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Wow this is pathetic.

That won't happen again. Gonzo is livid.

We got CC on the ropes. We HAVE TO punish him here.

That'll work. It's Gonzo time.

Nice AB by Pedey right here.

Ells needs to swipe here. Put up a couple early runs.

Thanks for bailing Ells out, CC.

Wow. Generous strike. Must be wanting to get the game done tonight.

After becoming obsessed with Prison Break and watching multiple episodes every day for the past few days, I thought the same thing initially haha.

Win!!!!

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Finally! Been waiting all day for this thread. Captain Crunch Sabathia is going to get lit up tonight. In his last 5 games, he's got a 3.67 ERA. That's a solid ERA, but he's got a 1.37 WHIP in those games. If we get him on the ropes, we have to do a better job of making him pay. We let him get away with that far too often last time we faced him. Beckett is going to continue his dominance. In his last 6 games, he's got a 1.56 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP. Lets see another 8 IP, 0 R, 10 K affair from Beckett tonight! Win!

Uh. I saw him get one good shot in on the catcher, then he got destroyed. :dunno:

I agree, it wasn't a great pitching year, but our staff still rolled up a 4.19 team ERA last year. Right now, our team ERA is 4.71. A half a run per game is a significant increase.

You want a .750 OPS from your SS? You realize that only 3 SS this year in the AL have a .750 OPS. Only 7 SS in the MLB have a .750+ OPS. Last year, FOUR shortstops in the MLB had a .750 OPS in 2010. That's outrageous to require a guy with hands like Iggy's to have a .750 OPS to play.

So, in order to make the playoffs this year, you want to upgrade at our SS? Let's be clear here, on our team, Lowrie is 2nd in Avg (.327) and 2nd in OPS (.864). In the AL, Lowrie ranks 2nd of all SS in average (1 point behind Maicer Izturis), and 2nd in OPS (2 points behind Izturis). If we are going to upgrade, why the hell would we upgrade at a position where our guy is top 3 in the AL at that position?? You want to get a 5th starter? Great, lets do it. Want a catcher? Absolutely, I'm in if there is one available. But a SS?? That's been a strength!!

This would get Theo fired faster than anything he could possibly do. Lowrie + Iggy for 1/2 of a year of Reyes?? Not even close.

I think you are undervaluing Iggy's defense. I know his offense isn't going to be explosive, but if we can get a good hitting catcher that can play solid defense, then we can hide Iggy in the line up. And lets not forget, Iggy is a quick guy, so he can bunt for hits and beat out some grounders. Steal bases, etc. He won't be a .300 hitter with 15-20 HR, but he'll be a .260 hitter and he will take away a ton of hits. I would be absolutely shocked if we trade Iggy over Lowrie. Look. I love Lowrie, and I wouldn't be surprised if he transitioned to 3rd base and Youk became our DH, although I think that would devalue Lowrie significantly. Either way, I think the team is set on Iggy becoming our SS as long as he can put up average numbers at the dish.

Huh?? I can understand Lowrie, but Pedroia? He's got incredible range. That's crazy to say he doesn't have range. From 2007-2011, Pedroia's Range Runs above Average (RngR) is at 16.7. That's 2nd best in the AL in that time span. Pedroia has incredible range, probably the best part of his defense.

Clemen's record won't stand. But let's be honest, just like Emmz said, having an individual record as any type of a priority is beyond stupid and is atrocious for the team. And by the way. Jon Lester is only 127 W's away from the record, he's going to be a lifer, and he's 27. He had 61 wins coming into this season, meaning if he throws until he's 38 (very realistic), he would need to average 11 wins per season over the next 12 seasons to break the record. You know Lester is good for 15 wins per season, and at an average of 15 wins per season, he will have the record in 9 years, or when he is 36. I'd personally rather see Lester get the record than Wakefield. I would be shocked to see Wakefield get the record, and I'd be even more shocked to see Lester miss it.

1st- John Lackey sucks and he has since we signed him. Terrible addition. - Agree. Everyone agrees with this. He needs to get his head together because that's his problem right now, and it was as clear as it gets in his presser. If the Sox don't DL him or skip his next start, they're doing a disservice to the team. He needs a mental break. 2nd- Dice-k blows unless he pitches against mediocre teams just like old wakefield (who should go ahead and hang up the cleats and give the sox that much needed roster spot back) - Wakefield I agree with, but DiceK has thrown the ball really well this year. He had one bad outing in which he blew up. Take out that Tampa start and he's thrown 30 IP with a 2.40 ERA as a starter. One bad outing. 3rd- Why the hell did we let Adrian Beltre go when he was one of, if not our best player, last year? o and he's doing pretty good for the rangers right now. - Adrian Beltre is the absolute last person I'm upset about not getting. Gonzo is a much better player than Beltre, especially going forward. Beltre signed for crazy money, and if we're going to complain about letting someone go, Victor should be the guy we complain about. He would be a huge boost to this offense. 4th- I love pedroia but his production has been steadily declining since his '08 MVP. - Huh?? His 2010 numbers were on track to have a career year. He was raking in 2010 before his injury. 5th- Jed Lowrie is the future of the Red Sox. Second in batting average on the team right now just behind gonzo. hitting .109 percent higher than Crawford. - My guess is that Lowrie is trade bait this offseason. With Iglesias coming up and Navarro or Sutton as solid back up utility IF, Lowrie will be dished. 6th- We spent all this money getting good bats when we really needed some good pitching. Our pitching sucks. Beckett has been good this year despite being horrible last year (over a 5 ERA) Drew is not getting any better in his age and mike cam sure the hell isn't. David ortiz is looking pretty good considering most people wanted to drop him last season. the additions of jenks (whos career we should have known was about over) and wheeler have been busts. - Our pitching looks good on paper. If we get career norms from our pitchers, we've got a solid staff. It would be nice to have that extra guy, but who would have projected that Lackey would have an 8.01 ERA in mid-May? 7th- We NEED as strong catcher! I don't even understand why we traded for salty? he wasn't that good in texas. varitek is old and has been struggling for 6 years as he hasn't hit over .255 since '05. maybe he should retire and just be our catcher's coach or a bullpen catcher. The additions of russell martin for the yanks and mike napoli for the rangers have been good catcher additions for their teams. - There are no strong catchers available, so you need to get used to seeing Salty behind the dish. If he can harness some of his power potential, he could be a huge addition. But that's a big "if".