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Nice job Drew!!!

I'm watching it on MLB Network now.

Nice bunt right there.

Dude. No kidding. It's about 2-3 pitches behind at least. The PS3 is even behind MLB Gameday.

Sutton picking up where Youk left off

Pedroia. Well done.

Tek!!!!!

Adrian Gonzalez is hitting a cool .354 right now, 15 HR, 62 RBI

Yanks lose!! Win tonight, pick up a game!

He can't just pick and choose when you start your suspension. His appeal got reviewed and they cut down his suspension by 1 game. So it starts tonight.

Ok - But my original deal was for those 4 players for Beltran and Reyes. Taking Beltran's salary offers a huge incentive for them. Look. Say you can either trade Reyes for some good prospects, and $3mm, or you can trade Reyes and Beltran for a couple guys who can have solid impact (Navarro/Reddick/Lin) and a middle reliever who will do well in a bigger park), plus get $10mm more. The Beltran deal adds incentive because that will give them a huge amount of salary relief.

Papelbon starts his suspension today. It will be a 2 game suspension, so he'll be available on Sunday.

If the Sox picked up Beltran at game 70, he would be owed $10.5mm. If he gets traded at the ASB, he would be owed $8.2mm. I'm saying if the Sox really want these guys, they can act quickly, take on more salary, and cut a deal.

1. Actually the mere fact that they agreed to that clause is a huge deal, and shows just how desperate they were for money. Don't you think they could have gotten a loan somewhere else that didn't include a stipulation in which almost 2/3 of the entire team would be transferred if they weren't able to pick up $200mm over the next 3 years? How the hell can you construe any sort of confidence in a team when they're literally giving away a 33% share because they can't make payroll and are having to borrow $200mm. It blows my mind that you think this team has confidence that they can repay this amount. They're GIVING away a 1/3 ownership of their team. Even if he gets repaid. He keeps the ownership. 2. This is a good point, but the Red Sox are one of the few teams who can go out and make a deal quickly and pick up a majority of these salaries. Beltran + Reyes makes a combined $29.5mm this year. If the Sox picked these guys up after 70 games and ate 75% of their salaries, they would be giving up those 4 prospects + $12.56mm. The quicker you act, the cheaper (in prospects) the trade. And there are very few other teams who can afford to pick up 75% of the salaries. 3. $3mm? You do realize that, as of game 70, these two players are owed $16.75mm, right? That's a pretty significant amount of money. 4. Wright has 2 years left on his contract. Reyes and Beltran are gone after this year. By dumping these two players, they don't affect years 2012 on.

I'm sorry. This isn't a Mets team who has the bankroll to pick and choose who they dump for who. They're in a complete s*** situation. Einhorn just loaned the Mets $200mm for a 33% stake in the company. And get this. The Mets have to repay, wait for it, THE ENTIRE AMOUNT in 3 years, or Einhorn can pay an extra dollar and obtain a 60% share of the team. And when he DOES get repaid in 3 years, he RETAINS his 33% share of the team! If any of you think that deal right there results from a smart FO, then I'm done arguing with you because you're delusional. This is a point in the Met's franchise that they don't have the option of picking and choosing. They are dumping salary.

When was the last time a team was so close to bankruptcy that they agreed to terms with Einhorn in which he can purchase majority rights for $1.00 if they don't repay him in a 3 year span?

Lackey vs Marcum. Destroy that little s***. Lets make this another Toronto series.

In an interview with WEEI, Peter Gammons said that a couple teams, including the Yankees and the Rays, were in contact with Andrew Miller, offering him twice as much money if he would opt out of the contract with the Red Sox. And look what he did. Stayed with the Sox because they have the best development program in the MLB.

This is what I've been trying to preach for the past couple weeks.

So you're saying Navarro + Rice + Lin = 1 bag of rocks? /dumb :thumbdown

By the way, this is probably NSFW because it'll give you a boner (even you, Emmz), but check out this potential line up - Ellsbury Reyes Gonzalez Youk Ortiz Beltran Pedroia Salty Crawford

Yeah, Jose Reyes would be a good, but we've got Yamico Navarro fresh off the DL, but he's still hitting .322/.425/.589 in AAA. At some point, you bring him up and see if it translates. Or, you can create a package around Navarro + Reddick + some mid-level players like Che-Hsuan Lin and Jason Rice, and you go after Reyes and Beltran.

Yeah. The Sox are lucky that Pap threw a high fastball and had Youk playing 8 feet in on the turf, and it just so luckily happened that Johnson couldn't get on top of the ball and Youk was in the right position to make the play. That's definitely not how they draw it up.

Damn. Sox are 11-1 in their last 12.