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  1. User Name
    If he's the "2nd" starting pitcher they acquire, i'm ok with two years, but they need a better option.
  2. User Name
    ....but he's 35, and coming from a very ineffective stint in the AL. Even if he's effective next year, there's the possibility of him falling off a cliff afterwards with his diminishing velocity. Let's see the parameters of the deal first.
  3. User Name
    I should have posted a disclaimer like this one to avoid attacks to my fandom.
  4. User Name
    And he doesn't want people to attack his fandom after he rooted for like 10 teams before the Sox, yet he's attacking a fan born into Sox fandom like me. Yeah i brought it up.
  5. User Name
    Lord Snow, go home, you are drunk.
  6. User Name
    "Conveniently scurried"? Are you for real? This is a message board and i was preparing a master's thesis. Should i have stopped doing my research in order to come here and read every idiotic diatribe you post? Honest question.
  7. User Name
    Take some Midol, urgently.
  8. User Name
    Yeah that's not how it works. Just look at the Red Sox for an example of increasing a team's market value right before selling it. They shelled out a s*** ton of money for Manny and Pedro before Henry et al bought the team. The more expensive the team when you sell it, the more money you make. What you say may be true with the Padres or some other small-market team, but not the Red Sox.
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    This is the problem.^
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    Would you not think the rotation to be significantly better than last year if they added Edwin Jackson and Shawn Marcum plus a couple of depth guys like Jair Jurrjens and Dallas Braden? I would think so. Now i'm not saying that's what they will do, but it's definitely what they should do.
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    The problem with Hamilton is that even though he's an elite talent, he comes in with a ton of question marks ranging from health to his addictions to his ability to handle Boston. And for as much as we keep talking about Hamilton, where's the pitching? Buster Olney says the Sox are positioned to pound on some of the remaining pitchers as the market settles.
  12. User Name
    Specially Choo, who will probably be the best value out of all the players traded for 2013.
  13. User Name
    So because by spending a lot of money they basically f***ed the roster beyond salvation but got lucky enough to get bailed out by the Dodgers, they should turn around and do the exact same thing expecting different results? That's the textbook definition of insanity. No, they're not Oakland, but that doesn't mean they should spend their money like drunken sailors. Stupid contracts plus a more astringent CBA gets you a 2012 do-over. The sense of entitlement about how much money the team should spend is part of the reason this team is where it's at right now. The stupid spending had to stop, and it has. Invest in smarter, shorter-term contracts and let some young talent flow to the big league roster.
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    The "soccer team is culprit" idea is massive failthought. The Red Sox fielded the two most expensive Red Sox teams in history after Henry bought Liverpool. The reason they're controlling spending is because throwing around gobs of money in 2010 and 2011 got them nowhere.
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    As i said in the other thread, he would be the type of high-upside SP prospect they should be looking at if he weren't: A) Extremely wild. B ) A whiny little bitch. They should be done with prima donna pitchers after Beckett.
  16. User Name
    So? If the Sox didn't think he was their guy, then they didn't think he was their guy. Every trade that another team makes is not a failure on the Sox' part. I, for one, would not have been happy if they had gotten Bauer. He's had the same control and attitude problems since before he was a pro. That's not what the Sox need right now.
  17. User Name
    So he's trying to keep payroll down to make the team attractive (which doesn't make any goddamned sense, since the better built a team is, the higher the price) in your opinion, but you're complaining about them spending big on Gomes, Napoli and Victorino in the same post? Be consistent with your thought process.
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    THANK YOU!
  19. User Name
    Maybe the Sox weren't in on him because Bauer isn't really that good? He has upside, but he's very wild. Don't understand what the fascination is with the guy.
  20. User Name
    I've never understood the fascination with Bauer.....but that's just me.
  21. User Name
    You're not answering my question. "On the way down" signifies a slow, steady decline. You need to be consistent here: He either had a hand injury which hampered his production last year (thus the down year) which may or may not be fully healed. Otherwise, He simply had a s***** year. Or he's in a steady decline (which he isn't) and this can be proven. Where you live or how much you watched him last year is inconsequential to the discussion.
  22. User Name
    However, the Rangers have tried to trade for Ellsbury before, and they have a lot of pitching in their system....
  23. User Name
    Define "on the way down". He had an awesome 2011 with a mid-800's OPS. If he had a bad hand last year, then how were his numbers on the way down if he had such a big season just before the one with the injury?
  24. User Name
    Why would Atlanta ever trade Beachy, Teheran or Delgado for Ellsbury?
  25. User Name
    4/100 is not getting Hamilton though. If it did, someone would have signed him already. He'd have to get desperate to go for that number and it's still relatively early in the offseason. Also, who cares about Hamilton.....where's the pitching?
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