Nick

Nope I'm glad he's gone and I don't have to think about him.....have you see him pitch this spring? Typical Clay......I rather watch Kendrick pitch and get knocked around than go through Buchholz debacle.

93 looks like a good number

YEP.....We're stuck with his salary no matter what. Put your best team out there. If that means platooning Pablo, I have no problems with it. We owe him NOTHING. Well we owe him $19M and that's being paid.

You've said all along Holt may NOT be our 2nd option at any position. I agree. I would also contend that I may want Selsky at 1B before Holt also. Hell maybe even at 3B. He started out as a 3B.

So true. Kendricks may get shelled when he pitches during regular season but he has mowed down the opponents that he came across in ST. There's no denying that he has had command of his pitches. More than what we can say for many of our pitchers.

You hated the trade and we get it. But I think you're lying to yourself if you thought we should have done NOTHING. That's what is meant by AFTER THE FACT.

Let's give us five starters for now. Is our option after those five really the WORST in MLB? Are we that bad?

Again, after the fact. You just didn't like what we gave up. Something had to be done.

I'm pretty certain 90% of Sox fans at 2015 All Star break was wondering why in the hell we extended Porcello for 4 years at $80M.

We don't know if $31M arm is coming back this year but we're all worried about the $4M man. And now we long for a guy that's owed $12.5M who DISAPPEARED LAST YEAR DURING CRITICAL STRETCH THAT FORCED THE SOX TO LOOK FOR EXACT STARTING PITCHING HELP. Bunch of Monday morning quarterbacks. DD was hired to win. 2016 Division Champs 2017 Why not wait and see what happens before you jump off the ledge.

Very encouraging to see Wright go 3 more innings today.

And we already have a left fielder.

He will take some reps at third base according to JF. He's already familiar at 1B. Obviously he can play OF. Looks to me like the 5th OF who can play multiple positions. I think he played 3B in high school. Gives us another right handed bat off the bench for our corner infielders. I just don't want to see Hanley at first. Let him just hit.

There you go again, throwing out facts in my face. Damn doctors.

Kendrick leads the majors in IP with 18. He has 16 K, 3 BB, 12 Hits, 3 runs, 1 HR, WHIP of .083. Yeah, it's spring training and stats mean nothing.....but I rather see this than say Thornburg's.

E Rod pitched strong 4 innings. 0 runs, 6 K's,3 BB. Best news? He's heatlthy. Good news front; Porcello healthy Sale healthy E Rod healthy Wright appears healthy Pom appears healthy Kyle healthy, willing, throws strikes I'd keep Price on the shelf as long as we can. Give the guy some rest.

Yep....I think it's his job to lose. Lets find out in real games where he is.

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In retrospect, we did not need BOTH Hanley and Pablo. I think you've been on record saying that. Obviously as of now, Hanley has worked out better. Also I know that we needed to do it, but $31M on Price was also steep. $50M spent on two of those three players will hamstring us for awhile. I feel like a college basketball coach. I'm depending on a 18 year old pitcher to come through to make my like more enjoyable because we traded away the farm.

Moon, Pom becomes FA before Porcello and Sale. Sale has two club option years, meaning we'll have him 2017 through 2019. Pom becomes a FA in 2018. Groome has three years in the minors to develop before he's needed. I don't think ETA of 2020 is unreasonable.

I understand the idea of wanting comparative balance by having the luxury tax, But... Part of appeal for the fans is to follow young players in your organization. Someone such as Xander and Betts. I suggest MLB in next CB, place a hard cap on AAV for a 'home grown talent" at say $25M. Thus if Betts receives a 10 year, $300M contract, Sox would only count $25M for the purpose of luxury tax. Each team should be 'rewarded' for developing players in their farm system. You can tie in the hard cap with let's say a percentage of top 5 multiple years contracts in the league. But once the hard cap is established for a player, that amount does not move in subsequent years when the top 5 pay in the league would steadily move up. For the definition of 'home grown' talent, you can tie it to Rookie of Year qualifiers. Suppose Beni was drafted by the Yankees. But he will qualify for the Rookie of the Year balloting as a Red Sox, so he's eligible for hard cap only as a Sox and not the Yankees. Ok, March Madness starts in couple of hours.

Assuming Pom returns to first half performance from last year, I think DD will do what he can to retain him. He did give up Espy for him. More likely scenario is for Groome to replace either Sale or Porcello. It's highly unlikely that we sign both as their contracts end at same time.

20% tax on AAV over $197M in 2018. 32% tax on AAV over $217M. Plus team's 3rd and 5th highest draft picks in addition to loss of $1M on International Bonus Pool.

Our budget is tight and no relief in sight.

Thing I never thought about.... Red Sox has NOT repeated as Division Champs since 1915/1916 seasons. So after 100 years, we have a chance to match that feat. Pretty unreal if you ask me.