Tuesday, December 14, 2004
MRI-TINEZ REALLY GONE??? New HOF Gammons
SOX HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO ARBITRATION; THIS MAY NOT BE OVER YET.
Hudson is very much on the Red Sox radar, which is believed to be related to their pursuit of Florida right-hander A.J. Burnett. The Red Sox may wish to keep Burnett in order to plug him into their own rotation or to send him to Oakland as part of a three-way deal that would net them the coveted Hudson.-- Boston Globe
"Those that do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it..." -Some Dead Guy
"Roger Clemens...twighlight of his career."-Dan Duquette
"We expect a 'Market Correction' "-Theo and the Trio
"The Red Sox haven't made any mistakes this offseason; they were made long before. Apparently, "Local Boy Made Hero" Theo couldn't teach the carpetbaggers the lessons learned from the Duquette regime. Don't EVER let your stars play out their contracts; Sign them, trade them, whatever maximizes the value of the asset. Baseball history has shown that there will be at least one desperate team to skew the market values of free agents. Scott Boras stakes his reputation on this premise every winter.
Now that Pedro has left Theo and the Trio holding their scrotums, the remaining options are quite unappealing:
1. Overpay a free agent pitcher such as Matt Clement.
2. Overpay a drooling GM such as Billy Beane for a frontline starter.
3. Overpay Jason Varitek and Edgar Renteria, and wait for the July trading deadline to truly address the holes in the starting rotation
Losing Pedro, Lowe, 'Tek, and Cabrera with nothing to show for it would be an unmitigated disaster, even for a team coming off of its first World Series Championship in 86 years. Under similar circumstances, Lou Gorman and Dan Duquette still would have been lynched by the local media.
This ownership is very media savvy, and will escape unscathed, at least for 2005, simply by retaining media darling Jason Varitek. Annointed by the media and ownership as the irreplaceable, core of the team,(At least until he signs with the Cardinals), It is now En Vogue for even the most superficial Sox fan to earn their Nation Card ($10 please) by reciting this undeniable truth. Please Don't bring up his numbers versus the Yankees or in the post-season. Pure Blasphemy. 'Tek will now likely get his $40-50 mill guaranteed. For a team that prides itself on crunching the numbers, the Red Sox FO will be hard pressed to justify such a committment to a soon-to-be 33 year old catcher. Jason is a fine player and leader, but his value is more in the $7-8 million a year for 3 years range.
The Sox won the World Series in 2004 with a little luck and a lot of starting pitching. Right now, it looks like both have run out on the Red Sox.
"Curt on the car phone to RJ from the Desert", "Won't you be my neighbor?" That Mullett would sure look good in a Sox uniform, in Yankee Stadium, on opening day. Not to mention October. Then again, we now have David Wells...Unless his back acts up again...or he remembers how much he hates pitching in Fenway...or he gets drunk before his start in New York...or he gets another case of the gout. How the hell does a finely tuned athlete get the gout?? Oh, yea...Calling Pete Schourek...
-NOMARFAN2004
Hudson is very much on the Red Sox radar, which is believed to be related to their pursuit of Florida right-hander A.J. Burnett. The Red Sox may wish to keep Burnett in order to plug him into their own rotation or to send him to Oakland as part of a three-way deal that would net them the coveted Hudson.-- Boston Globe
"Those that do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it..." -Some Dead Guy
"Roger Clemens...twighlight of his career."-Dan Duquette
"We expect a 'Market Correction' "-Theo and the Trio
"The Red Sox haven't made any mistakes this offseason; they were made long before. Apparently, "Local Boy Made Hero" Theo couldn't teach the carpetbaggers the lessons learned from the Duquette regime. Don't EVER let your stars play out their contracts; Sign them, trade them, whatever maximizes the value of the asset. Baseball history has shown that there will be at least one desperate team to skew the market values of free agents. Scott Boras stakes his reputation on this premise every winter.
Now that Pedro has left Theo and the Trio holding their scrotums, the remaining options are quite unappealing:
1. Overpay a free agent pitcher such as Matt Clement.
2. Overpay a drooling GM such as Billy Beane for a frontline starter.
3. Overpay Jason Varitek and Edgar Renteria, and wait for the July trading deadline to truly address the holes in the starting rotation
Losing Pedro, Lowe, 'Tek, and Cabrera with nothing to show for it would be an unmitigated disaster, even for a team coming off of its first World Series Championship in 86 years. Under similar circumstances, Lou Gorman and Dan Duquette still would have been lynched by the local media.
This ownership is very media savvy, and will escape unscathed, at least for 2005, simply by retaining media darling Jason Varitek. Annointed by the media and ownership as the irreplaceable, core of the team,(At least until he signs with the Cardinals), It is now En Vogue for even the most superficial Sox fan to earn their Nation Card ($10 please) by reciting this undeniable truth. Please Don't bring up his numbers versus the Yankees or in the post-season. Pure Blasphemy. 'Tek will now likely get his $40-50 mill guaranteed. For a team that prides itself on crunching the numbers, the Red Sox FO will be hard pressed to justify such a committment to a soon-to-be 33 year old catcher. Jason is a fine player and leader, but his value is more in the $7-8 million a year for 3 years range.
The Sox won the World Series in 2004 with a little luck and a lot of starting pitching. Right now, it looks like both have run out on the Red Sox.
"Curt on the car phone to RJ from the Desert", "Won't you be my neighbor?" That Mullett would sure look good in a Sox uniform, in Yankee Stadium, on opening day. Not to mention October. Then again, we now have David Wells...Unless his back acts up again...or he remembers how much he hates pitching in Fenway...or he gets drunk before his start in New York...or he gets another case of the gout. How the hell does a finely tuned athlete get the gout?? Oh, yea...Calling Pete Schourek...
-NOMARFAN2004
