Cameron has been a solid two-way player his entire career, whether you like it or not, what you think of Cameron has no relevance on the type of player he actually is and how he fit on the Sox. The hernia problem is a fluke. And if you don't have the "time" to come up with an informed opinion, then don't make posts bashing players you have just admitted to knowing little about because you don't have the "time" to find out about them.
Sorry I have no life and do not have the time to post every day with stat and stats you copy and paste from other sites. I wish I had the time to do nothing all day and just sit on talk sox. That would be the life. I know Camerons stats. There are weak. That is a big reason until this year he got on a good team. .250 BA, .340 OBP, .447 SLG, .788 OPS are good numbers?? Come on now. You should know better than that. Herminda has the same damn numbers. There was no need to pick him up.
Hall- We're paying basically nothing for him.
He is getting 8 millon. That is way too much. If the Sox are paying nothing for him for some reason I do not know of, then great.
Scutaro- He was the best SS available, and he's only a stopgap until Iglesias is ready, who, if you don't now, is a player the Sox invested 8 million in expecting him to be the SS of the future, therefore they were not going to deal talent for another SS (because there weren't any younger, long-term options in the FA market as you suggested, but i digress) when they have a player that they expect to take over the position.
JJ Hardy and I believe Drew was avalible as well. I could be wrong on that. But like I said, Scutaro is play way better than I would have thought. The Sox sign him because he had a career year last year.
Cameron- You don't like him, we know, but that has nothing to do with whether the signing made sense or not, and it did, and you would know if you took some "time" to find out.
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Beckett- You're bitching about him getting extended? Seriously?
Yes, seriously. Why give him an extension in the when they could have waiting. What is going to happen if he is pitching this bad the rest of the year??? Theo is going to look like an idiot.