Beckett is not a concern of mine. The pen is better. Lester is a stud. Wake?
My only concern is the offense. I hate expectations to be to high. Still, over 162 games, it should work out that the Sox have a great offense even if they start out in a funk. From: Ray Salemi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 02:12 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Ahem Which, Tom and Steve, doesn't mean that I won't be seriously bidding on him...ahh..err...yeah. I won't be bluffing or just driving the price up. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Well, that's fine, but it's ridiculous to expect another 5.78 season -- really from anyone, but let alone someone who has been as good as Beckett has for as long as he has. His WHIP and ERA+ from those years (ERA plus is adjusted for league/park. 100 is average). 2006 -- 1.29, 95 2007 -- 1.14, 145 2008 -- 1.18, 115 2009 -- 1.19, 122 2010 -- 1.53, 75 Yeah, he wasn't great his first year adjusting to the AL (though he still went 16-10), but only one year in five sticks out like a sore thumb. Unless he's still hurt, is there any reason, other than dislike and a bad spring training inning, to expect it again? He's only 31, and he still throws hard and has good stuff -- 2006 was the only year in his career in which he struck out fewer than 8.2 batters per nine innings. If I have the chance to get him in my fantasy league, I'm grabbing him. Should at least be one of the top 20 starters in the AL. Steve O On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Because he has had multiple craptastic seasons: ERA 2006 : 5.01 2007 : 3.27 2008 : 4.03 2009 : 3.86 2010 : 5.78 I'm expecting another 5ish season. I'm just not a fan. Ray On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Because he had one craptastic season like he (nor hardly anyone) has ever had before? Steve O On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Beckett's new career norm is what we saw last season. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I don't think it's unreasonable to expect Beckett and Lackey to pitch to their career norms (who knows with Dice-K), and the bullpen should be enormously better. That's not improvement? STEVE On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm just hoping to beat other teams into submission. I didn't see any improvement in pitching this year. 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