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Much better to give up prospects for Gio than spend big bucks on Buerhle or Wilson. FA starters are grossly overpaid. I would prefer Gio over Bailey, who has arm issues.
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Notice how the Yankees snuck in there and bid on Darvish--while Henry is focussed on soccer. The Red Sox GM will have to get creative this year, and earn his pay--unlike his predecessor.
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Punto is good defensively, and gives them some infield depth. They have Aviles to backup Youks at 3B.
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Gio has some salary protection, doesn't he? He would be worth a couple of top prospects-- a LHd starter near the top of the rotation. It apparently will take Middlebrook. They would have to do some fast shuffling about Youks successor. Now if Epstein had re-signed Beltre, they wouldn't have this dilemma...And Theo would not be in Chicago. What they should do is trade CC for Gio, and pay half of CC's salary--about what he is worth.
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If the kid had double digit wins, he'd be untouchable. Looks like he's getting better. Madson had some crappy years until he developed a changeup.
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Red Sox Acquire Melancon For Lowrie, Weiland
SoxSport replied to Laser Show's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Red Sox Acquire Melancon For Lowrie, Weiland
SoxSport replied to Laser Show's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nice deal here. Melancon has had two pretty good years in Houston, and actually got 20 saves last year. He's young, may still have some upside, is well-controlled salary-wise and can setup and maybe close. Ground ball pitcher. Out of the Yankee farm system. The Sox gave up Weiland, who is unproven at the ML level, and Lowrie--the race horse who spends most of his time in the barn--and not on the track. I'd be happier with Wandy, but Henry is spending his dough on soccer players this year. -
Henry's gonna get him for his soccer team.
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The Red Sox are short of RHd power. Does it make sense to trade Youks or Lavarnway, the only two RHd power guys the farm system has developed in recent years? Trade somebody who bats left-handed. Plenty of those.
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predictions: The Sox will try to get Darvish, or will sign Madson. Valentine is high on Darvish, and Bobby's Japanese connections should be exploited. Dice-K may rejuvenate under Valentine. Bard will be the closer if they get Darvish. If they don't get Darvish, they will get a closer and start Bard. For closer, Bailey looks remote--Beane deals his players to the NL (e.g., Cahill). His asking price to AL teams is generally higher. Madson will be signed for $8-10 mil. 3years plus an option year. Ortiz will get a 2 year deal for $20 mil.
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The NFL is the only major sport with a sense of parity--no big market bias, as exists in MLB and the NBA. The key is a hard salary cap, and non-guaranteed contracts. The players don't like this, and the TV people don't, either. They want the big markets to dominate, to max out their advertising revenues. You even see that in the NFL, where the two NY teams, the Giants and the Jets, have been showcased in almost every network night game this season. In the NBA, Stern is fighting hard to keep NY and LA from dominating--but he also has to consider TV interests--which want the big markets to dominate. In MLB, Pujols followed the money--to LA--where the Angels will get $100 mil more TV revenue per year for the next 20 years from a new Fox contract. That paid for Wilson and Pujols. TV dominates.
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Hanley's admirer, Epstein, is gone now, so there isn't as much passion in the FO for him. Besides, his offense has been in decline the last few years, and Iglesias is no more than a year away- regardless of how he hits.
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Maybe Henry is trying to get the FO to sober up after last year's drunken spending spree. Unfortunately, he should have started by letting Ortiz walk. He's just too soft-hearted.
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Players unhappy with the Valentine as manager?
SoxSport replied to SCM33's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Looking at the title of this thread, so far I haven't seen any evidence of players unhappy about Valentine as manager. Or happy, for that matter. -
Looks like Bard and Aceves are the 4th and 5th starters, from the Globe this morning. Bard is definitely starting in ST. Gentle Ben should take a few lessons from wheeler-dealer Danny Ainge. Another surprising stat from the Sunday papers: The media constantly reminds us the Patriots have the worst defense in their Conference. Guess what? The Packers also have the worst defense in their Conference. But both teams have great pitching!
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Sources: Celtics nearing a deal for ex-Hornets F David West
SoxSport replied to Jacoby_Ellsbury's topic in Other Sports
West is a nice player. One of the top scoring PFs. The question is whether he is still a nice player after his ACL? The other question is they don't have a center since O'Neal is going to NO in the sign and trade deal. They have Wilcox and some kid whose last name begins in S. That won't cut it, Danny. -
Data the last 3 years shown on MLB.com suggests Pujols might be in decline. All the teams know that, yet they were willing to go 10 years on the guy for money based on past performance. It has bad investment written all over it. So why did they do it? The Cardinals did it for loyalty--kind of a Papi thing. The Marlins did it to sell tickets in Miami.They have got to be nervous about that. And the LA Angels? Heck, they're using Fox money. TV is paying. And they get a tax deduction. The teams in LA and NY have a HUGE advantage over everybody else because of TV revenues. That's why they can spend spend spend. The only thing that can stop them is a hard salary cap. Look at that Laker deal that got stopped. They set themselves up to get Howard, too, if you look at the fine print. No surprise that the media has stacked up in their support against Stern. My betting is that Stern caves--to TV.
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The Lakers started this syndrome when Kobe dictated who he wanted to play for in the draft years ago. Then they engineered the swap for Shaq from Orlando, because Shaq wanted to play in LA. Now they probably will try to do the same with Howard. Garnett didn't want to go to Boston. He just didn't object to the trade. The bigger markets didn't like it, because KG was viewed as a big market target. It's assumed that stars go to big markets as free agents. That's what happens when you don't have a hard salary cap. The big NY and LA markets ignore the cap and pay the luxury tax. They can afford it.
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Basically, the owners don't want the players dictating which team they are traded to. Free agency is a different story. Paul is now likely to wind up with the Knicks next year unless the Hornets are allowed to trade him to another team. MLB has the same problem without a hard salary cap. The big market teams dominate. The Angels' spending spree might backfire because Pujols is showing signs of decline. And the Marlins are out on a long limb. The Red Sox may just be sitting pretty doing nothing. Let the market come to them.
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Ain't over yet. Stern cancelled the LA deal. Paul is staying put. The NBA has the same problem as MLB--no hard salary cap means big TV market dominance. Mainly LA and NY. Note how the Angels are flexing their muscles with their new Fox TV contract.The Marlins will walk the plank if they don't fill their new stadium.