Dojji
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Bard's my pick for a regression actually. Not because his stuff is everything other than huge , but because he's still a bit young and unfinished and the league will be seeing him a second time. He's got to prove he can stay ahead of the hitters. I'm not counting on him to be the fulltime 8th inning man just yet.
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I'll take a hack at the obvious pick. http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2007/12/01-07/daisuke-matsuzaka-boston-red-sox-world-series-baby-pitcher.jpg
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Don Baylor wasn't much of a hitter. Sure, he hit HR's, but he didn't surround that with solid production for most of his career.
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So we hve a super-utility man. Cool. Now if only he remembers to swing by Milwaukee and pick up the bat he left there.
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I don't get why people think the Nationals having Jason Marquis is such a big deal. Even if you're putting him in the 4 spot in your rotation, bragging about him as an asset isn't saying a lot. He's a fairly run of the mill average National League pitcher, a lot like Jeff Suppan or Randy Wolf. I mean, it's a solid pickup for the Nats to actually land a veteran MLB caliber starting pitcher, but is that really the best they can do? Wang's stuff is an order of magnitude better than Marquis'. He should outperform Marquis this year.
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I think this has a chance to be one of the times it does. Not that I'm predicting a return to his old dominance -- not unless his strikeout numbers go up -- but this is an experienced pitcher who the only thing holding him back from a return to form is his health. I'd say he has a much better chance of bouncing back than your average scrap heap reject. You get a chance to pick up a veteran with those kind of credentials and do it cheaply you jump at it.
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RS -- they're more likely to bring in Russel Branyan last I'd heard. I'll take Branyan over Gomes.
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As 26 pointed out the Nats are still rebuilding. THIS season is less important than future upside. If he rebounds to full health by the end of the year, he's under their arb control and can come back next year when they have a better hope of competing. So if he burns 160 this year and 190-200 next, I don't think too many Nats fans complain about that.
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Solid pickup for the Nats, even if he doesn't bounce all the way back he still has the stuff to be a solid innings burner.
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I know, just messing around.
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Uggh, I know it's not what you meant, but please don't use those words in that order when talking about Buchholz. I'm already nervous about his confidence and I didn't need the incremental blood pressure rise before I finished parsing the sentence.
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Report: Sox interested in Russell Branyan .
Dojji replied to NateGrey's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Lowell traded or on the DL is a prerequisite to this deal making any sense whatsoever, agreed on that. -
http://news.soxprospects.com/2010/02/fort-report-new-spring-complex-to-be.html
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Report: Sox interested in Russell Branyan .
Dojji replied to NateGrey's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I disagree that it's definitely not happening. It depends on three things. 1: Boston's ability to unload Lowell 2: Whatever intelligence they have on Adrian Beltre 3: Whether Lowell could start the season on the 60-day DL If they can unload Lowell more easily than we think they can, we could have Branyan. If the Sox FO has learned something since they signed Beltre that makes them nervous, they might move Lowell to bring in Branyan. or if Lowell starts on the 60-day, then he's not even a concern unless he actually gets healthy at some point. But if they think it's really an issue, this is a team that can eat $15M and more to get the right guy in place. -
Report: Sox interested in Russell Branyan .
Dojji replied to NateGrey's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I don't see it either, although I do see the logic to it IF you assume Lowell is already gone. Branyan is a lefthanded corner infielder. We have two righthanded corner infielders not counting Lowell. There's a potential fit here, especially if you're a little nervous about Adrian Beltre's offense. Think "Beltre/Branyan platoon." Only probably when Branyan plays it's Youks covering third and Branyan at first. And if Beltre bottoms out you have two other guys who can split first and third between them and utilize Beltre as an LIDR. -
PROSPECT claim, you nut. BTW I really don't think I'm going to get any competition on this one at ALL, so I'd like to grab Daniel Nava also . I still think he has a chance to be a very good 4th OF in the big leagues. -- even if maybe not here.
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that's not what he said. He said Youks is the only guy whose production the Sox can bank on, and that if Drew, Ortiz, VMart, et. al. play up to their ability the Sox are going to be very good. Not a lot to disagree with.
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I'll surprise absolutely no one by claiming Josh Reddick.
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That's why Scutaro has the potential to be bigger than life. Because the Sox are used to not getting much there, and he can improve on that. While Ortiz falling apart entirely would leave the Sox scrambling for a replacement, a replacement DH is not all that difficult to find and we could possibly limp along with Lowell in that role.
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Disagree. The biggest question is what we're going to get out of Shortstop. It's been our big Achilles heel for several years now and Scutaro being able to solidify the position with half decent production would be absolutely huge, disproportionate to the actual production even..
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It's a stretch, sure, but so is calling him Nancy when he's been healthy, productive and in the field for most of his tenure here. Besides, by OPS, Drew was better last year than any hitter we currently have on our roster so the claim has some basis..
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Tsk tsk, Imperial. As if both statements can't be true.
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons I started this thread. The Drew-bashers need to wake up and realize that the object of their hatred is going to probably be our best hitter next year.
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1: because closers DO have a stigma against them when it's time for them to be considered for the hall 2: Because the relief pitcher is more universally accepted, or at least tolerated, than the DH, which is only accepted in one league. Guys, I'm not, nor is anyone else, saying that Frank Thomas should not be inducted.
