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You are right for sure. We just need to show them a little more love and everything will be just fine. I know that i certainly need some sensitivity training. I take that back. I really don't. I actually don't like either of those two guys very much but I don't hate anyone. When either or both of these two earn their gold stickers i will willingly pat them on the back but not until. There are just to many good young hard working players going about their business for me to be cheering to hard for Pablo and Hanley. If they work hard and produce good for them. If they don't, I think that the tolerance level will be a lot lower than it was last year. They are replaceable.
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You might very well be right with respect to Vazquez starting in AAA. If he does, I do hope that it is for the right reasons. If he feels and the training staff feels that he is able to go 100%, I'm guessing that if he does go to Pawtucket that it won't be for long. The Red Sox have created all kinds of reasons for sending people down over he years. If he is the best catcher in the organization, which it kind of looks as though he is, he is going to be the one who will wind up doing the lion's share of the catching. Maybe with other positional players when you have a suitable replacement, you can get get away with hiding a deserving player in AAA for a little while. I am betting on the fact that when you are talking about catchers if you have one that is as good as everybody says he is such as Vazquez, You are going to use him just as soon as you can. Swihart is a good one for sure. The only thing that he can is what is asked of him. Things will work out the way that they are supposed to .
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I'm betting he packs away some of them dough nuts I have heard about. I could not have him in my home. My beer supply would be in jeopardy.
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I agree with you that Swihart may become a trade chip. But, i don't think he is going anywhere under the assumption that he is a top catcher. He is going to get better if he has the chance to play. How good he could become we won't know for a while. He is a prospect with still untapped potential. What we could get for him in a package is anybody's guess.
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We could let them out on somebody's lawn and beat a hasty retreat back to Boston. They aren't bright enough to find their own way back.
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Oh boy oh boy !!! Fatsoval and a weenie watcher? this is tough on my old abs.
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Says he lost all kinds of weight. Farrell said he looks real good. If he looks over his shoulder, he'll find all of that weight he lost.
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Oh c'mon - who else could possibly hate these two lovable mutts? You've got to think that this was money well spent don't you?
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Stories already firing up around these two guys again? the media boys and girls must just hate them. Stirring up all of this angst in us fans (lol). Can't be anything to it. Only could happen in Boston right. give them a break - they are just a couple of misunderstood superstars. On the other hand we got Price (remember we grossly overpaid for him) staying late and doing what he can to be the best teammate he can be. We just need to cut them some slack. We are the ones with the issues here right?
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I agree. It is just something I think about. i don't think that it is a bad problem to have if it does become a problem. i hope that Vazquez is as ready as he says he is for a number or reasons not the least of which is that having a catcher with his type of talent makes this a better team. In the mean time, i think that we all a pulling for a kid like Swihart.
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Ok - it might be close but I'm not sure you got me on this one but with a flip of the coin I might give it to you.
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I think that having a healthy Vazquez (if and when) will change how much the Red sox value Swihart. I certainly understand why they didn't consider moving him last year and probably right now as well. You very well might be right and that is why I am a fan and not involved in the nuts and bolts of these types of baseball decisions. I am sure that I would not be hired because I really would not be willing to give up much one on one for Swihart until his skill as a catcher goes beyond the level of potential. Once again - I like him. You going to keep them both? You could I guess. I don't think you maximize the value of either one that way. Possibly introduce Swihart to a different position i guess. I still think that there are better options at the corners. Once again just my opinion but I think the chances are very slim that both Vazquez and Swihart play on the same team for long.
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No one should question his athleticism for sure. He is an athlete. I just think that we will have better options for corner infield play from both the hitting an fielding perspective that he can give us. Shaw for one. His sample size is small for sure but so is Swihart's. More power potential coming out of Shaw. Sam Travis in Portland this year is a hitting machine. Moncada should be moved to third or to the outfield. I'm not saying that Swihart isn't and will continue to be valuable. I am just saying that his best value to us is as a catcher who can hit. It would be the classic moot point if you didn't have potentially the best catcher in baseball so close to being ready to go. All that being said, I really don't think anyone will give us any kind of great deal in trade because we think that Swihart will become average or maybe better some day behind the plate. He is a good one for sure but it is tangled and will need to be sorted out.
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Manny provided some comic relief for us all throughout the course of his left field tenure. Regardless of how anyone feels about his attitude or his approach to the game, his talent was pretty obvious. Hanley does not compare with him in any way. I hope that Hanley does have a bounce back year but he was by far the worst left fielder that I have ever seen in a Red Sox uniform. Leaving him out there for as long as they did might have been the cruelest joke of all. He has a chance this year to prove to us all that he really is a professional. He should be able to play first base. Looks like he is working at it and he is certainly saying all of the right things.
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I think probably I should have said that they didn't want him that badly. Regardless of all the chitter chatter about the Red Sox budget, they continue to prove that if they want someone badly enough they are certainly willing to overpay for that person. They have been doing it for years. Each year their budgetary bar gets higher. The decisions made to not go after a true number 1 last year looked ridiculous then and they look even more ridiculous in hindsight.
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Agreeing now and then is a good thing. I also think that Swihart's greatest value right now is as a catcher. I don't think that many other teams see him as being as valuable as the boston fan base does though.
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In a healthy ready to roll C. Vazquez we are looking at possibly the best (certainly one of the top 2 or 3 best) catchers in the game. Outside of Mr. Fisk, and that would include Jason, really he stands alone. If he is healthy it is a no brainer. It is a conundrum. Do you really want Swihart to be your backup guy going forward? Hannigan fits the role of backup catcher much better than Swihart. I really don't see a job share here. Sooner as opposed to later it is going to be Vazquez.
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The money saved by not signing Lester would appear so far to be wasted. When you can afford the best, it might be in your best interest to get the best. You get what you pay for isn't just an expression. Note- I did say that the $ saved by not signing Lester "appears" to be wasted so far. I don't care that it cost a tad more to sign Price and I think that John Henry is pretty happy as well. If he had truly wanted Lester, we would still have Lester.
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I realize that they have a budget but all things are relative. For example, relative to my budget they have none. Wait - relative to a few mlb franchises they have none.
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aint that the truth
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No false dilemma or whatever for me. In reality I don't think anyone ever suggested that we would have them both for real. My opinion only but I am happy that we have then that we have. I wish that we could have him or someone similar to him not named Lester sooner. I have always seen Lester as a high end number 2 guy. Adequate at the top of the rotation for most teams but not Price like.
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Not a bad way to look at it at all. I just want him to get a chance. I also don't want Farrell to overthink things.
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couple of random thoughts. Farrell says that that 5th spot in the rotation has not been solidified and there may actually be some competition for it. Owens name has been mentioned which is fine but I really hope Brian Johnson gets a good look as well. Also talked about the need for someone needed for long relief. Safe to say we all understand the importance of having a guy like this around. Looks like a potential job for Wright to me. Oh, by the way, I kind of hope that Betts winds up in centerfield. Tends to keep him away from two walls and he doesn't have to have the best arm in baseball to play it. Everything required of a cfer he has. Big switch for me actually because I always was a fan of JBJ being there. Now I am just hoping that he is good enough to play everyday. I don't like the idea of moving Betts from right to center and back again every third day or so. Stick him in cf and leave him there at least until you really know what you have in JBJ.
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Price vs Lester - Price regardless of the cost. Once again, it is that idea of the Sox having that imaginary budget.
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ok good- haven't heard much from ben --would expect nothing less