Standing Room

GTFO, this thread was about baseball until you entered it.

Nope.

Let it all out jackso, that's what Talk Sox is here for.

Peddy is his brother. http://www.aolnews.com/2009/01/25/dustin-pedroias-brother-arrested-on-child-molestation-charges/

I don't think either player would accept either one of those deals. Michael Bourn signed for 4 years/$14 million per and Ellsbury is much more valuable. You're way off if you think he's only going to get one more year and $1 million more per year. Not to mention, we have Jackie Bradley who is a stud prospect and he'll cost $0.5 million. Same goes for Pedroia. Kinsler just signed a 5 year, $75 million deal so 4 years/60 would be lowballing Pedroia.

By all accounts, the deal we got is a steal. Cano is going to get nearly twice as much in free agency and more years. So while you may think we could have locked him up for 4 or 5 years, all evidence seems to suggest otherwise. And if the Red Sox waited until after Cano was signed, Cano's contract would have inflated Pedroia's asking price. What if the Red Sox end up with a stud second baseman? This seems like a strange argument considering we already HAVE a stud centerfielder and you're arguing that we should be signing Ellsbury to a longterm deal. Besides, you don't not sign one of the most valuable players in baseball at their position because you might eventually develop a stud prospect at the position. By that logic, why sign anyone? Furthermore, it's not like signing Pedroia prevents us from being able to sign Ellsbury. We have the salary room to sign Ellsbury still, if that's what we wanted to do.

Woah, someone less optimistic about the Red Sox than a700 AND jackso? We need to find this man and study them in the name of science.

Interesting comments from Lucchino. By that same logic, I imagine we'd be interested in Brian Wilson.

He's trolling so hard right now - he's like the A-Rod of posters.

You mean like Clay Buchholz?

AL ERA leaders since May 15: 1. Colon (1.43), 2. Parker (2.24), 3. Lackey (2.59), 4. Weaver (2.67), 5. Wilson (2.70), 6. Doubront (2.71). — Brian MacPherson (@brianmacp) July 25, 2013

He's rehabbing in the minors. Only made it 2 pitches in his last start.

That was pretty cool. Pedroia got a nice ovation as "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" was played when he stepped to the plate.

This is like an episode of Arrested Development.

Apparently, this Gross guy has a history of prescribing steroids. NYDN Sports I-Team ‏@NYDNSportsITeam 1h Dr. Michael Gross, who A-Rod sought for 2nd opinion on quad injury, was reprimanded by NJ Attorney General in Feb. 2013. NYDN Sports I-Team ‏@NYDNSportsITeam 1h Gross, who started Active Center for Health & Wellness, cited for “failing to adequately ensure proper patient treatment…” (con’t) NYDN Sports I-Team ‏@NYDNSportsITeam 1h " involving the prescribing of hormones including steroids, at Active Health and Wellness Center LLC," according to order. NYDN Sports I-Team ‏@NYDNSportsITeam 50m According to source, “(Gross) has caused MLB to now expand its investigation (of A-Rod) in regard to his relationship with this doctor.”

Felix has been so much fun to watch lately.

Shocker, what's actually being reported is the opposite of what jung said.

This is getting worse/better by the hour. ihateprospects @ihateprospects Francesa just confirmed that A-Rod signed a written HIPAA waiver for his doctor to appear Will Carroll @injuryexpert Hearing an MLB team has filed formal complaint re: ARod's DL stint. Want 3d party exam, discipline for Yanks, doctor if not to standard. Andy McCullough @McCulloughSL One more piece of the A-Rod fallout: Rodriguez apparently did not request permission to seek a second opinion. This violates the CBA. And to top it all off, A-Rod has publicly told the Yankees that he's ready to be activated on Friday. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/24/a-rod-tells-yankees-hes-good-for-friday-doc-i-didnt-see-anything-on-mri/

A-Rod continues to be at war with the Yankees over whether or not he's injured. He got a second opinion on the quad strain that Yankees doctors supposedly found, the doctor he got a second opinion appears to have told A-Rod that there is no strain, and A-Rod appears to have given the doctor permission to release that diagnosis to the public. http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/7/24/4553394/alex-rodriguez-injury-yankees-quad-strain-doctor This is now the second time that the Yankees have claimed that A-Rod is hurt and he's publicly stated that his doctors are saying he's healthy. If A-Rod was injured indefinitely, and unable to play baseball again, it would benefit the Yankees greatly as they'd be able to collect nearly $100 million in insurance in his contract. However, if the Yankees are making up an injury to collect the insurance money, that would be insurance fraud which the Yankees could face legal penalties for. A-Rod's impending ban appeal is also high stakes for A-Rod and the Yankees. A-Rod could potentially have the $100+ million left on his contract voided and the Yankees might not have to pay any of it.

We're probably in or close to the top 5. It's all pretty subjective, but we've had big years from Bogaerts, Bradley and Cecchini, resurgant performances from Ranaudo, Owens and Britton and we added some quality guys in the draft. Our farm system looks much better now than it didn't entering the season, and most people had us ranked in or near the top 10 systems then.

We lead the majors in most offensive categories and have very few open starting positions that we don't have in-house options for. Trading prospects for another righthanded bat doesn't seem like the most economical use of our resources.

Wrong on both counts. Wells is under contract through next year and the Angels are paying $18.6 million of his $24.6 million salary, which I subtracted from their luxury tax calculation.

The rules of the game have changed. If the Yankees want to remain competitive under the new CBA rules and with other teams competing with them financially, they really need to clean house and start building from within. The only players the Yankees have under team control next year who will be under the age of 30 are David Robertson (29 years old, free agent after 2014), Michael Pineda, Shawn Kelly, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez and Francisco Cervelli. And their farm system is mediocre, most people have it ranked somewhere around 11th-15th in baseball. They have no core to build around and they don't have unlimited money to spend on international free agents and draft picks anymore. If they want to get better any time soon, they really should sell at the deadline.

And up until he signed a two year deal last offseason, he was constantly complaining about his contract and the Red Sox not showing him respect.

I think the Yankees have created an unfortunate culture where virtually all of their players expect to be paid at or above market value or they consider it "disrespectful". Many of their current players and team leader such as Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera have said as much publicly. The Red Sox have had their fair share of these types of players, such as Johnny Damon, Jonathan Papelbon and David Ortiz. But the Red Sox have no problem letting popular players leave if they're asking for more money than the team thinks they're worth.