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    I know, that's the problem-- players we'd normally scoff at the idea of starting for this team... would be better than navarro.
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    The problem with your assessment is that you are not differentiating between "bad" players and "better than navarro" shortstops. Is it difficult to trade for players better than replacement? Sure. But trading for better-than-Navarro players is much much easier. Right now this organization has five options better than Navarro. Scutaro, Lowrie, Hall, Iglesias, Patterson.
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    What you don't seem to understand is that when someone is hitting below .150-- ie Kevin Cash and Navarro-- you cannot, in fact, do a lot worse. Any mediocre AAA player can hit to that level in the majors. Navarro playing in 2011 is not a plan C, it is a worst case scenario. Maybe he'll be able to pick up his offense as he develops, but right now he is clearly not ready.
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    Am I missing something here? Navarro is not ready yet. His .178 OPS clearly proves that. It shouldn't even be a discussion at this point.
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    Good hitting catchers don't generally catch well. Its pretty clear what the Sox's strategy is, and with Crawford leaving the Rays next season, base stealing shouldn't be as huge a problem as it has been in the past unless he goes to the Yanks.
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    Ethier is also the kind of guy who performs better in a better lineup. On an unrelated note-- I'm starting to think Doumit might be a good option at C for next season. He costs 5 million next year, with 7.25/8.25 club options for 2012/2013 on the Pirates. Everyone knows that the Pirates don't spend more than 3 million per year on players, and they've been platooning him this year because of his defense. I bet one or two mid level prospects will do it.
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    You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, and have just jumped into the classic Dice-k hate-wagon. Do you know when the last time Dice-k gave up more than 4 earned runs? May. He's been the best starter on this team-- outside of Cy Young contenders. He's pitched his last two games with mild injuries, and that causes problems. Big deal, he's still a good pitcher, even if he's not worth the money.
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    No one else gets irritated when he calls quality players "train wrecks" and "scrubs" on a daily basis? I get tired of the bitching. If this team had any single one of those guys this season instead of okajima or delcarmen, this team would be much closer in the division.
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    Kevin Cash is back on the roster... Expect an offensive hole at some point during the double header.
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    Crains, Balfour, Downs, Feliciano, Guerreri, Rauch, Rhodes, Rivera, Thornton all have an ERA of 3.35 or lower this season. Is it really worth giving away high quality prospects when any of those guys would significantly help the team? There are others too, I just didn't feel like going through them all.
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    If they couldn't get a reliever at the deadline for a good deal, what makes you think they can get a good deal now? There are 5 guys on that list that I'd be more than happy to see on this team, including quite a few from the AL East.
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    They've got 70 million coming off the books. 30ish to Jeter/Rivera, 10 ish between arbitration and raises. If they stay around that same priceline, that's 30 million to revamp that bullpen, pick up atleast one starter, and dh and bench roles. I think they're better off looking for a 5th starter from within, and putting good money on Lee. Their lineup is beastly already, so I think its worth focusing their money there.
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    Well, there are 3 elite guys in crawford/werth/lee but there are several other guys that could make an impact, for shorter contracts. Dunn, and Konerko come to mind, Al-gon, and a few first basemen who might want a reboot from a bad 2010.
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    Yaz-- good to finally see all those numbers in the same place. It is a little different than my numbers though --did you miss Beltre's cash coming off? Still, a very helpful reference for hot stove discussion.
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    Yes, he's a better player WHEN HE PLAYS. But Drew has more "injuries" in any given month than Damon has had in his career. One has averages 150 games a year, the other averages 120. That is simple fact. When you factor in replacement players like Hermida, Baldelli, Mcdonald playing at Drew's position, it shows why Damon is the better player.
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    My prediction-- Ichiro will have atleast three hits tonite. But when bad hitting comes up against bad pitching, its impossible to predict.
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    WAR has difficulties creating values for SB anyway, doesn't it?
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    They were willing to pay 5/70 for Drew, but balked on 4/48 on Damon. They f***ed up, plain and simple.
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    The problem is, he only has 6-7 more starts this season to get 5 wins, and he's already won 5 in a row-- he's bound to lose run support eventually. And, will 180 innings do it?
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    Versus Ellsbury, who has a career OBP of .344? I can understand the speed argument, but his OBP isn't really something that is a lot worse than the rest of this team.
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    In all fairness... Seattle hits .237 as a team haha.
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