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Take the $5.5 million for Smoltz and $ 5 million for Penny and compare it to $13 million for Derek Lowe who will take the ball 35 times.
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I agree about the money, but I am not very enthusiastic about the prospects of a post surgical 41 year old having much of an impact. They have Schilling in waiting for a half year. Are they collecting post surgical 40 year olds for the second half of 2009?
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We can hope.
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http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/ At $5.5 million for a 41 year old coming off surgery who will not be ready for opening day, this is not even a low cost move. He's a long shot to make any significant contribution in 2009.
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I don't think Kotsay is a bad OFer. I think he's pretty good.
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I'm going to say a prayer tonight that this bum makes the Yankees starting rotation. If he does, I'll make the prediction right now that they will finish out of the playoff picture for the second year in a row.
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Low cost high risk move if he makes the rotation.
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Is this a hoax? If not, it just made my day. He is the worst starting pitcher in history.
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Sean McAdam says that Smoltz is the top target for pitching depth. He calls him the 2009 version of Bartolo Colon. Very encouraging. Jeesh. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view/2009_01_06_Fix_those_darn_Red_Sox:_Roster_holes_must_be_sewn_up/
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So much for the myth of Pettitte, the good guy, family man and team player. He has already been exposed as a cheater. His coming to the Yankees proved that his going to Houston had nothing to do with being closer to home. Now, his spurning of the Yankee offer, which is very fair for a .500 pitcher with a high ERA, demonstrates that he was full of it when he said that if he didn't retire, he would only pitch for the Skanks.
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I am on record that I thought their first priority should have been to improve the starting pitching. The actions of the FO demonstrated that Teixeira was the #1 priority. When I went to Fenway Park for Christmas at Fenway, Red Sox officials who were there did talk about how much they would like to get Teixeira. No one said that he was the #1 priority, but I think you are ignoring the facts and rewriting history if you are trying to say that Teixeira wasn't the FO's first priority. You do realize that this is nonsensical babble...don't you?
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Nick Green? This is a very minor move. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/
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Their objective was to sign Teixeira I didn't present them with any options. I just asked if the price was too high meant the FO achieved their #1 off season objective. If the price was too high and they had no chance of signing him, that doesn't absolve them from blame. They should have done a better job of assessing the market for Teixeira and the possibility of signing him. If he couldn't be signed, they should have gone in a different direction. They either failed in negotiating a deal with Teixeira or they failed in evaluating the market for his services. Either way the FO failed. Setting an unattainable objective is a failure. I never said in any of my posts that they should have signed Teixeira at all costs. You are putting words in my mouth. Several posters are willing to give the FO a pass on this transaction, because they feel that Teixeira was too expensive. I am holding them accountable for either having a bad plan or bad execution.
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So, the FO achieved their #1 off season objective?
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It will matter when they strand leadoff doubles and triples because they are flailing like they are blind-folded.
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Anyone want to take bets on how far he gets into this contract before the Cubs have to suspend him? I'll bet he gets suspended by August 20th of 2009.
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Based on 162 game averages, their strikeouts are as follows: Burrell 158 Pena 166 Longoria 162 That's a total of 486. That's a load.
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That will strikeout close to 600 times.
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With six weeks until pitchers and catchers report to camp, the Sox still need a catcher, a starting pitcher and a 4th OF.
