TutGadol

Well that was a freebie.

Pestano is all over the place, can't locate the fastball and can't move the slider. Either a walk or a hit here.

YES!!!

What is Don talking about? Was he ever fat?

Curve K?

What's Lester's pitchcount? My gameday is broken

Whoa Gomes grew pubes on his chin.

Drew fails to impress and Sox go back to experimenting at the SS position, eventually calling up Bogaerts. Victorino's a pleasant surprise. I say .275 / .350 / .440 with over 30 SBs and good D. Ortiz spends most of the year injured or not a 100%, but still ends up with respectable numbers. Dempster, Lester and Buch all end up with eras around 3.6 - 3.9, but none emerges as an ace. After an impressive start, Doubront finishes weak as his inning marks grow. Bullpen sucks. Only Breslow and Miller have remotely good seasons of there. Team ends up 85 - 79, no wildcard. Cherington-- fired.

How? Let's go team by team. BJs- They got better lineup, better rotation, we both have crappy 'pens. Jays win. Rays- I'd say we have the better lineup, they obviously have the better rotation and D, their 'pen is a question mark but I think they have it better then us with all the young starters. At 2013 I'm not sure who's better. Yanks- Honestly they have a better lineup, much better bullpen and probably a better rotation too. Advantage *sob* Yanks. We're better then the O's, I don't see how their going to repeat. Overall I see it as either 3rd or 4th for us. And with the tough teams in the west we'll be lucky to get into the lower WC.

Either Napoli or trade. I agree on no Laroche. "The Napoli problem is familiar territory for Boston as they put language in the contracts of right fielder J.D. Drew and right-hander John Lackey to protect from pre-existing medical conditions. According to sources, the Red Sox are working to get Napoli to agree to similar protection in his deal." I wouldn't mind giving him over 40 for three if this is introduced to the contract.

I really don't think the 160 to 200 jump is trivial. He really struggled with those 160 innings in terms of stamina. I think 150 over a 3.8-3.9 era is reasonable. If he goes much past 160 there will be consequences numbers-wise.

Drew for 10 mil seems crazy. Very crazy. Best case scenario he earns about 2 WAR, and that if he stays healthy and doesn't decline much. And 2 WAR for him is a pretty optimistic prediction.

With the Yanks and Jays aging and stuck with contracts I would've thought it's a good time to rebuild, hold for a year or two and then go back strong to the market. But oh well, another mediocre at best team should be alright too.

Good points. Are there many Salty trade rumors though? Wouldn't they'll play Naps at first? I've been out of the loop for a while.

If anything they'll move Fowler to LF, he's been horrendous at center and BJ is a pretty good fielder.