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If it's for more than just this year then go for it. Any move that makes next year's team significantly better should be contemplated this deadline.

Clutch isn't enough to make up for a left fielder with a .605 OPS. That's awful.

Oh, and Wheeler is officially inked as of this morning, the Bruins did... whatever they need to to not walk away from the deal. He's a Bruin, folks, might as well get used to it.

Or that they find a buyer for Papelbon. At that price, wow, just think of the haul.

Just whatever you do, Theo don't get fooled by Farnsworth. He'll return to his career numbers soon enough.

Ehh, Hall was better on the mound. Actually I liked Nick Green. Was he a high end SS no, but even with his collapse near the end his season numbers were OK and he was solid defensively. I wanted him back as a bench IF. Turns out he may have come in handy.

Wheeler awarded 2.2 mil in arbitration. Honestly, this isn't bad, it's a little less than I thought he'd get and way less than I was willing to pay if necessary. I'm not for giving up on the guy at this point when a lot of players break out in their third or fourth years. Wheeler's got his flaws, but the overall package is decent, especially when you factor in that Wheeler played in every zone, every situation and every game. I think there's a number of guys you need to look to clear off the cap long before you worry about wheeler earning a bit over 2 mil. Ryder springs to mind almost immediately. I really like what I've seen out of Knight and I think he could replace Ryder with similar production right out of the box. He could stand to work through Juniors and the A to pick up a more complete game, but if all you want is a guy who rushes the net and plays a tough reckless game a la Chuck Kobasew. Knight's that guy already. Jordan Caron's another guy who could come up if he needed to, but I like Knight's style just a little more. I think a Wheeler-Krejci-Knight line could be really, really good in a couple years. Anyway, point being that the easy odd man out in this situation is Ryder. Clearing Ryder gets you under the cap with more than enough space to also add Seguin, and we have enough contracts coming off the books that the buyout hit (if it comes to that) doesn't hurt us that badly. And we have a couple options to replace him with a young player that makes a fifth of what he does if we go that route.

Because Theo has developed a firmness and willingness to trust his initial read into a crippling inability to adjust to reality as it unfolds.

No thanks, you can keep that particular train wreck.

I'd look hard at the Dodgers if I was looking to rebuild the pen. They have a surfeit of decent arms, and many of them are dominant enough to translate into the AL East.

All I want is to come here and talk about the game and express an outside-the-box dea and get a little feedback on it without perennially being called a tom fool, I don't really think that's really too much to ask.

Well, you could say that or you could say Your words dude, not mine. If you can't see how you're provoking crap with the last half of that sentence, then you're blind. say your piece without trying to dig the knife in every single time you think you're less wrong than the other guy. This forum will be a better place as a result.

Rock solid west coast swing.

2 of the called strikes in that at bat were borderline at best. Just saying.

See if Scoot can make this a laugher.

Nice little catch there.

c'mon MDC, don't suck.

I was thinking more along the lines of "waive him and replace him with Kalish."

Go, Dipre! you can do it! Prove his point! That's the way!

Eh, RWTP has a point. This is not an $8M player. Wasn't a terrible idea when it was tried, but Cameron just has not lived up to his end of the bargain. Worse, you can't even use injuries as an excuse, anyone over 36 or so is at a heightened risk of injury and you have to take that into consideration before you sign them -- if you don't you pretty much deserve what you get.. Maybe you give him another shot next year, but I don't think it'd hurt the team that much to move him along.

Only 1 out. Let's keep the rally going.

SCOOT!`

Try it. You never know. Anything that could get Oki going would really benefit this team. We've missed being able to rely on him this year.

I think that I'd welcome a good righty stick on the bench. It's not worth the money we're paying the guy, but if you have a guy who can possibly give you an advantage, you use it even if you're maybe paying too much.