Red Sox are going to be very good again, soon
They have several top end young cheap position players and plenty of money to buy some high end SP
Only Hanley R is a dog, though I suppose Ortiz must be almost ready to retire
Agreed
They're essentially using him as a pinch runner only and clearly have no intention of doing otherwise until maybe they clinch
You can't waste a 25 man playoff roster spot for that so he won't make it
Agree
Every game against the Yankees needs to be treated like a playoff game
Win at all costs
Get Sanchez innings later if/when we have a comfortable lead in the standings
Hells yes
Sanchez cannot be trusted right now
Cecil and Lowe are better options
In the playoffs with so many off days too we should be able to avoid using underperforming guys more easily too
This is the first time I'd noticed this:
"Strips must be purchased for all series with the exception of the General Public on-sale which will be on a per game basis."
No
Red Sox are playing really well
We've had a handful of bad games in the past week
But the team is still very good. Oh, and Stroman is back and rockin'.
That's just it. It's awfully rare for every team to have all their best players at the same time. It's such a long season, guys get banged up.
Yankees and Cardinals have been missing lots of guys too. We can't complain. But yeah it would rock to have them all.
Gibby was just on MLB Network for 10 mins
A few tidbits
Tulo "could barely move his arm" last week. But hes getting better. Didn't say if he really expects him back this year
Hutch "was not the happiest guy in the world" when told he was moving to the pen but "he took it like a proessional"
He wants to give guys days off but these games are too big to do so. Plus "people pay to watch the stars play, not watch me manage"
Hmmmm. You're probably right. They'll keep Dickey for sure. But the other two aren't worth those kind of $. I think I'd actually rather use the combined $ it would take to retain/qualify Estrada/Buerhle and pony up 25M a year for Price, gambling that you get 2 average starters from among Hutch/Osuna/Sanchez.