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  1. Palodios
    Oh boy. I hate to break it to you, but Yankees ownership have a bridge to sell you.
  2. Palodios
    Reports came out after the Felix deal that Kershaw and the Dodgers have mutual interest in a new contract. Look at the money the Dodgers are spending on their current rotation! Do you honestly think they'd bat an eyelash to drop Beckett + Lily after 2014 in order to pay one of the best pitchers in baseball? Greinke $23m Beckett $16m Billingsley $11m Ted Lilly $13m Hyun-Jin Ryu $6m Harang $7m
  3. Palodios
    I just don't understand your logic. If the Dodgers are willing to overspend on rejects, how much do you think they'd throw out for actual talent? They're not as poorly run as you seem to believe.
  4. Palodios
    You see, that's something I won't argue with you about, because its completely true:lol:
  5. Palodios
    I didn't say you had to expect good things from him. I just meant that you had to hand it to a guy who lost like 50 pounds
  6. Palodios
    This is the best one I've seen so far: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/299539026409574400/photo/1 Its crazy how much weight he lost. I know Lackey is just some big PR move, but even some of the critics like a700 and Fred have to hand it to him.
  7. Palodios
    He'll be a Tiger for life. The most likely scenario is that they'll give him a record breaking contract.... and it'll be a team-friendly deal.
  8. Palodios
    Generally in my arguments here, I always like to make sure that if players on this team are disliked, they are actually disliked for the correct reason. There are plenty of reasons to dislike Lackey, but saying he's been historically worse at Fenway than anywhere else is not one of them.
  9. Palodios
    Wow. All indications pointed to him not wanting the extension. Its a shame that such a great pitcher is going to be on a last place team his entire career.
  10. Palodios
    I added additional years to prove a point. Looking at statistics from ten years ago is really not that relevant.
  11. Palodios
    I literally looked at his stats two seconds ago. After all these years, do I really have to waste my time proving you wrong, or can you take my word for it one fricken time? 2011 -- Fenway -- 6.65 2011 -- Total -- 6.41 2010 -- Fenway 4.34 2010-- Total 4.40 2009 -- Fenway -- 2.35 2009 -- Total -- 3.83 2008 -- Fenway 2.00 2008 -- Total 3.75. 2007 -- Fenway 8.38 2007 -- Total 3.01 2006 -- Fenway 4.50 2006-- Total 3.50 2005-- Fenway 3.00 2005 -- Total 3.40 Lackey had a rough year in 2007, but besides that he's been pretty much around career averages. Considering how explosive the Red Sox offense was from 2005-2008, hard to blame him for a bad game.
  12. Palodios
    This one simply isn't true. His career ERA at Fenway is skewed by his 2011 numbers.
  13. Palodios
    How is looking at a pitcher's previous year cherry picking?
  14. Palodios
    I answered that in a followup-- I see Gomes as Ross's replacement, and Victorino replaces Sweeney/McDonald/Crawford/Byrd. Whether you're on the Victorino bandwagon or not, you have to see that as a significant upgrade:lol:
  15. Palodios
    Brad Penny? Come on now, BP sucked the year before he joined the Red Sox-- His ERA was 6.32. The more appropriate comparison here would probably be Javier Vazquez.
  16. Palodios
    There is a point in the offseason where some free agents see their value plummet, and teams that wouldn't touch them start to become interested if the price is right. Now, the price is right. No one thought Lohse was going to get a 5-10 million deal, but maybe now it is a possibility.
  17. Palodios
    I don't understand why everyone seems to be overrating the value of second round picks. I understand there are slot considerations, but look at the last couple of second round picks for the Red Sox 2011: William Jerez 2010: Brandon Workman 2009: Alex Wilson 2008: Derek Gibson 2007: Hunter Morris 2006: Justin Masteron 2005: Jonathan Egan Are these guys really worth losing sleep over?
  18. Palodios
    I'm talking about 5-10 million, not any more than that.
  19. Palodios
    I know this seems to be beating a dead horse... but maybe it is time for the Red Sox to get into serious talks with Kyle Lohse. With reports that the Cardinals have negligible interest in him, it seems like no one wants him. If he could be had for 5-10 million a year, it seems silly to hoard a second round pick for a guy who could push the Red Sox over the top.
  20. Palodios
    The organization must know. They had two catchers on the roster, and they went out and signed two more anyway-- what does that tell you? All the rumors say that Salty will be trade-bait mid-season.
  21. Palodios
    Papelbon was worth 20 wins. Don't you remember those discussions?
  22. Palodios
    Weird, usually the way this works is that you call a player garbage, and I'm the one defending them. My impression is that Gomes will replace most of Ross's production, and Victorino will replace some combination of Sweeney, Darnell Mcdonald, and Byrd. That is a huge bump. The Red Sox have not added any elite talent to the rotation. However, the guys they have for depth are going to perform better than the combination of Weiland/Miller/ Bedard/Bard/Cook etc. I believe that the back end of the rotation will improve from terrible to mediocre. They should be able to outbash and outclose a good number of teams and pick up wins with different skill sets.
  23. Palodios
    I believe that the 2012 team was a .500 team pre-trade. The majority of the players who have been signed this offseason have replaced players of similar levels of production, with a few exceptions: Victorino replaces garbage. Ellsbury replaces garbage. Bailey can't possibly have a worse season in 2013. Hanrahan, Uehara and Tazawa are replacing garbage in the bullpen. Morales and Aceves replace garbage in swing/spot starter roles. The depth is also better at pretty much every position -- De La Rosa/Webster/Wilson/Lavarnway/Iglesias/Brentz/Gomez will all be waiting in AAA. Maybe Bogaertz, Bradley, Barnes will make contributions. Wright, Britton, Mortensen, Holt, Kalish aren't phenomenal options, but you might get lucky.
  24. Palodios
    If that is the case, I think the Red Sox are probably at the point where they'll be willing to dump him. Between beer-gate, dumping his wife with cancer, bitching to the media, having a historically bad 6.41 ERA in 2011, showing up his defense while on the mound, and Tommy John surgery, this is probably his last chance.
  25. Palodios
    So... essentially the entire team decided that they need as much work as possible, and showed up early. Sounds like a good sign to me.
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