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Loretta hit it to the wrong place. You can't hit it to Andrew.

Jaret Wright being Jaret Wright. 3-3 in the 4th with 0 out and bases loaded.

The kid looks good so far.

Wait, what if someone gets him for less than three prospects, you won't answer then?

Gonzo is a better fielder, and he does have a tendency to get some hits in big spots, plus he has a little pop.

I disagree that no one else will pay the price for Schmidt, and when and if they do, you'll have to answer my questions.

Thanks Edit: It's one thing will can all agree upon. We want to watch the games.

The football game went off, and now I have a notice that the game is not available in my area.

Send a post when you get the feed. I'll do the same if I notice it first.

By the end of the game? That's friggin outrageous!

Isn't Schmidt in the last year of his contract. Why wouldn't SF want to get something for him if they fall out of the race?

WTF Why am I not getting this game on Direct TV?

I have some questions that no one has addressed. Why would other teams be willing to pay the price of prospects for Jason Schmidt? Are they more willing to sacrifice the future? Is the Red Sox FO just smarter? If the Red Sox have the same or better economic resources and prospects as these other teams that are pursuing Schmidt, why wouldn't the Sox prevail?

The moves made in this past off-season moves are causing me to lose confidence in the judgment of the FO.

They can't afford to be giving away games pitched by one of their established major league pitchers, because they are at a disadvantage with the minor leaguers in the 4th and 5th slots.

If Lester doesn't work out, they will have to move fast to get someone or they could easily fall out of contention. I think the FO should make every effort to win this year. They already have a high payroll, and Red Sox fans pay some of the highest ticket prices in baseball to support that inflated payroll. They owe it to the fans to put together a team that can go all the way. It's not an acceptable strategy to hope the current team makes the playoffs with the expectatiion that they will get annihilated in the first round. My 39 years of fandom has proved to me that it you can be building for the future for decades. When you have the opportunity to grasp for the brass ring, I think you have to go for it. If they win it all this year, they would have to rebuild the farm system somewhat. I am not selling our future, the FO created this dilemna by their really sucky off-season bullpen moves.

Either way, it should be nauseating to watch.

It should be good enough to win, except that Francona has more often than not saddled Wakefield with an offensive lineup that features two or three weak bench players.

I don't know exactly what it will take to get him, but I am sure it would be one or more prime prospects and some second tier prospects. Maybe the Marlin's price is prohibitive, in which case maybe they should pursue Schmidt.

I don't disagree with you. These very bad offseaon moves have set up this very bad cycle -- bad bullpen causing starter to be moved to the pen thus weakening the rotation, and weakened rotation has caused strain on already bad bullpen resulting in spiraling bad results.

Dontrelle Willis is very, very old. Major league experience doesn't necessarily equate to being old. It usually equates to a higher level of consistency and proficiency. Why don't you get season tickets to the Lowell Spinners. They have a whole roster of prospects that can't help the major league team for at least two years. :thumbsup:

We are now down to 3 major league starters. Things are looking good. We have some good prospects in A ball. Maybe they can fill in the rotation. A transaction to obtain an experienced starter is out of the question.

It's amusing to me that in your world it is not possible to be wrong about something without also being an idiot or being afflicted with "dumbassitis." How well has this approach served you in your personal relationships? Winning an argument for you is apparently not satisfying unless you can also be demeaning. Why don't you go find the boards that the Rivernator (the other TalkSox borderline personality) currently trolls and live happily ever after. The Rivernator is allegedly an MD who might be able to get you on the proper medication.:thumbdown

I am also hoping that Wells returns and Wily Mo comes back to contribute. I am still hopeful that Foulke can be a productive bullpen member. However, as we go down this list, I start to realize that there are just too many "ifs". When you have too many "ifs" the outcome is usually not good, because it is very unlikely that they will all pan out. Most, if not all, of these problems started with the FO blunders signing of Seanez and Tavarez. Many on these boards, including myself, believed those moves to be blunders. They are turning out to be worse than I expected. Not only have they caused the bullpen to be unreliable, but there has been a whole domino effect that has caused the starting pitching to be way too thin. Even if Foulke had been reliable, the Seanez/Tavarez signings have caused Papelbon to move to the bullpen by necessity; thus, weakening the starting rotation by one. I am not too critical of the Arroyo trade, but that has left the rotation two pitchers short, because Clement has not done anything to keep his spot. If the bullpen had been properly stocked in the off season, Papelbon would have moved to the pen immediately when Wells went to the DL, and it would be much easier to fill one vacant spot temporarily or to live with Clement's inconsistency. There is no chance that Papelbon can move into the rotation, and I think it is necessary to get an experienced consistent starter to offset the inconsistent Clement. They are two pitchers short in the pen, and that needs to be addressed before they blow out both Papelbon and Timlin. I don't think Theo can sit around and hope the pieces fall in the right place and the problems correct themselves. I don't see it happening. I think he needs to sacrifice some prospects to get the needed pieces.