FredLynn
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Exactly. If Epstein had not hamstrung the franchise with all those loser contracts we would have had the money to go out and buy top tier FA SP. Now they are gone, and we are left with nonimpact second tier bums who are expensive. Garza could be had if we want to complete the rape of our farm system, but that would be pretty stupid. So would spending $15M to get Oswalt or Kuroda for one year. They will not solve our pitching problems. Contrary to what UserName thinks, we do NOT have the pitching to compete for a ring right now and are not likely to get it before the end of the season. Could it happen? Sure. But again, I would not bet money on it. Lets just keep it real here.
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No Sox fan wants to wait until next year. I would love to compete for a ring every single year. I don't see that this year unless the owners have a major change of policy and open wide their wallets and trade away some key prospects. I hope that does not happen. Its not good strategy IMO.
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Actually, its about "win later" but NOT "win now". I think its a pretty unrealistic expectation, no matter how well intentioned, that this franchise or any franchise can position itself every single year for a run at a championship. Unfortunately, Epstein left us in a huge mess, and that will take time to clean up. I wholeheartedly support the FO not spending any money this year on FA. I hope they can remain under the cap because this is simply not our year. Sure, if they really opened up their wallets and traded away some of our top prospects, completing the rape of our farm system, we could compete this year. That, unfortunately, would screw us for the next 3-4 years. I am all for realizing the fact that we won't be in the race for a ring this year so that we CAN be in the race in 2013 and 2014.
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I would prefer my SP to be Lee, Halliday, Hernandez, Carpenter, and Sabathia. Neither wish list is going to happen, but you are right: if it did, we would be in good shape.
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He needs to work his ass off to improve defensively. If he accomplish that, he really has no value. The age of players being just a DH should be ending. It takes up a roster spot with someone of limited utility and decreases the flexibility of the team. We have two catchers now; Lavarnway should go back to Pawtucket to work on his defense this year.
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Yeah, except his analysis is faulty: we are not getting another good SP, and if we manage to get some good BP arms, that is going to be lucky because RP are a crapshoot. So we can sit and discuss the things that MIGHT BE, and thats fun to do, but as things ARE, we are not good enough to challenge the better teams (and there are 8 or 9 of them) for a ring.
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Besides that, Iglesias has shown zippo with the bat in AAA. Horrible, in fact. No way he has much trade value right now.
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Do you want me to publish the definitions of those terms to prove that I know what they mean? Just because I think that they are nearly useless when compared to OPS and ERA (and WHIP and wins/losses and stats compared to the other teams in the league that year) does not mean that I don't know what they mean. I know what castor oil is; that doesn't mean I drink it.
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And there is no need to use meaningless terms like "OPS+" and "ERA+". Baseball is a simple game. The 04 team was much better in every meaningful statistic than the 2011 team. Thats simply a fact of life.
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Well, we didn't have a healthy pitching staff in 2011. Come on User....lets deal with REALITY, not some made-up version of the events.
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I think you predicted 97 wins Fred..or was it 99. I predicted 94 wins, but I think Muggah was closest to the actual number we ended up with. Its too soon to predict wins as the Sox are not yet finished rummaging through the scrap heap of has-been pitchers. Its not unreasonable, though, to expect about as many wins as last year.
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You won't be doing as much laughing in August.