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  1. rjortiz
    Draft pick, age, injury history, high strikeout rate, terrible road numbers, MLB teams apparently don't value defense that highly, and lack of holes at SS. Drew had a good year, but he has a lot of question marks.
  2. rjortiz
    Royals signed Infante to play 2nd. Drew isn't going to KC. Even if they hadn't signed Infante, giving 1/8th or 1/9th of your payroll, and losing a first round pick for the right to Stephen Drew would be extremely unlikely. Although, he did make that awful Shields trade, so you never know. As for Santana, I don't think he's that much of an upgrade over Doubront to justify spending $10-$13 million and losing the pick.
  3. rjortiz
    Looks like the Mets are out, although that could always change. I've heard he wants an opt-out after the first year. Which remaining team is going to give up a pick for a one year player? I can't imagine you could get more than a C prospect for a half of year of Drew. I thought Toronto, and they make more sense than the Mets. They have a realistic chance at contending, and have nothing at 2B. They would lose a second round pick, and the pool money, which may hurt their ability at maximizing their value at picks #7 and #11. I don't even know if they've offered him a contract. As of right now, they couldn't guarantee him more than 500 PA's in Boston. I can't imagine that he'd be worth anything more than $7-8 million annually to the Red Sox right now. I guess I'm still not believing that they could get him that low.
  4. rjortiz
    Wasn't being serious about DFA'd, although when he's slashing .200/.250/.300, and playing awful defense at SS, they'll wish they could.
  5. rjortiz
    Actually, for it to be like Dojji, you would have to write: "I agree with you, but I'm going try to come up some reasons why I disagree with you."
  6. rjortiz
    No one else argues for the sake of arguing, and then vomits 1,000 words that highlight how much they don't understand the topic.
  7. rjortiz
    Overstating the NL/AL transition. Understating the Red Sox chances to win the World Series with Pedro. Real odds between 12-20%, not 0%. He still doesn't understand how WAR or FIP is calculated for pitchers. Assuming that Pedro needed to pitch exactly like he did for the Red Sox as he did with the Mets to be as valuable. At least, he got back on topic which was about Pedro and the 2006 Red Sox, and not the other three years. Go through the rest of his posts if you want to see examples of the other ones.
  8. rjortiz
    1) Overstating/understating 2) False equivalency 3) Off-topic 4) Focusing on a component instead of the overall package 5) Cherry-picking 6) Not understanding the terms they are criticizing
  9. rjortiz
    Very possible. He definitely would have made us AL East champions.
  10. rjortiz
    Why would I want to discuss a topic with someone who doesn't understand what they are talking about?
  11. rjortiz
    1) Overstating/understating 2) False equivalency 3) Off-topic 4) Focusing on a component instead of the overall package 5) Cherry-picking 6) Not understanding the terms they are criticizing You keep making these six mistakes in your posts. Until you fix these, I see no point responding.
  12. rjortiz
    What exactly do Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Pena have in common? Not meant as an insult. I believe you were one of the posters advocating a spot in the all-star game for Daniel Nava in 2013.
  13. rjortiz
    The Red Sox thought so highly of Wily Mo's 2006 campaign, that they handed Drew 5/70 to be the RF. They knew they made a mistake. They knew that Wily Mo was going to crash hard to earth, seeing that his .358 wOBA was fueled by a .400 BABIP. Also, how can you be very, very good, but find the bench because you can't play defense? Defense is part of the game. It's not all hitting the ball. Maybe that's why you think Nava is an all-star, when he's a role player at best.
  14. rjortiz
    http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=978&position=P Even if you use bWAR, 2.7 and 2.5 is still an above average starter, and you're also ignoring 6.8, 3.3, 1.5, which would probably make him a top 15 starter in all of MLB during that time period. That's a huge asset to give away for just Wily Mo Pena. ERA+ assumes the pitcher is 100% responsible for all earned runs, and doesn't put any weight on innings pitched. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2007, because they could sweep mistakes like this one under the rug. Traded a #2/3 starter? No problem. Sign a Japanese import for $100 million to fill that hole. RF of the future sucks? Go sign JD Drew for 5/70 to be the RF. It was a bad trade. I await your cherry-picked rebuttal.
  15. rjortiz
    What are you talking about? You feel the need to whiteknight for another poster, and they are the sensitive ones?
  16. rjortiz
    He'll be on the DL, or DFA'd by that point.
  17. rjortiz
    You exaggerated the other side of the argument. He didn't cry about the trade, and he didn't claim it was a franchise crippling one. As for your other points, you leave out that he had a 4.1, and 3.3 WAR in 2004 and 2005. He was doing fine in the AL East, and probably most importantly he was signed to a 3/12 extension. You call him a "bottom of the rotation pitcher, one that comes and goes around the league." 9.7 WAR over a three year period comes and goes? He ranked 33th in WAR between 2006-2008. Including 2004 and 2005, he moves up to 21st. That is a quality pitcher. We definitely could have used him in our rotation
  18. rjortiz
    Wow. All that to conclude that it was a bad trade, which is exactly what the other guy said.
  19. rjortiz
    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10443905/aj-burnett-agrees-deal-philadelphia-phillies He's on the block as soon as he's eligible to be traded.
  20. rjortiz
    They were after Tanaka, Price, and even Sale. This is settling.
  21. rjortiz
    5.8 whip?
  22. rjortiz
    Madson - minor league contract Drew - $7-9 million multiyear contract. Huge difference
  23. rjortiz
    200 IP of below average production isn't worth $12 million, but you're right, it isn't an albatross.
  24. rjortiz
    The Red Sox gave JD Drew 5/70 with the expectation that he'd be the starting RF, so no. Not at all similar.
  25. rjortiz
    Arroyo to DBacks. 2/23.5. Awful.
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