Trade him mid-season if not contending but the Sox need to be in a position where losing him after this next season is not going to destroy them. He's due for a good year so I hope we can keep him but his price tag may be more than we are willing to spend.
Sent from Larry's Verizon Powered iPad On Dec 4, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Buster Olney is suggesting the Sox are setting themselves up to trade > Ellsbury. > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> > wrote: >> If healthy, Kalish platoons with Gomes and gives the Sox one of their few >> lefty bats. >> >> It's a little high for Victorino, but $13 million/year -- the new free agent >> tender level -- seems to be the going rate for starting players. That's what >> Big Papi got, that's what Torii Hunter got. Plays much better defense than >> Ross, runs well and he can legitimately play CF when Ellsbury gets hurt. Not >> exciting, but competent. Swisher would have been better, but would have cost >> the draft pick. He's probably looking for more money and at least four years. >> >> Victorino >> Ellsbury >> Pedroia >> Ortiz >> Napoli >> Middlebrooks >> Kalish/Gomes >> Lavarnway >> Iglesias >> >> If you think Lavarnway will hit, that lineup's only got one gaping hole, and >> the defense should be fairly good. Now for a pitcher ... >> >> Steve O >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 3 years, $39 million seems to be the Sox number this year, since both >>> Napoli and Victorino got that... Were you concerned with the years >>> or the $$? >>> >>> I always liked him with the Phillies, spark-plug type player and good >>> defender, so at least both outfield corners won't be dead zones, just >>> left with Gomes. Wonder where this leaves Kalish - 4th outfielder, I guess. >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> >>> From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 5:38 PM >>> Subject: Re: Youk to Sign with Yankees? >>> >>> Sox reportedly offering 3 years for 38m for vittorino. Too much if true. >>> On Dec 4, 2012 2:02 PM, "Dan DiBiase" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Shades of Wade Boggs.... >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> -- >>> 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.
