign Carlos Silva, Ciriaco, Spears
a700hitter replied to Soxfan1's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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I think you are missing the point. The question is not what combination of players could have replaced Ortiz for $14 million. The real question is whether anyone else would have paid him anywhere close to the $14-15 million. Where was his market? Maybe Ortiz would produce enough WAR that it would cost $14 million to replace, but who was going to play Ortiz $14-15 million. Getting him for 2/$18-20 million would have been a value acquisition. They had no shot at that once they offered him arb.
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Wasting bandwidth as usual.
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The proof is that he accepted the arbitration, because no one came close to a multi year contract that would make it worth passing up 1 year at $14 million. He has desperately wanted a multi year deal, but no one offered anything with enough value to pass on the 1 year deal.
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$12 million is too much and he will be getting more in the neighborhood of $14-15 million in 2012. They overpaid. There is no debate over that.
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Red Sox sign Carlos Silva, Ciriaco, Spears
a700hitter replied to Soxfan1's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The FO took a trip to the Dollar Store today. -
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Who is using platitudes instead of analysis?
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The money $4-5 million that they could have saved if they hadn't offered Oritz arb would have come in very handy in trying to sign Oswalt.
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So you don't have to laugh. It's not cause to get mad.
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Fred's posts are very colorful. While some of you get ticked off by some of his nicknames and expressions, I get a chuckle out of that stuff. I don't always agree with his substantive arguments, but I enjoy the colorful comments and nicknames.
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It's beyond me how people were mentioning Miller in the same sentence with Randy Johnson. The guy's stuff is not in the same solar system as Randy Johnson.
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I am with you Fred. Of course, people will get bent out of shape about the "no-good washed up bum" comment, but I love it. That's how we would call it in Brooklyn, and we'd still love the guy. People here don't understand that. The one defense that I have of Tek is that the hardest thing for an athlete to do is to admit to himself that he doesn't have it anymore. Not too many leave the game when they have anything left to give. Why should they... they are still young men playing a great game and living a great lifestyle. It's up to management to realize when a player no longer has anything to offer. The Varitek case is a clear one and Ben would have to be a boob to bring him back.
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I guess today's big news will be which team signs Coco Crisp.
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One trade target that I haven't read a lot about is Bret Myers. What do people here think about him?
