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I'd go with Mo.

He's coming out to pitch the 9th.

I'll make you a bet. It will be memorialized for the life of TalkSox.com. I win if the Red Sox get 4 more championships before the Yankees choke us in the ALCS like we they got choked in 2004.

I didn't say that I would hand him a starting job in Boston unless the team was so stacked with talent that they could carry a slumping bat. Right now, the offense on this team aside from Ortiz and Manny is not such a powerhouse that the manager and FO has a lot of leeway to show patience to kid cutting his teeth in the major leagues. The Yankees with a stacked lineup in 2005 of Jeter, ARod, Sheffield, Matsui, Giambi could afford to carry Cano for a couple of weeks. He slumped for about 20 ABs. Even with the Yankee lineup, if he had slumped (under .200 BA) for 70 ABs, he would have been benched or sent down.

You count the one when you were 5 years old, even though you hadn't started school yet.

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The FO left itslef with litle choice but to trade Marte away, because the team had no CF. One of the other posters pointed out the schizo approach to prospects. They talk the talk about keeping the prospects with an eye to the future, but they move guys like Marte, Hanley, and the two Sanchez's. MArte was moved to fill a hole that the FO created by letting OTH Johnny go to the competition. Hanley and Anibal were moved in large part because we no longer had Pedro--- again a FO created hole. We could have had a stocked farm with professional ready prospects and probably one more championship and a 2006 playoff birth if the FO had kept Pedro and OTH Johnny. PLease don't bother telling me about Pedro's stints to the DL. I am well aware of them. I also know that they invloved his toe, hip and calf, but not his arm. I also know that the Mets have been on cruise control since May and they have had the luxury of pampering him. I also know that he is one of the greatest of all time and a sure fire HOFer, and you don't let HOFers walk from your organization. It's always a mistake. A short answer to your question is yes I would have preferred that they didn't have to trade Marte, but I prefer having a CF.

There is no comparing his hacking from the heels swing to Cano's smooth professional stroke. Cano struggled for about 20-25 ABs, plus Pedroia just doesn't have the ability to match Cano's power production. Pedroia had better start swinging down on the ball or he'll be a .250 hitter with warning track power and 5-6 HRs a year. Loretta is a Yankee-killer. Sign him and let Pedroia be next year's lesser version of Cora. I say lesser version, because I don't think he is as good at SS as Cora. He should get 70-80 games. If he is tearing the league up by June, Loretta can be moved in a trading deadline deal to help fill some other need. Right now, Pedroia has proved nothing. He hasn't demonstrated that he can hit ML pitching consistently.

He was an All Star last year. If they win the WS this year and he helps bring the trophy, I don't think the Mets will be beating themselves over the head about the first two years. That leave the last two years and conjecture about whether he will still do the job. His arm should be fresh for next year, because he was coddled this year and he had no arm problems.

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He lost one year to injury while with the Red Sox--- 2001. He's missed a lot of time this year, but he's got some time to get ready for the playoffs and that's what the Mets have been preparing him for. If he's ready, he' ll put up the zero's in the playoffs.

Pedro's second outing since the DL was much better. In 5 innings he gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 7. He's still has some time to tune up for the playoffs.

Foulke has looked like a new man this month. If he had been throwing like this two months ago, things could have been very different.

He's a middle infielder so big power numbers would not be expected, but Youk's power numbers are disappointing for a corner guy. First base is one position where there is no shortage of guys with big sticks. Ultimately, Youklis is little more than a nice backup for first, third and very occasionally LF.

Pedroia has 66 ABs and is hitting .182. He doesn't have much time left to show that he can hit ML pitching well enough or consistently enough to hold down the 2nd base job.

If he didn't miss the time with the heart arrhythmia he would might have had a chance at 60.

It was a great moment in the dugout when they were giving him the silent treatment. He extended his huge arms outward with a big smile and the entire dugout came over to give him a big hug. He's so big I think he was able to bear hug the whole team at the same time.

Beckett is looking really good lately and it was great to see Ortiz make history. It's just too bad that they didn't put a better team around him.

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Hansen, the closer of the future... I think not. Get him out of here while he still has a lot of potential. Package him with some other prospects to get a real starter, mand sign another FA starter and leave Papelbon to become the next Mo.

In adddition to needing great stuff to accomplish what he did this year, you also need a closer's mentality. If he's going to be as effective as a starter he'll need to refine his breaking pitch. Also, his closer's mentality, which is as tough as I have seen, will be lost with him in the rotation as he is unlikely to finish any games. I think we may all be bitching and moaning when he looks like Beckett as a starter and we have some average or better than average closer giving us 9th inning heart attacks.

True to form. Krapler looks like crap and k's on 3 pitches.

Krapler PHing. What's to be gained by that