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  1. marklmw
    From everything I have read Boston along with many other MLB teams actually sent scouts to Japan to watch him pitch. Imagine that.
  2. marklmw
    In 2014 Which combination of SP's would you rather have: Option 1. Peavy & Dempster ( @ approx.29M) Option 2. Tanaka & Workman (@ approx. 23M) plus prospects from dealing Peavy & eating 3M of Dempster's contract Option 3. Peavy & Workman (@ approx.19M ) eating 3M of Dempster's contract. I choose Option 2. and the Sox can make this happen. Even if the Sox do not come away with Tanaka the least they can do is drive up the cost to the Yankees.
  3. marklmw
    Tanaka makes professional slap hitters from Japan miss I do not think he will have any trouble with MLB power hitters.
  4. marklmw
    IMO the Sox are going to deal Dempster should we sign Tanaka or not. Dempster may not return to use any noteworthy prospects but moving him could save us 10M in payroll for 2014. (assuming we eat 3M of his contract). If we do sign Tanaka there will be plenty of teams who feel that they will contend in 2014 and would be very interested in Peavy as a #3 so we should get a decent prospect in return.
  5. marklmw
    Again, where are you getting your information from? Tanaka has a sick splitter.
  6. marklmw
    Have to look past 2014. We can deal Dempster and Peavy should we sign Tanaka.
  7. marklmw
    This would not surprise me at all either. The Yankees are hurting in the pitching department that they just may try to win their games by out slugging the competition.
  8. marklmw
    We call it the Luxury Tax limit ... you can exceed this limit but when you do you are penalized. We are close but we still have the opportunity to chop off some of our payroll via trades. We have some pitchers who are at the minimum pay scale who can replace a pitcher like Dempster who will earn 13M + in 2014.
  9. marklmw
    Seems like people are panicked about losing Ellsbury's SB's ... how many of Ellsbury's SB's made the difference between a win and a loss? Cannot be that many otherwise is WAR would around 12.
  10. marklmw
    I agree with you ... we are ready to go in 2014 with only a few minor additions. Utility Infielder being one. The key word here is 'need' and for 2014 you are correct. But ... an opportunity may present itself so that we can improve our team for 2014 and beyond. I like the idea of a Lester - Tanaka for the next 6 years. Buchholz is a great talent but more of a question mark than Tanaka imo.
  11. marklmw
    Tanaka is the best available FA ... Choo is a close # 2. Who can help Boston the most ... I argue that it is Tanaka as I have a lot of faith in Bill James predictions for JBJ. Signing Tanaka will make Peavy and Dempster and their contracts expendable ... Boston can add prospects at the same time as there will always be teams looking for proven innings type guys. If we sign Choo we add to our payroll, If we add Tanaka we do not necessarily add to our payroll.
  12. marklmw
    Choo will be 32 mid season 2004 ... everyone brings up Ellsburys legs going but how about Choo's? Seems odd to me that the Yankees would sign Beltran and not Choo. Choo is a fine player and he is very consistent and he probably will be so for the next 3 years ... after that all bets are off.
  13. marklmw
    I am projecting the 15W's while wearing a Sox or Yankees uniform. Your argument about pay is flawed once again ... the Darvish contract was a steal ... there are many players earning more than they are worth and many that are earning far less than they are worth. 100M contract + 20M posting fee = 120M / 7 = 17M AVV ... for a number 2ish type pitcher in his prime it is not unreasonable.
  14. marklmw
    You are missing my point. Most FA's are in the downside of their careers and teams end up paying for their past success and not future production ... Stanton with an extension and Tanaka are two players entering their prime years. Either of these players along with Bogaerts, JBJ, WMB, Owens, Vasquez will make a solid foundation for the next 7 years.
  15. marklmw
    We have different philosophies when it comes to keeping, adding or trading players. You want to play prevent and I want to run up the score. I happen to think that we can win the AL East with our team as it is right now. However, I also feel that we are in the position to solidify our team for many years to come. I am not looking only at 2014 I am looking at 2015 and beyond. Players like Stanton, Kemp are buy low opportunities right now that we can take a chance on without hurting ourselves long term if they do not work out. You are just plain wrong about Tanaka ... I project him at 15+ wins next season.
  16. marklmw
    Buy low sell high ... Kemp is a buy low, Price is a sell high.
  17. marklmw
    I never said that ... I am talking about starter types and high impact starter types. Of course the Sox can make minor improvements but my fear is that he are going to deal WMB and imo that would be a big mistake.
  18. marklmw
    Please UN ... that is your opinion and your opinion only ... you use too words that are conflicting ... 'probably' and 'fyi' sometimes you sound so pompous.
  19. marklmw
    There are only 2 starter type players that the Sox should consider going after. Not Drew, Not Choo, Not Uncle Boo. They are Tanaka and Stanton.
  20. marklmw
    Interesting point you make about the 'juiced ball' I was not aware of that. The nice thing about signing Tanaka is that he is young and greatly enhances our ceiling for post season play when the rotation is whittled down. If we sign Tanaka then it will allow us to put Lackey, Peavy and of course Dempster in play.
  21. marklmw
    I don't get it ... why would we spend the money on Drew it may limit our options to sign a real impact player.
  22. marklmw
    It would be pretty awesome to add Stanton to our line-up. RF: Stanton / Victorino CF: Victorino / JBJ LF: Nava / Gomes Trade: Carp, Cecchini, Dempster, Swihart & Webster
  23. marklmw
    Well Fred ... who would you rather add to the Sox line-up: Kemp or Stanton? Stanton would be my choice and you can probably sign him to an extension at a discount.
  24. marklmw
    What makes this interesting is how it will affect the FA pitchers who have yet to sign. Seems like they will have to wait on Tanaka.
  25. marklmw
    Looks like we have all put the Ellsbury signing behind us. Yankees overpaid. We are looking great going into 2014. Sox are 10-1 to win the WS in 2014 ... as of DEC 1. The Napoli signing might improve these odds.
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