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I was thinking, maybe we can shore up our bullpen with one of Toronto's excess relievers. Scott Downs ($4 million) and Jason Frasor (2+ million) are owed the most amount of money, maybe we can swing a deal and solidify another spot in the pen. I just think our bullpen got worse and that we can do a little tweaking to make it better this year. Downs is a lefty as well.

Mtbykr for the 3rd quarter.

So Yeszir won the first quarter and Saxman won the half?

Keeper already has it.

Indy 66

GOM brings trolling to a whole new level. Gotta love the dedication though.

Wasn't this posted in the offseason thread already? Both the link and the denial of it?

Olney now doesn't believe that it's accurate. I swear to God if he ends up on the Yankees I'm going to be uber pissed. I'm totally serial.

Mauer agreeing to stay with the Twins for 10 more years? http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11914510

Hmm, I thought he was only known for overhyping everything Yankee related and being overly nitpicky about anything Boston related. Hence ORS came up with the incredibly accurate prospect chart to explain Jacko's reaction to varying elements. In fact, we don't even need Jacko as a poster here because he can/will always be more succinctly replaced by the chart.

I don't even care if he's 17. Even if he's 19, assuming if the stats on his pitches are true then he's still ballin.

Man, I can only imagine how misled people would be if they took Jacko at full seriousness. I think we should come up with a discount factor to discount the outlandish claims/opinions/exaggerations Jacko has and discount it towards reality. Don't forget that the Red Sox traded away prospects recently and the fact that you even mentioned Ian Kennedy means that you're stretching.

Comparable probably, but I haven't heard a single source saying that the Yankees system was better than the Sox. In fact, I don't think the NYY farm system has been better than Boston's in many years. And I'm loving the fact that Jacko would categorise Imperial and Plumpa in their own mannerisms considering that Jacko is the most predictable and possibly the most biased person on the board. And that's including the likes of GOM.

Damn. Oh well, they should count 2nd place finishes to Federer as GS victories.

We also drafted Pedro Alvarez (35) and Jason Castro (65) but neither signed with us. Those bastards.

And no. I said I think Cameron is aging better than Damon, meaning that he plays and seems younger than Damon even though they are the same age. Where you got that I "can predict the relative rates at which two people age" from what I said I don't know. If you're going to continue to pull misunderstandings out of your a**, then I suggest that you stand up. Edit: Last line was a spoof of a Family Guy line. I was going for a sternly worded response rather than being a pompous ass.

That doesn't sound like a retort from someone who's still confident that they are 100% right. Sounds like someone finally realised that they aren't always right. Glad you figured that out at your age, even though it took you quite a long time...

No.

I agree with Imperial. I looked up the stats but was too lazy to put them all in. Anyway, Cameron can play more positions and can play much better defense than Damon, ranging from range to speed and to arm strength. While Damon has more OBP, Cameron is more powerful and they can both steal bases. Cameron also draws a fair amount of walks, and while Damon walks more, the fact that Cameron also draws walks is important because it seems to go unnoticed. While Damon and Cameron seem to be similar players in terms of overall worth, I believe that Cameron matches up with the Red Sox needs more than Damon. First of all, Cameron can play defense which we need. With Damon, Hermida, Ellsbury and Drew we'd need to sit only one, so the defense would be Hermida, Ellsbury, Drew and they are all four lefties. With Cameron instead of Damon, we'd have a defense of Ellsbury, Cameron, Drew, which is a much better overall defense because Cameron > Damon AND because we can more efficiently use Ellsbury in left than Center. And, we have a right handed bat in the mix as well. While we have some speed and OBP, I feel that we need a power bat more than we need an OBP machine. Granted, Cameron isn't a star power bat, but he adds pop to the lineup and as a righty should love to play pepper off the Monster. His HR numbers may stay similar but his doubles should increase. I think that Cameron gives us more opportunities to balance the lineup L/R and speed/power than Damon. This is comparing value at the same price, obviously Damon would be more valuable at the lower projected price. I also like Cameron's ability to age better than Damon and I think he's more reliable. I can't believe I made an entire post about Damon without mentioning that he left the Sox fanbase over money the first time. Well until now anyways.

I like the Cameron signing, although I do believe that we could have done better than 2/18. With that said, I'd have rather overpaid at that margin than to have been the last one standing in the game of the Free Agent musical chairs. I'd rather the Red Sox spend more money than the could/should have then to end up losing out on a good player over that same amount of cash. At this point, the extra $3-5 million is probably one of the last issues on our mind this season. And while the Red Sox are nowhere near the Yankees category when it comes to spending, we can still afford to make a mistake or two. I'm not saying that Cameron at 2/18 is a mistake, but if it turns out to be then we can survive.