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Someone on Talksox once made the argument that you need to give guys a chance to win their positions. Maybe Choo is an overshot, but if you sign someone like Young or Davis and give Bradley a chance to prove he is better than those guys, I think he will be better for it. Pedroia did it, Ellsbury did it, Bogaerts did it. Middlebrooks beat out Youkilis, but when he was handed the 3B job it didn't go so well.
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As I said, those posters were very right. But the point is that signing that "perfect pitcher" is pretty much impossible, and Lackey certainly wasn't one either. You just have to hope that your team's scouts and doctors know better than the rest of us, and if a pitcher turns it around for one crucial season, sometimes that's good enough for most of us.
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I wasn't one of them. Go back and check if you want.
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You may not like Choo, but his .400 OBP, and high BB% are exactly what the Red Sox like. The guy gets on base as well as anyone, and has the speed to get himself home too. If the Red Sox sign Choo, they have Nava/Carp as depth at 1B. Finding a catcher isn't exactly going to be easy -- Salty and McCann costs too much, Ruiz is gone, AJ is an *******. I see them going with another cheap option like Navarro. Sign Choo for 5/90, pull in Navarro for 1/4. That leaves about 5 million for relief. It is an expensive plan, but Choo is one of the few guys I would put in the "worth-it" column.
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By all means, there are risks. But there are always risks when signing pitchers after 30. They pitch in friendly ballparks, their control/power is diminishing, or there are injury concerns, or anxiety issues. The number of guys you can look at and say "This guy will anchor our staff for years to come" are so incredibly rare that there is a point where you simply cannot play armchair GM with most starters. Lackey is the perfect example. So many of the sharpest posters on here basically hated the move from the beginning. I can't remember who exactly, but for some reason ORS is one that sticks out to me. They looked at stats and trends, and it seemed like he would decline quickly. And for a while, they were very right. But after his 2013 season where he won 4 postseason games, the general opinion on him has changed drastically. Albeit, the TJS certainly helped.
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Byrd, Dejesus, Young all off the market. The only other players who might work in CF/RF for the Sox are Ellsbury, Granderson, Choo. Maybe the FO are going to go into next year with Bradley? Either that, or they're drooling at Choo's OBP. Sign Choo, put him in RF for a few months to a year, Vic to CF. When Bradley is ready, push Choo to LF, Vic to RF, Bradley to CF? Seems like a lot of moving pieces, but it could work.
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Chris Young (the outfielder) just signed with the Mets on a one-year deal. Kind of surprising the Red Sox let him go for that -- he would have been quality insurance for Bradley. There aren't many other good options out there, with the exception of Span who may cost a real prospect.
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CJ Wilson has done very well so far. Darvish has been very good, but his signing was a huge risk. Weren't you just arguing with me yesterday that Fielder is on the way to significant decline?
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What is it with Texas being too cheap to sign its own players and then busting the bank for someone else's? We saw the same thing with Wilson/Darvish, and now Hamilton/Fielder.
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First big move of the offseason!!! Red Sox re-sign World Series 40-man roster member Brandon Snyder!
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Compared to Edwin Jackson's 4/52, Dempster's 2/26, and Buerhle's 4/58 it seems like a decent deal to me.
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The last few years, Lester has been frustrated about not getting strike calls he once did, and that coincided with Salty's arrival. I have absolutely no problem seeing him go, but Lavs may not be much better.
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Anyone else annoyed that David Ortiz wants a new contract again? I get it, you're awesome. We all love you, and you know it. But keep this stuff inhouse.
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Jason Vargas to the Royals for 4/32. I kind of like that deal -- surprised about the years though. 8 million a year for a consistent arm like Vargas seems pretty good compared to some we've seen in the past.
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Does Eric Gagne count?
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Speaking of Tampa, it seems to me that the overhaul of the qualifying offer system is going to really hurt them in the years ahead. After years of giving relievers type A and type B offers -- to see them reject -- their prospect pool is going to end up much more shallow than in the past. One #20 pick, and a competitive balance, and that's it? How are they supposed to churn out aces every year like that? Oh well, they can always defile other teams in trades.
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If players get fair offers that they like, they might not turn them down while anticipating monster offers. Players that wait till January/February hurt their own market.
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I can't say it enough, but the reason the 2013 team was so good was depth. Even if your top five hitters are great, it means very little if 6-9 suck. When Drew went down with a concussion early, Iggy was there to back him up. When Middlebrooks struggled, Drew stepped in. When Iggy was traded, Bogaert stepped up. When Ortiz was out, Gomes DHed. Buchholz? Webster, Workman, Peavy. When did we ever see players on the field who had no right being in the major leagues? Having good players and building depth -- quality depth-- is what will keep this team successful.
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I found about twenty articles talking about him as a vegetarian. In his first press conference with the Tigers he said that he was a vegetarian for about 3 months and that's it. Weird.
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Did anyone else think that Prince Fielder was a vegetarian? That myth has been going around for years, and apparently it is complete bull.
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Between A-rod, and all the stalling on the posting system, the Yankees have a lot of waiting to do. That being said, they're just one bored owner away from signing Cano, Tanaka, McCann and Garza and calling it an offseason so I wouldn't count them out yet.
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... taking the title formerly owned by David Ortiz. Player A's career .286/.389/.527/.916 with 35 HR a year. Player B's career .287/ .381/.549/.930 with 36 HR a year. I get it, the contract isn't great. But to get talent, you need to pay for talent. The Rangers just got a hitter who has better career numbers than every single free agent available. Every single one. Could you imagine if the Red Sox had two David Ortiz's in the lineup, one of which being only 29 years old? Here's a quote from Jon Daniels -- apparently their scouts gave the thumbs up.
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I must have missed that last year. Okay, that makes it a bit uglier.
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The word is 30 million. Meaning 20 million a year for Fielder. 7/138 really isn't that bad for a good first baseman. Edit: My bad, missed that last year.
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Does the recent Fielder trade push Napoli back to the Red Sox? With his hip concerns possibly pushing him to DH at some point, does anyone see a NL team giving him a 3 year deal? NYY, Tor, Detroit, Kansas City, Min, CWS, Texas, LAA, Oakland all have first basemen. Tampa can't afford him. Leaving Seattle, Houston, Cleveland. After the year he had, does anyone seriously see him going to any of those places?
