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  1. Old Red
    Like I said before the bar is set pretty damm low if you’re giving credit for making a routine play, and them hamming it up for the crowd. It won’t be so funny when he makes a big error in a critical moment.
  2. Old Red
    I think you would be taking a big risk to go into next season counting on Houck, who was very inconsistent this year at best, and Whitlock who has never thrown more than 73 innings, and who knows what Sale will look like next year. Just because that would be the cheapest way doesn’t mean it’s the best way.
  3. Old Red
    There will also be players getting raises next year namely Raffy, and even Renfroe could be in for a boost, so it’s quite as simple as that.
  4. Old Red
    I keep on saying I just don’t see the infatuation with Schwaber. I have said this before that he is not a run producer, and is not a hitter in JD’s category, who hit for power, and average. Not the JD at the present even though he almost had 100 RBI again. Schwaber can hit as many homers, but he has only been above 71 RBI once in his career, and his high BA has been 266, and no he always hasn’t batted lead off. Someone on here wanted to give him a lifetime contract. Whoa pump the brakes. Of all the great players that have played for the Red Sox through the years, and this is the guy that should get a lifetime contract. He is no Babe Ruth, and shouldn’t be payed like one, nor is he a JD, and doesn’t deserve that kind of contract.
  5. Old Red
    I would like to see Bogey stay, but you can’t overpay for him, and if his situation isn’t addressed this winter, and wait till next winter then that can put you in a big hole especially if he just walks, and you get nothing for him. Pitching has always been a problem, and a need, and probably always will. Nobody knows what Sale will look like next year, and if E Rod isn’t resigned, and EO is up after next year, so those are many holes to fill, and if nothing from below then it will get real expensive.
  6. Old Red
    We’ve talked about this before, but before you worry about any of this you have to know what’s going to happen with JD, Bogey, and Raffy. You make valid points, but to me you have to take care of these 3 issues first, before you go on to all the other issues. I still say JD stays, and won’t get traded. Either you extend Bogey now, and if he doesn’t take it then trade him instead of letting him walk out the door for nothing. Then with Raffy you extend him now, and not for any 10+ year contract, because if you don’t do it now then it will be to expensive later. To me things things have to be worked out, before all the other things you mentioned.
  7. Old Red
    I’m not the one rating him, and just said that he won’t be as highly rated after this year. That’s how it works. If you do good your stock goes up, and if you do bad your stock will go down.
  8. Old Red
    Dumbrowski gave up lots of prospects in his many deals. How many have turned out to be good players outside of Moncada?Prospects are just that prospects until proven they are good major league players. Right now Duran is only a prospect, and so is Casas for that matter. Many times they are overrated, and don’t turn out at all.
  9. Old Red
    I think Jeter Downs stock has taken a big turn downward after this season.
  10. Old Red
    Schwaber made a good toss on a ROUTINE play. Boy the standards are really low of what we praise. I’ll keep saying that you can only play someone where they don’t belong so long before you get burned in a big situation.
  11. Old Red
    The Yankees didn’t pay much for Rizzo, so it wasn’t that, and I think the Yankees just beat the Sox to the punch, so it’s just speculating that the cost for Rizzo was to high just as it is that Schwaber is a after thought. Like I said let’s just agree that it all worked out.
  12. Old Red
    Look I already said it all worked out, and I’m glad it did. I don’t think Schwaber was the first option, and that is why I say after thought. Let’s remember that Dalbec was having trouble catching the ball too, and Rizzo is an excellent defensive 1B. Schwaber was not free either.
  13. Old Red
    Yes I forgot the catcher. Of course the Lynne, Rice, Fisk, Burrelson, Cecil Cooper, Dewey Evans, Bill Lee, and the holdovers Yaz, and Rico was the best talent, but the 67 team was special, and started Red Sox Nation.
  14. Old Red
    1B Scott 2B Andrews SS Rico 3B Foy LF Yaz CF Reggie Smith RF Tony C SP Lonborg RP Sparky Lyle Now that was a farm system.
  15. Old Red
    The point I was making is at the time we did need a 1B, and Dalbec coming through was after the fact. But on Jul 31 we did need a 1B. Once again you don’t know what Rizzo’s stats would have been with the Sox, and saying Schwaber has been on a meteoric rise is a little over exaggerated, and remember when Schwaber couldn’t play for two weeks the team was dropping in the standings, and Rizzo would have been playing at that time. I know Rizzo is in decline, but at the time on Jul 31 he was a better option than Bobby D, and like I said Schwaber was just a after thought. Like I said it all worked out, so let’s just agree on that.
  16. Old Red
    It all worked out, and I’m glad it did, but at the time of Jul 31 the Sox did need a 1B. We will never know what Rizzo’s stats would have looked like with the Sox, but don’t make it sound like Bobby D was raking everyday, because he wasn’t. He went 9 games after the trade deadline, before he hit a homer. He had av3 game stretch, where he knocked in 11 runs, and a 7 rbi game later on, so like I said it all worked out, but I don’t think it was the right move at the time. Schwaber worked out well too, but don’t tell me he was the plan all along. If it was Bloom would have signed him in the first place, and not waied to the Yankees jumped on Rizzo, and then Schwaber was left. Like I said I’m glad it all worked out, but at the time it wasn’t the right thing to do, because they needed help at 1B, and Schwaber still is not a 1B, and was hurt as well.
  17. Old Red
    The Sale extension was not fine, because everyone knew Sale was hurt, and may never be the same again.
  18. Old Red
    As I stated yesterday that Whitlock was handled with kid gloves all year with most of the time 3-4 days between appearances, and when he didn’t get that he wasn’t as effective. Also the majority of innings were not as a closer. Big difference.
  19. Old Red
    I would put Pivetta in there maybe instead of Houck.
  20. Old Red
    raffy.
  21. Old Red
    Now the pitching staff can get a well deserved rest if only for a few days. Great win!
  22. Old Red
    You go for the win now.
  23. Old Red
    Why is Santana on the team if he’s not running?
  24. Old Red
    This is where they are missing the good Barnes.
  25. Old Red
    Whitlock has been handled with kid gloves most of the year with 3-4 days between appearances, and when he doesn’t get that he hasn’t been as effective.
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