I like that Ortiz guy but I would probably have him DH. ;-) Without knowing what these guys would want, I'd look at LaRoche, Berkman, Loney, Wigginton, Napoli.
Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Dear Lord, save us from Fair enough. Perhaps someone will take the time to skim the list of free agents and find a better alternative. First Basemen Lance Berkman, STL Jason Giambi, COL Travis Hafner, CLE * Eric Hinske, ATL Aubrey Huff, SF * Casey Kotchman, CLE Adam LaRoche, WAS * Carlos Lee, MIA James Loney, BOS Xavier Nady, SF Mike Napoli, TEX David Ortiz, BOS Lyle Overbay, ATL Carlos Pena, TB Jim Thome, BAL Ty Wigginton, PHI * On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: And Youk is good for 2 stints on the DL per year these days. > > >Dan D >Central NJ USA > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:05 PM >Subject: Re: Dear Lord, save us from > > > >Ah, but can Swisher play in Boston? He clearly can't handle criticism. And all >the newspaper people tell me that the Red Sox HAVE to be sure free agents can >play in Boston (as if that's a novel idea.) > > >As for Youk, I admit I didn't look at his stats. But Ross' OPS was only .725 >when the Sox signed him. That's why he was inexpensive. (and he barely cracked >.800 last year.) > > >Seems to me, Youk is the kind of player we'll need as a stop gap until the sox >can develop/sign/acquire genuine talents. > > >The two things I wonder about are: Youk's interest and Youk's standing among >the current players. > > >BTW, listened to the John Farrell press conference. Very impressed. He came >off as professional, deliberate, articulate and intelligent. I'm on board. > > > > >On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> >wrote: > >Serious answer: I thought about that too, because the Sox need to start >bringing back some high OBP guys -- but even though Youk hit some HRs in >Chicago, he still wasn't very good there (.236-.346-.425). Can't have a >sub-800 OPS at first base. Youk might really be close to toast. >> >>I think Swisher is more likely. >> >>Steve O >> >> >>On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>I don't think we should dismiss an entire nation of players over one bust. >>> >>> >>>Serious question: Youk for 1B? He sort of fits the profile. >>> >> >>-- >>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. -- 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.
