Soxfan83

Ya everything I've heard from interviews with scouts is that Price is the only agent this year that scouts would bank on to keep playing at a high level for 4-5 years. They also mentioned Greinke but wasn't a "lock" to them like Price.

I used to watch Volquez pitch a lot back in Cali when he was with the Padres. He's a solid mid rotation arm. But they used him as an ace atleast one season. His main downside is he can be erratic. He's good for a couple of walks a game, sometimes more. But he also brings above average strikeouts. In our current rotation, he'd probably be our strikeout leader. That's assuming Buch gives you less than 130 ip. E-rod might challenge him.

I know I slaughtered his name haha

Ya, l know I been the minority on here. But I still think we should throw Kelly in the pen and sign another pitcher on top of Price. Maybe Samardjia or Chen.

I still think the fact that Price has a career 1.85 (might be .10 off, too lazy to look it up at the moment) era at Fenway in 12 start is a clear indication that DD is going all in for him and that he is the clear cut number 1 target. He knows that. His agent knows that. Henry knows that. With that being said, there's not much getting around the overpaying part. Odds are he will give us that 3-5 year value on a 7 year contract.

That'd be awesome. I'd trade him for shields in a heartbeat.

I seen on mlbtraderumors that Beane put Brett on the block because he just brought Jed Lowrie back to Oakland. Im wondering if there was any way we could possibly dump Panda's contract and trade for him. Brett had a down year so shouldnt command too much. I think it would be hard to get a taker on Panda tho. Thoughts?

Agreed

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Price will get 200 I'm pretty sure. Atleast how Rosenthol and Onley are talking. I'd be surprised if he signs for 185

Agreed!

Yep. Unless we get another second tier arm via free agency on top of our ace. And if we're going to be paying Price 6/ 180-200, I can't see us spending more than that this year on starting pitching. Atleast for now. Maybe if wee still in the hunt come July they will add another big arm to get us over the hump if need be...we just need a decent year from Buch. Maybe around 150 innings or so..I'll hold my breath for that though.

Ya, that's a valid point.

Not to mention Price has a 1.95 ERA at Fenway in 11 starts! Cmon DD!!

Honestly, I just think with his anxiety issues that it might mess with him more in Boston. I think Boston fans/ media are a little different than L.A.'s. I spent 10 years out there back when I was in the marines and while it is a little similar, I don't think it's as bad. Look at what Ted Williams went through. And he's a legend!