I think they jury is still out on Crawford. Hard to believe that he has suddenly gotten so bad, and I don't buy the 'I got my payday, so I'm gonna chill now; theory. From all reports (and what else do we have to go on, really?) he is an extremely
hard worker and has taken his bad year very seriously. I tend to put him into the 'it takes a year to adapt to a new environment' category, that seems to be exacerbated by playing in a market like NYC or Boston. I would expect a big bounce-back from him next year. Lackey I don't see ever pitching well here. Best we can hope for is an $18m/tr innings eating, consistently racking up 14 wins. As for Youk, I see no reason to dump him at this point, especially since we don't have a 3Bman in house who is ready. I don't see Theo leaving, regardless of the Cubs opening. I can see them retaining Papi. I haven't looked at the FA list but am not sure there is anyone who is a better fit than him for DH. Oh, and he had a great year too.... He surpassed his averages in every category. I think we will need to figure out RF and closer and potentially the set-up role as well, if Bard moves to the ninth. SS as well, although I would not be averse to bringing Scutaro back. He had a monster September. I was actually really impressed with Lester's performance last night. 2 ER on 3 days rest was pretty impressive, and he really gutted through a few innings. Kudos to Lavarnway as well, for his work with Lester. Hopefully he takes this positively and is back to the real Lester next April. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Can we finally fix the pitching this year We've gone over Theo's free agent failings a few times on this list. He's clearly had more success with players he's acquired through trade (like Gonzalez.) But the free agents we've brought in behave as if they've already scored their payday and no longer have to compete. Why is that? Is it a failure of Theo to understand their personalities or make up? Or does the fault lie with Tito? His steady management served this franchise well in our early years when there was no shortage of frenetic energy, but have we gone too far in the "talent will win out in the end" mentality? I'm not sure what the answer is.But I'll amend with my blame assignments of a few weeks ago. Players deserve the bulk but I'm splitting the remainder evenly between Theo and Tito. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: Why Youk? To me, try to milk another year or two from him at 3B while looking down the road for a replacement, at which point he slides in at DH to replace Papi. > >-- Matt > > >From: William Marino <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:10 AM >Subject: RE: Can we finally fix the pitching this year > > > >Who goes and who stays for next year? > >Tito? (stays) > >Theo? (goes—other than Gonzales (who a trained monkey would have signed), give me a good signing he’s made) > >Youk? (goes) > >Pap? (goes) > >Bard? (stays) > >Jacoby? (stays, hopefully) > >Lackey (burn him) > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Ray Salemi >Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:44 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Can we finally fix the pitching this year > >The horrible month of September. > >The Sox scored the third most runs in the majors: 135 >The Sox came in next to last in runs allowed: 161 > >Of course, pythogorean says we should have won 10, not 6. > >Ray > > > > > >-- >Author of Confessions of a Good Mother: The story of an assassin and mom who struggles with life balance issues. > >-- >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. -- >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. > > > > -- >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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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