Larry, actually, 2011 was his last year signed with the Sox, so he's effectively done.
It seemed like a lot of money for ANY pitcher at the time, and very few 'experts' sounded a note of caution. And he was an excellent pitcher in Japan, but it just didn't seem like his skills translated here. Too many pitches, too much of a 'backwards' pitcher, too stubborn to use his fastball, too disinclined to get into shape. Ah well, it only cost the Sox money, at least we didn't have to send any prospects away for him (although would they have been more reluctant to sent Casey Kelly to SD in the Gonzalez deal if we didn't have Dice-K?). Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Larry Rupp <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 2, 2011 8:36:14 PM Subject: Re: Dice-K The lack of traffic on this topic has me believe either our group is all on a long Memorial Day holiday or just doesn't care anymore for dice - either way it would appear we no longer have to worry about him on the roster this season however didn't we lock him up for 6 years - 2 good years, 2 bad years, this season and next year? The pitching market is not looking good this year - Yankees are already looking and have come up empty thus far and will drive prices high for the limited pitchers potentially on the market. Settle in for some knuckleballs - and Salty having more passballs... On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: Looks like he will be getting Tommy John-san surgery, effectively ending his time with the Sox. > >http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/06/as_daisuke_mats.html > > > 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.
