cp176
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I don't think that any of us want to give up on this guy. It just remains something that no one has said anything about at all. Unless he is hurting, you have to wonder why he hasn't even appeared since the call up. I might be going out on a limb but I still see him as the next best option after Leon.
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I absolutely believe that Hanley being happy has contributed greatly to his success this season!
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I'm pretty sure I get that but thanks anyway. That is why all of our opinions even the uneducated ones such as mine have some value I hope. lol
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And nothing really has been said about him. It is a mystery.
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I pretty much agree with you and I can't imagine that they think he is the 4th best offensive option among what they currently have. That is a tough one. It makes me think that there is something else going on. I would not be one bit surprised to see him traded this winter.
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i must have dreamed it. With all this talk about how John Henry should be spending his money in addition to how much he has to spend coming from sources that really don't know what he might do, i might have just gotten confused.
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We are Red Sox fans - we can agree on that? if we did not have Porcello and Price, I think that the story might be a little different. We have them.
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Watching E-Rod pitch last night was very impressive. This is a very young ml pitcher with an upper body that looks constructed for the long haul. He may always be a powerful pitcher that people expect more from but over the years he could be very a very successful mid to upper rotation kind of guy. Any talk of trading him in any package would be much more silly than trading Espinoza for Pomeranz. E-Rod's time is now.
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i would not trade him! He very well might get even better.
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Another potential scenario is that they just don't think that he is as good as once thought. Unless he is hurt, which doesn't appear to be the case, it kind of looks like he is the last guy on the depth chart. i have to really wonder what that says about his future in Boston. He isn't serving as a backups backups backup to All-Stars.
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I think 80 for 4 is a hell of a lot closer to reality than 30 + for however many years. He is going to be a dh. 4 at 20 and he plays in a Red Sox uni. What do the better dh's make these days? Is it even remotely logical or possible that all of a sudden one is going to paid twice as much as the best make this year?
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sensible post
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i hope that no one would disagree with your line of reasoning. The problem i see is that no one really has any idea what a 34 year old dh is going to be offered by anyone. If some organization truly feels that signing a 34 year old dh long term to the type of contract that you and others suggest that he will be offered more power to them. Personally I would be stunned if he receives the type of offer that is being suggested. Where do those numbers come from. Do you honestly think that he is likely to be offered a Price like contract? I don't. If he does, he better sign quickly. 3 years with an option - I'm ok with it.
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i don't think that they will stand pat either. No one can predict how the team will hit in general without having Papi's bat in the lineup. It makes absolute sense to replace him with a big bat if one is available.
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Who says it will be a 5+ year contract? i have not seen or heard anything about this at all. What we we think and what he takes might be dramatically different. Maybe someone will offer him a 5+ year contract to be their dh. I doubt that. I seriously doubt that it will be the Red Sox. The direction I am taking is that if Henry wants him, he will pay what he wants for him. Regardless of what it costs, whether it seems to make sense to us or not, it his money and past history says that it is likely that a signing of this nature will not have much of an effect on the Red Sox ability or desire to sign top talent going forward.
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CP link - very reputable!
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I might have been the link. i do remember it happening and the discussion around it.
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It is a team I love. When we get to the post season, I will be thrilled. Want them to win it all like everyone else but I will take what they give me. It is September and the excitement of a pennant is in the air once again. For me, it has always been about the regular season. Winning their division and getting to the playoffs is a great achievement.
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Absolutely!!! Even though our ownership has a history of trying to cobble together a low budget team to meet our most pressing needs (lol) I'm with you on this one. On a team with serious budgetary restrictions maybe it would make sense to patch things together and it might even work but on this team they more than likely will try to replace Papi's bat with another clouter like Encarnarcion.
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Has Vazquez put the mask on since he was called up. Where's Waldo? We have seen 3 catchers getting time but none for him? Maybe he has been out there and I have just not noticed. I'm not sure what is up with him but it looks to me like he could be the odd man out for whatever reason.
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you and I were thinking about different career norms. I was thinking more of a post 2010 Hanley Ramirez. he can still get around the bases but a base stealer - not so much. I think that winning seems to have energized him. Playing with hungry talented young players doesn't hurt either. Hanley seems to like it here. He isn't going anywhere.
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Give credit where credit is due i say. Ramirez is having a great year. Winning is a great motivator! i believe in the old theory that you are never as bad as you look when you are at your worst and that you are never really as good as you look when you are at your best. I felt at the time of the Hanley signing that it was an overpay. Upon second thought, I realized that it wasn't my play money. I believe absolutely that he like most of the entertainers that we feel so warmly about is grossly overpaid. With that in mind, I'm sure happy that he is playing for us. There is virtually no way that he is going to be anywhere but Boston next year and we probably will be the better for it. His numbers could very likely revert back to career norms but who cares. In the heat of a pennant race, if he can crank it up, i think it is all good.
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come on now - no selective memories - we all thought that they would be better.
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My two girls both got this advise - Life begins after high school! My oldest went to UCONN - great school for whatever. It works.
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That popup to third (I think) I remember quite well. 1978 was a sad Red Sox story.