Spudboy

I will give no Woman my essence. I do not drink branch water, and I don't use fluoridated toothpaste either.

I'm a fat asexual.:D

I guess some TS members have a memory of convenience. And maybe you'd rather spend 2/11-12 on a NL catcher that puts up lesser numbers when you could have a cheap RHH that has a favorable split against LHP and has already played in the AL? A guy that plays 3 OF position more than competently. A guy that does not make errors , throws well and can run? Maybe you are all Ivy League Business grads? It's just sound business to round off the roster with a guy like Darnell.

Yup!

Yes. A table of rubes about to exchange STDs.

Memo to the Sox F.O. : Sign Darnell McDonald.

I've seen him interviewed several times. He's actually affable, introspective, and reasonably articulate. Today he was clearly ill. He was running a fever. And his throat was pretty sore. And he certainly knows how to dress!

I'm bewildered by the catcher situation. Maybe I've been in a vodka induced haze, but I recall one of the Boston.com writers saying that Salty would have to clear waivers before he could be assigned to Pawtucket. That was about a week or two ago. Today, Abraham said that Salty has an option remaining! What the f*** is it? As I said yesterday, carrying three catchers on the 25 man roster makes no sense. I believe Dusty Brown was released and Wagner in recovering from an injury. That means that there is only one AAA catcher available to fill in in the event that Tek has some kind of problem, injury or otherwise. Salty is coming off surgery and has not, to this point, demonstrated that he is ready at the MLB level. Exposito and Lavanway are at least two years away from what I can tell. So I guess acquiring an MLB ready catcher makes sense as long as Salty can be optioned to Pawtucket. In any case, If the Sox sign Martin, how much money is left to acquire solid bull pen help? Using my old school math I believe the Sox have about 10-14 mil left to spend after signing Crawford and before signing Martin. That's kind of a slim margin unless the Sox are planning to move someone like, for example, Cameron (if that happens I hope they sign Darnell!). I have to say, what initially looked like a boring and potentially unfulfilling off-season sure has become interesting! However the catcher situation eventually shakes out, the Sox are poised to score a s*** ton of runs. Let's all hope there is a pen in place to hold a lead.

This is probably their biggest loss. Assuming that they keep their rotation intact. I don't mean to minimize the loss of Crawford at all. Nor Bartlett. But it always seems that the Rays have a stream of good young players coming up. I don't know the names of the players that will be filling the holes at LF a SS. Is Jennings the guy targeted for LF? And the SS replacement has already played MLB. Whatever. They will probably win 66-80 games if they fill the holes. They've lost some big pieces to be sure, but they have established a winning culture and have good coaching and a good manager.

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I don't understand the question. Given that it was posted in broken Canadian. My best guess would be J.D. Drew.

If you like soft shelled crabs and onesies.

BRILLIANT!

Really, I wasn't sure. Thanks.

? Four arms in the pen? :lol: So three slots are open. How do you use them? At least two should be bp. That leaves one for a position player, at least. A third catcher makes no sense.

So you see Salty clearing waivers? It's possible. And the Sox could draw him back if some team claimed him. But why? None of it would make sense given what we know to this point.

OK. So Martin is such an obvious talent and is non-tendered. Why have the Sox agreed to terms with Tek and why have they not signed Martin? And do you see the Sox reneging on their offer to Tek?