Palodios
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Dice-k was painful to watch, but 3 of his 6 years were pretty solid overall. He pitched 150 innings of 4.6 ERA ball in 2010, so that's barely screwing up the rotation. I think there are several players on the Red Sox roster in the last 3-4 years who had worse contracts. Bobby Jenks was paid 12 million for 15 innings of 6.32 ERA, a drunk driving scandal and a lawsuit against the team's doctors. While Dice-k was paid 2 million per win, Jenks was paid 1 million per inning. The Crawford signing single-handedly destroyed the franchise. When he had his Red Sox press conference, he was so nervous he couldn't put two words together. He handcuffed the Red Sox financially, so they wouldn't budget more starting pitching. He provided less on-field value in two years than Daniel Nava did in one. Oh, and Lackey.
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Sounds like they have no interest in retaining him.
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Other important note-- Aceves is playing in the WBC. Could affect his durability.
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It happens pretty frequently. The guy who has options usually gets the boot for the guys who don't. It seems to happen less for "Can't-miss prospects" than the mid-tier guys, but it happens. Clayton Mortensen posted a 1.94 ERA in Pawtucket last year. Alex Wilson has a 10 K/9 and low ERA in Pawtucket, but he's been stuck there for a while. Daniel Nava has a .380 OBP in AAA year after year, but he's always one of the last guys to get the call. Yamaico Navarro had some good seasons at AAA as well, although he turned out to really stink.
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Iglesias simply needs more seasoning in AAA. His bat probably won't be ready for the majors for another 1-2 years. Stephen Drew is a huge buy-low player. There are only a handful of shortstops who could put down .800 OPS seasons with solid defense, and he's one of them. I see them giving him a chance to rebuild value, and trading him midseason to a contender for a solid pitching prospect.
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I haven't looked yet, but here are my guesses #1: Crawford #2: Alex Rodriguez #3: Vernon Wells #4: Lackey Edit: And on looking, I'm pretty thrilled that Papelbon got an honorable mention. Well deserved :lol:
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They had two opportunities to get Haren. The first was when the Angels declined his option, and didn't trade him. The second was in free agency. If they paid 26 million for Dempster, I would bet that they could have beaten the contract the Nats offered him.
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I liked a lot of things that the Red Sox did in free agency this year. Passing on Haren wasn't one of them.
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Cardinals sound uninterested-- they probably prefer the draft pick.
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I totally missed something.
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Is it just me, or does Cleveland also seem like the best destination for Kyle Lohse? He's a guy who may end up looking for a one year pillow contract, that no one is willing to give up a draft pick for. The Guardians would have to give up a 4th round draft pick, and maybe $5-10 million. The Guardians have a good number of question marks in their rotation, and seem like they've had a very good eye for bargains this offseason.
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At no point did I say Lester is going to be an ace. I'm arguing all these people who are saying that Lester has never been an ace, or that at best, he is not an ace.
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Well said.
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So you don't think that a 3.20 ERA, with 200+ innings, and 200+ strikeouts in one of the top hitters parks qualifies as an ace-like season? I suppose its a matter of semantics then.
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I left out last season because the discussion is about whether or not Lester can be an ace. He wasn't an ace in a 2012, so it isn't relevant to the discussion of if he can be an ace. If you compare Lester's best season to any pitcher's CY Young season, the other pitcher will always be better, but he doesn't need CY Young numbers to be an ace. The other factor you're ignoring is the ERA+ numbers. Price's numbers look good, but he has a career home/away split that is a full point better at home. Weaver too.
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I'm not saying that Lester will be an ace, but if you can't see that "at his best" he can be, I don't know what to tell you.
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I responded to your assertion that "At best Lester is not a #1". 2008-2011, Lester was at his best, and was a #1. 2012, he was not at his best. You're blind if you cannot see that.
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Look at the discussion in the Predictions thread. From 2008-2011, Lester pitched just as well as Verlander/ Weaver/ Greinke/ Shields/ Price. Its one thing to say Lester won't be a #1, but at best he certainly can be.
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There already was a black Brian Scalabrine. His name was Shaq.
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Kansas City overhauled their starting pitching even more than you mentioned. They also added Ervin Santana. Shields, Guthrie, Davis, and Santana will be a pretty huge boost to their rotation.
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Price is only an elite pitcher because he pitches at the trop. Look at his career home/away splits-- Home-- 2.61. Away -- 3.72. If Lester pitched at the trop with elite defense behind him, he'd be an even better pitcher, including 2012. A 4 year sample size is not arbitrary. I responded to your point of Lester never having an ace-like seasons. For those four years, he was just as good as those other pitchers. [/discussion]
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Pony face?
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2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Four years, not three. The sample size isn't arbitrary in any way whatsoever-- I'm essentially taking Lester's entire career and comparing him to other pitchers.
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Ridiculous. I've literally just shown that Lester has been in the same class as all of them. Don't ignore the ERA+ numbers, and assume that pitching in Los Angelos or Tampa is the same as pitching in Boston.
