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  1. rorschach, you need a small change in your sig line - it's 3 WS in 10 years not 9.
  2. Well, that sounds a little more positive than what the Talksox scouts have said.
  3. Speculation also had us tendering Bailey, remember? That Middlebrooks trade doesn't sound right. The rest is stuff that we've all been discussing.
  4. Extremely optimistic. A 550 SLG would have been 5th in the AL this year and an 875 OPS would have been 10th.
  5. Great pitcher and a real professional.
  6. The thing about Kemp-and I'm certainly not the first to point this out-is that the types of injuries he has had are the types that have an increased likelihood of being recurring problems.
  7. The scary number with Middlebrooks is his K to BB ratio. It's about 5 to 1. That is horrendous. Trumbo's is also terrible but it did improve somewhat in 2013.
  8. Napoli had an .838 OPS with men on base and .875 with RISP. Maybe he didn't have as many opportunities as those OBP numbers would suggest.
  9. The thing about Tanaka though, is that it's obvious they'd have to outbid the Yankees. How high do you go and at what point are you just trying to make the Yankees pay as much as possible?
  10. If Duquette gets some of the credit for the 2004 and 2007 teams, shouldn't Epstein get some of the credit for the 2013 team? About half of the 25-man roster that won the World Series was carried over from Epstein's time.
  11. Sorry, I wasn't sure.
  12. That depends on what Cubs ownership expected from him. Maybe he's doing exactly what they wanted him to do and what he told them he would do.
  13. If there's no Tanaka, the Yankees will pick up a couple of decent starters somehow - salary dumps, whatever. They are obviously going to continue to be busy beavers this offseason.
  14. 2012? The starting pitching was historically atrocious. Buchholz had the best ERA of the starters at 4.56.
  15. I always liked Angell. But he did piss me off in '86 when he revealed that the Red Sox were his second-favorite team, after the f'king Mets.
  16. If Tanaka does get posted I won't be surprised if the Yankees offer him $20 million a year. The $20 million posting fee is a bargain for them - it'll be a lot less than the luxury tax they would pay if they signed a free agent pitcher for $20 million a year.
  17. The last time this Dutchy guy was here, he did some good posting for a while, but then he completely lost it and started acting like an idiot. That's just odd behavior.
  18. Consider this Fred. The Henry group has now owned the team for 12 years. In that time the Red Sox have gone to the ALCS 5 times and won it all 3 times. The 2011-12 meltdown is a small price to pay for this kind of beautiful success.
  19. Yeah, that's what an anonymous source said, so it must be true. And I'm sure if the Yankees had offered to match the 240 million he would have said 'not unless you fire Girardi.'
  20. The Yankees aren't done yet. They've clearly said f*** it to the 189 million. That means the sky's the limit on Tanaka. They'll probably also sign Balfour.
  21. Varitek did have 3 outstanding offensive seasons 2003-2005, and some other above-average ones. His career OPS of .776 was good for a catcher.
  22. I agree with UN. I think it makes more sense to trade Dempster if we only have to eat 3-5 million. He is much more expendable. Getting a big return is not really the issue. The issue is clearing some payroll room without hurting the team very much.
  23. As the year goes on our pitching prospects will get their chances. They always do.
  24. I'll offer one answer to this. Unproven young bats who are struggling generally can't hurt you as quickly or as drastically as unproven young pitchers can. If a guy like Webster gets lit up 3 games in a row you're usually looking at 3 losses and him not getting another major league start for a long stretch.
  25. Isn't that how we usually judge managers?
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