We have no idea which players from that era were clean. At one time, all of baseball was rooting for ARod to break the home run records, because they thought he had done things "the right way" until he got caught.
Clemens had a lousy post season track record while he was with the Red Sox IIRC, but he did significantly better as Yankee and as an Astro in the post season. I think that Price can still turn things around in the post season.
There should be a clubhouse pool on how much weight that this tub of goo gains during the season. He ate so much after signing his free agent contract that he injured his shoulder.
I didn't say that you said that, but you did reference that he had 2 good years. I said that I didn't expect him to turn back the clock 5 years. Everything isn't a debate, Kimmi. Sometimes it is just conversation.
Buchholz may be the biggest disappointment coming out of the Red Sox system in my memory. He pitches a no-hitter in his second start and the sky was the limit, and he hasn't come close to reaching his potential. He had ace stuff.
And as I pointed out, the latter of those 2 very good seasons was 2011. Five seasons have passed since then. I don't expect him to turn back the clock 5 years.
I think Duane Josephson's career was cut short by a heart issue IIRC. Also, I think we got him in the Gary Peters deal. I had big hopes for him adding big offense.
There will be some tough competition in the league as usual. I am trying to drum up interest among more TalkSox members to replace some of the weaker inactive teams. I have tried directly calling out people that spend a lot of time posting here -- some of the proud sabremetricians, but they have shrunk from the challenge. Maybe you can try your charms to get some new TalkSox blood into the league. I think JBay had expressed interest last season.