You can't ban SoxSport. For one thing I've only seen him be nasty to the team, not other posters. For another his Grumpy Gus observations give other posters lots of material to respond to.
Potential #1 draft pick Nathan MacKinnon of Cole Harbour, NS, finished his junior career in true superstar fashion. MacKinnon had 3 goals and 2 assists as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Portland Winterhawks 6-4 in the Memorial Cup championship game.
UZR/150 takes range into account. I have read a fair number of comments on game threads about good plays he's made and how his defence is better than expected.
But at the end of the day I think Iglesias settling as the long term SS will be the best thing. They could trade Drew or keep him as backup. With Middlebrooks injured and no depth at 3B we might need Iggy, Drew and Ciriaco.
Drew has played well above average D though. Only one error and a UZR/150 of +21.8. Plus he did have a nice hot streak with the bat.
That being said I think Iglesias has also shown well. I won't be surprised if Drew is traded.
I think the only way the Sox contemplate a significant trade, assuming they stay in contention, is if they are really hurting at a specific position. Such as if Dempster and Doubront are both sucking, or a key player gets injured.
I also post on the Boston Globe forum, and sometimes on a small site called STFU. I used to post on Sawxheads.
No idea about the Bellhorn fansite. It was mainly a joke when I used him for my screen name.
OK, let's consider what Bourn got then. 4 years, 48 million for a guy with a career OPS of .707.
Ellsbury should be able to attract an offer in that neighborhood at least.
Granderson just needs to get healthy again and he should attract more than that with his power numbers.
It would be very risky for them to turn down 50 million guaranteed.
I'm just guessing at all this of course. But this past offseason indicated that teams are willing to throw 40 million or more at middling players if they at least had a good season or two recently.