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    Even the Yankees do it from time to time, letting Damon go and handing LF over to Gardner.
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    Free Agents will usually go where the money is. Look at Werth and the Nats.
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    His average velocity the two years pre-surgery was 93.6 One of them will be in the rotation, per all indications. You need an arm that can pitch the 8th and provides closer insurance. From the current crop, the one most likely to come back to form (IMO) is Nathan.
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    There will be bitching either way.
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    Nathan's average fastball velocity last year (and he spent some time regaining his velocity pitching in the Majors) was 92.3, there's something there. Lidge is damaged goods, Broxton has promise if they can fix his head.
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    In another edition of "News that should surprise absolutely no one":
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    Beltre also busted a nut, so he made more money off of empathy.
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    This is supposed to be a baseball site, not the internet version of "Days of our lives". Let's talk baseball. On that note, the next big FA to move could be Reyes, and that may start a mini-flurry as teams get desperate. Don't expect the Sox to get in on that action though.
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    Santana is not a good fit for Fenway (he's been a fly-ball pitcher every year of his career except last year) and Youkilis is not a good fit for the Angels (He needs coddling and DH days, the Angels have Morales clogging up the position). This will not happen.
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    That's exactly why you don't give five-year contracts for relievers..... In fact, Alex Anthopolous (Blue Jays GM) did some research when he was still an assistant GM on injuries on long-term deals for relievers when he was still an assistant GM, Anthopolous said: "...basically if you were giving out a five-year deal you were only going to get a player for four seasons max."
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    The Sox were never going to sign Papelbon for that money. They don't believe in handing big multi-year contracts to relievers. It's been that way for years, so i don't know why Papelbon signing elsewhere is such a big surprise.
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    Being the savvy businessman that you are, all your experience in the field means you know you don't keep an employee that wants to go since his output wouldn't be optimal. If they didn't want to continue the Epstein model, why would they hire his protege?
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    I'm like a lightning rod for attention here. I love it.
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    The sense of entitlement of some Red Sox fans......
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    Goddamn this is annoying. If you wanna know where i came from, ask SCM33 or RSFFL. They know me from TalkPats (where i posted before coming here) and have talked with through FB. Jesus Christ you guys are annoying.
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    I honestly don't think Martinez was ever in the running.
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    Dale Sveum is being reported as the frontrunner for the manager job in several media outlets.....ewwwww.
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    The Red Sox would have killed for a bottom-of-the-rotation starter that gave them a 4.18 ERA last year. If there's a possibility that he may have that ERA and average 6 IP per start, it would be a Godsend.
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    http://i6.glitter-graphics.org/pub/187/187296rzbdvgxafc.jpg
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    Let me put in simpler terms, since you don't seem to understand what i'm getting at. 1) Overpaying is overpaying, regardless of position, and regardless of the quality of the player. I'm not comparing Lackey to Papelbon. I'm comparing their "overpaid" standing. 2) If you compare Papelbon to other long-term deal for relievers not named Rivera, you will notice they have all failed with the exception of Rivera himself. Including guys with similar track records who signed at similar ages. What's so different about Papelbon? That he's an "ace".
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