Rdsxmbnt
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Basically there is no right answer as to when to deal prospects and when not to. For every deal where prospects flamed out and the other team got the 'proven star', there is another deal where the main piece was gone within a year or two and the prospects were key cost-controlled players for the next 6 years. Personally I think if we have to give up Buchholz then Kelly/Westmoreland should be completely off limits. I don't need to describe what we have in Buchholz, but Kelly is 20yrs old and going to be pitching in AA and Westmoreland has five-tool superstar potential that hasn't been seen since Hanley graced us with his presence.
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The Mariners traded two prospects for Heathcliff Slocum
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.250/.342/.452/.795 vs. .249/.327/.453/.780 seem pretty similar offensively too
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Buchholz, Reddick/Kalish, Ramirez (lets just say we get him), Lowrie, Pimentel for Agon
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You didn't comprehend that correctly. Currently the Red Sox have spend lets say 30% of that amount. In no universe is 112mil comparable to 423mil. Now if the Sox had spent lets say 60% or 250mil then MAYBE you could start to compare the two offseasons. However, at the current moment barring a Tex-like deal by the Red Sox, that notion is completely ridiculous.
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And even when they do squeak by that mark the Yankees will still have spent THREE TIMES as much money. No one is crying poverty but the 423mil spent on those three players can never be compared to ANYTHING until someone comes within like even 60-70% of that amount.
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get back to me when the Red Sox spend more than 30% of what the Yankees spent last offseason
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Hermida/Cameron platoon. Cameron hits LHP and Hermida hits RHP
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put an 'e' in 'last'
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At which point everyone begins name calling and natural selection weeds out some of the people
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Why would we trade two potential franchise players for a first baseman (not named Pujols)? Hanley or bust
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probably sets a benchmark for where a Beckett deal should be since they are extremely similar players in terms of output
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No thanks
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Last I checked Theo isn't a writer for any major newspaper so yes they could all be wrong. But all that logic is is common sense. We have a couple holes to fill and ("supposedly") won't trade young players so the way to fill them is through FA where we have money to spend. Btw you are so shallow and fail to look at things beyond the surface. How could any writer possibly know what the master plan for this offseason is or what Theo has been working on? Do you really operate under the assumption that Theo is sitting around on his ass all offseason doing nothing?
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Beltre at 10 mil (unrealistically high) + 9mil paid to lowell to get rid of him = 19 mil this season for the 3B hole + Max Ramirez
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~.710 road OPS last year with power production dropping off a cliff last year. Am I the only one that sees a substantial amount of risk switching from one year of Lowell to a multi-year contract with Beltre?
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ONE issue. There also exists the issue of Saunders being a back-end rotation pitcher and Bourjos who's an interesting piece but not necessarily an elite prospect by any stretch of the imagination.
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Well Kelly has already had a good deal of success in High-A posting a 5.0 K/BB with only 33 hits allowed in 46.2 innings. It's not unrealistic that if he has initial success again in A+ that he'll be bumped right up to AA and from there the majors is right around the corner. 2010 may be a stretch but it's certainly not impossible if he continues to have success in A+ and then in AA also.
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Gom, you are so money and you don't even know it