SeanJohn93

Lets wait and see how Ben responds

The Pirates designated Garrett Jones for assignment. This time last year, people on this board were talking about getting him for 1st base. He could be had on a cheap non-guaranteed contract to see if a change of scenery could help him if we do not resign Napoli.

I also heard that the Rockies have a lot of interest in Justin Morneau. If they sign him, that is one less suitor for Napoli. Thus, he has less leverage at the negotiating table.

On MLB Trade rumors.com Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports. The Red Sox haven't set deadlines for any of their free agents to accept offers, but a source tells Bradford that the Sox are "certainly working on other options, also." The Red Sox told at least one player that they would soon need to make plans to potentially acquire another player to take his place. The section that I made bold I feel as though to be fairly significant. I am guessing that the player they are referring to is Saltalamachia and talking about Hanigan.

Cano idea seems far fetched

I personally feel that 4 years 68 mill is too much for Napoli. I wouldn't mind 13 million a year but 4 years is 2 years too much for me. Maybe have a club option for the 3rd year but that's about it.

Per mlb trade rumors.com Here's the latest out of Beantown, with plenty of information straight from Red Sox GM Ben Cherington and club CEO and president Larry Lucchino: Cherington touched on a range of issues in comments to the media today, as reported by Alex Speier of WEEI.com. Boston feels confident improved production from the left side of its infield with in-house options like Will Middlebrooks and Xander Bogaerts, says Cherington. But he said the club will look to add "at least somebody on the left side of the infield. Whether that's more in the form of an everyday player or depth, whatever that is, it just depends on how the rest of our offseason unfolds." With an attractive set of starting pitchers under contract, Cherington acknowledged that the team has received interest. "We've had a number of conversations and I think it's no secret, one area we have a little bit of depth in is the rotation," he said, adding that it remains to be seen "what that means for [the Red Sox]" since the club is wary of leaving itself too thin in the event of an unexpected injury. The club will be "a little choosy, a little selective" about addressing its catching need, said Cherington, given its "pretty strong position long-term with the young catching we have in the organization." On the overall market, also via Speier, Lucchino sums things up succinctly: "everyone is expecting [the market] will go up because nothing ever goes down and because there's new television money available." While the club would like to keep down its long-term commitments, he says, and "still value the draft picks enormously," he acknowledged that a "diverse portfolio of contracts" will include some that are "longer than you want." Ultimately, according to Lucchino, the Red Sox "are not going to be a stand-pat team." Explaining that he "learned a long time ago that you can't fall in love with your veterans," Lucchino said that each the club "will have a different personality, composition as well as personality." One free agent that has obviously been tied to Boston is last year's first baseman, Mike Napoli. Opining that a reasonable projected value for Napoli (using various WAR projections and dollars-per-win figures) could reach as high as $80MM total over the next four years, SI.com's Jay Jaffe ultimately settles on predicting an eye-popping four-year, $68MM deal for the slugger.

Good move by Yankees. I am not sure if the Red Sox have to respond though. I bet the Yankees will get Tanaka now too.

So I am assuming that Hanrahan, Bailey, Drew, Morales, Ellsbury, Saltalamachia are all gone next year.

great season. Boston Strong!

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Don't forget about Morales

People like Andrew Bailey and Joel Hanrahan will get a ring too...

I hope Napoli hits a bomb

The Cardinals are annoying

So should tomorrow be the start of the hot stove off-season talk?

I wish I was that guy

I guess we have to resign Napoli then haha

This will probably be Drew's, Salty's, and Ellsbury's last time wearing a sox uniform. Kind of sad about Ellsbury and a little about Salty but then I remember all of his strikeouts. Also, don't forget about Napoli. The sox could go after the cuban 1st basemen as well.

I could read Lackey's lips he said, "This is my guy."

shut them down Lackey

9 more outs

keep the line moving

Nice job Nap

Wacha back to the dugout