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  1. Bellhorn04
    a) Why do you expect it would be as low as 130M? Do you expect them to exceed the 189M cap in 2014 or any year after that?
  2. Bellhorn04
    Sure. But he's also a good example of what I'm talking about. It'll probably cost at least $40 million to sign him. And you could make a good case that's he's a perfectly mediocre pitcher. A career ERA+ of 98, a WHIP of 1.44, an OPS against of .766. Postseason? ERA of 5.46, WHIP of 1.61.
  3. Bellhorn04
    After Greinke the list of free agent starters just isn't that great. If we pass on all the ones who will be overpriced or have question marks, we pass on all of them. And a big chunk of money goes into our owners' pockets, where it will stay. Because they're not going to exceed the cap in 2014, that's for sure.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Well, exactly. Sanchez has had 3 straight years of 195 innings so he seems totally healthy. I keep coming back to this but the Red Sox have about 70 million to spend this year without reaching the tax cap. They should be spending a pretty good chunk of that. And there aren't any bargain prices or sure things out there. No matter who they sign there will be question marks.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Absolutely true. The more I think about it, they should sign Sanchez if it's not a totally outrageous deal. He should add some stability. The performance of the other four could go either way. I think we have to live with that prospect to start off 2013.
  6. Bellhorn04
    That's a weird thing on Swisher. He's been pretty clutch in the regular season and horrendous in the postseason. No explanation for something like that except the mental factor.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Here's a stat nugget I dug up on Napoli. In 238 AB's in the 5 AL East parks he has 19 HR's, which is one per 12.5 AB's, which is huge of course. And his worst ratio, 2 HR's in 50 AB's at Camden Yards, is still decent.
  8. Bellhorn04
    This is funny because one of the knocks on Tito I've heard the most is that he would leave starters in too long until games were out of hand.
  9. Bellhorn04
    The 2.6 billion and 100 million figures represent the assets that Henry's firm was managing for investors. Henry himself still has a net worth of 1.5 billion as of Sept/12 per Forbes magazine.
  10. Bellhorn04
    If Napoli signs with Seattle it will not be a happy moment for Sox fans.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Hopefully all the coaching changes will have a positive effect on both Lester and Buch.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Agreed. They have to get this done. Give him the 4th year, for f***'s sake.
  13. Bellhorn04
    I understand the doubts as well and I agree that the grade is incomplete at this point. I was thinking about this today - to this point the Red Sox still haven't made a single big dollar acquisition since Cherington came on as GM. That should be changing very soon.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Yes, transitioning from the NL to the AL can be deadly for a lot of pitchers. Dempster posted a 5.09 ERA with the Rangers after a 2.25 ERA this year with the Cubs. Oswalt's AL debut resulted in a 5.80 ERA compared to a career 3.21 mark in the NL.
  15. Bellhorn04
    We're the ones paying the tab alright, and like you say a big chunk of it is in our TV bills.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Every deal we're seeing, the salaries are inflated from what you'd expect. It's just another upward price adjustment.
  17. Bellhorn04
    He would be. But what's the best offer you would make him?
  18. Bellhorn04
    Ben went as far as saying the Sox would probably have one of the largest payrolls in baseball again. That would have to be significantly more than 110 million. I think it was the Sox FO sending a clear message to the fans that they would be making major additions. Similar to what Lucchino did before the 2011 season, just before the AGon and Crawford moves. Maybe I'm reading too much in, but I think the Sox FO knows that a vastly reduced payroll in 2013 just isn't going to fly with the fans.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Ben has already made a clear statement that the Red Sox will have a large payroll, meaning they will make some additions, and he has also stated that pitching will be a top priority.
  20. Bellhorn04
    This year, though, the Sox have a lot of needs and the free agent market is thin and getting thinner.
  21. Bellhorn04
    I think it was actually a caught looking.
  22. Bellhorn04
    It's a 50% raise for Kuroda. Add that to Guthrie's $25 million deal and the message is loud and clear: the price of pitching continues to have a high rate of inflation.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, if Ben doesn't sign somebody soon we're all going to be upset. The dominoes are starting to fall.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Kuroda re-signed with the Yankees for $15 million.
  25. Bellhorn04
    It makes you wonder, though, if there are any good deals on pitchers to be had. Prices keep getting higher.
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