I do agree the deals proposed within are preposterous. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote:
> It's WEEI. Don't let it trouble you. > > Melky Cabrera sucks, and has sucked for the Braves. Vizcaino was the real > talent in that trade. So yes, the Red Sox did not have a young, proven > mediocrity in the outfield to include in a trade. > > Also, fairly certain that they wouldn't have traded Buchholz OR Ellsbury > for Curtis Granderson, let alone both. > > If it for some reason comforts you, the Red Sox could easily trade Casey > Kelly, Lars Anderson, Jose Iglesias and Will Middlebrooks and get something > better than either Granderson or Vazquez. > > The only disturbing thing is that Ellsbury hasn't played all freaking > season, leaving us with an outfield of Bill Hall and Darnell McDonald (and > my fantasy team with no stolen bases). > > Steve O > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From Alex Speier (sic) at WEEI.com: >> >> This offseason, the Sox shaped their offseason roster primarily through >> free agency in no small part because of how the team valued the young center >> fielder. The club contemplated pursuing starter Javier >> Vazquez<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/javier-lopez.htm>from >> the >> Braves <http://audio.weei.com/baseball/atlanta-braves.htm>, but it became >> clear that Atlanta <http://audio.weei.com/basketball/atlanta-hawks.htm>would >> want a young big-league outfielder in return. In the case of the Sox, >> according to major >> league<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/major-league-baseball.htm>sources, >> that would have meant Ellsbury, a cost the Sox deemed too high. And >> so, Vazquez ended up with the Yankees (in exchange for Melky >> Cabrera<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/new-york-yankees/melky-cabrera.htm>and >> prospects Mike >> Dunn <http://audio.weei.com/baseball/boston-red-sox/mike-lowell.htm> and >> Arodys Vizcaino), and the Sox ended up acquiring John >> Lackey<http://audio.weei.com/john-lackey.htm>as a free agent. >> The Sox considered pursuing >> Tigers<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/detroit-tigers.htm>outfielder Curtis >> Granderson<http://audio.weei.com/baseball/new-york-yankees/curtis-granderson.htm>. >> But again, doing so would have meant parting ways with Ellsbury (as well as >> other key pitchers such as Clay Buchholz and/or Daniel >> Bard<http://audio.weei.com/daniel-bard.htm>), >> and so, the Sox decided to hold onto their inventory of young talent and >> round out their outfield with Mike >> Cameron<http://audio.weei.com/mike-cameron.htm> >> . >> >> >> http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/alex-speier/2010/05/21/things-we-learned-ellsbury-set-punctuate-key-w?page=0,0 >> >> >> Interesting and troubling. So, by this account, the Sox didn't have as >> much young talent as the Yankees do to fill the holes on their major league >> roster. Ellsbury obviously couldn't be included in both deals. And even if >> they focused on just one deal they would have had to severly ding the major >> league squad to do it. (Buchholz, Bard AND Ellsbury?!!?.) >> >> I'm not sure this passes the smell test. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
