See Swisher in the post-season? No thanks.... Dan D Central NJ USA
________________________________ From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Dear Lord, save us from Napoli, and -- not listed -- Swisher. But there can be trades too ... Steve O On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: 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. -- 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.
