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Don't go whining if the second pitcher acquired is Ervin Santana or worse. Don't cry about the high price of pitching if they sign this fat bastard to play 3B.
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There are limited resources. Paying a lot to Panda limits what they can do on pitching ... no?
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The reported offer was not aggressive IMO. Is it the actual offer? I don't know. I only commented on what was reported. I still don't think it sounds aggressive. Why are you arguing with me about the accuracy or completeness of the report. How the f*** would any of us know the truth. We can only discuss what is being reported. Do you think the reported offer is aggressive?
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I was reacting to a report that the Red Sox made an aggressive offer. I don't think their offer will be close to what it takes to sign him. I would have called it an I itial offer or an opening offer. It doesn't seem aggressive at all.
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That isn't an aggressive offer.
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Then where does Francisco play?
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Platoon at first with Napoli?
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If they wanted to play it slow, they should have told him that they wanted to bring him back and that they would talk to him after he explored other offers. They gave him an offer to shop around helping him to increase his value.
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Of course it is their call regarding how they make an offer.
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I would have gone one of two ways. I'd have had a meeting and not made an offer, but asked that he meet with us after he had gone shopping, or I would have made him a very strong market value offer and given hin 24 hours to decide. I would not have given him an offer to shop.
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so, they are going to give Lester the opportunity to shop our offer and get a higher bif from the Cubs or Yankees. That'snot smart.
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I have mixed feelings about signing Panda, because I don't want to take away resources that could be used to get pitching, but he would be worlds better than the garbage we rolled out there last season, and we need a third baseman.
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He's not a good player. He is a great young player.
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So then Marrero, Ranaudo, and Coyle would not get it done. LOL!!
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Ben should get that done immediately if that's what it would take.
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If you want Cueto, you aren't going to get him for Workman or Nava.
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Could he land Cueto for us?
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WE don't have depth to land Cueto and Frazier.
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If you don't believe that teams hype their prospects, then your head is in the crapper. The Yankees and Dodgers among others have been very skillful at hyping prospects and using them to get established players.
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I drank all the kool aid on WMB, Bradley, XB and Ranaudo when they were signed. There is a trend being established, and the value of these guys who were supposed to be our future has come crashing down. By all means, continue to drink your own kool aid. I just hope the FO is starting to see the need for improvement in scouting and player development.
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Organizations have been known to hype prospects, but they usually trade hyped prospects. In this case, maybe the Red Sox hype was genuinely believed within the organization, but the fruits of the farm have been rotten thus far. I think teams talent evaluators take the lazy approach to talent in other organizations in many cases by giving deference to the other team's evaluations. The other teams are now re-evaluating our prospects based on our recent string of duds. It's not at all far-fetched. It makes a lot of sense.
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From MLBTraderumors.com yesterday: I'll stand by my assertion that we are not in a position of strength with regard to our pitching prospects.
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We are not in a position of strength organizationally with pitching prospects. These guys are not elite prospects and they don't have great stuff. The livest arm that we have is Webster who has teriible command and a weak stomach to boot.
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I read that other teams are reassessing evaluations of Red Sox prospects in light of the fact that several of the prospects that were highly touted. Have bombed.
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For one year of Cespedes and a bucket of chum they are not getting Frazier and Cueto.
