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@PeteAbe Alex Cora at Fenway South working with infielders. Devers, Marrero, Lin, Swihart, and Travis were among them.

Why take a one year deal to become a FA during next offseason? It makes no sense. If JD doesn't play a full year, his market value goes crashing down because everyone will see that he's a part time player. If he plays well, he'll still be up against transcendent players like Harper and Machado who can mash AND play the field. He should take the money now IMO.

https://www.overthemonster.com/2018/2/8/16990148/whatevers-happening-are-the-red-sox-in-on-it-dogs Here is the single dumbest article on collusion in baseball. It includes bad writing, word salad and really says a whole lot of nothing. If someone can let me in on what this article is trying to say, please let me know.

I'm not sure any of us on here are representative of a normal Red Sox fan. We are all the crazies.

Do these same people take to the streets when Marky Mark is paid millions of dollars to be in a movie nobody will watch? At least baseball players can entertain you almost every day for 6 months.

Why does snow have anything to do with it? Most players only live here April - September. Not much snow then.

I think it means that DD doesn't think the other options (LoMo, Duda, etc.) are much better than Hanley.

If you have the payroll and an open spot, it wasn't a big deal two years ago. However, it would have been dumb to bring him back last year. The Sox were lucky enough to move him to Philly. Remember that 2015 was his highest WAR season. He's always had an up and down career, but I believe that if he could have had back to back decent WAR years that he would have earned a good contract. He sucked in 2016 in the rotation and was marginally better in the pen. He's not worth $13M in the pen tho.

Do DH's not run the bases?

Well, a lot of Pedroia's issues are contact related (with the ground, a cleat, a base, etc.). I'm not sure resting Pedroia will prevent him from hurting himself while diving for a ball.

Also, since this thread is going to be a s*** show, this is my last post on here.

Don't say nonsense like "well, we know differently 60 years later". People knew back in the 60's, 70's and 80's that he was racist scum. Hell, I did a high school project on racism in Boston sports in the early 90's off of books and articles from decades before. Yes, Tom Yawkey was a racist.

As long as you also teach your children to be better writers than Max, we'll all be better off.

Almost as good as the Celtics who have played almost every minute of the year without one of their star players.

Why DH a negative OWAR guy?

I think some of the things attributed to JD are really weird. He'd be better off if he didn't say anything and left it to Boras.

@EvanDrellich Source today says Red Sox and J.D. Martinez are involved in "a good faith process." As Scott Boras said yesterday, the sides are talking. I do not doubt frustrations exist as @Ken_Rosenthal reported

It seems like JD may be a very very dumb person. At least he can hit the ball into orbit. Other than that, seems to as dumb as rocks.

I picture that it was just like the opening of any Doogie Howser episode.

Slugger J.D. Martinez was the focus of a skirmish yesterday in the war of words, with some sparring over the fact that the Red Sox have not upped their longstanding offer — which evidently still stands at a previously reported five-year, $125MM level. Per Nightengale, the only other offer on the table right now is from the Diamondbacks, but it’s just a one-year deal. Clearly, all involved have reason to anticipate that there’d be greater interest than that from other organizations, but it’s a notable point in relation to Martinez’s hopes for generating pressure on the Sox. Notably, too, the Red Sox are perhaps still aware of other means of fulfilling their desire for right-handed power. Nightengale says the organization spoke with the Guardians earlier in the offseason about a potential deal that would have brought Edwin Encarnacion to Boston. Whether or not there’s any plausible hope of reviving those discussions isn’t clear, though, and the Sox are said not to have been willing to send Jackie Bradley Jr. to Cleveland. Clearly, that’s no surprise, as Bradley is a much younger and more affordable player who still offers plenty of value to the Sox. Indeed, it’s amply arguable that Bradley is a more valuable overall performer than is Encarnacion.

@JonHeyman Steve Selsky has minors deal with red sox

"It was just different for me," he said. "Coming from Tampa, from that environment to that environment was so different I didn't really understand what I was getting myself into. I think that was the big thing. There was just such a big difference from what I was used to. "I definitely wouldn't have went to the highest bidder. If I could have done it over again I would have gone into more detail into everything. I didn't do any research about nothing. I didn't know much about Boston, only when I played there. If I went into a little more depth as to what I was getting myself into things probably would have been a little different." He added, "Once I realized it and I had seven years I didn't know what to do. It was just one of those things I had to sit out and wait. I was dealing with the struggling at the time and a bunch of other stuff. I had been in Tampa so we had been shielded from a lot of media stuff. I didn't have to go through that stuff. That was new for me, dealing with the media and stuff like that. I didn't how to handle all that stuff up there and it showed in my game. Then I started getting hurt all the time. It was just always bad, bad all the time. When he complains about Boston, he's always throwing the media under the bus (for good reason). However, he hasn't outwardly called out the fans for poor behavior so saying that he was "crucified" by fans here seems wrong to me.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/carl-crawford-apologizes-red-sox-fans_n_969408.html Carl Crawford in 2011 talking to Boston fans: “I want to end the diary saying something to the fans of Boston. I just want to say I’m sorry for the year I’ve had,” he wrote. “You guys have been really supportive and I appreciate that. Hopefully when we get into these playoffs, I can be the real Carl Crawford that I know I am. We’ll see.” He had problems with the media, not really with fans.

Maine is not Boston. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/07/07/red-sox-outfielder-carl-crawford-alleges-fan-called-him-racial-slur-during-minor-league-rehab-game/dB770zPldw9wpyu0upERlN/story.html Boston fans went easy on him.

In Texas? Here in Boston, nobody was ripping CC. Even watching the games on tv you wouldn't here much grumbling.