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The odds of Jenks and Bard going sour and Pap rediscovering his stuff are very low. Even then, I don't think the mindset is to give big long term contracts to closers. Pap has done some good things in Boston, but I think he has to work hard at recovering what he has lost if he wants a Boras-type contract elsewhere.
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You heard it here first. Cash was overruled. His days in NY are numbered.
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I hope he doesn't slip on the ice--seriously.
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The Red Sox have a better closer in waiting in Bard. And much cheaper. Why would they want to re-sign Pap for the big dollars and long-term it's going to take? Even if the guy turns around his obvious decline. The hand writing is on the wall. Barring any sudden turn of events this year with Jenks or Bard, Pap is gone no matter what he does.
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I can't help being a Red Sox fan. When I was a kid, I saw Ted Williams, Dom Dimaggio, Billy Goodman, Johhny Pesky, Birdie Tebbetts, Bobby Doerr, Mel Parnell, Ellie Kinder, Junior Stephens, Walt Dropo et al play at Fenway. And I can still see them, as plain as day.
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Are the Sox the most popular team in Boston?
SoxSport replied to Badbird's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I just changed my vote. Red Sox forever. -
Pap gets a raise after a lousy season. Now why didn't I major in Baseball.
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Back to Soriano, this doesn't look like a Cashman move, rather a desperation effort to make up for the loss of Lee and, apparently, Pettite, who has civil concerns on his hands with the Clemens trial. The Yankees got cornered into paying a guy to setup what other teams wouldn't pay him to close. And with two player opt-outs to boot. Can you imagine any other team making a deal like this? It just points out the disparity between the Yankees and everybody else. And as for Papelbon, say goodbye to him after this season. He won't be tendered, and Bard or Jenks will be the next closer. The Red Sox won't pay that much dough to a closer--much less a setup guy.
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The Yankees finally signed Soriano, as I predicted. 3 years at $11 mil per. And he can opt out after year 1 and year 2. They are paying him a king's ransom to setup (how much after the luxury tax penalty?), and he still has them over a barrel with opt-out options. So what does that mean for top setup guys now? Is the bar raised to $11 mil? The Yankees are doin' what comes naturally, and the rest of Baseball grimaces.
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Rivera pitches for the Yankees. He has won how many rings? That's a big advantage. Besides, NY is sports mediatown. Another advantage.
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A couple of problems I see with Beckett: 1) seems like he's always hurt, and 2) he lacks laser concentration on the mound. Injuries frequently imply a lack of proper conditioning--something you could question about the entire Red Sox team last year. The other problem he has is focus on the mound. I've noticed this when I've seen him pitch. He'll look dominating for a few innings. Then he'll throw a lollipop hanger down the middle and some mediocre hitter will pound it out of sight. Or he'll have some other kind of episode on the mound--an error or something behind him. End of Beckett for the day. Other times, he'll pull a Dice-K: terrible the first inning then good for the next 4 or 5 innings. His in-game consistency is lacking. He makes mistakes throwing straight pitches down the middle--too often. That is a recipe for disaster.
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The definition of a save has been watered down over the years, so I'm not sure how significant the number of saves is anymore. I doubt any of the modern day closers will make the HOF--except maybe Rivera. They don't pitch more than one inning anymore.
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And Fanball just went under. Their Baseball Diamond Challenge was probably the oldest rotisserie fantasy game on the internet--dating back several ownerships to the Sporting News in the late 90s.
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Are the Sox the most popular team in Boston?
SoxSport replied to Badbird's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Lots of opinions here, but really a very difficult question to answer. You would think the Red Sox, but football is now more popular than baseball. So it's hard to say. Maybe it depends on which team has a victory parade this year. -
Are the Sox the most popular team in Boston?
SoxSport replied to Badbird's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The NFL is more popular than MLB. Used to be the Red Sox, now the Patriots. And the Celtics are far from unpopular. Pretty much back to the glory days. -
I see Hill is one of the guests at the baseball writers dinner, sitting with Francona et al. Looks like they have some plans for him. Listened to Blyleven tonite on mlb.com. He pitched 60 complete game shutouts in his career! My, have things changed in pitching, and I'm not sure for the better. He doesn't think so. Neither did Bob Feller who thought pitching is "overmanaged."
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James has Beltre at 24 HR, 88 RBI, .283 BA in 2011, still in Boston. Those predictions wouldn't change much in Texas. James is usually conservative in his numbers. He predicts BA to come down a bit.
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Wake had some good years in Boston early on as a reliever--and closer. I believe he came to Boston from Pittsburgh? as a reliever. No reason he can't do it again. He'll probably get some spot start opportunities though I wish Dubront would get them.
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The Rangers may have overpaid for Beltre, considering his appetite for contract years. But he should be able to come close to last years' power numbers in Texas, but I wonder if he'll hit .300 again. He's not a high OBP guy. The Angels want to be a LaLa big market team, but they haven't spent like one in the offseason. I hope they keep Soriano from the Yankees. What are they waiting for.
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The Rangers get Beltre, the Sox get their no.1 draft pick. Fair enough.
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I would be surprised if the Yankees don't make a big play for Fuentes. Or even Soriano. I predicted the Sox would re-sign Oki, after the good September he had. They saved some money vs tendering him, since arbitration has become so inflationary.
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Right. Epstein & Co thought this through to next year and beyond. Ellsbury is due for an extension in a couple of years, too, and maybe that's where Westmoreland comes in, if he can make it back. I believe it's Polamalu of the Steelers who had the same brain operation as Westmoreland when he was young. Either him or one of the other big name DBs in the NFL.
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James' stats were put together before the FA season, i.e., before the Red Sox signed Crawford. He has Lowrie playing 144g and Scutaro 153g. Lowrie's games are probably at 3B. James' predictions for Crawford and AdGon are also for their old teams, and probably not as accurate for playing in Fenway. He also has Kalish playing 151g, probably in LF. If James is right about Kalish, Crawford wasn't worth the climb. We'll see how things develop.
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Lowrie clearly has a chance to break out this year. He will probably get a better opportunity to do so than Kalish. You just have to wait and see how things go in ST.