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  1. a700hitter
    In your opinion, he gets traded? He is fairly versatile with a decent bat. Maybe he sees some OF time in the Spring to see if he can be the backup corner OF.
  2. a700hitter
    If this trade is limited to Marte and Mota, I think we will be doing okay if we get only Crisp in return. Crisp is a bona fide everyday player with a good and improving offensive record. Marte is potential. It could take years for him to develop if ever. Mota would have been in a crowded Red Sox pen. Maybe we replenish the prospect pool by trading Wells. IMO we would be better off keeping Wells and having a rotation of Schilling, Beckett, Wells, Wake, and Clement with Arroyo and Papelbon coming out of the pen. You never have enough pitching and Arroyo and Papelbon would be great insurance against injury by the old guys (Schill and Wells) or ineffectiveness by Clement. If they all stay healthy and perform, it will be a very deep staff, and we would have some valuable trading chips at the trading deadline to fine tune the team.
  3. a700hitter
    I hate Rhodes. He is a choker deluxe.
  4. a700hitter
    I would not count on prospects coming our way. We have to hope that we are not packaging anyone else.:dunno:
  5. a700hitter
    Chris Snow of the Globe acknowledges ongoing talks, but nothing final: http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/01/22/pitch_count_keeps_mounting/
  6. a700hitter
    What will be the price tag for Gonzalez?
  7. a700hitter
    Do they make another move for a 4th OF?
  8. a700hitter
    You can continue to hope. I think it could have been worse.
  9. a700hitter
    Should have kept Damon. We would still have Marte and Mota. You had to know that they weren't going into the season with Stern, Harris or Michaels. Crisp was going to cost us, and it's done. I could see this coming from when Damon walked. I knew there would be a price to pay down the line. I'm just glad there is apparently no second prospect involved.
  10. a700hitter
    You are not excited about the kid from Down Under? lol! We finally agree. Resist the temptation to change your mind.
  11. a700hitter
    http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=122417 Andy Marte, We hardly knew ye.
  12. a700hitter
    We need a CF, and the farm will not be yielding a crop for at least 2 years. There's not a lot out there to choose from. San Diego wants to stick us with Woody Williams if we get Roberts. That would be stupid. Griffey is old and expensive. Reed has shown little promise to justify parting with a top prospect. Matos has not shown much to justify gikving up Clement or Arroyo or a top prospect. Where does that leave us-- Jason Michaels? Steve Finley?
  13. a700hitter
    I've seen his numbers, and I am not completely knocked out by them, but everyone has been turning cartwheels about this kid. If we don't move him, I am really looking forward to watching him in Spring Training.
  14. a700hitter
    Renteria + $11 million. Do you still do it?
  15. a700hitter
    You bet. They sure did. Is it any wonder why he hated the press and frequently spoke about their negativity. The expectations of him were unfairly high. Last off-season, I was not happy with the articles about how Pedro had outlived his welcome in Boston. I don't think any fans were happy to see him go. The only group that was fed up with Pedro was the print press.
  16. a700hitter
    Duke is okay with me. At his core he was a fan. I haven't forgotten that he was at Game 4 in St. Louis on his own dime. That showed me something.
  17. a700hitter
    That's funny.
  18. a700hitter
    I miss watching that little guy every 5th day. He really spoiled us. If he gave up 3 runs in 6 innings, everyone on the message boards was discussing what was wrong with him. Now, we are happy to have one of our pitchers have an outing like that.
  19. a700hitter
    IMO he's such a smart pitcher that he will be successful as he loses velocity. All he has to do is stay healthy, and he will be the Mets #1. I think they made a good bet. If he was just a pure thrower, I would have backed off beleiving that he would not be effective as his velocity dropped. Pedro in the NL can pitch at 85mph and have a low 3 ERA and 7K per 9 inning ratio. I think the only way it will be bad for the Mets will be if his arm blows out in the first 3 years. I don't think that will happen, because Pedro has a whole bunch of doctors monitoring him and he is very aware of he is very highly attuned to the signals he gets from his arm. I think he makes it through the 4 years. I think he will average at least 15 wins over the 4 years. His k's/9 will drop and his Whip will go up, but on big occassions he will still be able to resemble the Pedro of old. If I am right about this, the Mets did the right thing and the Sox blew it even if he is not the Pedro from 98-2000. As for value, look at what Millwood is getting. That's all you need to know to realize that a healthy Pedro will be worth the $.
  20. a700hitter
    I could go along with that. I haven't seen this guy Marte, so I really wouldn't know if he is worth it. Hopefully, the FO will make the right decision.
  21. a700hitter
    But there was no disagreement that Crisp will only play CF for 1-3 years. I call it a stop gap. You do not. After that, we have a light hitting corner OF at the expense of a guy that is a potential offensive force. Do we agree yet?
  22. a700hitter
    OK, so we can agree that the entire basis for the 3 vs. 4 years was a bet on durability. I am asking, how many good years does he have to have for the Mets bet to payoff?
  23. a700hitter
    Why is my happiness or lack thereof so important to you. Willie Harris will contribute to far fewer wins than anyone of the stars. He is an average bench player with no major tools or talents. His acquisition makes me neither happy or unhappy. He is a nobody, and I only hope that the team stays healthy enough that he see very little playing time. Are we so desperate to talk baseball that we will continue to debate this acquisition?
  24. a700hitter
    I know. I know. You've said the same thing in numerous posts. Don't your fingers get tired?
  25. a700hitter
    Just joshing. , but not semantics. You will ocassionally agree with me, so you shouldn't torture your own logic to prove otherwise.
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