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put your feet up - crack a cold one - have at it.

Wilkerson line not too bad - 3 to 1 win for Portland - 11 k's in 5+ - good day for him. In Salem's win, you should look at the box score. Those first 3 prospects got off to great starts. Moncada Dubon Benintendi Maybe Dombrowski knew what he was doing all along. Guerra is a reasonably well regarded prospect but maybe they knew what they had in Dubon.

How do you say SALEM!!!

stop that - You and I had a great discussion. You cleared some things up for me.

I don't disagree with your comment about the cost of his contract relating to his relevancy as a player. I think that we could say as much about Sandoval and Porcello. I guess that I just should have said that right now signing him for that amount of money and then sitting him on the bench after projecting him to be a starter looks pretty f***ing stupid. It's all good though. Everything is wonderful. If you ignore his contract and look at things differently, he looks like a very dangerous player for your last outfielder on the depth chart. Sox got the money right.

Lumber loading!

Do many mlb teams have 29 year old near rookies making his kind of money with the type of potential that some think he has sitting on their bench? If that is what the last outfielder on your depth chart is being paid then yes now I understand the Porcello deal. It all makes sense now. We shall see what happens but it really does look like something else is going on. As in he has not impressed the people he needs to impress much. If they could, I think that they would certainly be rid of him. Send him to Pawtucket if you can't trade him!

Actually they might be privy to some info that we aren't. There has to be a little more to this story than what we know. He didn't hit this spring - we all get that. But all of a sudden he becomes the forgotten man.

done - good start

number 5

first pitch to Holt was closer to a strike than the 1 that got shaw

big spot for shaw

They don't know what they are missing.

I agree - i would be better off just listening to him. They told us he was good.

I kind of liked JBJ's rip hit. How about that guy on the mound. Been a while! He looks good just standing there.

edit - add Stenson subtract Rose

Scott B Watson Phil Z Johnson Mciroy Day Spieth Schwartzel Fowler Rose

Most of us could stand a little slurp of that Kool aid from time to time. For sure if you live in New England. Nice drive into Boston yesterday.

I like this post. You all alright. All of us come across this way from time to time. Fewer of us would ever admit it.

Sweet Lou! - his temperament was anything but sweet

ok then - holt it is

I'm a little confused with whatever the plan for Castillo might be. Nothing else the club has done from signings to players playing seems even unusual to me. All moves looked like common sense moves. Castillo looked like a lock to start in left now basically he is on the outside looking in. I get the fact that he has not hit this spring but he can field his position. Do people think that Holt represents our left fielder going forward. He is a great utility player for sure but really - our starting left fielder. If Young is going to only hit against lefties, I can't imagine that this is the end of what will happen in left. Castillo is what 29/30 now? Times a-waistin for him I'm afraid. I guess that in his case it does make sense to me that he starts in left at least initially to really see what he has. By the Red Sox not doing this, is it a sign that they realize that the signing was not a good one? Are they done with him really? His story is not Pablo's. FTR, I'm ok with them being done with him, but I don't think Holt is our answer in left.

Young guy who has shown some interesting potential. It might work out for him. He has earned the opportunity. It beats playing foolish little games like the one played with Pablo. One of the last things to worry about when camp starts, is whether or not your professionals are in reasonably decent shape.

Because of his age, Porcello still has a chance. It really is pretty doubtful that he ever will be worth what the Red Sox gave him in terms of dollars and years. Paying him this amount of money based on the way he has pitched, is at least slightly better than the Pablo signing. Wish that I could have had their agents working for me. good thing the Sox got the loot.

Pablo gets what Pablo earned and the Red sox do not become ml laughing stock once again. Poor past signings and trending toward playing people who just haven't earned the right to be out there is not a formula for success. Pablo will get his chance, we'll see how badly he wants to be on this team. Shaw will play some third, a little at first and possibly even dhing. there will will plenty of opportunities for Pablo.