But this begs my pt Too many holes to fill all these with signings. FO is going to focus on pitching - I'm not sure we will have BIG changes in the lineup. I think it's going to take us a few years to contend again.
FO is going to be conservative in signings now IMHO due to Crawford, A-Gon, Lackey, Dice, etc Sent from Larry's mobile On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry, I guess you're saying that if they don't get new players then the team > will stay the same. So...that's true, but that's not going to happen. Not > sure why you'd expect things not to change big time in the offseason. > > I couldn't sleep last night (not sure why) and was trying to bore myself into > a coma by working through the Red Sox roster in my head to consider the > changes. I got this list below that shows we're in for big changes. > > Frankly, I don't care who manages the team. It makes little difference. > > Catcher > Salty -- Stays > Lavarnway -- back to AAA or gone. He's not a big league catcher. > > Infield > Aviles -- Goes to arbitration. Could remain a decent utility guy. > Ciriaco -- Back to AAA or gone. Too easy to strike out. > Gomez -- Back to AAA > Inglesias -- Back to AAA unless we adopt a DH for SS > Loney -- Gone. > Pedroia -- Obviously a foundation player. > > Outfield > Ellsbury -- Arbitration eligible. Sign him to a mid term deal (IMHO) > Kalish -- Who? > Podsednick -- thanks for playing > Ross -- Already signed for next year ($3M) > > Starting Pitching > Lester > Buckholz > Jettison the rest > > Relief Pitching > Bard > Bailey > etc. > Frankly the Relievers did OK, though Aceves should never close. > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I read Aceves went to V asking to be considered for starting role. V > expressed to media that indeed he is stretching Aceves. With Bailey back - V > said he's the closer. > > This team is HARD to watch - has been all season. > > Pats kick in today - I'm officially glad we have the NFL to get us thru the > next 3 weeks. > > Barring a complete overhaul of the coaching staff in the offseason and some > major league tested players being signed, I see this continuing for a few > years of .500 play. > > We lost our way over the last 2-3 years as a team - and paying for it now BIG > time. > > Sent from Larry's mobile > > On Sep 9, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's a sad day when a brouhaha would go undiscussed on this list. >> >> BTW. It was a sad day to watch the Sox last night. Not only did the Dice-K >> suck horribly, but Lavarnway continue to prove that he's not ready for the >> majors, Ciriaco threw a double play ball into the dirt, Goss failed to run >> out a ground ball because he thought it was foul, and then got doubled off >> first when he thought there were two outs on a fly ball. >> >> Terrible level of play. >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Not telling....blahblahblahblah >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Let me ask. Is this big brouhaha essentially summed up by my question? >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> You know there was a big brouhaha about this in the papers. If you're not >> going to do your homework I'm not going to let you copy off my notes. >> >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Ray Daniel Salemi >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> When did this happen? 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