a700hitter

Day off for Youkilis.

Of Red Sox current players, barring a bad injury Carl Crawford will be a Hall of Famer without question. He has been consistently excellent from a very young age. At this age, he has 100 more hits than Derek Jeter. His hits and SB #'s at the end will be eye-popping. Ortiz is going to be a close call. I don't think it should be close. He is a HOFer. He has been a star performer for almost 10 years, and most of those years he has been an unstoppable offensive force. The DH thing will hurt him. If he can get to 500 HRs (he'll get close) and be a key component of 1 or 2 more World Series, he'll make it. AGon will have to put up a string of Ortiz-type (2003-2007) seasons to get consideration. I doubt Pedroia has a chance, but he has always accomplished things that no one thought he could could do. It's hard for relievers to make it, but considering that Papelbon has reached 200 saves faster than anyone, he's on the right track. He'll need to be very productive for 8 more years, and he'll have to be dominant for about half of that. A couple of more Championships with him playing a key role will be a big help. As for past Sox stars, Pedro is a lock. Schilling should be a lock, but he will be borderline. Manny should have been a lock, but the PED busts will be a big issue. Damon's numbers may end up making a good case for him. If he gets 3,000 knocks and with his two World series championships and a boatload of SBs, he'll have an excellent chance.

Why do we care about Rizzo? I don't get it.

:lol:Wait till Jose Reyes gets here. Your head will explode.

The Red Sox are one of the richest franchises in sports. They are not a team that needs to let its homegrown players go when they reach free agency eligibility. They are a team that signs other teams homegrown talent when they reach free agency. The funds will be there for Ellsbury, unless they think they can upgrade his position.

Let him walk with Papi and Papelbon if they want to be paid fair market value. To hell with them!! We can always pick up Mark Kotsay to play CF and Xavier Nady to DH. We should be able to get them below market value.

I don't think they expect a big haul for less than 3 months of Reyes.

He hasn't hit well in about a month.

He wears down. He obviously has stamina problems from playing everyday. Whatever little ding he has to his shoulder shouldn't be turning his glove to steel. I think he is a very good role player, and that he can have a very productive career as a utility type player, but he is not a full time guy.

What has that got to do with his glove?

He's not an everyday player.

Papelbon in a non-save situation? Uh oh!!!

Who is the midget trainer we have. He makes Pedroia look like Shaq.

Helluva 2 strike curveball to Bautista

He's doing his best Renteria Iron glove imitation. Get Jose Reyes!!