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  1. User Name
    This is kind of extreme though. Innings pitched are valuable, and Buehrle is effective. He should make a similar amount to what he made last year wherever he goes, but with less years. The trick here is to overpay on the short term so you don't get saddled with dead weight for the extra years.
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    Similar, but not the same. One of Theo's mistakes was paying for past instead of future performance. You don't pay a pitcher who's going to give you #4 or #5 production #2 money, therefore when evaluating Buehrle the Red Sox need to look at him as what he would be in Fenway instead of what he was at CHW.
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    I still think Salty gets a lot of undue hatred. It was his first full year as a catcher in the Majors, and he made improvements as the season wore on. Doesn't mean i want him starting for the Sox though.
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    He wouldn't be a 4.0 ERA starter in Boston though. 4.5 seems more realistic.
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    His biggest knock seems to be the handling of pitches after they've been delivered. He supposedly "stabs at them", but if anything's fixable on a catcher, it's his approach on glovework.
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    Doesn't Lavarnway have a real strong arm though?
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    Buerhle wouldn't be asked to "mow them down" here. He'd be asked to eat innings as the fifth starter, something the Red Sox sorely lacked last season. A lesson that should be learned from 2011 is that a pitcher who can eat innings is very valuable even if he's not a world-beater. Even if we need to keep him away from the Yankees, he brings two things to the table the Sox need desperately: Good command and the ability to pitch deep into games. For a guy that would be the fifth starter and probably wouldn't make ace money, that's pretty good. Other than that, a guy like Jeremy Guthrie fits the bill, i wonder what his status is.
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    What's this Soxsport guy trying to say? Ellsbury was around the league leaders in SB's for consecutive seasons, with Pedroia stealing around 20 every healthy season in the MLB, those guys always have the green light, and so did Crawford. I honestly don't understand the "Red Sox do everything by the James Bible" rhetoric.
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    This. The guy seems completely against the idea of Buerhle for reasons i cannot comprehend.
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    I disagree. Teams like the Cardinals have a tough-ass pitching coach in Duncan who has them on a short leash to keep them in shape. The approach you mention was the one used last year and blew up in their faces. That's just the way i see it though.
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    He should be ready for 2012. The Sox need to step up their conditioning program so that fat-asses like Jenks get their s*** straightened out.
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    MVP, you are spot-on on this. One of the main reasons the Yankees have been successful for such a long-time is that rock-solid presence in the back of their bullpen in the form of Mariano.
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    Not limiting. Reminding you that you've already stated the same opinion. Several times. Everyone already knows.
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    Specially with Iglesias not being ready and Jed Lowrie having JD Drew syndrome.
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    The Sox farm system is really bottom-heavy. No starter will be ready for next year.
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    What they need are two innings eaters (Jackson and Buehrle fit the bill) and a couple of experiments.
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    I can state my opinion as well. As i have. Nothing personal.
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    If ownership stops letting pitchers walk all over them regarding their conditioning, then yes, not to mention that a flip of the coin would have been better than what we were relying on down the stretch. That said, he'd be nothing more than pitching depth, which was sorely missed this year.
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    Getting Papelbon back is a lot more important than most realize. Bard is not a closer.
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    Great assessment.
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    They pay him no matter what. Teams get insurance out on players but i'm not exactly sure how that works.
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    This is what you need to do. You're welcome.
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    Really? When healthy, Matsuzaka provides, at the least, league average innings. He sure would have come handy this year as the pocket collapsed around the quarterback.
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    Oh the Yankees have owned him over his career, but they usually hit everyone, so that's not the point. He's a 32-year old lefty who can eat innings and he's a better option than mostly everything on the market.
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