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  1. a700hitter
    Pedroia is back at .200. Maybe he will go on a tear.
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    My earliest memory of the Red Sox was rushing home to see game 2 of the '67 World Series in time to see Yaz's second homer, and I got home to see game 6 that year. I remember wondering who Gary Waslewski was. I really didn't know him, because he rarely pitched that year. At my first Fenway Park visit, I got there for batting practice, and I remember I was shocked to see Yaz smoking in the dugout.
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    They need to send him to AAA where he can hopefully dominate and start to regain his status as a prospect and then trade him. In all the prposed trades where the other teams wanted MDC and/or Hansen, it was a mistake for the FO to refuse. These guys are nobodys. When you get offered established stars for nobodys, you make the trade. If the guy you trade becomes a star that is not so bad, because you got an established star in return. The best that we can hope for from this stiff is that he helps bring someone to the team that can help. MDCis also overhyped. Dump his ass too while he still has a little bit of a reputation.
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    Are his pitches all over the place, like they are saying.
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    During the Reds broadcast, the announcers mentioned how members of the Red Sox organization have mentioned that it was a mistake to have let AGon go, because Lugo is not in the same league defensively. I guess they could have gotten Lugo to play second base. BTW. With an 0 for 2 Pedroia has found last year's major league level of .191. Yeah, yeah I know I am being a broken record, but I need to vent. Don't worry. I will stop when he settles in and starts doing the job. I just wish he'd start hitting. He must have about 100 ABs which is good, because he's getting it out of his system-- Hopefully. Matsuzak has walked 4 in the first 4 innings. The Reds' announcers have said that his commmand is not good-- that his pitches are all over the place. He'll need his command against the AL East. Four walks will not cut it.
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    Any speculation on who the Reds might offer for him?
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    No, Iam not saying that. I am saying that he might be a year or two away from becoming a Mark Loretta type player. We could have kept the real Loretta until he proved he was ready.
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    Yes, I would be ecstatic if he hit .270. The scouts who say that he could be a Loreeta or Eckstein are setting that as his upper limit. They are not saying to expect 2007 Pedroia to be Eckstein or Loretta. We are giving a guy whose upper limit is the guy who we got rid of, who was already at that level. It just makes no sense to me, and it never will from a business standpoint. Of course it is perfectly clear to the Pedroia groupies. Edit: Those other guys did not play a full season in the majors until they were 25 and 26. This kid is 23.
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    I'll be ecstatic if he hits .270.
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    Pedroia still hitting .200. Loretta is hitting .333 for Houston. The Rookie Section in the Fantasy Baseball mag put out by CBS SPortsline.com has the following next to Pedroia's name: "Think Mark Loretta." We had Mark Loretta. We needed to find a new Mark Loretta? Does Loretta have such a high price tag? Sorry for bringing this up, but if scouts are sayuing that your upside is the guy you are replacing, then why are you relacing the veteran when he's not too expensive?
  16. a700hitter
    A $200+ million payroll and Pavano is starting on opening day? Too funny.
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    This thread title would be much funnier if read from right to left like Chinese is read.
  18. a700hitter
    Welcome, here we make Yankee fans cry.
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    These guys usually give up 5 in the first 5 innings causing a major strain on the bullpen. Even when they pitch well, they don't go deep into games.
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    The take-it- or-leave-it strategy was Cashman's not Damon's. It turned out to be a very effective negotiating technique as Damon and Boras could not be certain that the Red Sox would increase their offer. Theo and the twins got outmaneuvered big time in those negotiations. Cashman used the take-it-or-leave-it technique during the season when they offered the Phillies essentially no prospects for Abreu but agreed to pick up all of his salary. The Red Sox were demanding that the Phils pick up $6million. Theo looked like a novice once again. They floated a damage control story in the press about how taking all of Abreau's salary would in reality hav cost $27 million due to the cap, etc. I hope by now everyone realizes that it was a BS damage control story, because we are paying J.D. Drew a load of dough for 4 years. Abreau's commitment was one year and he is on the field about 50 more games each year than is Drew. Edit: As to Damon's wife, I think if the $ was equal, he would have stayed in Boston because the wife was a pseudo-celebrity in Boston. She got her face on TV etc. In NY, she's just another pole-dancer.
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    I am starting to think that Drew will be on the field more than Crisp, who always seems to be banged up.
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    You are a hardcore fan Crunchy.:thumbsup:
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    I agree with every thing in your post. One thing you left out was that Crisp is now the issue because they let the catalyst, Damon walk to our chief rivals for what now looks like very reasonable coin.
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