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  1. a700hitter
    I can read the scouting reports just like anyone else. Based on what I read, I think I can evaluate trades involving our prospects as well as any other fan. However, I still don't get excited about a prospect until he plays for the big club. What is to get excited about? If I haven't seen the guy play, why would I get excited? He might never even wear the Red Sox uniform. My lack of excitement doesn't diminish my ability to evaluate a trade. Excitement is an emotional state. It doesn't enhance judgment. As a social worker, I thought you would know that. I hope the New Year finds you in good cheer, because you have been grumpier than usual lately, which surprises me in light of the fact that your icon is about to assume the Presidency.
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    The Red Sox are not interested in Lowe. Apparently there are so many lame pitchers in physical therapy that there is no need to sign a reliable starting pitcher. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/
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    The post mortem rationalization of the Teixeira is getting boring. We are convincing ourselves that it was his life long dream of being a Yankee and his wife sings "I love NY." It's all speculation and rationalization. The players statements after the signing are canned BS that they feed to a willing press for the home town fans of his new teams to gobble up like gullible fools. The only facts regarding this signing that can be verified are that he was the Red Sox #1 off season priority and they didn't sign him. Fail by the FO. Everything else is BS.
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    This is probably not a hard decision, because Penny is likely to spend a lot of time on the DL.
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    It seems the Mets have offered him $12 million per season for 3 years. That's pretty reasonable considering the Sox guaranteed $5 million to a pitcher who may be on the DL all season. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/
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    I am a fan not the GM. I don't see these guys play, so I don't get excited about them. Most of them never make it, so why should I get excited. I hear about these guys, but I don't get excited about them until they get to Fenway.
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    Not even the slightest bit. Let the FO get excited about him. I don't watch Pawtuckett or the Sea Dogs.
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    Considering his enormous weight, does CC stand for Chocolate Cake?
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    There are no other possibilities? If I told you yesterday that the Sox would try to make a move for HanRam, you would have said that I was nuts. Why are you limiting yourself to the three remaining FA's. I'm not, nor should the FO limit themselves to the FA pool. Who is available? I don't know, but I guess if the Marlins will entertain offers about HanRam, anyone is available. Penny is a low cost, high risk move.
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    I'd like to see an All-Manning SuperBowl.
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    How about Wade Miller? He's was comparable to Penny. How did that work out? Bartolo Colon? He actually won a Cy Young. Going further back there was Ramon Martinez. Penny is every bit as likely to fail as those others and either rot on the DL or just stink. Penny is not a low risk move. He is a high risk move, because he is a long shot to return to form. The fact that he will not pitch much if he bombs out doesn't make it a low risk move. Who will take his place when he is rotting on the DL... Clay Bucholz who cost the team the AL East Crown in 2008 or David Pauley? I am gagging. By going with Penny who has a high probability of failing, the FO is eschewing other more reliable options who will not be available in May when Penny bombs out. Declining to pursue a reliable option in favor of a pitcher who has a high probability of failing doesn't seem like a low risk baseball move to me. Yes, it is low cost, but not low risk to the objective of winning.
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    But he's at high risk of being a piece of s***, so he is not a low risk move.
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    It may be a low financial risk, but it is not a low performance risk. He is at a high risk of stinking. By going with Penny they have decided to not go with the FA option of a healthy reliable D. Lowe or other healthy pitchers through trades. It is not low risk. It is low cost. There is a huge difference. jason Johnson was supposedly low risk in 2006, but he helped blow up the rotation that year taking 7 starts and winning none.
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    Health is a huge issue. How will Lowell and Ortiz recover. How's JD's back? What about Beckett's tingling fingers, and will Dice K blow his best stuff at the WBC?
  23. a700hitter
    I don't like signing damaged goods. Inevitably, we wait all season for them to take a regular turn in the rotation. In the meantime, the FO is passing on more reliable starters, so this is not a low risk proposition.
  24. a700hitter
    ...and now we start the parade of cripples. I guess Smoltz will be next with a mid-season signing of Schilling. They'll be luck to get 10 quality starts from all 3 combined.
  25. a700hitter
    Just reading this makes me gag and throw up in my mouth.
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