Good write-up on this topic from Pete Abraham - http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2012/04/175_million_doe.html
Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Fire Sale 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. -- 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.
