jacksonianmarch

removed...Kilo's post was better

Adrian is a great ballplayer. I am just commenting on the ridiculous notion that he will put up Pujols type numbers in Fenway.

If you get any production out of the #3-5 slot in the rotation, you will make a run. You are guaranteed to get a solid pitching performance 40% of the time with the way Beckett and Lester are pitching.

Pujols has Adrian by 200 points in OPS. Thats like saying Brett Gardner can play like Matt Holliday.

that wasnt necessary, not was it. Floating ideas is fine.

You wouldnt restock the farm too quickly because you wont have a first or second rounder. Also, that would add something like 50 mil to payroll in one season. Also, I dont know if the sox have the prospects to get both Hanley AND Gonzalez in the same offseason. As cool as it sounds, it wont happen.

Guys, I am not terribly sure where all these ideas are coming from and how they would fit. Looking by position C- VMart under contract. Varitek option to be determined 1B- Lowell under contract, VMart under contract, Youkilis under contract 2B- Pedroia under contract 3B- Youkilis under contract, Lowell under contract SS- Lowrie under contract LF- ??? CF- Ellsbury under contract RF- Drew under contract DH- Ortiz under contract The sox need a COF and a SS, IMO. Michael Young would not be an option. Why do I say this? Well, because Guzman is a desperation move, but not a long term move. This is due to absolutely awful defense. Young would provide the same awful defense. Theo loves having a solid defense SS. And while Lowrie isnt the best, he is a better defensive SS than those two. If he brings anyone in, it would be a guy like Jack Wilson, who is a FA this offseason. In terms of the COF spot, it depends on what the yankees do and whether the sox are willing to resign Bay at big money. If NY re-ups Damon and decides to go young, then Holliday would be available. If Cashman goes balls out and wants Holliday, then the sox would likely not be able to get into the bidding war. Regardless, the sox absolute biggest need is in the rotation. 1 and 2 are locked down. Buchholz will have the #5 slot. But 3 and 4 need to be secured. DiceK has been an injury waiting to happen since his arrival and it happened. Who knows if he has the body or mind to continue in the AL East. And Wakefield is eleventy billion yrs old. You might be better served to try and re-up Bay while making a hard push for Lackey.

No problem. I like to rub it in at times, but I am not a troll. This guy is just a troll who should be banned soon.

Someone ban the troll please

Now THAT is a troll

The sox didnt "get" him yet. They have been awarded the claim. The Nationals have 48 hours to either work out a deal with Boston, let him go to Boston, or pull him back.

1.) Wakefield is set to throw a simulated game within the next few days. But, he has been out for 32 days now. Chances are, he'll need a 2 game rehab assignment to get his stamina back. And assuming everything goes well there, he is likely not going to be used as he was prior to his injury. You probably wont see him going 7 innings on return. He will likely be kept in the 5-6IP mode assuming this injury doesnt cause him to alter the path of that knuckler. As we have seen with Wake, he is affected by even the slightest back or lower leg injury/tiredness. So, in summary, he is likely going to return to the rotation after another 2-3 turns, which means another 2-3 starts from Tazawa or Bowden. And, there is the very real possibility that he is not the knuckler he was prior to injury. But, him coming back is still a much needed reprieve for a sox rotation that has found itself 2 men deep. 2.) Buchholz was lucky, but good enough to get through 6 hard fought innings in the Bronx. The 11 baserunners in 6 innings is pretty bad. But he made quality pitches when he needed to and avoided the big inning which has been his problem this yr. So I agree, this is a potential turning point. It is certainly something to build upon, but he is still far from being a dependable member of the rotation. 3.) The Sox offense isnt this bad. Losing your best RBI man who just happens to be right handed makes things more dicey vs lefties. That being said, the offense has been disjointed for weeks now. They will put up 18 in Baltimore then go 24 consecutve scoreless vs NY. The sox will hit. The question is, can they hit quality pitching. That remains to be seen, but it would seem the answer is leaning towards no. Overall, sox fans, I think the division is the yankees mostly because even if the sox get their s*** together, NY is just loaded for bear against out of division foes. That being said, the sox are in the driver's seat in the wild card and still have the chance to take that due to the maddeningly inconsistent Rays and the overachieving Rangers. And, the sox control their own destiny in the WC. They have 6 games left vs TB (3 at home) and 3 games in Arlington. Whomever takes the majority of those games will take the lead in the WC. If the sox get ANYTHING out of their #3-5 slots in the rotation, then I think the wild card will be won in Boston. If they dont, it is gonna be a fun finish to the yr with any team capable of securing it.

The Mets did it in this economy. Everytime you say nobody else would do it in this economy, you are wrong. Every, single, time.

CC was ridiculous today. He showed he was the ace we paid for. Actually, Burnett and CC really took the reigns of this series after a sloppy game 1 on both ends. The offense squeaked by early and Jeter's homer put it out of reach late. Very solid performance in mid-August from our duo of aces and from the bullpen. I couldnt be happier, well not true. Pettitte has been rolling of late and he will be facing a lineup that will likely be devoid of the sox biggest RH power threat in Jay Bay. NY has a very good chance tonight of sweeping the series and essentially widening the gap in the east to an almost unreachable 6.5 games with the sox going into a 4 game vs Detroit against 3 of their top pitchers.

The Mets say hi again. Listen, if you want to be delusional about what one of the best pitchers in baseball will get when he becomes a FA at age 30, be my guest. But dont spout as if it is gospel. Beckett is the prototypical big game pitcher who is a surefire ace and will hit FA at age 30. He is gonna get a massive contract.

"Papa Jack" was let go because all players aside from Ortiz didnt like him because they didnt think he actually put in a lot of work. I remember Trot complaining about that

His story was true. I had the bottle. And it wasnt andro. I had never heard of it before, but it shared a common pathway with nandralone. And this was May 2009

To be honest with you, the scouting director is the one who coordinates all of the draftees and the scouting. So while Theo might get some credit for it, he isnt the one putting in the time. For the yankees, their drafts and latin signings are run by Damon Oppenheimer. Cashman gets involved if he truly wants a player OR if there is a change in budget. I think the biggest thing Theo gets credit for is recognizing the talent that the scouting director drafts and not dealing them away in stupid deals.

Meh, not gross.

haha. It didnt seem difficult, I'll tell you that much. At least for that stretch, I couldnt make an out

bud smith says hi

it proves he can have one good game.

the opposite for me. My mother's side if from Maine and my wife is from Massachusetts, so in terms of my family, the yankee fans are actually outnumbered