Bellhorn04
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Yes, I'm sure they're trying. But as it stands right now they seem to be in a pretty bad position. If they can't afford Lester, they obviously can't afford Scherzer either. Then you move on to Shields and lower tier FA's. If you want to trade for an ace you have to be prepared to surrender top prospects. It does raise the question of what their plan was for the 2015 rotation going back to the start of 2014. They must have had some sort of plan right? I mean, they felt good enough about things to kick Lackey away for Kelly and what remains of Craig.
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Buchholz will definitely not be #1, but I think there are other scenarios that might piss you off too.
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You're right about all that. If Lester does go elsewhere, I'm sure we'll get 'the other side of the story' from the Sox FO.
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I'm sure they'll address it. However, will they be able to put themselves in as good a position as they would have been if they had signed Lester in the spring for say 6 years/$135 million?
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Or unless the only way they can adequately fill out the rotation is by giving up a pile of prospects, perhaps.
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You're expecting A-Rod and Teixeira and Beltran to bounce back to their career averages?
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It's now being reported that the mystery team is the Dodgers.
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Trading Cespedes for Porcello doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me.
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I'm not as negative as Fred but I have to say I'm getting a bad feeling about the pitching situation. A lot of people think Lester is gone to the Cubs or the Giants. And meanwhile, it sounds like the Dodgers are working out a deal for Hamels.
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And Lester went out and had himself the classic 'contract year', best of his career. As did Andrew Miller.
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I read that Lester wants 6/$150. It'll be interesting if both the Sox and Cubs say they'll give him that and it comes down to a choice between the teams.
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Reportedly working on a trade with Dodgers for Kemp.
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Is Detroit actually making Price available? Seems to me they'd be holding onto him for dear life with Scherzer going, Verlander off a bad year etc.
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All the more reason the Sox have to sign Lester.
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What the heck? You don't think Panda can maintain .275-.290 with 15+ HR and thus also be a 'productive big leaguer'? No, I know, he's going to turn into the Goodyear blimp and just float away.
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Would what Detroit gave up for Price be a comp to what Cincy would expect for Cueto?
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You too? I know some people are sick of me talking about Nava. Let me try to approach this a little differently. It's my understanding that the Red Sox, under the philosophy of Bill James and Moneyball and all that stuff, place a high value on OBP. Nava was 2nd on the team in that stat in 2013, and 3rd in 2014. I would think they would be reluctant to dish off one of their top OBP guys, especially one who makes jacksquat, especially in light of the offensive struggles last year and the 'new emphasis on offense' and the various health and inexperience issues surrounding our 2015 outfield.
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There are a lot of things that could go wrong with that team too.
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Jacko was trying to tell us that Ramirez had something to do with the Dodgers exiting the playoffs early two years in a row. It's horseshit. Ramirez put up great numbers and Kershaw s*** the bed. Those are the facts.
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It's now rumored the Yankees are close to making an offer for Scherzer - 7 years, 160 million+.
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I think the main purpose of the right/left thing is to prevent the other team from being able to have a lefty reliever face two lefty hitters in a row. That can be big late in the game.
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Pretty hard to with only two lefty bats.
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Mibelt Rodriguez @MibeltRodriguez 45s45 seconds ago Source: The Detroit Tigers has offered SP Rick Porcello to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Yoenis Cespedes. #Redsox #MLB #Tigers
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Betts Pedroia Ortiz Hanley Panda Napoli Bogaerts/Castillo - order based on performance Vasquez
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The funniest part for me is trying to tie Ramirez to the Dodgers' early postseason exits when he put up a fairly respectable 356/453/578 slash line in those games.
