jacksonianmarch

How are those rosy glasses fitting? And the pink hat?

Crawford is an avg CFer but a ridiculous LFer

My point is not that Moseley is anywhere near as good as Beckett. Far from it. Only that Moseley is relatively foreign to them, something that always benefits the pitcher

So, the fact that he is enrolling in classes at LSU is pointing towards him signing?

It would need to be before Sept 1 or he wont be eligible for the postseason. My guess is that he's in Boston come the final week of August and then will ease his way into a platoon gig with Lowell

Anderson has some more time, but I think what Rizzo has done is more impressive. Especially since he's gone through chemo and is probably still recovering in terms of strength and lag time from his chemo. I think Rizzo ends up as a MLB caliber 1b, with a ceiling of being a very strong hitter, a la Adam LaRoche.

Just so YS can take a Midol and feel some relief from his cramping.... I said, the rumor is that he won't sign. His camp has made NO inclinations that they are signing. This is a common thing with Boras draftees. Now, some of them never move off that stance, and others do. Right now, some people "think" he's signing. But he has prepared completely to return to LSU, hence, there are no inclinations aside from gut feeling that he's gonna sign. Better?

I dunno, the Yanks typically hit Beckett well and Moseley will be foreign to them. I have a stronger feeling that Lester rights the ship tomorrow

Yeahm sounds like Morton and probably Dean are guys who are gonna sign as well as Gumbs and Desze. Segedin is a ? at this time, but he's the real prize in this draft.

The fact that said OPS has been massively altered by the 600 HR

Yankees signed 6th rounder Gabe Encinas, a HSer with a power fastball, slider combo.

He'll end up with an OPS in the high .800s.

Wrong again. Seriously, dude, you get more ornery as more sox players drop like flies. Put it this way, the sox know what it is going to take to sign him. Boras is the agent. Right now, they arent close.

I'll be saying that well past my time on this earth suns. Cleveland is a dump that should be put out of it's misery.

Even if Delgado clubs 20 homers in a month plus, he will not make the rankings

Don't have a link for you yet. But it isn't uncommon for Boras clients to make it known that they are leaning toward heading back to school. Most boras clients sign on deadline day. Also, read the same article as described above

Its gonna be down to the wire, but right now the rumor is no

He loves Napoli cause he kills the red sox. The problem is, he is pedestrian as a 1b against everyone else

And the Youkilis injury is the nail in the coffin. They're down 7 in the L column and now lose their best hitter for the season. Interesting to see how the offseason goes

Lowrie might end up being the sox starting 3b next yr

Yes, they both are. I'd go with percentages here. 10% chance Beltre stays. Multiple reasons why. Boras is the agent, Beltre has no true connection to Boston and came to Boston, IMO, to recoup his value, which he did. He's early 30s, meaning he has 1 big contract left and I know the sox wont be giving it to him 50% chance VMart stays. I think the sox would like to offer him a 4 yr deal in the $50 mil range with the overall intent of him transitioning from a full time catcher role to a part time C role with 1B and DH as options. VMart will get bigger offers, but will he be true to his word and stay in Boston if a fair deal is offered? 75% chance Ortiz stays. The sox will decline his option. The sox will offer him a deal a la Vlad Guerrero. Ortiz will initially be pissed off, thinking that Boston is lowballing him, until he sees the deals on the table are less than what the sox are offering him. My speculation is that he will return to Boston, but the 25% chance he leaves is if some team is stupid enough to pay him like it's 2005 again

Yanks back alone in 1st!

Because a good amount of teams right now arent sure if they are buyers or sellers. In 2 weeks, more teams will know.