Actually, I'm the one being chicken-little. But the sky really is falling. Good point about the aging superstars of theYankees
On Apr 20, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I disagree with the idea that the Sox are like the Yankees of old. They > tended to give those big contracts to > over-the-hill players (or, approaching-the-top-of-the-hill) that didn't > necessarily fill a need for them. The Sox needed > a left-fielder when they signed Crawford, and he certainly wasn't OTH. The > long coveted Adrian Gonzalez, and he > fit their needs at the time. Lackey, well he certainly was a top pitcher when > they signed him. And look at the home-grown > good players on the team - Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lester, Youkilis, Buchholtz, > Doubrant, Bard - they all have made significant > contributions, or seem like they will.... > > I think they have gotten themselves in a bind where they don't want to spend > any additional money to cover for guys on the > DL (which I don't necessarily disagree with) and have some aging stars that > are inconsistent right now, who can't cover > for the number of role players they have starting.* 2 things will fix this - > the established players playing to their career > averages and getting guys healthy. > > *And the brutal schedule to date hasn't helped. > > Maybe I am being 'chicken little' here, but I don't think drastic remedies > are called for, mid-season. At least not yet. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:08 AM > Subject: Fire Sale > > Tom made an interesting point earlier in the thread when he said, > essentially, "Doing the Yankee thing is not as easy as it looks." > > I remember when the Yankees were not good at the "Yankee thing." Bill James > wrote that the Yankees problem was that they constantly thought that they > were in contention and would trade away their youth for that "final piece" to > put them over the top. > > The Red Sox are now there. What this team desperately needs is a fire sale. > I predict that we'll be nowhere interesting by the end of June and that it > will be time to start dumping veterans for prospects. Who should go? > > Beckett--obviously > Lackey--probably bundled with someone else and we still pay for him > Dice-K--Perhaps we could get a backup bag of balls. > > Papi--Sorry, but yes. The guy is 36 years old with a one year contract. It's > time to trade Papi for a raft of youth. > > It's time for the Sox to recognize that they've run the barge up a creek. > Time to turn it around and get back to open water. > > Ray > > -- > 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.
