Sunday, December 05, 2004
WORKING ON A SOX FARM
RENT-ERIA To Buy Or Lease Reese Until Han Is The Man???
Sox could still make a move on Edgar
...Ramirez, the 20-year-old who played in Lowell for 22 games in 2002, is looked by some as the solution to the hole that may be left at shortstop if Cabrera isn't re-signed. Yet, even with his success at Double A Portland (.310 batting average in 32 games last season), the native of the Dominican Republic isn't being penciled into Boston's immediate future just yet.
"Having Hanley is an asset, and if he progress the way we think he will the next few years he will be a good major league player, hopefully with us. But we don't have the luxury in Boston to wait to two years for that to happen. That will never change," said Cherington. "But depending on how we fill the shortstop hole, and if Hanley progresses the way we think he can progress, than at that point maybe can do something with him.
"I don't think Theo is sitting there thinking, 'I've got to find a one or two year stop-gap because this is going to be our guy.' I don't think he can afford to do that," he added. "He's just got to find the best guy. If he signs someone to a short-term deal then the reaction will be that we're going to have a stop-gap solution because Hanley or somebody is going to be ready, when in fact that ended up being the best deal at the time."-Sox Farm Director Ben Cherington(Lowell Sun)
Sox could still make a move on Edgar
...Ramirez, the 20-year-old who played in Lowell for 22 games in 2002, is looked by some as the solution to the hole that may be left at shortstop if Cabrera isn't re-signed. Yet, even with his success at Double A Portland (.310 batting average in 32 games last season), the native of the Dominican Republic isn't being penciled into Boston's immediate future just yet.
"Having Hanley is an asset, and if he progress the way we think he will the next few years he will be a good major league player, hopefully with us. But we don't have the luxury in Boston to wait to two years for that to happen. That will never change," said Cherington. "But depending on how we fill the shortstop hole, and if Hanley progresses the way we think he can progress, than at that point maybe can do something with him.
"I don't think Theo is sitting there thinking, 'I've got to find a one or two year stop-gap because this is going to be our guy.' I don't think he can afford to do that," he added. "He's just got to find the best guy. If he signs someone to a short-term deal then the reaction will be that we're going to have a stop-gap solution because Hanley or somebody is going to be ready, when in fact that ended up being the best deal at the time."-Sox Farm Director Ben Cherington(Lowell Sun)
