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  1. iortiz
    I do not agree. As it is, I think that it could be too late to make a move in July.
  2. iortiz
    Not sure if Bill James is behind of not signing Shields, but as You said, it would be a mistake letting pass this opportunity with this kind of arm considering as well the price even if it drove up a bit.
  3. iortiz
    I like Bill James and all but Is it me or Bill James is a bit overrated?. Not sure how's his hit rate predicting these days but I do not think it is very good.
  4. iortiz
    Yup. 100 M would be a very fair contract for all parts.
  5. iortiz
    JZ would be my pick if we go via trade, but again, he will cost us top prospects and we do not need to do that.
  6. iortiz
    I'm supporting Pal's post since he said "The Sox need to find top tier pitching somewhere" and not the mechanism, but considering the signs showed recently by our FO I think they will do it (if so) via trading which would be absurd as I said . I agree with you, the best way to land SP is via FA without giving up any prospect.
  7. iortiz
    Well, say he signs for 5 Y and if the guy posts 3/5 Y good numbers (which is perfectly achievable), 1/5 Y league average numbers and 1/5 bad numbers, call it deal.
  8. iortiz
    Not sure what you mean with this but just as Pal said I am also tired of prospects that don't work out. The Sox need to find top tier pitching somewhere, hopefully via FA since they have money, and they clearly aren't paying top dollar on anyone these days.
  9. iortiz
    I would start signing Shields this offseason without giving up any top prospect and in 2016, I would sign another elite arm to round the rotation.
  10. iortiz
    100 times this. As it seems, the more likely way (if so) to do this will be via trading which would be absolutely absurd, considering that Shields is still there and 100 M wouldn't hurt by any means JH's economy.
  11. iortiz
    haha So? You have at least to try to put your best version (on paper), then anything can happen.
  12. iortiz
    This should be the strategy since we are likely one piece away to win it all on paper.
  13. iortiz
    In all fairness, did 2012 rotation have this expectations at the beginning of that year?
  14. iortiz
    Also I have to say that some of us in August, on the other hand, predicted that collapse.
  15. iortiz
    I No one in this world at the beginning of 2011 thought that the 2011 rotation would collapse as they did. Great part of that year we were the best team in the majors. On the other hand no matter how bad I see this rotation, I do not see that epic failure since I do not have high hopes in the first place as I did in 2011. I think that the expectations are very very low at our rotation this year.
  16. iortiz
    Haha come on man! Beckett had more potential than anyone here. Wakefield too. Hopefully you are right and we do not end up like this.
  17. iortiz
    Even 2013 rotation had a lot question marks too considering how they ended up 2012, but this version is way far the worst IMO.
  18. iortiz
    A Exactly! Even 2006 rotation as MVP says had more "potential"
  19. iortiz
    Of course there's still time but all the signs say that we are going to go like this. If so AND "on paper", IMO this could be the worst rotation in the last 10 Y with one of the highest payrolls in the majors. What do u think?
  20. iortiz
    Yup. That's pretty much my point. I like Koji and all he did specially in the second half of 2013 and in POs, but he is way far to fill Pap's shoes. They are not comparable. I think no one is BOS' history at the closing spot.
  21. iortiz
    10 years of service back him up. Zero lucky here. The main problem at the time was not the year basis but the long of the contract since people like you were saying that he was going to decline and tons of BS, and he isn't. These days his numbers are solid and still posting what he has posted in his career (even better). No matter how much you want to rationalise this, no matter how much you hate him, no matter how much you want too make a fool of yourself, no matter how much you want to believe your own lies, THE GUY IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER CLOSERS... and yes... he is driving in Mo's highway hahaha.
  22. iortiz
    Plus, the problem at the time was not the year basis since you were already paying him 12 M, but the commitment throughout the 4 year since looked like "risky". Time is speaking by itself and the contract has worth every penny.
  23. iortiz
    When you post what he has posted, you can make that kind of money. Not even a handful have posted those numbers, reason why he is special and can not be treated like the others. Thing is, aside Mo nobody has posted those number consistently and with durability, and he has. Plus, these days, he is making in a year basis what he was making in 2011 which is a bargain considering the tons of money spent in fat busts signed in recent years while taxing us wins as well. Make the numbers you'll be surprised.
  24. iortiz
    Well, it seems so LOL, me and few others here and there projected that he was going to be ok... and well... he is. I make my opinions based on what I see, probably I could help the industry as you say LOL... He is pretty much the best closer behind Mo in the last 10 years in terms of consistency and durability. Let me put it this way, he is a guaranteed bet, son.
  25. iortiz
    Not that good? hahaha He's been one of the best closers in the last 10 years, period, like it or not, his numbers speak by itself. His name means pure consistency an durability, very rare on relief arms. He is different, I've been saying since his departure. Plus, You said that he was on a decline LOL!, you were death wrong. Thinking in a retrospective way and yet haven't made the numbers, we could have saved a lot money and wins with all the busts signed in the recent years.
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