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  1. cp176
    Price over Cueto for me.
  2. cp176
    I like them both. I want the one that we can get.
  3. cp176
    I think that signing him made much more sense than The Ramirez signing. We needed a third baseman. It wasn't going to be Wil Middlebrows for sure. In hindsight maybe it does look like other options would have been better but he isn't the reason this team has had such a miserable year. Could we have done better - probably but who knew.
  4. cp176
    With that being said, they raised ticket prices grossly as well. I won't be there until I like the product just a bit more but I don't think that they will miss me. For many people today, if you are in Boston, you catch a game whether you are a fan or not. It's is close to being a national monument I guess. A real red Sox fan to me tends to be a lifer.
  5. cp176
    !. A free agent sign ( a good one ) 2. A good trade 3. Porcello 4. Rodriguez 5. fighting it out Miley Kelly Buccholtz if he is back Owens Johnson Wright I'm really hoping that Dombrowski does not choose to go with the same old scenario because of contracts and their size. I don't think that he will.
  6. cp176
    He does have his work cut out for him but i do think that we will see some additions and/or changes that at least will look like they make sense. We will have at least one starter who has a successful track record to go with Porcello and E-Rod. After that - who knows. Miley- Buccholtz-Kelly- Owens-Johnson-Wright. I still think that he will add two.
  7. cp176
    I agree as well as long as a couple of other things happen- Buccholtz - Porcello - Miley - Kelly - Rodriguez If that is the starting rotation going in to next year, it won't make any difference at all where Owens, Johnson , or anybody else winds up. Sad song that we have heard all year. I would hope and doubt that that will be the case. Truly expect there to be 2 additions to the rotation.
  8. cp176
    If I had one game that we needed to win right now, believe it or not, i would start Porcello. That being said, Rodriguez would be up next. i'm not nuts about saying that with respect to a 22? year old kid who may or may not become better than a middle of the rotation arm. Too many maybes, ifs, and hope sos with the rest of the bunch. I truly hope that it doesn't boil down to having Owens in the starting rotation early next year. i don't think that it will. I have faith in Dombrowski's knowledge of the game. i don't think that a rotation featuring Buccholtz and Kelly is going to get off the ground. I agree with you about depth and if we pick up a couple of pitchers in the off-season, at least one of those two will help add some. Possibly i am a dreamer but I really don't think that Dombrowski will go with the same old arms hoping that they might be better next year.
  9. cp176
    Espinoza just got promoted. 17 years old and moving on up. Great arm for just a kid.
  10. cp176
    Let's see - E-Rod to AAA- you thinking that we will see an entire new starting rotation next year? I understand all of the bitterness. i am biter too but really - who has pitched better than him since his call up. Hang your hat on Kelly and Miley ? Not me! !. Free agent - Price 2. Trade 3. Rodriguez 4. Porcello 5,6, whatever - let them fight it out.
  11. cp176
    Agree here - no question. It looks so far as though Dombrowski is using some common sense. No one on the planet truly felt that Ramirez should be left in the outfield. I think he helped the coaching staff by actually saying what anyone with a baseball brain already knew. He knows we need two pitchers - real pitchers. Not two more to add to the proverbial landfill of veteran players looking for a home. It will be interesting to see what he does with Buccholtz. He won't pay him to sit and occupy space no matter how good he might on occasion actually be. Porcello is in Rodriguez is in the rest really are up for grabs. i don't think that anything is going to be given to anyone because of a contract. I'm curious to know what you think about Betts possibly playing some right field. Could that be a trade audition? I hope not but you never know.
  12. cp176
    Moncada got some great press today. Things are looking good for him and us!
  13. cp176
    I'm no big fan of Hanley Ramirez by any means, but I do think that he was placed in a very uncomfortable position. Paid well - for sure I get that part. I'm just not sure that he is as much of a clown as it looks like he is. If he simply had been asked to hit the ball as in the DH, I think that things would be different. There doesn't appear to be any place for him to play right now on this team. I would like to see him at first if he can prove that he can play the position. If he is healthy they should be able to figure that out fairly well in the games that they have left. I haven't seen or really heard anything that can be substantiated to indicate that he is lazy or a bad team mate or a problem in the clubhouse. It boils down to whether or not there is any way that he can help this team win moving forward. If it doesn't look like he can, then he has to go.
  14. cp176
    I'm ready to turn the page - No Buccholtz - No Kelly time for a fresh start
  15. cp176
    Your basic premise is of course right - you can never have enough pitching. The problem is that if it is bad pitching it doesn't matter how many guys you have. You can never have enough good solid pitching. I think that Dombrowski wants to win regardless of what anyone's options might be. I'm thinking that they want fans butts back in the seats. Sending Rodriguez down so that pitchers who really aren't as good are able to pitch because of their options, would be an inexcusable mistake. If he is healthy, he won't be going anywhere. If I had to bet today, I would also bet that Owens is in the starting rotation next year as well.
  16. cp176
    A healthy Buchholz is an ace. No one really is going to argue that he is better than anyone we currently have I hope. Pretty safe to say that everybody knows the problem here too. I would agree - when healthy he is ahead of Porcello, Miley, Kelly and anybody else on the team. Red Sox get to decide whether to count on him being healthy or not. What's it going to be - 13 million for whatever he gives you or not. Shouldn't impact E-Rod's status with the team at all.
  17. cp176
    Joe Kelly has finally reached a point where he is a good trade candidate. 1. free agent ace 2. trade for a solid number 2 3. E-Rod Porcello - Miley - Owens and anybody else who is still standing when the dust settles . Possible candidates could be Buccholtz, Kelly, Wright , Johnson. Time to take a little different approach as opposed to the one that hasn't worked. We keep hoping that Buccholtz will finally be healthy that Kelly might finally be getting there and that Porcello will become that magical pitcher that we all for some reason think that he could.
  18. cp176
    There is no way that E-Rod starts the year anywhere but Boston next year if he is healthy. He is no ace just yet by any means but he at least gives some sense of confidence to the fan base when he takes the mound. It isn't about what is fair or about how to juggle a pitching staff, it is about doing what is best for your team. it might be a little bit different if he wasn't already pitching better than almost all of the current members of the starting rotation. I think that even the Red Sox management can see this one the right way.
  19. cp176
    I don't see this happening. I think that outfield is set for next year. A free agent pitcher signing and a trade for one more without breaking up that outfield is very possible. Dombrowski has other pretty good trade options with this group.
  20. cp176
    What no love for hanley? Can't blame anyone for that really. They took a huge chance with him and it didn't work out. A lot of things people were just hoping would go right for him that didn't. They do need to deal him. if he is not dealt, I really hope that his leash is short at first base. He doesn't need to be there for half a season to determine whether he can play the position. Once again, the Sandoval signing i could understand not so much with Ramirez. Just too many issues to hope would turn out right.
  21. cp176
    I think you are right. The only problem that I have with him is that when he was signed, I am not sure that the former front office saw him as being the number 4 or 5 starter.
  22. cp176
    No brainer - Castillo in left - Betts in center - JBJ in right. In Fenway park, you want your beat outfielder with the best arm in right. they will figure this out eventually.
  23. cp176
    It might be time to move him up in the batting order and assume that this is the JbJ that we all have been waiting for. Also, great to see Swihart steadily becoming a good big league hitter.
  24. cp176
    Who gets to decide who is right and who is wrong? Who gets to decide what is stupid and what isn't?
  25. cp176
    he still isn't bad in the 4 or 5 hole. That is really what he is. A pretty good 4 or 5 guy.
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