I am an optimist .... to the extreme. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote:
> Mark Melancon. > > I don't see any reason to expect Mortensen be an actual contributor > this season -- or possibly ever -- but I suppose you never know. > Pitchers can be funny. I think this was just a salary dump so the Sox > can afford Ross and maybe Roy Oswalt, which makes it worthwhile. > > I like Scutaro, but I don't think they'll miss him much. He's > basically average, he's 36 and he's been hurt. I couldn't say with any > degree of certainty that he'd be better than Mike Aviles in 2012 (and > I'm glad to see the Aviles in RF experiment quietly die). > > I think it's extremely optimistic though to expect Iglesias in the > lineup this year, except as an emergency callup. His numbers were > horrific in AAA last year (.285 OBP, .269 slugging in 387 plate > appearances). Translate that to the majors and we'd be better off with > Bobby Valentine hitting in the No. 9 spot. Blindfolded. > > And I'm not sure what Ray means by a championship shortstop. An aging > Rafael Furcal is the current championship shortstop. > > Steve O > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see Inglesias at Shortstop by Sept. A nice platoon in RF between Ross > > (Lefties) and Sweeney (Righties), and another SP with the at least some > of > > the money saves by dealing Scutaro. > > > > Plus Clayton Mortenson can be a fairly effective bullpen guy against > > righties so we've added three decent arms to our bullpen that already > > include Aceves > > > > Bailey > > Aceves > > Mortenson > > and the Astros guy that I'm blanking on. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Well, let's be clear. Scutaro is not a championship shortstop. > >> > >> Championship shortstops provide power in the lineup. They are > >> championship shortstops because the other team can't match up with them > and > >> has to sacrifice a lineup spot for defense. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm liking the sound of the first shoe dropping.... Cody Ross. Now > let's > >>> see if we can score a pitcher. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'm nervous that we have a no name brand in RF and now SS. Scoot was > >>>> traded to make room for a SP deal, but we need to field and hit I > think in > >>>> this game as I recall... > >>>> > >>>> Sent from Larry's mobile > >>>> > >>>> On Jan 22, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Not sure about this trade of Scutaro to Colorado. I mean, you send > your > >>>> starting SS to an NL team > >>>> for a relief pitcher? And the talk of Punto and Aviles manning the > spot > >>>> makes me nervous. > >>>> > >>>> 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. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Author of Confessions of a Good Mother: The story of an assassin and mom > >> who struggles with life balance issues. > >> > >> -- > >> 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. 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